8/24/1949, BRK49-WOR49, game 1, Fenway Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1949 Royal Giants 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 1 3 4 1949 Grays 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 x 5 14 2 9 2 Royal Giants AB R H BI AVG Grays AB R H BI AVG Ashburn cf 4 1 1 0 .240 Yost 3b 4 0 3 2 .269 DiMaggio D rf 4 2 2 1 .270 Marion ss 3 0 1 1 .231 Cavarretta 1b 3 0 1 1 .276 Castiglione ph 2 0 0 0 .298 Kiner lf 3 0 1 2 .355 Spence cf 2 0 1 0 .194 Gordon S 3b 3 0 0 0 .234 Lowrey ph 1 0 1 0 .287 Brazle p 0 0 0 0 .172 Doerr 2b 3 0 0 1 .355 DiMaggio J ph 1 0 0 0 .301 Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0 .285 Boone ss 2 0 0 0 .162 Zarilla rf 3 1 0 0 .260 Waitkus ph 1 0 0 0 .252 Vollmer lf 4 0 1 0 .219 Stephens ss 1 0 0 0 .257 Salkeld c 2 2 2 1 .220 Niarhos c 4 0 1 0 .375 Astroth ph 2 0 1 0 .343 Rigney 2b 2 0 0 0 .272 Garcia p 4 2 4 0 .238 Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0 .303 34 5 14 5 Kolloway 2b 0 0 0 0 .269 Hutchinson p 2 1 1 0 .303 Blattner 3b 1 0 0 0 .214 32 4 7 4 Royal Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hutchinson 5.1 9 4 3 2 3 82 52 3.82 Brazle L 11-5 2.2 5 1 1 1 0 51 34 2.88 8.0 14 5 4 3 3 133 86 Grays INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Garcia W 7-10 9.0 7 4 3 1 6 128 83 4.03 9.0 7 4 3 1 6 128 83 BRK: Blattner inserted at 3b in the 6th Waitkus batted for Boone in the 7th Mitchell batted for Rigney in the 7th Stephens inserted at ss in the 7th Kolloway inserted at 2b in the 7th DiMaggio J batted for Brazle in the 9th WOR: Astroth batted for Salkeld in the 6th Castiglione batted for Marion in the 6th Castiglione moved to ss in the 7th Astroth moved to c in the 7th Lowrey batted for Spence in the 7th Lowrey moved to cf in the 8th E-Rigney, Yost, Salkeld. 2B-Yost(22), Garcia(3). HR-Salkeld(4). RBI-DiMaggio D(23), Cavarretta(32), Kiner 2(127), Yost 2(36), Marion(16), Doerr(83), Salkeld(15). SB-DiMaggio D(2), Hutchinson(1). K-Cavarretta, Kiner, Gordon S 2, Boone, Waitkus, Marion, Doerr, Zarilla. BB-Kiner, Spence, Doerr, Zarilla. SH-Cavarretta, Yost. GWRBI: Yost Fred Hutchinson was removed after a rain delay Temperature: 78, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to left at 15 MPH, Rain Delays: 77 and 36 minutes. 8/24/1949, BRK49-WOR49, game 1, Fenway Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1949 Royal Giants 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 1 3 4 1949 Grays 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 x 5 14 2 9 2 Royal Giants -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Ashburn cf 1>7 4>S SB2 8>31 13 DiMaggio D rf 63 S.1-2 S.2-H 7 Cavarretta 1b 53 note 1 note 2 k S.3-H Kiner lf 2>8 S.3-H;2-H k 9>W Gordon S 3b k 643/gdp k Brazle p DiMaggio J ph e5.1-2;B-1 Boone ss k 5>63 Waitkus ph 7>k Stephens ss 6/L Niarhos c 3>7 43 S 463/gdp Rigney 2b 63 9 Mitchell ph 8 Kolloway 2b Hutchinson p 9 6>S Blattner 3b 43 1: 14/SH.2-3;1-2 2: SB2.1-3(e2/th) Grays -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Yost 3b 1>S note 1 D.2-H S.2-3;1-2 9.3-H;2-3 Marion ss S/b.1-2 note 2 k Castiglione ph 63 53 Spence cf note 3 W.1-2 5>S Lowrey ph 7>S Doerr 2b k note 4 643/gdp 543/gdp Hodges 1b 2>153 643/gdp 8 43 Zarilla rf 8 4>63 6>k 8>W Vollmer lf 63 7 S 9 Salkeld c 3>S HR Brazle Astroth ph 3 S.1-2 Garcia p S/b.1-2 D S.1-2 note 5 1: 13/SH.2-3;1-2 2: e4.3-H;2-3;B-1 3: 643/gdp.2-3 4: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 