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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1948-05-19 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 15978 · night · 2:05

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1. Boston Braves put up 3 in the 3rd. Vern Bickford earned the win. Tommy Holmes went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vern Bickford L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: Butch Henline · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Rojek	3	0	0	0	1	2
Frankie Gustine	3	0	2	0	1	0
Johnny Hopp	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	3	0	1	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Max West	4	1	1	1	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed FitzGerald	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rip Sewell	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Stevens	0	0	0	0	1	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	2	2	2	0	0
Al Dark	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jim Russell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	3	0	2	1	0	1
Jeff Heath	2	0	0	0	1	0
Earl Torgeson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	3	0	0	0	0	0
Connie Ryan	3	1	0	0	0	0
Vern Bickford	2	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	6.0	5	1	2
Hal Gregg	2.0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Bickford	9.0	5	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Rojek: W
Frankie Gustine: S7.1-2
Johnny Hopp: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Ralph Kiner: IW
Dixie Walker: 6
Max West: 43

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: 63
Al Dark: 63
Jim Russell: K

Top 2

Danny Murtaugh: 53
Ed FitzGerald: 43
Rip Sewell: 3

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: K
Jeff Heath: W
Earl Torgeson: 8
Phil Masi: 6

Top 3

Stan Rojek: K/C
Frankie Gustine: 5
Johnny Hopp: 6

Bot 3

Connie Ryan: E5/TH
Vern Bickford: 1/SH.1-2
Tommy Holmes: T/89.2-H(UR)
Al Dark: D/P3D.3-H
Jim Russell: 8
Bob Elliott: S7.2-H(UR)
Jeff Heath: 163

Top 4

Ralph Kiner: 7
Dixie Walker: 9
Max West: 3/G

Bot 4

Earl Torgeson: 2/FL
Phil Masi: 63
Connie Ryan: 13

Top 5

Danny Murtaugh: 6
Ed FitzGerald: K
Rip Sewell: K

Bot 5

Vern Bickford: 43
Tommy Holmes: HR/9D
Al Dark: 43
Jim Russell: 6

Top 6

Stan Rojek: 63
Frankie Gustine: W
Johnny Hopp: 2/FL
Ralph Kiner: 53

Bot 6

Bob Elliott: S
Jeff Heath: 46(1)/FO
Earl Torgeson: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Dixie Walker: 31
Max West: HR/9D
Danny Murtaugh: 63
Ed FitzGerald: S
Ed Stevens: W.1-2
Stan Rojek: K

Bot 7

Phil Masi: 63
Connie Ryan: 3/G
Vern Bickford: 43

Top 8

Frankie Gustine: S
Johnny Hopp: 4(1)3(B)/GDP
Ralph Kiner: S6
Dixie Walker: 3

Bot 8

Tommy Holmes: 13
Al Dark: 6
Jim Russell: 53

Top 9

Max West: 6
Danny Murtaugh: 53
Ed FitzGerald: 4/L