It's a Monday and it's a travel day. The AL Midwestern teams will spend the next few weeks roaming around the east coast, while in the NL the easternmost teams will be wandering the Midwest. There were actually two games played today, but the St. Louis at Brooklyn game was declared a tie (Link).
Monday, July 25, 1949
New York (AL) (H) 2 Cleveland 1 (12)
Both teams rushed back to get a head start on this week's games, with Cleveland finding themselves only a single game behind New York. It was a pitcher's duel, with Cleveland getting to Vic Raschi first when Mickey Vernon hit a solo homerun (#13, 46) in the sixth to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. It looked like Early Wynn might be able to get the shutout, but Bobby Brown singled home Phil Rizzuto with the game-tying run in the bottom of the eighth, and eventually, the game moved into extra innings. In the bottom of the twelfth, Snuffy Stirnweiss singled off Satchel Paige (2-3), was sacrificed to second by Rizzuto, and then scored on a Tommy Henrich single, making a winner of Joe Page (5-4) and preserving the Yankees hold on second place.
Tuesday, July 26, 1949
Boston (AL) (H) 4 Chicago (AL) 3
Chicago led 3-0 after the fifth and Bob Kuzava was going strong, but Boston scored on sacrifice flies in the sixth and seventh innings to make it close, and then tied the score in the bottom of the ninth. In the bottom of the tenth Vern Stephens singled home Johnny Pesky to make a winner in relief of Joe Dobson (8-7).
Note: Missed third base and out on appeal #14
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 6 St. Louis (AL) 1
Philadelphia strung together several hits in the second to take a quick 3-0 lead and Alex Kellner (9-5) did the rest. Pete Suder went 3-for-4 with two doubles on the day and Sam Chapman scored three times to lead the Athletics.
Detroit 7 Washington (H) 2
Detroit moved off to an early 5-0 lead after the top of the sixth and even though starter Ted Gray (7-8) got pulled for an injury still cruised to an easy win. Two-run homeruns from both George Kell (who went 5-for-6 on the day) and Aaron Robinson were the big hits.
Brooklyn 4 Chicago (NL) (H) 2 (10)
Chicago scored a run in the second and for a long time it looked like that was how the game would end, but Brooklyn came up with two runs in the seventh to take the lead, only to see Chicago tie it up in the bottom of the inning. Both teams had chances but the game eventually went into extra innings where Jackie Robinson doubled home Carl Furillo to put the Dodgers ahead to stay. Erv Palica (4-5) picked up the win in relief in a tough one.
Cincinnati (H) 3 Boston (NL) 0
Cincinnati starter Kent Peterson (4-4) got an opportunity to make a start and limited Boston to four hits as he threw a complete game shutout. The Reds only had five hits, but they got them when they needed them to send Johnny Antonelli (3-5) home a loser.
Pittsburgh (H) 8 New York (NL) 7 (12)
Wally Westbrook hit a three run homerun in the first and Dino Restelli hit a two run homerun in the third to give Pittsburgh an early 5-2 lead, but New York clawed their way back into it, thanks in part to two homeruns from Hank Thompson. The game finally went into extra innings and in the twelfth Monty Basgall hit a sacrifice fly to score Ralph Kiner with the game-winner.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 10 Philadelphia (NL) 4
St. Louis scored three runs in the first and then three more in the second inning to chase Robin Roberts (8-8) and to give Harry Brecheen (16-3) a comfortable lead. Stan Musial hit two homeruns (#21, 72) to start and end the scoring for the Cardinals.
