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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1949-07-19 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 24750 · 1:59

Boston Braves defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–2. Boston Braves put up 3 in the 3rd. Warren Spahn earned the win. Elbie Fletcher went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Warren Spahn L: Max Lanier SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Chuck Diering	4	0	1	0	1
Red Schoendienst	4	1	1	0	1
Stan Musial	4	1	1	1	0
Eddie Kazak	4	0	1	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	1	1
Nippy Jones	4	0	0	0	1
Marty Marion	3	0	0	0	0
Del Rice	3	0	1	0	0
Max Lanier	1	0	0	0	0
Fred Martin	1	0	0	0	1
Tommy Glaviano	1	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	4	1	1	2	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	5	1	2	3	0	1
Al Dark	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ed Sauer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	3	1	0	0	1	1
Sibby Sisti	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mickey Livingston	4	1	2	0	0	0
Warren Spahn	3	0	1	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Lanier	3.1	5	3	0
Fred Martin	3.2	3	0	1
Bill Reeder	1.0	1	2	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	9.0	6	0	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chuck Diering: K
Red Schoendienst: K/C
Stan Musial: 13

Bot 1

Eddie Stanky: 63
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G
Al Dark: S9
Bob Elliott: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Eddie Kazak: 7
Enos Slaughter: K
Nippy Jones: K

Bot 2

Ed Sauer: 53
Jim Russell: 63
Sibby Sisti: 63

Top 3

Marty Marion: 7
Del Rice: 8
Max Lanier: 1

Bot 3

Mickey Livingston: S7
Warren Spahn: 7
Eddie Stanky: S6.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Al Dark: 6
Bob Elliott: W
Ed Sauer: 9

Top 4

Chuck Diering: D7
Red Schoendienst: 9
Stan Musial: 9
Eddie Kazak: 63

Bot 4

Jim Russell: W
Sibby Sisti: S8.1-2
Mickey Livingston: 4
Warren Spahn: W.2-3;1-2
Eddie Stanky: 64(1)/FO.2-H;3-H
Elbie Fletcher: 46(1)/FO

Top 5

Enos Slaughter: 3/G
Nippy Jones: 4
Marty Marion: 5

Bot 5

Al Dark: 2
Bob Elliott: 6
Ed Sauer: 7

Top 6

Del Rice: 8
Fred Martin: K
Chuck Diering: 9

Bot 6

Jim Russell: K
Sibby Sisti: 13
Mickey Livingston: S8
Warren Spahn: PO1(E1).1-2
Warren Spahn: 43

Top 7

Red Schoendienst: S7
Stan Musial: 3/G.1-2
Eddie Kazak: S7.2-3
Enos Slaughter: 7.3-H
Nippy Jones: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Eddie Stanky: 43
Elbie Fletcher: S5
Al Dark: S7.1-2
Bob Elliott: 5
Ed Sauer: FLE3
Ed Sauer: 6

Top 8

Marty Marion: 8
Del Rice: S8
Tommy Glaviano: K
Chuck Diering: 53

Bot 8

Jim Russell: 43
Sibby Sisti: W
Mickey Livingston: 3
Warren Spahn: S9.1-2
Eddie Stanky: W.2-3;1-2
Elbie Fletcher: K

Top 9

Red Schoendienst: 63
Stan Musial: HR/9
Eddie Kazak: 53
Enos Slaughter: S7
Nippy Jones: 43