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Reds
@ Braves
Braves Field
June 20, 1948
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, played on June 20, 1948 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 20, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
Boston Braves
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 20, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Johnny Vander Meer |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vern Bickford |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 32,812 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: (none) 3B: Jocko Conlan |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank Baumholtz | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Wyrostek | Center Fielder |
| Grady Hatton | Third Baseman |
| Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Babe Young | First Baseman |
| Virgil Stallcup | Shortstop |
| Benny Zientara | Second Baseman |
| Dewey Williams | Catcher |
| Johnny Vander Meer | Pitcher |
| Johnny Neun | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Tommy Holmes | Right Fielder |
| Earl Torgeson | First Baseman |
| Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
| Mike McCormick | Left Fielder |
| Jim Russell | Center Fielder |
| Phil Masi | Catcher |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Vern Bickford | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Braves
Braves Field
June 20, 1948
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Bickford
Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Bickford
Wyrostek hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Bickford
Hatton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Vander Meer
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Vander Meer
Holmes hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Vander Meer
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Vander Meer
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Bickford
Sauer hits a fly ball towards left. McCormick settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on McCormick. Sauer moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Bickford
Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Young for the out. Sauer moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stallcup vs. Bickford
Stallcup hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Zientara vs. Bickford
Zientara hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Vander Meer
McCormick hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Vander Meer
Russell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Masi vs. Vander Meer
Masi hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Vander Meer
Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Russell moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bickford vs. Vander Meer
Bickford strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Bickford
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vander Meer vs. Bickford
Vander Meer strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Bickford
Baumholtz hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Vander Meer
Stanky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holmes vs. Vander Meer
Holmes bunts towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. Stanky moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torgeson vs. Vander Meer
Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elliott vs. Vander Meer
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCormick vs. Vander Meer
McCormick strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Bickford
Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Bickford
Hatton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wyrostek moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sauer vs. Bickford
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sauer vs. Bickford
Sauer strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Young vs. Bickford
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stallcup vs. Bickford
Stallcup hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Masi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Zientara vs. Bickford
Zientara hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Vander Meer
Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Masi vs. Vander Meer
Masi strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Vander Meer
Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bickford vs. Vander Meer
Bickford hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Bickford
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vander Meer vs. Bickford
Vander Meer hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Bickford
Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Vander Meer
Stanky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holmes vs. Vander Meer
Holmes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stanky moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torgeson vs. Vander Meer
Torgeson bunts towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. Stanky moves to third. Holmes moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Elliott vs. Vander Meer
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCormick vs. Vander Meer
McCormick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stanky scores. Holmes scores. Elliott moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Russell vs. Vander Meer
Russell takes first base on ball four. Elliott moves to third. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Masi vs. Vander Meer
Masi takes first base on ball four. Elliott scores. McCormick moves to third. Russell moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dark vs. Cress
Walker Cress now pitching.
Dark hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bickford vs. Cress
Bickford hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Bickford
Wyrostek is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Bickford
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Bickford
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Cress
Stanky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holmes vs. Cress
Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Cress
Torgeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Holmes trying to get to third. Wyrostek throws the ball in to Hatton, who tags Holmes for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Cress
There goes Torgeson. The throw from Williams and he is safe. Torgeson steals second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elliott vs. Cress
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCormick vs. Cress
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McCormick vs. Cress
McCormick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Russell vs. Cress
Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Bickford
Young hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Bickford
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zientara vs. Bickford
Zientara hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Masi vs. Cress
Masi takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Cress
Dark bunts towards the mound. Cress fields it and throws to first for the out. Masi moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bickford vs. Cress
Bickford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Masi moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stanky vs. Cress
Stanky bunts towards first. Young juggles the ball. That's an error on Young. Masi scores. Bickford moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Holmes vs. Cress
Holmes hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torgeson vs. Cress
Torgeson takes first base on ball four. Bickford moves to third. Stanky moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Elliott vs. Cress
Elliott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Bickford
Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Dewey Williams.
Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Russell. Kluszewski reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Galan vs. Bickford
Augie Galan pinch hits for Walker Cress.
Galan hits a popup towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baumholtz vs. Bickford
Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kluszewski scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wyrostek vs. Bickford
Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Bickford
Hatton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wyrostek moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sauer vs. Bickford
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Raffensberger
Ray Lamanno now catching. Ken Raffensberger now pitching.
McCormick hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Raffensberger
Russell strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Masi vs. Raffensberger
Masi hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Bickford
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stallcup vs. Bickford
Stallcup hits a popup towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Litwhiler vs. Bickford
Danny Litwhiler pinch hits for Benny Zientara.
Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott juggles the ball. That's an error on Elliott. Young moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lamanno vs. Bickford
Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/20/1948, game 2 -- Cincinnati at Boston (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Baumholtz F, rf 4 0 1 1 Stanky E, 2b 1 1 0 1
Wyrostek J, cf 3 0 1 0 Holmes T, rf 4 1 1 0
Hatton G, 3b 4 0 2 0 Torgeson E, 1b 3 0 2 0
Sauer H, lf 4 0 0 0 Elliott B, 3b 2 1 0 0
Young B, 1b 2 0 0 0 McCormick M, lf 4 0 1 2
Stallcup V, ss 4 0 0 0 Russell J, cf 4 0 1 0
Zientara B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Masi P, c 3 1 0 1
Litwhiler D, ph 1 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 3 0 2 0
Williams D, c 2 0 0 0 Bickford V, p 4 0 1 0
Kluszewski T, ph 1 1 1 0
Lamanno R, c 1 0 0 0
Vander Meer J, p 2 0 0 0
Cress W, p 0 0 0 0
Galan A, ph 1 0 0 0
Raffensberger K, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 1 5 1 28 4 8 4
Cincinnati 000 000 010 -- 1
Boston 000 030 10x -- 4
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Vander Meer J (L) 4.1 6 3 3 6 3
Cress W 2.2 2 1 1 5 0
Raffensberger K 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Bickford V (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 3
E -- McCormick M, Young B, Elliott B
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, Boston 15
2B -- Kluszewski T
SB -- Hatton G, Wyrostek J, Torgeson E 2, Elliott B
SH -- Holmes T, Torgeson E, Dark A, Stanky E
HBP -- by Bickford V (Wyrostek J)
T -- 2:21
A -- 32812
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