1949 NL Game: Bsn. @ St. Louis

September 16, 1949

 Boston's Warren Spahn became the first 20 game winner in the NL today when the Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3. Spahn pitched a good game but needed help in the bottom of the 9th from Bobby Hogue to put an end to a Cardinal rally.

BOXSCORE: 1949 Boston Braves At 1949 St. Louis Cardinals            9/16/1949
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Stanky 2B         5  0  2  0 .317     C.Diering CF        4  0  1  0 .306  
  E.Fletcher 1B       4  1  1  0 .250     R.Schoendienst 2B   5  0  1  1 .304  
  C.Ryan SS           4  1  0  1 .291     S.Musial RF         5  0  0  0 .309  
  B.Elliott 3B        3  1  0  0 .267     E.Slaughter LF      3  0  0  0 .325  
  J.Russell CF        4  1  1  0 .195     M.Marion SS         4  1  2  0 .283  
  E.Sauer LF          4  0  1  3 .245     D.Rice C            4  0  1  0 .254  
  T.Holmes RF         4  0  1  0 .266     R.Nelson 1B         2  1  1  0 .225  
  D.Crandall C        3  1  1  0 .282   B-E.Kazak PH          1  0  0  0 .300  
  W.Spahn P           4  1  0  0 .202     T.Glaviano 3B       2  0  1  0 .364  
  B.Hogue P           0  0  0  0 .444     M.Lanier P          0  0  0  0 .130  
                                          G.Staley P          1  0  0  0 .100  
                                        A-N.Jones PH          1  0  1  2 .300  
                                          T.Wilks P           0  0  0  0 .056  
                                        C-L.Klein PH          1  1  0  0 .258  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  6  7  4                 Totals      33  3  8  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Staley In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Nelson In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Wilks In 9th Inning
 
Braves.......... 0 0 2  4 0 0  0 0 0  -  6  7  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 1  -  3  8  3
 
Braves (69-72)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
W.Spahn WIN(20-11)        8 2/3   8   3   3   5   2   0   2.80
B.Hogue SAVE(3rd)         0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4.44
Totals                    9       8   3   3   5   2   0
 
Cardinals (84-56)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Lanier LOSS(5-5)        4       5   6   2   5   1   0   3.55
G.Staley                  3       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.61
T.Wilks                   2       2   0   0   0   1   0   4.50
Totals                    9       7   6   2   5   2   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 10,082 DATE- Friday, September 16th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:06
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 9  Cardinals: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1  Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- E.Slaughter, T.Glaviano-2
DOUBLES- J.Russell(19th), E.Sauer(13th), D.Crandall(8th), R.Nelson(7th)
RBIs- C.Ryan(34th), E.Sauer-3(28th), R.Schoendienst(50th), N.Jones-2(49th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lanier
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Ryan, E.Sauer
WALKS- E.Fletcher, B.Elliott-2, J.Russell, D.Crandall, C.Diering, E.Slaughter,
       R.Nelson, T.Glaviano-2
STRIKE OUTS- W.Spahn-2, C.Diering, S.Musial
GIDP- T.Glaviano
2-out RBI- E.Sauer-2, N.Jones-2, R.Schoendienst
RLISP 2-out- E.Stanky-2, T.Holmes-2, C.Diering, G.Staley, R.Schoendienst-2,
             C.Ryan, S.Musial
TEAM RISP- Braves: 1 for 8  Cardinals: 2 for 7
 
In a good matchup it was the Boston Braves 6, the St. Louis Cardinals 3 at
Sportsman's Park.
 
Boston took the lead for good in the 3rd inning scoring 2 runners on 2 hits.
The critical plate appearance was by Ed Sauer who deflated the spirits of the
home town crowd when he doubled bringing in two baserunners.  Boston totaled
7 hits on the afternoon.  
 
The winning pitcher was Warren Spahn(20-11) who allowed 3 runs in 8 and 2/3
innings. Bobby Hogue preserved the game for Spahn, recording his his 3rd
save.  Max Lanier(5-5) was given the loss.  He was not very effective,
surrendering 6 runs in 4 innings.