Boxscore: BRI @ PBP

Date: 1949-05-29

BOXSCORE: 1949 Bristol Blasters At 1949 Pittsburgh Bichipoos        5/29/1949

  Blasters           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Bichipoos          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Rizzuto SS        5  2  4  0 .242     J.Scott RF          4  1  1  2 .257  
  H.Baylis 3B         5  0  1  2 .205     C.Kress 1B          2  0  1  1 .290  
  G.Hodges 1B         5  0  1  1 .320   C-R.Noble C           1  0  0  0 .308  
  J.Bloodworth 2B     5  0  0  0 .185     E.Joost SS          3  0  0  0 .238  
  V.Wertz RF          5  0  0  0 .261     T.Wright LF         3  0  1  0 .400  
  J.Wyrostek LF       3  1  1  0 .424   E-R.Sievers PH        1  0  0  0 .252  
  J.Hegan C           4  0  0  0 .196     E.Kazak 3B          5  0  1  0 .239  
  L.Merriman CF       3  0  0  1 .136     S.Hairston C        2  0  0  0 .330  
  V.Bickford P        1  1  1  0 .235   B-C.Cabrera PH,1B     2  0  0  0 .370  
A-S.Robertson PH      1  0  1  0 .500     J.Gordon 2B         4  1  2  0 .177  
  K.Drews P           0  0  0  0 ----     J.Coleman P         2  1  1  0 .250  
  M.Surkont P         0  0  0  0 ----     I.Harris P          0  0  0  0 .000  
D-M.Smith PH          1  0  0  0 .190     W.Masterson P       0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Vander Meer P     0  0  0  0 ----     T.Byrne P           1  0  0  0 .200  
  J.Page P            0  0  0  0 ----     F.Martin P          1  0  0  0 .133  
                                          A.Benton P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          C.Mapes CF          3  0  0  0 .217  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  4  9  4                 Totals      34  3  7  3

A-Pinch Hit For Bickford In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hairston In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Kress In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Surkont In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Wright In 10th Inning

Blasters........ 0 0 0  0 3 0  0 0 0  1 -  4  9  1
Bichipoos....... 0 2 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  0 -  3  7  0

Blasters (13-18)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
V.Bickford                6       4   2   2   5   2   0 109   4.71  A1 C9
K.Drews BS(1st)           1       3   1   1   0   0   1  19   9.00  D1 D5
M.Surkont                 1       0   0   0   0   1   0  10   4.97  D6 D8
J.Vander Mee WIN(1-0)     1       0   0   0   1   1   0  13   5.84  D9 E3
J.Page SAVE(6th)          1       0   0   0   0   1   0  13   3.38  E4
Totals                   10       7   3   3   6   5   1

Bichipoos (18-17)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Coleman                 4 1/3   3   1   1   0   4   0  53   3.27  A1 B7
I.Harris                  0 1/3   1   2   2   1   0   0  12   2.11  B8 C1
W.Masterson BS(3rd)       0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.10  C2 C4
T.Byrne                   1       2   0   0   1   1   0  22   1.82  C5 D1
F.Martin LOSS(0-2)        3 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   0  44   0.81  D2 E4
A.Benton                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.63  E5
Totals                   10       9   4   4   2   5   0

ATTENDANCE- 27,328 DATE- Sunday, May 29th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:03
LEFT ON BASE- Blasters: 7  Bichipoos: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blasters: 0  Bichipoos: 0
ERRORS- P.Rizzuto
DOUBLES- H.Baylis(2nd), J.Wyrostek(3rd), T.Wright(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Scott(1st)
RBIs- H.Baylis-2(12th), G.Hodges(16th), L.Merriman(2nd), J.Scott-2(8th),
      C.Kress(8th)
STOLEN BASES- P.Rizzuto(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Wright, S.Hairston
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Merriman
WALKS- J.Wyrostek, V.Bickford, J.Scott, C.Kress-2, E.Joost-2, C.Mapes
STRIKE OUTS- P.Rizzuto, J.Bloodworth, V.Wertz-2, J.Hegan, E.Joost, E.Kazak,
             S.Hairston, F.Martin, C.Mapes
WILD PITCHES- I.Harris
2-out RBI- H.Baylis-2
RLISP 2-out- E.Kazak-3, T.Wright-2, H.Baylis, G.Hodges-2, V.Wertz
TEAM RISP- Blasters: 2 for 9  Bichipoos: 1 for 5

