1949 AL Game: Bsn. @ St. Louis; Dimaggio Hits for Cycle

July 23, 1949

  Boston's Dom Dimaggio became the 1st player to hit for the cycle in this 1949 MLB Season. Boston won the hard fought contest against the St. Louis Browns 10-7 and Dimaggio was a big reason why. Dom got the hardest hit to get, a triple, in his last at bat in the 8th inning.

BOXSCORE: 1949 Boston Red Sox At 1949 St. Louis Browns            7/23/1949
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Browns             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Dimaggio CF       5  3  4  2 .277     B.Dillinger 3B      5  0  1  0 .336  
  J.Pesky 3B          4  1  1  1 .356     D.Kokos RF          4  1  1  0 .284  
  T.Williams LF       5  1  1  0 .338     J.Priddy 2B         3  2  2  1 .300  
  V.Stephens SS       2  1  1  3 .279     W.Platt LF          5  1  2  2 .285  
  B.Doerr 2B          4  1  1  3 .307     R.Sievers CF        4  1  0  0 .323  
  B.Goodman 1B        5  0  1  0 .247     P.Lehner 1B         5  0  2  1 .206  
  A.Zarilla RF        3  0  0  0 .282     S.Lollar C          4  1  2  1 .288  
  M.Batts C           4  1  1  0 .255   C-J.Graham PH         1  0  0  0 .252  
  C.Stobbs P          4  2  3  1 .345     E.Pellagrini SS     4  0  1  0 .260  
  E.Kinder P          0  0  0  0 .132     R.Embree P          3  1  2  1 .325  
                                          A.Papai P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-L.Moss PH           0  0  0  0 .298  
                                        B-G.Elder PR          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          T.Ferrick P         0  0  0  0 .091  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36 10 13 10                 Totals      38  7 13  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Papai In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Moss In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lollar In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 2 0 2  3 0 0  1 0 2  - 10 13  1
Browns.......... 3 1 0  0 1 1  0 0 1  -  7 13  2
 
Red Sox (51-37)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Stobbs WIN(7-3)         8      12   7   6   5   3   1   5.02
E.Kinder SAVE(2nd)        1       1   0   0   0   2   0   3.18
Totals                    9      13   7   6   5   5   1
 
Browns (40-48)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Embree LOSS(4-5)        6 2/3  10   8   6   4   2   2   4.75
A.Papai                   1 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   6.27
T.Ferrick                 1       2   2   2   0   0   1   4.18
Totals                    9      13  10   8   4   2   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 3,290 DATE- Saturday, July 23rd 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6  Browns: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 3  Browns: 0
ERRORS- B.Goodman, B.Dillinger, E.Pellagrini
DOUBLES- D.Dimaggio(12th), J.Pesky(19th), M.Batts(6th), C.Stobbs, W.Platt(5th),
         S.Lollar(7th)
TRIPLES- D.Dimaggio(3rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Dimaggio(3rd), V.Stephens(17th), B.Doerr(11th), J.Priddy(5th)
RBIs- D.Dimaggio-2(39th), J.Pesky(37th), V.Stephens-3(76th), B.Doerr-3(63rd),
      C.Stobbs, J.Priddy(44th), W.Platt-2(15th), P.Lehner(11th), S.Lollar(31st),
      R.Embree
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Dimaggio, A.Zarilla
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Pesky
SACRIFICE FLIES- V.Stephens, B.Doerr
WALKS- V.Stephens-2, A.Zarilla-2, D.Kokos, J.Priddy-2, R.Sievers, L.Moss
STRIKE OUTS- D.Dimaggio, A.Zarilla, D.Kokos-2, R.Sievers-2, J.Graham
GIDP- J.Priddy, W.Platt, R.Sievers
2-out RBI- V.Stephens-2, W.Platt, P.Lehner, S.Lollar, C.Stobbs, D.Dimaggio-2,
           R.Embree
RLISP 2-out- E.Pellagrini, W.Platt, D.Dimaggio, D.Kokos, M.Batts-2, B.Dillinger,
             J.Graham
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 3 for 9  Browns: 4 for 13
 
Dom Dimaggio hit for the cycle and had 2 RBI at Sportsman's Park where the
Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 10 to 7.
 
Dimaggio was a seemingly constant irritant to the hometown fans as he provided
much of the offense for the visitors.  He laced a one-base hit in the 1st
inning, doubled in the 3rd inning, smashed a two-run homer in the 4th inning
and tripled in the 8th inning.  Even though they scored in 5 different
innings, St. Louis was not able to pull off the win.  
 
The victory was credited to Chuck Stobbs(7-3) who went 8 innings, allowing 7
runs. Ellis Kinder recorded the save, his 2nd.  The loss was charged to Red
Embree(4-5).  He was touched for 10 hits and 4 walks in 6 and 2/3 innings.