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Cincinnati Reds @ Boston Braves

1949-05-06 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 22332 · night · 2:03

Boston Braves defeated Cincinnati Reds 6–1. Boston Braves put up 2 in the 3rd. Warren Spahn earned the win. Sibby Sisti went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Warren Spahn L: Ken Raffensberger SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Grady Hatton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Wyrostek	3	0	0	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Sauer	3	1	1	1	1	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	4	0	1	0	0	1
Virgil Stallcup	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Kress	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ray Mueller	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Raffensberger	2	0	0	0	0	2
Dixie Howell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Adams	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Dark	4	1	2	1	1	0
Earl Torgeson	5	1	2	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jim Russell	4	0	2	1	0	0
Clint Conatser	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tommy Holmes	4	0	1	1	0	0
Phil Masi	3	2	2	0	1	0
Warren Spahn	3	0	0	0	0	2
Sibby Sisti	3	1	1	2	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Raffensberger	6.0	8	4	2
Dixie Howell	2.0	3	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	9.0	4	2	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Grady Hatton: S8
Johnny Wyrostek: 8
Danny Litwhiler: 46(1)/FO
Hank Sauer: 8

Bot 1

Eddie Stanky: 3/FL
Al Dark: 9
Earl Torgeson: E3/G
Bob Elliott: E6.1XH(32)

Top 2

Jimmy Bloodworth: 13
Virgil Stallcup: 43
Chuck Kress: K

Bot 2

Jim Russell: 63
Clint Conatser: W
Tommy Holmes: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Ray Mueller: K
Ken Raffensberger: K
Grady Hatton: 63

Bot 3

Phil Masi: S8
Warren Spahn: 24/SH.1-2
Eddie Stanky: 9
Al Dark: S8.2-H
Earl Torgeson: T8.1-H
Bob Elliott: 53

Top 4

Johnny Wyrostek: W
Danny Litwhiler: 64(1)/FO
Hank Sauer: K
Jimmy Bloodworth: K

Bot 4

Jim Russell: S8
Clint Conatser: 43/BG.1-2#
Tommy Holmes: 9
Phil Masi: IW
Warren Spahn: K

Top 5

Virgil Stallcup: 9
Chuck Kress: K
Ray Mueller: S8
Ken Raffensberger: K

Bot 5

Sibby Sisti: 7
Al Dark: 43
Earl Torgeson: S8
Bob Elliott: SB2
Bob Elliott: W
Jim Russell: S8.2-H;1-2
Clint Conatser: 8

Top 6

Grady Hatton: 7
Johnny Wyrostek: 43
Danny Litwhiler: E6/TH
Hank Sauer: W.1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: 63

Bot 6

Tommy Holmes: 8
Phil Masi: S7
Warren Spahn: K
Sibby Sisti: HR/7.1-H
Al Dark: W
Earl Torgeson: 5/FL

Top 7

Virgil Stallcup: 2/FL
Chuck Kress: 63
Ray Mueller: 7

Bot 7

Bob Elliott: S8
Jim Russell: 9
Clint Conatser: 9
Tommy Holmes: D8.1-H
Phil Masi: 13

Top 8

Dixie Howell: 8
Grady Hatton: 13
Johnny Wyrostek: 2/FL

Bot 8

Warren Spahn: 9/L
Sibby Sisti: 4
Al Dark: S9
Earl Torgeson: 13

Top 9

Danny Litwhiler: 9
Hank Sauer: HR/7
Jimmy Bloodworth: S7
Virgil Stallcup: 9
Bobby Adams: K

Notes & reviews

Eddie Stanky ejected by 3B umpire Beans Reardon

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