It was Opening Day for the 1949 NL season! The Philadelphia Phillies sent the Boston Braves fans home on an unhappy note by defeating the hometown team 9-5. The Braves struck first by getting a run in the bottom of the 1st inning and had a 3-1 lead by the 5th. In the 5th the Phillies put 5 runs on the scoreboard highlighted by a 2-run homer from Bill Nicholson off of Johnny Sain. Ken Heintzelman went 8 2/3 innings for the Win.
BOXSCORE: 1949 Philadelphia Phillies At 1949 Boston Braves 4/18/1949
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 4 1 1 0 .250 E.Stanky 2B 4 1 0 0 .000
G.Hamner SS 4 0 1 0 .250 A.Dark SS 3 0 0 0 .000
E.Waitkus 1B 5 2 2 1 .400 E.Torgeson 1B 3 2 1 1 .333
D.Ennis LF 5 2 2 2 .400 B.Elliott 3B 5 1 2 3 .400
B.Nicholson RF 4 2 3 3 .750 J.Russell CF 3 0 0 0 .000
W.Jones 3B 4 0 0 1 .000 P.Reiser LF 3 1 2 0 .667
E.Miller 2B 3 1 1 2 .333 T.Holmes RF 3 0 0 0 .000
S.Lopata C 4 0 1 0 .250 P.Masi C 3 0 2 1 .667
K.Heintzelman P 3 1 1 0 .333 J.Sain P 2 0 0 0 .000
R.Roberts P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Barrett P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-M.Rickert PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Hall P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-J.Heath PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Antonelli P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 9 12 9 Totals 31 5 7 5
A-Pinch Hit For Barrett In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hall In 8th Inning
Phillies........ 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 - 9 12 2
Braves.......... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 7 0
Phillies (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
K.Heintzelma WIN(1-0) 8 2/3 7 5 4 9 2 1 4.15
R.Roberts 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 7 5 4 9 2 1
Braves (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Sain LOSS(0-1) 5 7 6 6 4 1 1 10.80
R.Barrett 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
B.Hall 2 4 3 3 0 0 1 13.50
J.Antonelli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 12 9 9 4 2 2
ATTENDANCE- 26,036 DATE- Monday, April 18th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan, Lon Warneke,
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 6 Braves:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 2 Braves: 1
ERRORS- W.Jones, S.Lopata
DOUBLES- E.Waitkus(1st), B.Nicholson(1st), B.Elliott(1st)
TRIPLES- D.Ennis(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.Nicholson(1st), E.Miller(1st), B.Elliott(1st)
RBIs- E.Waitkus(1st), D.Ennis-2(2nd), B.Nicholson-3(3rd), W.Jones(1st),
E.Miller-2(2nd), E.Torgeson(1st), B.Elliott-3(3rd), P.Masi(1st)
STOLEN BASES- P.Masi(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- P.Masi
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Hamner, A.Dark, T.Holmes
SACRIFICE FLIES- W.Jones
WALKS- R.Ashburn, B.Nicholson, E.Miller, K.Heintzelman, E.Stanky, A.Dark,
E.Torgeson-2, J.Russell, P.Reiser-2, T.Holmes, P.Masi
HIT BY PITCH- J.Russell
STRIKE OUTS- G.Hamner, E.Waitkus, J.Russell, J.Heath
GIDP- P.Reiser
2-out RBI- B.Elliott, E.Miller-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Russell-3, S.Lopata-2, E.Stanky-2, T.Holmes-2, A.Dark
TEAM RISP- Phillies: 4 for 11 Braves: 1 for 16
Right fielder Bill Nicholson slammed a homerun and had 3 RBI at Braves Field
where the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Braves 9 to 5.
Nicholson provided the offensive punch. He doubled scoring a run in the 2nd
inning, blasted a two-run home run in the 5th inning and ripped a one-base
hit in the 7th inning. Philadelphia finished with 12 hits while Boston ended
up with 7.
The winning pitcher was Ken Heintzelman(1-0) who allowed 5 runs in 8 and 2/3
innings. The losing pitcher was Johnny Sain(0-1). Philadelphia scored big
getting 6 runs off him in 5 innings.
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