5: S/b.2-3;1-2 Royal Giants IN OUT ER Grays IN OUT ER Hutchinson A1 C7 3 Garcia A1 D7 3 W 7-10 Brazle C8 E2 1 L 11-5 8/24/1949, BRK49-WOR49, game 1, Fenway Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1949 Royal Giants 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 1 3 4 1949 Grays 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 x 5 14 2 9 2 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Royal Giants batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Ashburn flied out to left (BX) 0-0 1 --- 11 DiMaggio D grounded out to short (BSX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Cavarretta grounded out to third (CFFBBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Yost lined a single between first and second (X) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Marion bunted for a single, Yost to second (Xb) 0-0 0 12- 22 Spence grounded into a double play, Boone to Rigney to Cavarretta, Yost to third (BBFCFX) 0-0 2 --3 02 Doerr struck out (FFC) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Royal Giants batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Kiner flied out to center (BFBX) 0-0 1 --- 12 Gordon S struck out (FSBS) 0-0 2 --- 32 Boone struck out (CCBBBS) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Hodges grounded out to the mound (BCFBX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Zarilla popped out to center (FBX) 0-0 2 --- 21 Vollmer grounded out to short (CBBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Royal Giants batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Niarhos flied out to left (CCBFBFX) 0-0 1 --- 10 Rigney grounded out to short (BX) 0-0 2 --- 22 Hutchinson flied out to right (BCBFX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Grays batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Salkeld lined a single to shallow right (BX) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Garcia bunted for a single, Salkeld to second (Xb) 0-0 0 12- 00 Yost sacrifice bunted to the mound, Salkeld to third, Garcia to second (Xb) 0-0 1 -23 02 Salkeld scored, Garcia to third, Marion to first on an error by the second baseman Rigney (CFX) 0-1 1 1-3 30 Spence walked, Marion to second (BBBB) 0-1 1 123 31 Doerr walked, Garcia scored, Marion to third, Spence to second (FBBBB) 0-2 1 123 22 Hodges grounded into a double play, Boone to Rigney to Cavarretta (CFBBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Royal Giants batting 0-2 0 --- 02 Ashburn reached on an infield single to second (CFX) 0-2 0 1-- 00 DiMaggio D lined a single to shallow center, Ashburn to second (X) 0-2 0 12- 00 Cavarretta sacrifice bunted to the mound, Ashburn to third, DiMaggio D to second (Xb) 0-2 1 -23 22 Kiner grounded a single up the middle, Ashburn scored, DiMaggio D scored (BCBFX) 2-2 1 1-- 22 Gordon S grounded into a double play, Marion to Doerr to Hodges (BCBCFX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Grays batting 2-2 0 --- 00 Zarilla grounded out to short (X) 2-2 1 --- 22 Vollmer lined out to left (CFBBX) 2-2 2 --- 00 Salkeld homered deep to right center (X) 2-3 2 --- 11 Garcia doubled deep to right center (FBX) 2-3 2 -2- 31 Yost doubled deep to right, Garcia scored (BBBCX) 2-4 2 -2- 22 Marion struck out (FBFBS) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Royal Giants batting 2-4 0 --- 10 Boone grounded out to short (BX) 2-4 1 --- 32 Niarhos