1949 AL Game: NY @ Clev.

July 19, 1949

 The smoking-hot Cleveland Indians are hosting the 1st place New York Yankees for a 3 game set at Municipal Stadium. The game today saw a great pitching duel between Bob Lemon and Allie Reynolds. Lemon and the Indians ended up defeating the Yankees 2-1 with an 8th inning rally. Cleveland has now won 11 games in a row and have moved within 2.5 games of the AL leaders.

BOXSCORE: 1949 New York Yankees At 1949 Cleveland Indians           7/19/1949
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Woodling LF       4  0  0  0 .248     D.Mitchell LF       3  1  0  0 .333  
  P.Rizzuto SS        3  0  1  1 .266     R.Boone SS          3  0  1  1 .277  
  T.Henrich 1B        4  0  0  0 .341     M.Vernon 1B         3  0  1  1 .292  
  J.Dimaggio CF       4  0  2  0 .351     L.Doby CF           4  0  0  0 .289  
  Y.Berra C           4  0  1  0 .280     J.Gordon 2B         3  0  0  0 .220  
  B.Brown 3B          1  0  1  0 .293     L.Boudreau 3B       3  0  0  0 .323  
  C.Mapes RF          3  0  0  0 .213     B.Kennedy RF        3  0  0  0 .271  
  S.Stirnweiss 2B     2  1  0  0 .289     J.Hegan C           1  0  0  0 .256  
  A.Reynolds P        3  0  2  0 .263   A-K.Keltner PR        0  0  0  0 .242  
C-D.Kryhoski PH       1  0  0  0 .305   B-M.Tresh C           0  0  0  0 .091  
                                          B.Lemon P           2  1  2  0 .231  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  1  7  1                 Totals      25  2  4  2
 
A-Pinch Ran For Hegan In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Keltner In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Reynolds In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  7  0
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2    -  2  4  0
 
Yankees (55-29)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Reynolds LOSS(8-6)      8       4   2   2   4   2   0   3.25
Totals                    8       4   2   2   4   2   0
 
Indians (52-31)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Lemon WIN(10-4)         9       7   1   1   6   1   0   2.73
Totals                    9       7   1   1   6   1   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 31,400 DATE- Tuesday, July 19th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:09
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 9  Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Indians: 3
DOUBLES- J.Dimaggio(5th), B.Lemon
RBIs- P.Rizzuto(27th), R.Boone(37th), M.Vernon(51st)
STOLEN BASES- P.Rizzuto(6th), S.Stirnweiss(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Woodling, R.Boone, B.Lemon
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Rizzuto
WALKS- B.Brown-3, C.Mapes, S.Stirnweiss-2, D.Mitchell, M.Vernon, J.Hegan-2
STRIKE OUTS- S.Stirnweiss, L.Doby-2
GIDP- C.Mapes-2, D.Mitchell
2-out RBI- R.Boone, M.Vernon
RLISP 2-out- J.Dimaggio, L.Doby-2, R.Boone, S.Stirnweiss-2, C.Mapes, T.Henrich,
             L.Boudreau
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 0 for 8  Indians: 2 for 10
 
Bob Lemon went the distance as the red-hot Cleveland Indians beat the New York
Yankees by a score of 2 to 1.
 
Cleveland had the game winning rally in the 8th inning with 2 runs on 3 hits.
After an out was recorded, Jim Hegan initiated the scoring spurt when he drew
a walk.  Lemon followed next and he doubled.  After another out, Ray Boone
then banged out a single scoring a run.  Mickey Vernon followed and he laced
a one-base hit scoring the final run of the inning.  Neither team was able to
score until the 7th inning.  
 
The win went to Lemon(10-4) who allowed 1 run in the game. The loss was
charged to Allie Reynolds(8-6).  For Cleveland, the victory kept their
winning streak on the march. 'Everything seems to be going right for us' said
Lou Boudreau.  'I've got the easiest job in the league right now!'