1949 AL Game: NY @ Clev.

July 21, 1949

  Vic Raschi and the New York Yankees put an end to the surging Cleveland Indians 12 game winning streak today by defeating the Indians 6-3. For Raschi (pictured) it was his 15th Win of the season, most in MLB this year. He needed help from Joe Page in the bottom of the 9th who got his AL leading 12th Save of the season. By salvaging the 3rd game of the series, New York moved to 2.5 games ahead of the 2nd place Indians.

BOXSCORE: 1949 New York Yankees At 1949 Cleveland Indians           7/21/1949
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  H.Bauer RF          5  1  1  1 .223     D.Mitchell LF       5  0  1  0 .331  
  P.Rizzuto SS        5  0  0  0 .264     T.Tucker CF         4  0  0  0 .220  
  T.Henrich 1B        4  2  2  0 .341     M.Vernon 1B         4  0  1  0 .289  
  J.Dimaggio CF       4  1  1  2 .349     J.Gordon 2B         4  0  1  0 .219  
  Y.Berra C           5  0  2  1 .279     L.Boudreau 3B       3  1  2  0 .323  
  B.Brown 3B          4  2  1  0 .300     R.Boone SS          3  2  0  1 .269  
  C.Keller LF         3  0  1  0 .200     B.Kennedy RF        3  0  1  1 .274  
  S.Stirnweiss 2B     2  0  1  1 .282     J.Hegan C           3  0  1  1 .258  
  V.Raschi P          4  0  1  1 .262   A-L.Doby PH           1  0  0  0 .288  
  J.Page P            0  0  0  0 .167     E.Wynn P            3  0  0  0 .333  
                                          S.Paige P           0  0  0  0 .083  
                                        B-K.Keltner PH        1  0  1  0 .246  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  6 10  6                 Totals      34  3  8  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hegan In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Paige In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 1 0 0  2 0 1  0 1 1  -  6 10  0
Indians......... 0 1 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  3  8  2
 
Yankees (56-30)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
V.Raschi WIN(15-3)        8 2/3   7   3   3   4   2   0   3.38
J.Page SAVE(12th)         0 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   3.47
Totals                    9       8   3   3   4   3   0
 
Indians (53-32)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Wynn LOSS(6-3)          7 1/3   8   5   5   4   3   1   3.32
S.Paige                   1 2/3   2   1   0   0   1   0   2.04
Totals                    9      10   6   5   4   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 28,898 DATE- Thursday, July 21st 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8  Indians: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Indians: 1
ERRORS- R.Boone, J.Hegan
DOUBLES- B.Kennedy(17th)
TRIPLES- J.Dimaggio(2nd), L.Boudreau(5th)
HOME RUNS- H.Bauer(7th)
RBIs- H.Bauer(25th), J.Dimaggio-2(25th), Y.Berra(62nd), S.Stirnweiss(13th),
      V.Raschi, R.Boone(38th), B.Kennedy(26th), J.Hegan(36th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Henrich(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Dimaggio
WALKS- T.Henrich, C.Keller, S.Stirnweiss-2, T.Tucker, L.Boudreau, R.Boone,
       B.Kennedy
STRIKE OUTS- H.Bauer, P.Rizzuto-2, V.Raschi, T.Tucker, J.Gordon, E.Wynn
GIDP- H.Bauer, M.Vernon
WILD PITCHES- V.Raschi
2-out RBI- J.Hegan, B.Kennedy
RLISP 2-out- V.Raschi, J.Hegan, H.Bauer, B.Kennedy, T.Tucker-2
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 3 for 8  Indians: 2 for 7
 
The New York Yankees bested the Cleveland Indians by a 6 to 3 score at
Municipal Stadium.
 
New York came up with 2 runs in the 4th inning with the help of 3 hits.  They
ended up being the winning runs.  New York rapped out 10 hits for the
afternoon.  
 
Vic Raschi(15-3) went 8 and 2/3 innings allowing 3 runs for the win. Joe Page
gained credit for his 12th save.  Early Wynn(6-3) ended up with the loss.