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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1949-07-23 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 8213 · 2:51

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 12–9. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 6 in the 9th. Hugh Casey earned the win and Bob Chesnes picked up the save. Wally Westlake went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	6	12	10
BSN	4	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	13

W: Hugh Casey L: Nels Potter SV: Bob Chesnes

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: Lon Warneke · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Castiglione	5	1	1	2	0	0
Johnny Hopp	5	1	1	2	0	1
Dino Restelli	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	2	3	0	0	3	0
Wally Westlake	4	3	3	2	0	0
Monty Basgall	4	0	0	1	0	2
Stan Rojek	4	1	1	1	1	0
Phil Masi	5	2	2	0	0	1
Tiny Bonham	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Poat	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed FitzGerald	1	0	1	1	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	0	0	0	1	1	0
Tom Saffell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	5	1	1	1	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	4	2	2	1	1	0
Pete Reiser	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	1	0	0	2	1
Marv Rickert	4	2	3	3	1	0
Tommy Holmes	4	1	3	2	1	0
Al Dark	5	1	2	1	0	0
Bill Salkeld	5	0	0	0	0	1
Warren Spahn	4	1	2	0	0	1
Jeff Heath	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tiny Bonham	1.0	6	1	0
Ray Poat	5.0	7	2	4
Hugh Casey	2.0	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	0.0	0	2	0
Bob Chesnes	1.0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	8.0	8	3	3
Nels Potter	0.1	2	1	0
Bobby Hogue	0.2	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Castiglione: 63
Johnny Hopp: 4/L
Dino Restelli: 53

Bot 1

Eddie Stanky: 13
Elbie Fletcher: D
Pete Reiser: 8
Bob Elliott: W
Marv Rickert: D.2-H;1-H
Tommy Holmes: D.2-H
Al Dark: S7.2-H
Bill Salkeld: 9

Top 2

Ralph Kiner: FLE5
Ralph Kiner: W
Wally Westlake: S.1-3
Monty Basgall: 7.3-H(UR);1-2
Stan Rojek: 7
Phil Masi: E5.2-H(NR)(UR)
Tiny Bonham: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Warren Spahn: S
Eddie Stanky: D7.1-H(E7)(NR)
Elbie Fletcher: S.2-H
Pete Reiser: 8
Bob Elliott: K
Marv Rickert: 43

Top 3

Pete Castiglione: 2/FL
Johnny Hopp: 31
Dino Restelli: 53

Bot 3

Tommy Holmes: S
Al Dark: 8
Bill Salkeld: K+SB2
Warren Spahn: K

Top 4

Ralph Kiner: W
Wally Westlake: HR/7D.1-H
Monty Basgall: K
Stan Rojek: S
Phil Masi: 54(1)/FO
Ray Poat: 6(1)/FO

Bot 4

Eddie Stanky: K
Elbie Fletcher: W
Pete Reiser: 53.1-2
Bob Elliott: W
Marv Rickert: D/P1.2-H;1-3
Tommy Holmes: 8/L

Top 5

Pete Castiglione: 7
Johnny Hopp: 3/FL
Dino Restelli: 53

Bot 5

Al Dark: S
Bill Salkeld: 8/L
Warren Spahn: S.1-3
Eddie Stanky: SB2
Eddie Stanky: 9.3-H
Elbie Fletcher: 7/L

Top 6

Ralph Kiner: 23
Wally Westlake: 53
Monty Basgall: 63

Bot 6

Pete Reiser: 3/FL
Bob Elliott: 4/P
Marv Rickert: S
Tommy Holmes: D8.1-H
Al Dark: 6/P

Top 7

Stan Rojek: W
Phil Masi: D/78.1-3
Ed FitzGerald: S8.3-H;2-3
Pete Castiglione: 7.3-H
Johnny Hopp: K
Dino Restelli: 4/P

Bot 7

Bill Salkeld: 8/F
Warren Spahn: E5/P
Eddie Stanky: 3/FL/DP.1X3(85)

Top 8

Ralph Kiner: 7
Wally Westlake: D
Monty Basgall: K
Stan Rojek: 7

Bot 8

Elbie Fletcher: 6/P
Pete Reiser: 8/F
Bob Elliott: 7/F

Top 9

Phil Masi: S7
Danny Murtaugh: S8/P.1-2
Pete Castiglione: D8/78.2-H;1-3
Johnny Hopp: S9.3-H;2-H
Dino Restelli: 14/SH.1-2
Ralph Kiner: IW
Wally Westlake: HP.2-3;1-2
Dixie Walker: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Stan Rojek: E8/L.3-H(RBI)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Phil Masi: K/C
Tom Saffell: 43

Bot 9

Marv Rickert: W
Tommy Holmes: W.1-2
Al Dark: 65(2)/FO.1-2
Bill Salkeld: 2/FL
Jeff Heath: 4/P34D

Notes & reviews

high wind-blown pop up landed on back of mound
1Bman Hopp threw wildly back to 1st to try to double off Spahn who was running with the pitch. Spahn then was thrown out trying to advance to 2nd.

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