Wednesday, July 27, 1949
Boston (AL) (H) 13 Chicago (AL) 2
Boston scored three times in the first and then added six runs in the third as they pounded Chicago pitching all day. Vern Stephens (#30, 95) and Bobby Doerr (#8, 54) hit back-to-back homeruns in the fateful third inning and Mel Parnell (15-5) cruised to an easy win. Boston hit into four double plays on the day - it could have been worse.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 3 St. Louis (AL) 1 (GM 1)
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| Tom Ferrick |
St. Louis shortstop Eddie Pellagrini homered in the first, but Philadelphia scored an unearned run in the third to tie it up, and there the score stood for most of the game. The Athletics finally got to Karl Drews (6-10) in the bottom of the eighth and put a couple of runners on base, but it was reliever Tom Ferrick that gave up a two-run single to Sam Chapman that put Philadelphia ahead to stay. Lou Brissie (5-10) completed what he started and got the win.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 15 St. Louis (AL) 0 (GM 2)
Philadelphia was already leading 2-0 when they had a five-run third and then a six-run fifth to run away with this one and sweep the doubleheader. Eddie Joost scored four runs and Pete Suder went 3-for-3 and hit a three run homerun. Carl Scheib (4-9) went all the way for the shutout victory.
Washington (H) 11 Detroit 0 (GM 1)
The score was 0-0 after the completion of the fourth inning, but then the Washington offense started hitting, scoring twice in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. The fireworks came in the eighth inning when Eddie Yost, Bud Stewart, and Clyde Vollmer hit back-to-back-to-back homeruns. Sid Hudson (9-4) only allowed two hits and got the game one shutout.
Washington (H) 6 Detroit 4 (GM 2)
Detroit scored their first runs of the day in a two-run top of the third, but Washington immediately answered back with a six-run bottom of the third as the Detroit defense crumbled, three of the runs being unearned. The Tigers stiffened from there, and Fred Hutchinson (3-4) didn't give up much of anything else, but still took the loss. Joe Haynes (3-6) pitched well enough to get the win but needed help from Ray Scarborough to end the game.
Brooklyn 11 Chicago (NL) (H) 2
Brooklyn woke up this morning to find themselves in sole possession of second place in the NL. Not only do they hope to advance on St. Louis, but they also know their lead is extremely tenuous and they want to avoid any backsliding. To that end, the Dodgers pounded Chicago, with Billy Cox, Duke Snider and Don Newcombe (12-3) all contributing three RBI's on the day.
Boston (NL) 10 Cincinnati (H) 9
Boston led 4-0 after the third, but Cincinnati tied it with a four-run fifth. Then the Braves led 8-4 after the top of the seventh, but Cincinnati scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh and took the lead. Boston then scored twice in the ninth and Bob Hall then shut down Cincinnati in the ninth to get the save. Back and forth, both teams emptied the bench, this was quite a game.
New York (NL) 10 Pittsburgh (H) 9
Another back and forth with all kinds of twists kind of game, as New York held on by the skin of their teeth to defeat Pittsburgh. Bobby Thomson had three RBI's in the game, but it was Sid Gordon's late solo homerun that made the eventual difference.
Philadelphia (NL) 6 St. Louis (NL) (H) 1
Philadelphia starter Hank Borowy (6-11) had to be lifted in the sixth inning due to a sore shoulder, but he and the Phillies bullpen kept St. Louis scoreless until the ninth and picked up the win. Catcher Andy Seminick had two homeruns (#13, 37) on the day as he continued his second-half of the season hot streak.
Thursday, July 28, 1949
Note: Pittsburgh claimed reliever Harry Gumbert on waivers from Cincinnati
Boston (AL) (H) 13 Chicago (AL) 1
Boston pounded Chicago again, leading 7-0 after the second and then continued to hit and score against a series of White Sox pitchers for the remainder of the game. Billy Goodman and Al Zarilla both drove in three runs in support of Ellis Kinder (15-2) who went all the way for the easy win.
Cleveland 12 New York (AL) (H) 4
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| Hal Newhouser |
Joe DiMaggio hit a two run homerun in the bottom of the first, but that was it for Yankees highlights as Cleveland immediately answered with four runs in the second and then pounded a series of New York pitchers on the day. Ray Boone was the hitting star with two homeruns to spark the Indians offense, allowing Bob Lemon (11-7) to pick up the easy win.
Detroit 5 Washington (H) 0 (No-Hitter!)
