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Miley BB CD 1948 World Series Game 1
Called by Mel Allen and Jim Britt

Johnny Sain out-duels Bob Feller in an exciting and classic 1-0 ballgame.


Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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Boston Braves 1, Cleveland Indians 0

World Series Game 1 Played on Wednesday, October 6, 1948 (D) at Braves Field

CLE A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
BOS N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 1 2 2
BATTING
Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Doby cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Boudreau ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
Keltner 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
Judnich rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Robinson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Hegan c 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
Feller p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4
Totals 32 0 4 0 0 6 24 9
BATTING - 
SH: Feller (1,off Sain).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Hegan (1,2nd base off Sain/Salkeld); Gordon (1,2nd base off Sain/Salkeld).
Boston Braves                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Holmes rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 0
Dark ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Torgeson 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Elliott 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rickert lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Salkeld c 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 1
Masi pr,c 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
M. McCormick cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Stanky 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Sisti pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sain p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 1 2 1 3 2 27 3
FIELDING - 
E: Elliott 2 (2).
BATTING - 
SH: Salkeld (1,off Feller); M. McCormick (1,off Feller).
IBB: Stanky (1,by Feller).
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Torgeson (1,2nd base off Feller/Hegan).
PITCHING
Cleveland Indians            IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Feller L(0-1) 8 2 1 1 3 2 0 29
IBB: Feller (1,Stanky).
Boston Braves                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Sain W(1-0) 9 4 0 0 0 6 0 33
Umpires: HP - George Barr, 1B - Bill Summers, 2B - Bill Stewart, 3B - Bill Grieve, 
LF - Joe Paparella, RF - Babe Pinelli