Boston Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
September 18, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1949 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Braves 6, Cincinnati Reds 7
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 1 1 2
Fletcher 1b 4 0 2 3
Ryan ss 3 0 0 0
  Rickert lf 1 0 0 0
Elliott 3b 5 0 0 0
Russell lf,cf 3 0 1 0
Sisti cf,ss 4 0 0 0
Sauer rf 4 3 3 0
Crandall c 3 1 1 0
Bickford p 0 0 0 0
  Hogue p 3 1 1 0
  Potter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Walker rf 4 2 2 0
Merriman cf 5 1 1 0
Hatton 3b 4 1 0 1
Kluszewski 1b 5 2 4 4
Litwhiler lf 4 0 0 0
  Post ph 0 0 0 0
Bloodworth 2b 4 0 2 0
  Adams 2b 1 1 0 0
Stallcup ss 4 0 3 1
Howell c 2 0 0 0
  Wyrostek ph 1 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
Vander Meer p 3 0 0 0
  Blackwell p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper c 1 0 1 1
Totals 38 7 13 7
Boston 001 010 400–690
Cincinnati 400 000 111–7130
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Bickford   0.1 4 4 4 2 0
  Hogue   7.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Potter  L(6-11) 1.1 4 1 1 1 3
Totals
8.2
13
7
7
4
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Vander Meer   6.0 7 5 5 3 1
  Blackwell   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Fox  W(6-16) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
2
  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1. Hatton-Bloodworth-Kluszewski.  2B–Boston Sauer (11), Cincinnati Walker 2 (20); Kluszewski 2 (24); Stallcup 2 (27).  HR–Cincinnati Kluszewski (8,1st inning off Bickford 3 on).  SH–Fletcher (13); Ryan (2); Stallcup (3).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  U–Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan, Lon Warneke.
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