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Philadelphia Phillies @ Boston Braves

1949-09-08 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 5856 · night · 1:54

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Boston Braves 3–1. Russ Meyer earned the win. Willie Jones went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Russ Meyer L: Johnny Sain SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Artie Gore · 1B: Scotty Robb · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	0	1	0	0	1
Granny Hamner	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dick Sisler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Del Ennis	4	0	0	1	0	1
Stan Lopata	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	3	1	0	0	1	1
Willie Jones	3	1	2	2	1	0
Mike Goliat	4	0	2	0	0	1
Russ Meyer	4	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Meyer	9.0	1	3	3

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Sain	9.0	8	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Richie Ashburn: K
Granny Hamner: S
Dick Sisler: 9
Del Ennis: K

Bot 1

Sibby Sisti: W
Connie Ryan: D9.1-H
Elbie Fletcher: 6
Marv Rickert: 53
Jeff Heath: 31

Top 2

Stan Lopata: 13
Bill Nicholson: W
Willie Jones: D7/7D.1-H;B-3(TH)
Mike Goliat: FC5.3XH(52)
Russ Meyer: 9

Bot 2

Tommy Holmes: 4
Al Dark: 4
Bill Salkeld: 5/FL

Top 3

Richie Ashburn: E3
Granny Hamner: SB2
Granny Hamner: 63.2-3
Dick Sisler: 3/G
Del Ennis: 8

Bot 3

Johnny Sain: 13
Sibby Sisti: W
Connie Ryan: 13.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: K

Top 4

Stan Lopata: 8
Bill Nicholson: 8
Willie Jones: 63

Bot 4

Marv Rickert: 4
Jeff Heath: 8
Tommy Holmes: W
Al Dark: 43

Top 5

Mike Goliat: S
Russ Meyer: OA.1X2(94)
Russ Meyer: K
Richie Ashburn: D
Granny Hamner: 63

Bot 5

Bill Salkeld: 41
Johnny Sain: 63
Sibby Sisti: 7

Top 6

Dick Sisler: 63
Del Ennis: 3/FL
Stan Lopata: D
Bill Nicholson: 8

Bot 6

Connie Ryan: 53
Elbie Fletcher: K
Marv Rickert: 43

Top 7

Willie Jones: W
Mike Goliat: S8.1-3
Russ Meyer: 4(1)3/GDP.3-3
Richie Ashburn: 6/L

Bot 7

Jeff Heath: 9
Tommy Holmes: 7
Al Dark: 3/FL

Top 8

Granny Hamner: D7/7L
Dick Sisler: 9/L.2-3
Del Ennis: 7.3-H
Stan Lopata: 7

Bot 8

Bill Salkeld: 2/FL
Johnny Sain: 6
Sibby Sisti: K

Top 9

Bill Nicholson: K
Willie Jones: HR/7D
Mike Goliat: K
Russ Meyer: 3/G

Bot 9

Connie Ryan: 53
Elbie Fletcher: 4
Marv Rickert: 43

Notes & reviews

Tommy Holmes backed up a wild pick off throw

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