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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1948-09-11 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 13785 · 2:15

Boston Braves defeated Philadelphia Phillies 13–2. Boston Braves put up 7 in the 6th. Warren Spahn earned the win. Jeff Heath went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	2	0	0	1	7	0	2	1	13	16
PHI	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	4

W: Warren Spahn L: Robin Roberts SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	6	1	3	2	0	1
Al Dark	6	1	1	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	5	1	2	2	1	0
Bob Elliott	4	2	1	0	2	2
Jeff Heath	3	3	2	2	3	0
Mike McCormick	4	2	1	1	2	2
Phil Masi	5	1	2	3	0	1
Sibby Sisti	5	1	2	1	0	1
Warren Spahn	4	1	2	2	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Walker	3	1	0	0	1	0
Putsy Caballero	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bert Haas	4	0	1	1	0	1
Del Ennis	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Blatnik	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bama Rowell	3	1	1	0	0	0
Andy Seminick	3	0	0	1	0	1
Robin Roberts	2	0	0	0	0	2
Al Lakeman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	9.0	4	2	5

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robin Roberts	5.2	10	6	6
Charlie Bicknell	2.1	5	3	0
Sam Nahem	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Holmes: K
Al Dark: 13
Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: SB2
Bob Elliott: 53

Bot 1

Harry Walker: 7
Putsy Caballero: 43
Bert Haas: K

Top 2

Jeff Heath: W
Mike McCormick: W.1-2
Phil Masi: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Sibby Sisti: K
Warren Spahn: K
Tommy Holmes: S7.3-H;2-H;1X3(725)

Bot 2

Del Ennis: 3/FL
Johnny Blatnik: 43
Eddie Miller: 5/L

Top 3

Al Dark: 7
Earl Torgeson: D7/78
Bob Elliott: K
Jeff Heath: W
Mike McCormick: K

Bot 3

Bama Rowell: E5/TH.B-2
Andy Seminick: SB3#
Andy Seminick: 5/FL
Robin Roberts: K
Harry Walker: 163

Top 4

Phil Masi: 4/L
Sibby Sisti: 9/L
Warren Spahn: D8
Tommy Holmes: 43

Bot 4

Putsy Caballero: W
Bert Haas: 46(1)3/GDP
Del Ennis: S7
Johnny Blatnik: 43

Top 5

Al Dark: 43
Earl Torgeson: 4
Bob Elliott: D7/78
Jeff Heath: IW
Mike McCormick: S8.2-H;1-2
Phil Masi: K

Bot 5

Eddie Miller: 4
Bama Rowell: T7/78
Andy Seminick: 63.3-H
Robin Roberts: K

Top 6

Sibby Sisti: 53
Warren Spahn: 2/FL
Tommy Holmes: S7
Al Dark: D9.1-3
Earl Torgeson: D8.3-H;2-H
Bob Elliott: W
Jeff Heath: S7/78.2-H;1-2
Mike McCormick: W.2-3;1-2
Phil Masi: D8.3-H;2-H;1-H
Sibby Sisti: S9.2-H
Warren Spahn: W.1-2
Tommy Holmes: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Harry Walker: E4/G.B-1
Putsy Caballero: S8.1-2
Bert Haas: S8.2-H(UR);1-2
Del Ennis: 9/89.2-3
Johnny Blatnik: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Al Dark: 3/FL
Earl Torgeson: 5/BP
Bob Elliott: W
Jeff Heath: 2/FL

Bot 7

Eddie Miller: 23
Bama Rowell: 9/89
Andy Seminick: K

Top 8

Mike McCormick: 3/FL
Phil Masi: 9
Sibby Sisti: D7
Warren Spahn: HR/9.2-H
Tommy Holmes: S8
Al Dark: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Al Lakeman: 63
Harry Walker: W
Putsy Caballero: 7
Bert Haas: 8

Top 9

Earl Torgeson: 9/89
Bob Elliott: K
Jeff Heath: HR/9
Mike McCormick: K

Bot 9

Del Ennis: 2/FL
Johnny Blatnik: K
Eddie Miller: 4