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Boston Red Sox @ St. Louis Browns

1949-08-23 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 6659 · night · 2:31

St. Louis Browns defeated Boston Red Sox 5–4. St. Louis Browns put up 2 in the 1st. Al Papai earned the win. Jack Graham went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	10
SLA	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		5	8

W: Al Papai L: Chuck Stobbs SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Berry · 1B: Joe Paparella · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	1	1	1	1	0
Al Zarilla	4	0	2	0	1	0
Ted Williams	3	0	1	1	2	1
Vern Stephens	4	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Doerr	4	1	2	0	1	0
Birdie Tebbetts	3	1	0	0	1	1
Merl Combs	5	0	2	0	0	0
Billy Hitchcock	4	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Dobson	2	0	2	0	0	0
Lou Stringer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Dillinger	3	1	0	0	2	0
Stan Spence	4	1	3	0	0	0
Dick Kokos	5	2	1	1	0	2
Jack Graham	3	1	1	2	1	1
Roy Sievers	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jerry Priddy	3	0	2	1	1	0
Les Moss	3	0	0	0	1	0
John Sullivan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Karl Drews	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Papai	2	0	0	0	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Dobson	5.0	4	5	2
Chuck Stobbs	2.0	3	1	2
Tex Hughson	1.0	1	0	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Karl Drews	5.2	7	4	1
Dick Starr	0.0	2	1	0
Al Papai	3.1	1	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 63
Al Zarilla: D
Ted Williams: W
Vern Stephens: W.2-3;1-2
Bobby Doerr: 4/P
Birdie Tebbetts: 6(1)/FO

Bot 1

Bob Dillinger: W
Stan Spence: 53/SH.1-2
Dick Kokos: S8.2-H
Jack Graham: W.1-2
Roy Sievers: W.2-3;1-2
Jerry Priddy: 36(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Les Moss: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Merl Combs: S
Billy Hitchcock: 8
Joe Dobson: S.1-2
Dom DiMaggio: 7
Al Zarilla: 9

Bot 2

John Sullivan: 63
Karl Drews: 6/L
Bob Dillinger: 63

Top 3

Ted Williams: 7
Vern Stephens: 63
Bobby Doerr: W
Birdie Tebbetts: 8

Bot 3

Stan Spence: D7/7L
Dick Kokos: WP.2-3
Dick Kokos: E3.3-H(NR)
Jack Graham: K
Roy Sievers: S.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Jerry Priddy: IW
Les Moss: 6/P
John Sullivan: 9

Top 4

Merl Combs: 9
Billy Hitchcock: 43
Joe Dobson: S
Dom DiMaggio: 7

Bot 4

Karl Drews: 8
Bob Dillinger: W
Stan Spence: 9
Dick Kokos: SB2
Dick Kokos: K/C

Top 5

Al Zarilla: S
Ted Williams: K+CS2(25)/DP
Vern Stephens: 63

Bot 5

Jack Graham: 5/FL
Roy Sievers: 7
Jerry Priddy: S
Les Moss: BK.1-2
Les Moss: 8

Top 6

Bobby Doerr: S7
Birdie Tebbetts: W.1-2
Merl Combs: S9.2-3;1-2
Billy Hitchcock: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Lou Stringer: BK.3-H;1-2
Lou Stringer: 7/7D
Dom DiMaggio: S7.2-H
Al Zarilla: WP.1-2
Al Zarilla: W
Ted Williams: S9/9D.2-H;1-2
Vern Stephens: 63

Bot 6

John Sullivan: 4/P
Al Papai: K
Bob Dillinger: 4/L

Top 7

Bobby Doerr: S
Birdie Tebbetts: 13/SH.1-2
Merl Combs: 7
Billy Hitchcock: 8

Bot 7

Stan Spence: S8
Dick Kokos: 56(1)/BG/FO
Jack Graham: HR/9D.1-H
Roy Sievers: 63
Jerry Priddy: S
Les Moss: W.1-2
John Sullivan: K

Top 8

Tommy O'Brien: 13
Dom DiMaggio: W
Al Zarilla: 3/G.1-2
Ted Williams: W
Vern Stephens: 63

Bot 8

Al Papai: K
Bob Dillinger: 8/8D
Stan Spence: S
Dick Kokos: K

Top 9

Bobby Doerr: 53
Birdie Tebbetts: K
Merl Combs: 8

Notes & reviews

Dick Kokos tapped the ball down the 1B line and backpedalled to avoid Billy Hitchcock's tag; Hitchcock dropped the ball as he reached to tag Kokos, and the ball rolled 20 feet away
infield shifted for Ted Williams
onto the pavillion roof

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