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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Braves

1948-10-06 · 1948 World Series · Game 1 of 6 Game 2 ▶ · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 40135 · cloudy · Wind from RF · 1:42

Boston Braves defeated Cleveland Indians 1–0. Johnny Sain earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	2

W: Johnny Sain L: Bob Feller SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: Bill Stewart · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: Joe Paparella · RF: Babe Pinelli

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Dale Mitchell	4	0	0
Larry Doby	4	1	0
Lou Boudreau	4	0	1
Joe Gordon	4	1	1
Ken Keltner	4	1	1
Wally Judnich	4	0	1
Eddie Robinson	3	0	0
Jim Hegan	3	1	0
Bob Feller	2	0	2

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	1	1	0	0
Al Dark	4	0	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	2	0	0	1	1
Bob Elliott	3	0	0	0	0
Marv Rickert	3	1	0	0	0
Bill Salkeld	1	0	0	1	1
Mike McCormick	2	0	0	0	0
Eddie Stanky	2	0	0	1	0
Johnny Sain	3	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Feller	8.0	2	3	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Sain	9.0	4	0	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dale Mitchell: 8/F78D
Larry Doby: 8/F89D
Lou Boudreau: 7/F7LF/FL

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: 8/L78D
Al Dark: 3/G
Earl Torgeson: K/C

Top 2

Joe Gordon: K/C
Ken Keltner: S7/L5D
Wally Judnich: 9/L9
Eddie Robinson: 3/G3

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: 9/F9S
Marv Rickert: 8/F89
Bill Salkeld: K

Top 3

Jim Hegan: E5/G.B-1
Bob Feller: K
Dale Mitchell: 5/P5F/FL
Larry Doby: SB2
Larry Doby: 63/G6

Bot 3

Mike McCormick: 6/P6D
Eddie Stanky: 5/P
Johnny Sain: 3/P3DF/FL

Top 4

Lou Boudreau: K
Joe Gordon: S8/G6M
Ken Keltner: K+SB2
Wally Judnich: 9/F9

Bot 4

Tommy Holmes: 13/G1
Al Dark: 43/G4
Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: SB2
Bob Elliott: 7/F7LS

Top 5

Eddie Robinson: 9/F9LS
Jim Hegan: S7/L7S
Bob Feller: 23/BG2L/SH.1-2
Dale Mitchell: 7/F78S

Bot 5

Marv Rickert: S9/G34
Bill Salkeld: 23/BG2R/SH.1-2
Mike McCormick: 4/P4MD
Eddie Stanky: 13/G1S

Top 6

Larry Doby: S8/G6M
Lou Boudreau: 43.1-2
Joe Gordon: 7/F78
Ken Keltner: 7/L78XD

Bot 6

Johnny Sain: 63/G6
Tommy Holmes: 7/F7D
Al Dark: 8/F78

Top 7

Wally Judnich: 9/F9D
Eddie Robinson: 9/F9
Jim Hegan: 8/L78S

Bot 7

Earl Torgeson: 31/G34
Bob Elliott: 13/G56S
Marv Rickert: 6/P5D

Top 8

Bob Feller: K
Dale Mitchell: 8/F8D
Larry Doby: 7/F7LF/FL

Bot 8

Bill Salkeld: W
Mike McCormick: 13/BG23/SH.1-2
Eddie Stanky: IW
Johnny Sain: 9/L9D
Tommy Holmes: S7/G5L.2-H;1-3(THH);B-2(THH)
Al Dark: 53/G5

Top 9

Lou Boudreau: 8/L78XD
Joe Gordon: 6/P5DF/FL
Ken Keltner: E5/G5L/TH1.B-2
Wally Judnich: K/C

Notes & reviews

Pitch-by-pitch courtesy of Classic Baseball on the Radio Weather: cool
Close play; Robinson slid into the bag
Torgeson: nice play
Judnich: running catch
Hit & run; Salkeld dropped 3rd strike
Mitchell: running catch
Holmes: nice running catch
Rickert: running catch of 350' drive
McCormick: running catch
Robinson: brilliant backhanded stop; Feller was spiked on the very close play at 1B but was OK.
High bouncer off the plate; close play
Rickert: running catch
AP photo showed Masi out by a foot on pickoff attempt but was called safe; Boudreau protested.
McCormick: running catch
High bouncer; Keltner's hurried throw landed in the stands
Pitches thrown according to Cleveland Plain Dealer: Feller: 85 (48 in 1st 5 innings) Sain: 95 (61)

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