Detroit Starter Hal Newhouser (12-7) no-hit Washington, although he did walk four and another reached on an error. Detroit had fifteen hits, and Newhouser had two of them, and the Tigers put enough of them together to make it an easy win.
Brooklyn 6 Chicago (NL) (H) 0
Brooklyn scored one run in the top of the first and there the score stayed through seven full innings. The Dodgers added plenty of insurance runs late and Ralph Branca (12-4) kept the Chicago bats quiet to pick up the shutout. Duke Snider hit his ninth homerun as he has started to warm up in the second half.
Cincinnati (H) 2 Boston (NL) 1 (14)
In another barn burner between these two, Harry Walker squeezed home a run in the third to give Cincinnati an early lead over Warren Spahn, but Boston finally responded with a run in the seventh to tie the score. Several innings and several relievers later Johnny Wyrostek singled home Virgil Stallcup in the bottom of the fourteenth to send the home fans home happy.
New York (NL) 5 Pittsburgh (H) 1
New York led 5-0 after the sixth due in part to a two-run double from Hank Thompson in the fifth and a two run triple from Wes Westrum in the sixth. Larry Jansen (9-8) didn't allow a run (unearned) until the seventh and went all the way for the win.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 6 Philadelphia (NL) 4
The score was 0-0 after the fourth but Philadelphia backup second baseman Buddy Blattner homered to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead. The Cardinals immediately scored four runs in the bottom of the inning to seemingly blow it open. The Phillies scored one run in the sixth and then in the eighth Blattner struck again, this time with a two-run double to tie the game at 4-4. Unperturbed, Stan Musial hit a two-run walk-off homerun (#22, 75) in the bottom of the ninth for the Cardinals win.
Note: The thought that St. Louis has an 8.5 game lead in the NL and now, of all times, is the time that Stan Musial has decided to get hot must give the other teams gray hair.
Friday, July 29, 1949
Note: Another Brooklyn and St Louis tie game, the second this week, although this one occurred in St. Louis (Link).
Boston (AL) (H) 1 Cleveland 0 (GM 1)
Joe Dobson (9-7) and Mike Garcia (9-6) went toe-to-toe in an old-time pitcher's duel, with Cleveland only have four hits and Boston having three hits. The scoreless tie was broken in the bottom of the seventh when Vern Stephens hit on over the left field wall in Fenway (#31, 97), and Dobson finished what he started to pick up the game one win.
Boston (AL) (H) 7 Cleveland 6 (GM 2)
Dom DiMaggio hit a three run homerun in the third to get the scoring started, but Cleveland finally got on the scoreboard when Joe Gordon hit a two run homerun in the fourth, followed by a two run homerun from Ken Keltner, followed immediately by a solo shot from Mickey Vernon to give the Indians a 5-3 lead. There the score stayed until backup Boston catcher Matt Batts hit a three run homerun of his own to put the Red Sox up 6-5. Again Cleveland responded, this time tying the score with a run in the top of the seventh, but then again Boston responded when DiMaggio hit his second homerun of the game in the bottom half of the inning and the Red Sox held on from there for the doubleheader sweep.
New York (AL) (H) 14 Chicago (AL) 3
New York led 4-3 after the top of the sixth but then exploded for six runs in the bottom of the inning, with Tommy Henrich hitting his second of a pair of two-run homeruns (#24). Henrich added a two-run triple later in the game, giving him 71 RBI's for the season. Tommy Byrne (9-5) was able to easily to pick up the complete game victory. Gus Zernial made his first appearance in almost two months for Chicago.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 1 Detroit 0
Philadelphia second baseman Pete Suder hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the fifth and that was all the scoring in this one. Dick Fowler (7-10) held Detroit to four hits and Art Houtteman (10-3) held the Athletics to four hits as well, but only one could get the win.
St. Louis (AL) 8 Washington (H) 2
St. Louis took the early lead with three in the first and then blew the game open with four in the second. Ned Garver (6-13) didn't allow a run until the seventh and went all the way for the win.
