New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers
October 8, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 1949 at Ebbets Field. The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rizzuto ss 4 0 2 0
Henrich 1b 4 1 3 0
Berra c 5 1 1 0
DiMaggio cf 3 1 0 0
Brown 3b 3 1 2 3
Woodling lf 3 1 0 0
Mapes rf 2 1 1 2
  Bauer ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Coleman 2b 4 0 0 0
Lopat p 3 0 1 1
  Reynolds p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 4 1 2 0
Miksis 3b 2 0 0 0
  Cox ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 2b 3 1 1 1
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 0
Olmo lf 4 1 1 1
Campanella c 4 0 1 1
Hermanski rf 4 0 2 1
Newcombe p 1 0 0 0
  Hatten p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Erskine p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Banta p 0 0 0 0
  Whitman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
New York 000 330 0006100
Brooklyn 000 004 000491
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Lopat  W (1-0) 5.2 9 4 4 1 4
  Reynolds  SV (1) 3.1 0 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
9
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  L (0-2) 3.2 5 3 3 3 0
  Hatten   1.1 3 3 3 2 0
  Erskine   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Banta   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
6
1

  E–Miksis (1).  DP–New York 1, Brooklyn 1.  2B–New York Brown (1,off Newcombe); Mapes (1,off Newcombe); Lopat (1,off Newcombe), Brooklyn Reese (1,off Lopat).  3B–New York Brown (1,off Hatten).  IBB–DiMaggio (1,by Hatten).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  IBB–Hatten (1,DiMaggio).  U–Lou Jorda (NL), Cal Hubbard (AL), Beans Reardon (NL), Art Passarella (AL), George Barr (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL).  T–2:42.  A–33,934.
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