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Boston Braves @ Cincinnati Reds

1948-07-21 · Night game · Crosley Field · Att: 27153 · 2:12

Boston Braves defeated Cincinnati Reds 6–2. Boston Braves put up 2 in the 6th. Warren Spahn earned the win. Jeff Heath went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Warren Spahn L: Ewell Blackwell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Jorda · 1B: Dusty Boggess · 2B: Larry Goetz · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	0	1	0	1	0
Al Dark	5	1	2	1	0	2
Earl Torgeson	4	1	1	1	1	1
Bob Elliott	4	1	2	2	0	1
Jeff Heath	4	1	1	2	0	1
Mike McCormick	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Salkeld	3	1	1	0	0	1
Connie Ryan	4	0	0	0	0	2
Warren Spahn	4	1	1	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Wyrostek	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bobby Adams	4	2	1	0	0	0
Grady Hatton	4	0	1	1	0	1
Hank Sauer	4	0	3	1	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ted Kluszewski	4	0	0	0	0	0
Virgil Stallcup	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Lamanno	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ewell Blackwell	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	9.0	7	2	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ewell Blackwell	7.0	9	3	9
Kent Peterson	2.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Holmes: 13
Al Dark: K
Earl Torgeson: HR/9
Bob Elliott: K/C

Bot 1

Johnny Wyrostek: S
Bobby Adams: 7
Grady Hatton: 64(1)/FO
Hank Sauer: WP.1-2
Hank Sauer: 63

Top 2

Jeff Heath: K/C
Mike McCormick: 3/P/FL
Bill Salkeld: K

Bot 2

Danny Litwhiler: 7
Ted Kluszewski: 8
Virgil Stallcup: 2/FL

Top 3

Connie Ryan: 8
Warren Spahn: 63
Tommy Holmes: W
Al Dark: K

Bot 3

Ray Lamanno: S
Ewell Blackwell: 36(1)/FO
Johnny Wyrostek: K
Bobby Adams: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Earl Torgeson: K/C
Bob Elliott: 13
Jeff Heath: 3/P

Bot 4

Grady Hatton: K/C
Hank Sauer: D9
Danny Litwhiler: W
Ted Kluszewski: 164(1)/FO.2-3
Virgil Stallcup: 3/P/FL

Top 5

Mike McCormick: 153
Bill Salkeld: 5/P
Connie Ryan: K/C

Bot 5

Ray Lamanno: 6/P
Ewell Blackwell: 63
Johnny Wyrostek: 63

Top 6

Warren Spahn: S9
Tommy Holmes: 7
Al Dark: S8.1-3;B-2(TH)
Earl Torgeson: IW
Bob Elliott: S7.1-2;2-H;3-H
Jeff Heath: 7
Mike McCormick: WP.1-2;2-3
Mike McCormick: K/C

Bot 6

Bobby Adams: S4.B-2(E4)
Grady Hatton: S.2-H
Hank Sauer: S7.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: 6/P
Ted Kluszewski: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Bill Salkeld: S2
Connie Ryan: 2/P
Warren Spahn: K
Tommy Holmes: S.1-2
Al Dark: D.1-3;2-H
Earl Torgeson: 9

Bot 7

Virgil Stallcup: 53
Ray Lamanno: 63
Ewell Blackwell: 8

Top 8

Bob Elliott: S
Jeff Heath: HR/9.1-H
Mike McCormick: W
Bill Salkeld: 14/SH.1-2
Connie Ryan: K
Warren Spahn: 13

Bot 8

Johnny Wyrostek: W
Bobby Adams: 54(1)/FO
Grady Hatton: 7
Hank Sauer: D9.1-H
Danny Litwhiler: 43

Top 9

Tommy Holmes: 53
Al Dark: 63
Earl Torgeson: 8

Bot 9

Ted Kluszewski: 3/G
Virgil Stallcup: 3/FL
Ray Lamanno: 43

Notes & reviews

wind blown pop fly fell in front of HP

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