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Boston Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals

1949-06-25 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 25847 · night · 2:43

Boston Braves defeated St. Louis Cardinals 10–6. Boston Braves put up 3 in the 3rd. Johnny Sain earned the win and Nels Potter picked up the save. Sibby Sisti went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	1	3	2	1	0	1	2	0	10	18
SLN	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	6	10

W: Johnny Sain L: Harry Brecheen SV: Nels Potter

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elbie Fletcher	5	2	3	0	1	0
Al Dark	6	0	2	0	0	1
Jim Russell	4	1	1	1	2	1
Bob Elliott	5	2	2	3	1	1
Ed Sauer	5	0	1	0	1	1
Marv Rickert	6	2	3	1	0	1
Sibby Sisti	4	2	3	3	1	1
Del Crandall	5	0	3	2	0	0
Johnny Sain	5	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	5	1	1	0	0	0
Lou Klein	3	1	0	0	2	2
Stan Musial	5	1	3	2	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	2	1	1	1	1
Ron Northey	4	0	2	2	1	0
Eddie Kazak	5	0	1	0	0	1
Rocky Nelson	3	0	1	1	1	0
Del Rice	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Brecheen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Rice	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nippy Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Garagiola	2	1	1	0	0	0
Tommy Glaviano	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chuck Diering	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Sain	8.2	10	6	5
Nels Potter	0.1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	3.1	8	3	4
Bill Reeder	0.2	0	0	0
Al Brazle	3.0	6	1	1
Jim Hearn	2.0	4	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Elbie Fletcher: S9
Al Dark: 7/F
Jim Russell: K
Bob Elliott: K/C

Bot 1

Red Schoendienst: S8/L
Lou Klein: W.1-2
Stan Musial: S7/G.2-H;1-3
Enos Slaughter: K+CSH(26352)/DP.1-2
Ron Northey: W
Eddie Kazak: 7/L

Top 2

Ed Sauer: 53
Marv Rickert: S8
Sibby Sisti: W.1-2
Del Crandall: S7.2-H;1-2
Johnny Sain: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Rocky Nelson: 9/F9D
Del Rice: 5/FL
Harry Brecheen: 43

Top 3

Elbie Fletcher: W
Al Dark: 6/P
Jim Russell: W.1-2
Bob Elliott: T8/F8XDW.2-H;1-H
Ed Sauer: K
Marv Rickert: S9.3-H
Sibby Sisti: K

Bot 3

Red Schoendienst: 3/G
Lou Klein: K
Stan Musial: 63

Top 4

Del Crandall: 5/P
Johnny Sain: E6/G
Elbie Fletcher: S/89.1-2
Al Dark: S7.2-3;1-2
Jim Russell: S7.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: 53.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Ed Sauer: 8/F8S

Bot 4

Enos Slaughter: W
Ron Northey: 7/F7L
Eddie Kazak: S16/L1.1-2
Rocky Nelson: S/78.2-H;1-2
Hal Rice: K
Nippy Jones: 5/FL

Top 5

Marv Rickert: 43
Sibby Sisti: D/F89XDW
Del Crandall: S7.2-H
Johnny Sain: 9/F
Elbie Fletcher: 43

Bot 5

Red Schoendienst: 63
Lou Klein: 53
Stan Musial: 6/L

Top 6

Al Dark: 9/L
Jim Russell: W
Bob Elliott: 7/L78XDW
Ed Sauer: S7.1-2
Marv Rickert: K

Bot 6

Enos Slaughter: 3/G
Ron Northey: S/89
Eddie Kazak: 54(1)/FO
Rocky Nelson: 43

Top 7

Sibby Sisti: HR/F7D
Del Crandall: 63
Johnny Sain: 13
Elbie Fletcher: S9/L9DW
Al Dark: S7.1-2
Jim Russell: 7/F

Bot 7

Joe Garagiola: D9/9L
Tommy Glaviano: W
Red Schoendienst: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Lou Klein: K/C
Stan Musial: S7.3-H;1-2
Enos Slaughter: 7/F

Top 8

Bob Elliott: W
Ed Sauer: 6/P
Marv Rickert: D9/F9DW.1-3
Sibby Sisti: S8.3-H;2-H
Del Crandall: S7.1-2
Johnny Sain: 2/FL
Elbie Fletcher: 2/P

Bot 8

Ron Northey: 1/L
Eddie Kazak: 7/F
Rocky Nelson: W
Joe Garagiola: 31

Top 9

Al Dark: K/C
Jim Russell: 63
Bob Elliott: S/78
Ed Sauer: W.1-2
Marv Rickert: 46(1)/FO

Bot 9

Chuck Diering: K/C
Red Schoendienst: 3/G
Lou Klein: W
Stan Musial: S7.1-2
Enos Slaughter: S7.2-H;1-2
Ron Northey: D7.2-H;1-H
Eddie Kazak: K

Notes & reviews

Before singling, Musial had fouled off a half dozen pitches
Musial leaped and got a glove on it but couldn't hold on after colliding with the CF fence, 422' away.
Into LF bleachers
Off RF screen
High off RF screen

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