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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1949-08-23 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 14405 · night · 2:14

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Boston Braves put up 2 in the 7th. Johnny Sain earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Sain L: Bob Chesnes 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	4	1	1	0	0	1
Tom Saffell	3	1	2	0	1	0
Johnny Hopp	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ralph Kiner	4	0	1	2	0	0
Dixie Walker	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Castiglione	4	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	3	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Masi	2	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Chesnes	3	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Westlake	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	3	0	1	0	1	1
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	2	1	1	0
Al Dark	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Reiser	3	0	1	1	1	1
Jeff Heath	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tommy Holmes	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bill Salkeld	2	0	1	0	1	0
Connie Ryan	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Sain	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Rickert	1	1	1	0	0	0
Sibby Sisti	1	2	1	0	0	0
Mickey Livingston	1	0	1	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Chesnes	8.0	10	5	4

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Sain	9.0	6	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Rojek: S7
Tom Saffell: FC4.1-2(E4/TH)
Johnny Hopp: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Ralph Kiner: S8.3-H;2-H(UR)
Dixie Walker: 3/G.1-2
Pete Castiglione: 53

Bot 1

Eddie Stanky: 43
Elbie Fletcher: D9
Al Dark: 63
Pete Reiser: D/89.2-H
Jeff Heath: W
Tommy Holmes: 7

Top 2

Danny Murtaugh: 63
Phil Masi: W
Bob Chesnes: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bill Salkeld: S
Connie Ryan: CS2(26)
Connie Ryan: 3
Johnny Sain: 43

Top 3

Stan Rojek: 53
Tom Saffell: S
Johnny Hopp: 9
Ralph Kiner: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Eddie Stanky: W
Elbie Fletcher: 46(1)3/GDP
Al Dark: 9

Top 4

Dixie Walker: 8
Pete Castiglione: 7
Danny Murtaugh: 8

Bot 4

Pete Reiser: W
Jeff Heath: 36(1)3/GDP
Tommy Holmes: 43

Top 5

Phil Masi: 63
Bob Chesnes: 6
Stan Rojek: K/C

Bot 5

Bill Salkeld: W
Connie Ryan: K
Johnny Sain: 16(1)/FO
Eddie Stanky: K/C

Top 6

Tom Saffell: S
Johnny Hopp: K
Ralph Kiner: 8(B)45(1)/FDP/AP

Bot 6

Elbie Fletcher: W
Al Dark: 54/SH.1-2
Pete Reiser: 2/FL
Jeff Heath: K

Top 7

Dixie Walker: 3/G
Pete Castiglione: 3/L
Danny Murtaugh: S
Phil Masi: K/C

Bot 7

Tommy Holmes: S9
Bill Salkeld: 36(1)/BG/FO
Marv Rickert: S7.1-2
Johnny Sain: 8
Eddie Stanky: S4.2-H(E4/TH3);1-2
Elbie Fletcher: S8.2-H;1-2#
Al Dark: 4/L

Top 8

Bob Chesnes: DGR/G1
Stan Rojek: 13
Tom Saffell: W
Johnny Hopp: 5(B)3(1)/P/DP

Bot 8

Pete Reiser: K/C
Jeff Heath: 8
Tommy Holmes: S9
Sibby Sisti: S8.1-2#
Mickey Livingston: D/89.2-H;1-H
Johnny Sain: 63

Top 9

Ralph Kiner: 4
Wally Westlake: 7
Pete Castiglione: 63

Notes & reviews

Pete Reiser made a spectacular diving catch; Tom Saffell did not think the ball would be caught, and was already around 3B when Reiser caught the ball; Saffell missed 3B on the way back to 2B and was called out on appeal for missing the bag
the ball caromed off Johnny Sain's leg into the Pirates 1B dugout

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