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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1949-05-09 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 13706 · 2:07

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1. Vern Bickford earned the win. Marv Rickert went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vern Bickford L: Murry Dickson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Rojek	3	0	0	0	1	1
Johnny Hopp	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	4	1	1	0	0	1
Wally Westlake	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Stevens	2	0	0	0	1	1
Ed FitzGerald	3	0	1	1	0	1
Danny Murtaugh	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Castiglione	2	0	0	0	0	1
Murry Dickson	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Judnich	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	3	0	1	0	0	0
Al Dark	3	0	0	0	1	1
Earl Torgeson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	2	1	0	1	0
Jim Russell	4	0	2	1	0	1
Marv Rickert	4	1	3	1	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bill Salkeld	3	0	0	0	1	0
Vern Bickford	3	1	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Murry Dickson	7.0	8	3	3
Hugh Casey	1.0	2	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Bickford	9.0	3	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Rojek: 4
Johnny Hopp: 63
Ralph Kiner: 9/L

Bot 1

Eddie Stanky: S7
Al Dark: 64(1)3/GDP
Earl Torgeson: 9

Top 2

Wally Westlake: K
Ed Stevens: W
Ed FitzGerald: K+SB2/C
Danny Murtaugh: 13

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: T8/8XD
Jim Russell: D8/8XD.3-H
Marv Rickert: 5
Tommy Holmes: 53
Bill Salkeld: IW
Vern Bickford: 1/P

Top 3

Pete Castiglione: 7
Murry Dickson: D/89
Stan Rojek: W
Johnny Hopp: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Eddie Stanky: 63
Al Dark: W
Earl Torgeson: 46(1)/GDP.BX2(36)

Top 4

Ralph Kiner: D7
Wally Westlake: 43.2-3
Ed Stevens: K
Ed FitzGerald: D9/9L.3-H
Danny Murtaugh: 43

Bot 4

Bob Elliott: 7
Jim Russell: K
Marv Rickert: S4
Tommy Holmes: S9.1-2#
Bill Salkeld: 1/G

Top 5

Pete Castiglione: K
Murry Dickson: 13
Stan Rojek: 43

Bot 5

Vern Bickford: K
Eddie Stanky: 7
Al Dark: K

Top 6

Johnny Hopp: 5/L
Ralph Kiner: K/C
Wally Westlake: 7

Bot 6

Earl Torgeson: 9
Bob Elliott: W
Jim Russell: S9/P.1-2
Marv Rickert: S7.2-H;1-2#
Tommy Holmes: 8/L
Bill Salkeld: 7

Top 7

Ed Stevens: 8
Ed FitzGerald: 63
Danny Murtaugh: 53

Bot 7

Vern Bickford: S6
Eddie Stanky: 34/SH.1-2
Al Dark: 43.2-3
Earl Torgeson: WP.3-H
Earl Torgeson: 31

Top 8

Dixie Walker: 8
Wally Judnich: 6
Stan Rojek: K/C

Bot 8

Bob Elliott: 8
Jim Russell: 8/L
Marv Rickert: S8
Tommy Holmes: WP.1-2
Tommy Holmes: S4.2-H
Bill Salkeld: 8

Top 9

Johnny Hopp: 5
Ralph Kiner: 9
Wally Westlake: 7

Notes & reviews

Al Dark threw a block into Stan Rojek, causing him to throw wildly to 1B; Earl Torgeson had to be restrained from 3B umpire Al Barlick
Danny Murtaugh was lying on the ground, unable to make a throw after making a great stop

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