1949 AL Game Stories and Standings: Boston's on a Roll

July 29, 1949

 Now it's the Boston Red Sox that are red-hot and on a 10 game winning streak. Earlier this month it was the Cleveland Indians that won 10 in a row. All the while, the New York Yankees have been struggling a little in July going 12-12. This has allowed Boston and Cleveland both to inch closer to the 1st place Yankees.
  Today the Boston Red Sox took both games of a double-header from Cleveland. Boston is now in 2nd place, 1.5 games behind New York. Cleveland drops to 3rd place, 2.5 games behind.

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1949 American League                Date: 7/29/1949
 
CLEVELAND AT BOSTON
Indians......... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  2  8  0
Red Sox......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  3 1    -  5  8  0
Win:Dobson(9-6) Loss:Garcia(5-3) Save:Masterson(1st)
 
In a game at Fenway Park the smoking-hot Boston Red Sox got by the Cleveland
Indians by the score of 5 to 2.
 
Boston scored 3 runs in the 7th inning when they came up with 3 base hits.
The biggest moment was provided by Vern Stephens who thrilled the crowd when
he laced a base-knock bringing in two baserunners.  Both teams finished the
game with 8 hits.  
 
The winning pitcher was Joe Dobson(9-6) who allowed 2 runs in 8 and 1/3
innings. Walt Masterson gained credit for his 1st save.  Mike Garcia(5-3)
ended up with the loss.  
 
Boston won for the 9th straight time.
 
CLEVELAND AT BOSTON
Indians......... 0 0 2  0 1 0  1 0 0  -  4 10  0
Red Sox......... 2 0 1  0 0 2  0 0    -  5 11  2
Win:Stobbs(8-3) Loss:Bearden(1-12)
Homeruns- J.Hegan(5th), J.Pesky(1st)
 
Vern Stephens hit 2 doubles and had 2 RBI and Chuck Stobbs went the distance
at Fenway Park as the seemingly unstoppable Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland
Indians by the count of 5 to 4.
 
Boston brought 2 runs across the plate in the 6th inning.  Boston banged out
11 hits on the night.  Stobbs(8-3) got the victory, allowing 4 runs for the
game. The loss was charged to Gene Bearden(1-12).  He was touched for 10 hits
and 4 walks in 5 innings.  
 
The winning ways continue for Boston.  They now have a record of 10-0 in
recent days.  With this loss, Cleveland has a 4-6 record of late, 56-37
overall.
 
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1949 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1949 New York NYA            58  34  .630 ----    60    59  33 .641   97  57 .630
1949 Boston BOA              58  37  .611  1.5          53  42 .558   96  58 .623
1949 Cleveland CLA           56  37  .602  2.5          55  38 .591   89  65 .578
1949 Detroit DEA             51  45  .531  9.0          51  45 .531   87  67 .565
1949 Philadelphia PHA        44  51  .463 15.5          52  43 .547   81  73 .526
1949 St. Louis SLA           42  52  .447 17.0          32  62 .340   53 101 .344
1949 Washington WAA          40  52  .435 18.0          35  57 .380   50 104 .325
1949 Chicago CHA             27  68  .284 32.5          39  56 .411   63  91 .409
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BOA     58   37  .611 31-14 27-23 17- 8 41-29  3- 4 13-12     10-0    Won 10
CHA     27   68  .284 18-33  9-35  7-20 20-48  4- 8  9-16     4-6     Lost 5
CLA     56   37  .602 35-16 21-21 20-13 36-24  6- 3 21- 9     4-6     Lost 2
DEA     51   45  .531 26-25 25-20 18-16 33-29  2- 4 11-12     5-5     Lost 1
NYA     58   34  .630 27-14 31-20 25-11 33-23  9- 2 12- 8     3-7     Won 1
PHA     44   51  .463 22-19 22-32 15-15 29-36  3- 7  9-16     5-5     Won 1
SLA     42   52  .447 22-29 20-23 16-24 26-28  8- 5 12-14     3-7     Won 1
WAA     40   52  .435 19-26 21-26 18-17 22-35  7- 9 16-16     5-5     Lost 1
TOTAL  376  376  .500