Boston Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 16, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1949 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Braves 5, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 5 1 1 0
Fletcher 1b 3 2 1 0
Ryan ss 5 0 0 0
Elliott 3b 5 0 2 2
Russell cf 3 1 2 0
Sauer lf 5 1 1 0
Holmes rf 4 0 2 2
Crandall c 3 0 2 0
  Salkeld c 1 0 1 1
Spahn p 2 0 0 0
  Hogue p 1 0 0 0
  Rickert ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Potter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Diering cf 4 2 2 0
Schoendienst 2b,3b 5 0 1 3
Musial rf 5 1 1 0
Slaughter lf 4 1 0 0
Marion ss 4 0 2 2
Rice c 2 1 1 0
Nelson 1b 4 0 1 2
Glaviano 3b 2 2 1 0
  Northey ph 1 0 0 0
  Hemus 2b 0 0 0 0
Lanier p 3 0 2 0
  Wilks p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Boston 100 010 3005124
St. Louis 212 101 00x7110
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L(18-13) 4.0 9 6 3 1 1
  Hogue   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Hall   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Potter   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
4
3
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lanier  W(4-3) 6.2 11 5 5 4 3
  Wilks   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
4
4

  E–Stanky (15), Ryan (6), Spahn (4), Hall (2).  DP–Boston 2. Stanky-Fletcher, Crandall-Stanky, St. Louis 1. Marion-Schoendienst-Nelson.  2B–Boston Stanky (23); Fletcher (19); Crandall (7), St. Louis Marion (28); D. Rice (16).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Diering (4).  Team–8.  U-HP–Artie Gore, 1B–Scotty Robb, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Frank Dascoli.
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