Boxscore: MNL @ BRI

Date: 1949-08-16

BOXSCORE: 1949 Minnesota Loons At 1949 Bristol Blasters             8/16/1949

  Loons              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Blasters           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Schoendienst 2B   4  0  0  0 .288     P.Rizzuto SS        4  2  1  0 .242  
  L.Bostock RF        4  0  2  0 .270     V.Wertz RF          4  0  0  0 .236  
  B.Harvey LF         3  0  2  0 .310     G.Hodges 1B         5  2  3  5 .274  
  W.Brown CF          4  0  0  0 .348     J.Wyrostek LF       4  1  1  1 .304  
  E.Robinson 1B       4  0  0  0 .283     S.Robertson 2B      5  0  0  0 .233  
  E.Finney 3B         3  0  0  0 .302     H.Thompson 3B       3  0  2  0 .321  
  D.Rice C            3  0  0  0 .213     J.Hegan C           4  0  0  0 .193  
  J.Lipon SS          2  0  0  0 .233     J.Dimaggio CF       2  1  1  0 .329  
  D.Newcombe P        1  0  0  0 .246     V.Bickford P        2  1  0  0 .230  
A-S.McLaurin PH       1  0  0  0 .308                                          
  R.Navaretta P       0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  V.Clarke P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  0  4  0                 Totals      33  7  8  6

A-Pinch Hit For Newcombe In 8th Inning

Loons........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  3
Blasters........ 1 0 0  0 2 0  0 4    -  7  8  0

Loons (55-65)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Newcombe LOSS(13-11)    7       5   3   1   5   8   1 119   4.19  A1 D7
R.Navaretta               0       1   3   3   2   0   0  10   5.01  D8 E1
V.Clarke                  1       2   1   1   0   1   0  17   4.96  E2
Totals                    8       8   7   5   7   9   1

Blasters (59-71)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
V.Bickford WIN(11-14)     9       4   0   0   2   5   0 121   4.61  A1
Totals                    9       4   0   0   2   5   0

ATTENDANCE- 25 DATE- Tuesday, August 16th 1949 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- Loons: 5  Blasters:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Loons: 1  Blasters: 1
ERRORS- R.Schoendienst-2, E.Robinson
DOUBLES- B.Harvey(16th), H.Thompson(12th)
TRIPLES- G.Hodges(2nd), J.Dimaggio(6th)
HOME RUNS- G.Hodges(18th)
RBIs- G.Hodges-5(77th), J.Wyrostek(25th)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Newcombe, V.Bickford
WALKS- B.Harvey, J.Lipon, P.Rizzuto, V.Wertz, J.Wyrostek, H.Thompson,
       J.Dimaggio-2, V.Bickford
STRIKE OUTS- R.Schoendienst, L.Bostock, W.Brown, D.Rice, D.Newcombe, P.Rizzuto,
             V.Wertz, G.Hodges-2, J.Wyrostek, S.Robertson, J.Hegan-2,
             V.Bickford
GIDP- W.Brown, S.Robertson
RLISP 2-out- J.Hegan-2, V.Wertz-2, L.Bostock, V.Bickford, W.Brown, E.Robinson
TEAM RISP- Loons: 0 for 5  Blasters: 4 for 14

Gil Hodges blasted a homerun and had 5 RBI and Vern Bickford had an impressive
outing at Blaster Field where the Bristol Blasters beat the Minnesota Loons 7
to 0.

Hodges enjoyed a fine evening at the plate.  He lined a base-hit which plated
a run in the 1st inning, delivered a solo blast in the 5th inning and tripled
emptying the bases in the 8th inning.  Bristol had 8 hits for the night.

Bickford(11-14) went the distance for the shutout. Don Newcombe(13-11) was hit
with the loss.  Wth the win Bristol now has a record of 59-71.  With this
loss, Minnesota has a 4-6 record of late, 55-65 overall.

SCORESHEET: 1949 Minnesota Loons at 1949 Bristol Blasters
R.Schoen-A1  A1:F/7     B1:K       C1:G/31    D1:FO/2
                                              
                                              
L.Bostoc-A1  A2:Si      B2:K       C2:Si      *9*:L/5
                                              
                                              
B.Harvey-A1  A3:F/7     *4*:Si     C3:W>12 b  D3:Do
                                   1          
                                              
W.Brown-A1   A4:K       B4:G-DP/4  C4:P/6     D4:G/63
                        63>1o                 
                                              
E.Robins-A1  *2*:P/2    B5:G/43    *7*:F/8    D5:G/43
                                              
                                              
E.Finney-A1  A6:F/8     *5*:G/63   C6:F/7
                                   
                                   
D.Rice-A1    A7:K       B7:P/6     C7:G/13
                                   
                                   
J.Lipon-A1   *3*:W>b1   B8:F/7     *8*:G/53
                                   
                                   
D.Newcom-A1  A9:Sac/14  *6*:K      C9:P/4
S.McLaur-C9  >12                   
R.Navare-D2+                       

P.Rizzut-A1  A1:E/4     B1:F/9>23  C1:Si>12   *6*:K      E1:W>12 b
                                                         1
                                                         
V.Wertz-A1   A2:W>12 b  B2:L/4     C2:F/8     D2:G/53    E2:K
             1                                           
                                                         
G.Hodges-A1  A3:Si>2#   *3*:K      *5*:HR>b#  D3:K       E3:Tr>3#
             12                                          2# 1#
                                                         
J.Wyrost-A1  A4:F/9     B4:K       C4:W>b1    *7*:F/8    E4:Si>3#
                                                         
                                                         
S.Robert-A1  A5:F/8     B5:E/3     C5:K       D5:G/43    E5:G-DP/4
                                                         63>1o
                                                         
H.Thomps-A1  A6:Si>23   B6:G/31    C6:Do>13   D6:W>b1
             12                               
                                              
J.Hegan-A1   A7:K       *4*:K      C7:P/4     D7:F/8
                                              
                                              
J.Dimagg-A1  *2*:W>b1   B8:W>b1    C8:E/4>3#  *8*:Tr
                                   23         
                                              
V.Bickfo-A1  A9:Sac/54  B9:K       C9:G/13    D9:W>b1
             >12