Reds @ Braves
August 26, 1949

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 2 7 0
Braves 1 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 2 7 0
Braves 3 8 1

Al Dark Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .281
OBP .500 .323
At Bats 4 481
Hits 2 135
• Singles 1 105
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 1 5
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 49

Johnny Vander Meer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 7 0
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Braves Field - August 26, 1949
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Single
Johnny Vander Meer
Walker Cooper
Ted Kluszewski
Bobby Adams
Grady Hatton
Virgil Stallcup
Peanuts Lowrey
Johnny Wyrostek
Harry Walker
Al Dark
Pete Reiser
Del Crandall

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 2 7 0 7
Boston Braves 3 8 1 10
Winning Pitcher Bobby Hogue
Losing Pitcher Johnny Vander Meer
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Dark
Attendance 12,426
Time of Game 2 hours 23 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crandall scores. Reiser scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Ed Sauer pinch hits for Elbie Fletcher. Sauer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Pete Reiser pinch runs for Bobby Hogue. Stanky bunts towards the mound. Vander Meer fields it and throws to first for the out. Crandall moves to third. Reiser moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hogue hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vander Meer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Crandall moves to second.
Bottom 9 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Vander Meer strikes out.
Top 9 Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sibby Sisti now playing left field. Wyrostek hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ryan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Holmes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Sibby Sisti pinch hits for Jeff Heath. Sisti strikes out.
Bottom 8 Russell bunts towards the mound. Vander Meer fields it and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Dark fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 8 Stallcup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cooper moves to second.
Top 8 Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Hogue now pitching. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Fletcher strikes out.
Bottom 7 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stanky for the out. Ryan scores. Crandall moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bob Elliott pinch hits for Vern Bickford. Elliott strikes out.
Bottom 7 Crandall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Crandall reaches second base with a double. Ryan moves to third.
Bottom 7 Ryan takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Vander Meer bunts towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out. Wyrostek moves to second.
Top 7 Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wyrostek takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Stallcup hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ryan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hatton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Holmes. Hatton reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Stanky moves to second.
Bottom 5 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bickford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Crandall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Vander Meer bunts towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Stanky covering, for the out. Adams moves to second.
Top 5 Adams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Wyrostek hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Holmes hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Peanuts Lowrey now playing left field. Harry Walker now playing right field. Johnny Wyrostek now playing center field. Heath is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Stallcup hits a popup in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Merriman scores.
Top 4 Hatton takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Merriman hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Holmes fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Holmes. Merriman moves to third.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 3 Vander Meer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Adams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Stanky strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bickford bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Crandall moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vander Meer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Holmes hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wyrostek is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Kluszewski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stallcup hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Heath strikes out.
Bottom 1 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Merriman who is chasing the ball. Dark reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Stanky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cooper strikes out.
Top 1 Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walker moves to third.
Top 1 Merriman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out. Walker moves to second.
Top 1 Walker takes first base on ball four.