New York (NL) 4 Cincinnati (H) 3
Cincinnati took the early lead with two in the second, but New York tied it with two in the fourth and then added on with two in the sixth. The Reds made it close, but Dave Koslo (9-2) held them off for the win.
Saturday, July 30, 1949
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| Don Newcombe |
Note: (Tuesday, February 18, 2019) Rocky Krsnich and Don Newcombe both passed away in the past few days. Both made their major league debut in 1949, Newcombe who is well on the way to earning a likely Rookie of the Year award, and Krsnich who is yet to appear for Chicago (AL).
Boston (AL) (H) 8 Cleveland 0
Boston jumped on Early Wynn (2-6) right out of the box by scoring three in the first, one in the second, and then three more in the third. Jack Kramer (6-3) gave up eight hits on the day but scattered them effectively and got the shutout. Ted Williams drove in two runs and now has 101 RBI's on the season.
Chicago (AL) 6 New York (AL) (H) 3
This game went back and forth with neither team able to pull away until Chicago scored three times in the ninth inning. Ed Kleiman (1-1) made his first appearance in a month and picked up the win over Ralph Buxton (0-1), who made his first appearance of the season. The 38-year-old Buxton's other ML appearances were with Philadelphia (AL) in 1937, twelve years previous.
Detroit 7 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 5 (13)
Philadelphia scored three times in the third, but Detroit scored four times in the seventh and seem to have things well in hand. The Athletics did push across a run in the ninth though, so it was off to extra innings. Detroit finally broke through with three runs in the thirteenth, two unearned runs coming home on sacrifice flies, and then Marv Grissom came in to save the win for Dizzy Trout (3-6).
Washington (H) 12 St. Louis (AL) 7
The score was 3-3 after the first, St. Louis led 5-4 after the second, but Washington crawled back to soon take a 6-5 lead. The Browns recaptured the lead with two in the seventh but promptly gave the lead back when the Senators scored four in the bottom of the seventh and Washington held on from there. Eddie Yost went 3-for-4 with three RBI's and Buddy Lewis hit a pinch-hit homerun in the eighth to put the game out of reach.
Philadelphia (NL) 10 Chicago (NL) (H) 1 (GM 1)
Philadelphia left fielder Del Ennis hit a three-run homerun (#9, 68) in a five run first and then right fielder Bill Nicholson hit a three run homerun in a four-run second and the Phillies strolled to an easy game one victory. Russ Meyer (8-4) didn’t allow a run until the seventh inning when Hank Sauer took him deep (#20, 64). Nicholson added a second homerun (#5, 27) later in the game. Nicholson had started off the season starting in right field but recently lost his starting role due to lack of production.
Chicago (NL) (H) 3 Philadelphia (NL) 2 (13) (GM 2)
Chicago had a 2-0 lead thanks to two Mickey Owen RBI's coming on a solo homerun and then a sacrifice fly, but they couldn't hold the lead as Philadelphia tied the game with one in the eighth and one in the ninth. The extra-innings were pretty quiet until Hank Sauer hit a two-out homerun (#21, 65)in the bottom of the thirteenth to gain a split the doubleheader.
Cincinnati (H) 5 New York (NL) 4 (10)
Cincinnati slowly built a 3-0 lead through the first seven innings, but in the eighth New York third baseman Sid Gordon hit a grand slam and suddenly the Giants were in the lead. Ted Kluszewski had a 4-for-5 day but more importantly, he hit a homerun in the bottom of the eighth to tie the score. The Reds eventually won when Dixie Howell singled home Harry Walker in the tenth.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 5 Brooklyn 4 (12)
Backup catcher Bruce Edwards hit a three run homerun in the fourth to give Brooklyn a 4-0 lead, but Joe Hatten and the Dodgers couldn’t hold that lead as St. Louis scored four times in the sixth and extra innings was soon upon them. The Cardinals loaded the bases in the bottom of the twelfth and new third baseman Tommy Glaviano drew a walk that brought home Red Schoendienst with the game winner.
