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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1948-07-04 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 21861 · 2:28

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Boston Braves 5–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 4th. Robin Roberts earned the win. Al Dark went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Robin Roberts L: Red Barrett SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	3	0	2	2	0	0
Emil Verban	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bama Rowell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bert Haas	4	1	2	0	0	1
Harry Walker	4	2	2	1	0	1
Dick Sisler	3	1	0	1	1	0
Eddie Miller	3	0	0	1	0	0
Andy Seminick	3	0	0	0	0	1
Robin Roberts	2	0	1	0	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Barrett	3.0	6	1	0
Ernie White	2.0	1	1	1
Bobby Hogue	3.0	1	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robin Roberts	9.0	10	5	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Stanky: 63
Tommy Holmes: W
Earl Torgeson: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 7
Emil Verban: 43
Bama Rowell: 9

Top 2

Bob Elliott: 4
Jim Russell: 43
Jeff Heath: D7
Phil Masi: 6/L

Bot 2

Bert Haas: S7
Harry Walker: CS2(24)
Harry Walker: T9
Dick Sisler: 8.3-H
Eddie Miller: 8

Top 3

Al Dark: HR/7
Red Barrett: K/C
Eddie Stanky: S4
Tommy Holmes: D9.1-H
Earl Torgeson: K
Bob Elliott: W
Jim Russell: K

Bot 3

Andy Seminick: 53
Robin Roberts: 1/L
Richie Ashburn: D9
Emil Verban: 53

Top 4

Jeff Heath: D8
Phil Masi: 63
Al Dark: W
Red Barrett: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Bama Rowell: D9
Bert Haas: S9.2-3
Harry Walker: S7.1-2;3-H
Dick Sisler: W.2-3;1-2
Eddie Miller: 8.3-H
Andy Seminick: K
Robin Roberts: W.2-3;1-2
Richie Ashburn: S8.1-2;2-H;3-H
Emil Verban: 8

Top 5

Eddie Stanky: W
Tommy Holmes: W.1-2
Earl Torgeson: 7
Bob Elliott: K
Jim Russell: 3/G

Bot 5

Bama Rowell: 5/FL
Bert Haas: 9
Harry Walker: 6

Top 6

Jeff Heath: S9
Phil Masi: S7.1-2
Al Dark: 3/FL
Frank McCormick: 7
Eddie Stanky: S9.1-2;2-3
Tommy Holmes: 8

Bot 6

Dick Sisler: 53
Eddie Miller: 9
Andy Seminick: 63

Top 7

Earl Torgeson: 43
Bob Elliott: 13
Jim Russell: 6

Bot 7

Robin Roberts: S7
Richie Ashburn: 13/SH.1-2
Emil Verban: 2/FL
Bama Rowell: 43

Top 8

Jeff Heath: 43
Phil Masi: 2/FL
Al Dark: 63

Bot 8

Bert Haas: K
Harry Walker: K
Dick Sisler: 8

Top 9

Bill Salkeld: K/C
Eddie Stanky: S7
Tommy Holmes: S9.1-2
Earl Torgeson: 6
Bob Elliott: 13