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Chicago Cubs @ Boston Braves

1951-05-04 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 6022 · night · 2:05

Boston Braves defeated Chicago Cubs 9–3. Boston Braves put up 2 in the 1st. Vern Bickford earned the win. Bob Elliott went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
BSN	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0		9	11

W: Vern Bickford L: Bob Rush SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wayne Terwilliger	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Serena	2	0	1	0	2	0
Frank Baumholtz	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hank Sauer	3	1	2	3	1	0
Andy Pafko	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Fondy	3	0	0	0	1	1
Rube Walker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Cusick	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Borkowski	0	1	0	0	1	0
Turk Lown	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Ramazzotti	1	0	0	0	0	0
Smoky Burgess	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Hartsfield	5	0	2	2	0	1
Sam Jethroe	5	0	2	1	0	1
Earl Torgeson	4	3	1	0	1	0
Bob Elliott	4	3	2	4	1	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ebba St. Claire	3	1	2	0	1	1
Willard Marshall	3	0	1	1	1	1
Buddy Kerr	2	2	0	1	2	1
Vern Bickford	2	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Rush	2.0	4	1	2
Turk Lown	4.0	5	5	2
Bob Kelly	2.0	2	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Bickford	9.0	5	5	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wayne Terwilliger: K
Bill Serena: W
Frank Baumholtz: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Roy Hartsfield: K
Sam Jethroe: S8
Earl Torgeson: 46(1)/FO
Bob Elliott: HR/7D.1-H
Sid Gordon: 9

Top 2

Hank Sauer: HR/7D
Andy Pafko: HP
Dee Fondy: 54(1)/FO
Rube Walker: E1.1-2
Jack Cusick: PO2(14)
Jack Cusick: 13

Bot 2

Ebba St. Claire: D7/7D
Willard Marshall: 43.2-2#
Buddy Kerr: W
Vern Bickford: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Roy Hartsfield: S8.3-H;2-H
Sam Jethroe: PO1(E1).1-2
Sam Jethroe: K

Top 3

Bob Borkowski: W
Wayne Terwilliger: 9
Bill Serena: S.1-2
Frank Baumholtz: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Hank Sauer: D7/7D.3-H;1-H
Andy Pafko: 63

Bot 3

Earl Torgeson: S7
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: 23/SH.2-3;1-2
Ebba St. Claire: IW
Willard Marshall: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Buddy Kerr: 8.3-H
Vern Bickford: 4

Top 4

Dee Fondy: K
Rube Walker: 4
Jack Cusick: 63

Bot 4

Roy Hartsfield: 7
Sam Jethroe: 5
Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: HR/7D.1-H
Sid Gordon: S
Ebba St. Claire: D.1-3
Willard Marshall: K

Top 5

Turk Lown: K/C
Wayne Terwilliger: 43
Bill Serena: W
Frank Baumholtz: S.1-2#
Hank Sauer: W.2-3;1-2
Andy Pafko: 9

Bot 5

Buddy Kerr: W
Vern Bickford: 14/SH.1-2
Roy Hartsfield: 3
Sam Jethroe: S8/P.2-H
Earl Torgeson: 8/89

Top 6

Dee Fondy: W
Rube Walker: 46(1)3/GDP
Jack Cusick: K/C

Bot 6

Bob Elliott: 5/FL
Sid Gordon: 53
Ebba St. Claire: K/C

Top 7

Bob Ramazzotti: 63
Wayne Terwilliger: 8
Bill Serena: 6/L

Bot 7

Willard Marshall: S
Buddy Kerr: K/C
Vern Bickford: 8(B)3(1)/FDP

Top 8

Frank Baumholtz: 9
Hank Sauer: 63
Andy Pafko: 53

Bot 8

Roy Hartsfield: S
Sam Jethroe: 31.1-2
Earl Torgeson: 5/FL
Bob Elliott: 8

Top 9

Dee Fondy: 43
Rube Walker: S
Jack Cusick: 9
Smoky Burgess: K

Notes & reviews

Hank Sauer knocked down by a Vern Bickford pitch
Andy Pafko was hit on the shoulder and he yelled at Vern Bickford as he went to 1B
Ebba St. Claire knocked down by a Bob Rush pitch behind his head; HP umpire Jocko Conlan warned both teams
the ball struck a cigarette ad jutting above the wall on an apparent home run
Debut game for Bob Kelly

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