Shortstop Phil Rizzuto had 4 hits at The Couch where the Bristol Blasters beat
the Pittsburgh Bichipoos in 10 innings by the score of 4 to 3.

Both teams had scored 3 runs after nine full innings.  Bristol won the hard
fought contest in the 10th inning.  Rizzuto hit a single.  Rizzuto was safe
at second on a stolen base.  After an out was recorded, Gil Hodges then lined
a base-hit scoring the run.  Bristol finished with 9 hits in the victory.

The win was credited to Johnny Vander Meer(1-0) who went 1 inning allowing no
runs. Joe Page earned the save, his 6th.  Fred Martin(0-2) was tagged with
the loss in relief.  


SCORESHEET: 1949 Bristol Blasters at 1949 Pittsburgh Bichipoos
P.Rizzut-A1  A1:K       B1:Si>13   C1:Si>12   D1:Si>12   *10*:Si
                                                         
                                                         
H.Baylis-A1  A2:F/7     B2:F/7     C2:Do>2#   D2:Force/  E2:SB>12
                                   1#         46>23 1o   P/2
                                              b1         
G.Hodges-A1  A3:FO/6    *4*:P/2    C3:G/43    D3:G/63    E3:Si>2#
                                                         
                                                         
J.Bloodw-A1  *2*:G/31   B4:K       *6*:F/7    *8*:G/3    E4:G/43>1
                                                         2
                                                         
V.Wertz-A1   A5:F/9     B5:K       C5:K       D5:G/3     E5:G/63
                                                         
                                                         
J.Wyrost-A1  A6:F/8     *5*:Do     C6:W>b1    D6:F/8
                                              
                                              
J.Hegan-A1   *3*:G/63   B7:K       C7:G/13    *9*:L/6
                                              
                                              
L.Merrim-A1  A8:G/31    B8:WP>23   *7*:F/7    D8:F/7
                        SF/8>3#               
                                              
V.Bickfo-A1  A9:Si      B9:W>b1    C9:Si      D9:G/53
S.Robert-C9                                   
K.Drews-D4+                                   

J.Scott-A1   A1:L/4     B1:W>3# 2  C1:F/7     *7*:HR>b#  E1:F/8
                        3 12 b1                          
                                                         
C.Kress-A1   A2:W>b1    B2:W>3# 2  C2:F/9     D2:Si      E2:F/7
R.Noble-D9              3 12 b1                          
                                                         
E.Joost-A1   A3:W>12 b  B3:K       *5*:F/9    D3:L/5     *10*:W>b1
             1                                           
                                                         
T.Wright-A1  A4:Sac/34  B4:G/43    C4:F/7     D4:Do>1o   E4:F/8
R.Siever-E4  >23 12                                      
                                                         
E.Kazak-A1   A5:G/43    *3*:Si     C5:F/8     D5:F/7     E5:K
                                                         
                                                         
S.Hairst-A1  *2*:K      B6:Sac/14  *6*:G/63   *8*:F/7    E6:F/9
C.Cabrer-D6             >12                              
                                                         
J.Gordon-A1  A7:Si      B7:Si>23   C7:G/43    D7:G/13
                                              
                                              
J.Colema-A1  A8:Si>12   B8:PkOff/  C8:E/6     D8:K
I.Harris-C3             25>3o G/3             
W.Master-C3+            1                     
C.Mapes-A1   A9:W>23 1  *4*:F/8    C9:F/9     *9*:K
             2 b1