Sunday, July 31, 1949
It's a Sunday and there are four doubleheaders queued up for today. Meanwhile, St. Louis and Boston are proving to be resilient atop of their respective standings and teams are starting to run out of time. Will anyone challenge?
Cleveland 11 Boston (AL) (H) 1
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| Larry Doby |
Cleveland had already lost three straight in Boston but wasted no time in getting ahead in this one when Larry Doby hit a three run homerun as part of a four-run first and then the Indians added on with a four-run second, chasing Mickey McDermott (2-4). Gene Bearden (5-8) had struggled most of this season this year but not today as he held the Red Sox scoreless until the sixth and ended the Boston winning streak at thirteen.
New York (AL) (H) 9 Chicago (AL) 1 (GM 1)
New York blew this game open with a six-run fourth, a three-run double by Hank Bauer being the big hit. Eddie Lopat (14-2) took home the game one win.
New York (AL) (H) 4 Chicago (AL) 3 (12) (GM 2)
New York did get their doubleheader sweep, but Chicago made them work for it. The Yankees led 3-1 after the second, but the White Sox eventually tied it in the eighth to send the game into extra innings. Phil Rizzuto drove home Hank Bauer in the bottom of the twelfth to make a winner of Joe Page (6-4).
Detroit 8 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 5 (GM 1)
Detroit scored seven runs in the second inning and then held on as Philadelphia was able to make it close in the end. Ted Gray (8-8) didn't have the best game in the world, but he was able to give the Tigers bullpen a rest before game two.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 3 Detroit 2 (GM 2)
Detroit scored two in the fourth, but starter Fred Hutchinson (3-5) couldn't hold off Philadelphia who scored three in the seventh to take the lead for good. Lou Brissie (6-10) got the win and the two teams split their doubleheader.
Washington (H) 10 St. Louis (AL) 9
Washington scored six runs in the first, but instead of rolling over St. Louis immediately fought back to make it close and by the end of the third the score was 9-6. The Browns kept on, finally tying the game at 9-9 in the top of the ninth only to see Sam Dente single home Eddie Robinson with the game-winner for the Senators in the bottom of the ninth.
Chicago (NL) (H) 1 Philadelphia (NL) 0
Philadelphia starter Hank Borowy (6-12) only allowed two hits and one unearned run, but Warren Hacker (1-8) was better and threw a complete game shutout. Hal Jeffcoat scored the only run when Del Ennis muffed a two-out flyball in the seventh and that was the difference.
New York (NL) 10 Cincinnati (H) 8 (GM 1)
Bobby Thomson hit a three run homerun (#21, 79) in the second and suddenly New York had a 6-1 lead which they soon advanced to 9-1, but Cincinnati fought their way back into it and made it a little too close for the Giants comfort. Larry Jansen (10-8) maybe relaxed a little too much with a big lead but held on for the complete game victory in game one.
New York (NL) 5 Cincinnati (H) 3 (GM 2)
New York starter Adrian Zabala made his first appearance after having been activated off the Mexican League suspended list and went all the way for the game two victory. Zabala also drove in the first Giants run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh as the New York offense finally got to Ken Raffensberger (6-15) late in the game.
Boston (NL) 5 Pittsburgh (H) 4 (GM 1)
Boston led 4-1 early, but Johnny Sain (10-10) weakened and Pittsburgh was able to make it close late. Nels Potter came in for Sain to nail down the win with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Boston (NL) 5 Pittsburgh (H) 4 (10) (GM 2)
This was a back and forth game with Boston finally taking a 4-3 lead in the top of the ninth and they sent in Nels Potter (2-0) to get his second save of the day, but Wally Westlake greeted him with a solo homerun so it was off to extra innings. Boston quickly regained the lead and this time Potter kept the Pirates bats quiet with an untouched tenth.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 4 Brooklyn 2
St. Louis led 2-0 early, but Pee Wee Reese hit a two run homerun in the fifth to tie the score, but then Enos Slaughter homered in the sixth and Stan Musial added a homerun (#23, 76) in the eighth for insurance.
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