Boston Braves vs New York Giants
September 25, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1949 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants 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 2, New York Giants 3

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Sisti cf 3 1 0 0
Ryan 2b 4 0 3 0
Dark ss 4 0 0 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0
Russell lf 4 1 2 0
Sauer rf 4 0 1 0
Crandall c 4 0 1 1
Fletcher 1b 3 0 0 0
  Stanky ph 1 0 0 0
Bickford p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 3 0 1 1
Lockman lf 3 0 1 0
Thomson cf 4 0 0 0
Marshall rf 4 0 2 0
Lafata 1b 3 1 2 0
Westrum c 2 1 0 0
Lohrke 3b 4 1 2 1
Rufer ss 4 0 0 1
Koslo p 3 0 1 0
Totals 30 3 9 3
Boston 010 001 000272
New York 000 300 00x392
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Bickford  L(15-11) 8.0 9 3 3 5 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
5
1
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Koslo  W(11-13) 9.0 7 2 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
1
2

  E–Ryan (8), Dark (26), Williams (2), Rufer (1).  DP–New York 1. Lockman-Lafata.  TP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Russell (22), New York Marshall (19).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Westrum (2).  Team–9.  U–Al Barlick, Lee Ballanfant, George Barr.
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