grounded out to second (BBSCFBFX) 2-4 2 --- 01 Rigney flied out to right (CX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Grays batting 2-4 0 --- 01 Spence grounded a single between third and short (FX) 2-4 0 1-- 00 Doerr grounded into a double play, Boone to Rigney to Cavarretta (X) 2-4 2 --- 22 Hodges flied out to center (CFFBFBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Royal Giants batting 2-4 0 --- 00 Hutchinson lined a single to shallow center (X) 2-4 0 1-- 00 Hutchinson stole second (>B) 2-4 0 -2- 21 Ashburn grounded out to the mound (>B.BCX) 2-4 1 -2- 11 DiMaggio D lined a single to shallow right, Hutchinson scored (CBX) 3-4 1 1-- 00 DiMaggio D stole second, DiMaggio D to third on an error by the catcher Salkeld (>B) 3-4 1 --3 32 Cavarretta lined a single to left, DiMaggio D scored (>B.FFBBX) 4-4 1 1-- 32 Kiner struck out (BBBCFC) 4-4 2 1-- 02 Gordon S struck out (FCC) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Grays batting 4-4 0 --- 12 Zarilla struck out (FCBFS) 4-4 1 --- 11 Vollmer grounded a single up the middle (CBX) Game delayed by rain for 77 minutes Hutchinson left the game after a rain delay Blattner now playing third base Brazle now pitching Astroth pinch hitting for Salkeld 4-4 1 1-- 22 Astroth popped out to first (BFFFBX) 4-4 2 1-- 32 Garcia grounded a single between first and second, Vollmer to second (FBBCFB>X) 4-4 2 12- 21 Yost reached on an infield single to first, Vollmer to third, Garcia to second (BBFX) Started raining Castiglione pinch hitting for Marion 4-4 2 123 02 Castiglione grounded out to short (CSX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Royal Giants batting Castiglione moved to shortstop Astroth moved to catcher Waitkus pinch hitting for Boone 4-4 0 --- 12 Waitkus struck out (FBFS) 4-4 1 --- 02 Niarhos lined a single to shallow center (CCFX) Game delayed by rain for 36 minutes Mitchell pinch hitting for Rigney 4-4 1 1-- 01 Mitchell flied out to center (CX) 4-4 2 1-- 02 Blattner grounded out to second (CCX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Grays batting Stephens now playing shortstop Kolloway now playing second base Lowrey pinch hitting for Spence 4-4 0 --- 00 Lowrey lined a single to left (X) 4-4 0 1-- 12 Doerr grounded into a double play, Blattner to Kolloway to Cavarretta (CCFBFX) 4-4 2 --- 00 Hodges grounded out to second (X) Started raining ************** Top of the 8th inning, Royal Giants batting Lowrey moved to center field 4-4 0 --- 20 Ashburn grounded out to first (BBX) 4-4 1 --- 00 DiMaggio D flied out to left (X) 4-4 2 --- 12 Cavarretta struck out (CCBFS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Grays batting 4-4 0 --- 31 Zarilla walked (BBBCB) 4-4 0 1-- 11 Vollmer flied out to right (CBX) 4-4 1 1-- 11 Astroth grounded a single between first and second, Zarilla to second (BFX) 4-4 1 12- 00 Garcia bunted for a single, Zarilla to third, Astroth to second (Xb) 4-4 1 123 32 Yost flied out to right, Zarilla scored, Astroth to third (FFBBFFBX) 4-5 2 1-3 02 Castiglione grounded out to third (CFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Royal Giants batting 4-5 0 --- 30 Kiner walked (BBBB) DiMaggio J pinch hitting for Brazle 4-5 0 1-- 21 Kiner to second on an error by the third baseman Yost, DiMaggio J to first (CBBX) 4-5 0 12- 10 Stephens lined out to short (BX) 4-5 1 12- 22 Niarhos grounded into a double play, Doerr to Castiglione to Hodges (BCBCFX)