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Boston Braves @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1948-07-07 · Night game · Ebbets Field · 11 innings · Att: 35500 · 2:54

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Boston Braves 4–3. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 2 in the 6th. Preacher Roe earned the win. Bruce Edwards went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
BRO	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	7

W: Preacher Roe L: Warren Spahn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Artie Gore · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Scotty Robb · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	4	1	1	0	1	0
Al Dark	5	2	1	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	3	0	2	3	1	0
Bob Elliott	3	0	0	0	2	1
Tommy Holmes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Salkeld	3	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Spahn	3	0	0	0	1	3
Mike McCormick	3	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Conatser	2	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	2	0	0	0	0	0
Frank McCormick	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pee Wee Reese	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jackie Robinson	5	1	1	0	0	0
Carl Furillo	4	1	1	2	1	0
George Shuba	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bruce Edwards	4	1	1	1	1	0
Roy Campanella	5	0	0	1	0	2
Gene Hermanski	4	0	2	0	0	1
Gil Hodges	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ralph Branca	1	0	0	0	0	0
Preacher Roe	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	10.2	7	2	6

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ralph Branca	4.1	3	5	1
Preacher Roe	6.2	2	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Stanky: W
Al Dark: 6/L
Earl Torgeson: W.1-2
Bob Elliott: 7
Tommy Holmes: 3/G

Bot 1

Pee Wee Reese: 63
Jackie Robinson: 6
Carl Furillo: 43

Top 2

Jim Russell: 9/L
Jeff Heath: 43
Bill Salkeld: 4

Bot 2

George Shuba: 43
Bruce Edwards: HR/7
Roy Campanella: K
Gene Hermanski: S9
Gil Hodges: K

Top 3

Warren Spahn: K
Eddie Stanky: 43
Al Dark: 1E3/BG
Earl Torgeson: T9.1-H(UR)
Bob Elliott: W
Tommy Holmes: 9

Bot 3

Ralph Branca: 53
Pee Wee Reese: S8
Jackie Robinson: 7
Carl Furillo: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Jim Russell: 8
Jeff Heath: 2/FL
Bill Salkeld: 5

Bot 4

George Shuba: K
Bruce Edwards: 63
Roy Campanella: K

Top 5

Warren Spahn: W
Eddie Stanky: 36(1)/FO/BG
Al Dark: S7/G.1-2
Earl Torgeson: D9.2-H;1-H
Bob Elliott: W
Tommy Holmes: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Gene Hermanski: 4
Gil Hodges: 7
Preacher Roe: 7

Top 6

Jim Russell: 6
Mike McCormick: 7
Bill Salkeld: 9

Bot 6

Pee Wee Reese: E6/TH
Jackie Robinson: D6.1-3
Carl Furillo: S7.3-H(UR);2-H
George Shuba: 14/SH.1-2
Bruce Edwards: 63
Roy Campanella: 63

Top 7

Warren Spahn: K
Eddie Stanky: S1/BG
Al Dark: 2/FL
Earl Torgeson: 8

Bot 7

Gene Hermanski: K
Gil Hodges: K
Preacher Roe: 53

Top 8

Bob Elliott: K
Clint Conatser: 3/G
Jim Russell: 9

Bot 8

Pee Wee Reese: 43
Jackie Robinson: 8/L
Carl Furillo: 6

Top 9

Mike McCormick: 13
Phil Masi: 53
Warren Spahn: K

Bot 9

George Shuba: 4
Bruce Edwards: 8
Roy Campanella: 7

Top 10

Eddie Stanky: 6
Al Dark: 2/FL
Frank McCormick: E5/G
Bob Elliott: 64(1)/FO

Bot 10

Gene Hermanski: S8
Gil Hodges: 2/FL/BP
Preacher Roe: 1/BP
Pee Wee Reese: 8

Top 11

Clint Conatser: 63
Jim Russell: S7/G
Mike McCormick: 54(1)/FO
Phil Masi: 6/L

Bot 11

Jackie Robinson: 63
Carl Furillo: W
George Shuba: S9.1-3
Bruce Edwards: I.1-2
Roy Campanella: 7.3-H