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Miley BB CD 1949 World Series Game 5
Called by Mel Allen and Red Barber

Brooklyn uses six pitchers as the Yankees take a 10-2 lead.  The Dodgers score 4 more in the seventh, but lose the game and the Series.


Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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New York Yankees 10, Brooklyn Dodgers 6

World Series Game 5 Played on Sunday, October 9, 1949 (D) at Ebbets Field

NY  A    2  0  3    1  1  3    0  0  0  -  10 11  1
BRO N 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 - 6 11 2
BATTING
New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Rizzuto ss 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 3
Henrich 1b 4 2 1 0 1 0 8 0
Berra c 5 0 0 1 0 1 11 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Brown 3b 4 2 3 2 1 1 0 1
Woodling lf 4 2 3 0 1 0 3 0
Mapes rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
Coleman 2b 5 0 2 3 0 0 1 0
Raschi p 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Page p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 10 11 9 8 5 27 5
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Page-Rizzuto-Henrich.
E: Mapes (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Woodling 2 (3,off Banta,off Hatten); Coleman (3,off Minner).
3B: Brown (2,off Erskine).
HR: DiMaggio (1,4th inning off Banta 0 on 2 out).
SH: Rizzuto (2,off Barney); Mapes (1,off Banta).
Team LOB: 9.
Brooklyn Dodgers             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Reese ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
Jorgensen 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Miksis ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Snider cf 5 2 2 0 0 3 5 0
Robinson 2b 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 2
Hermanski rf 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 5 1 2 3 0 2 9 1
Rackley lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Olmo ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Campanella c 3 1 1 0 1 0 5 0
Barney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Banta p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Erskine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hatten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cox ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Palica p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Edwards ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Minner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 37 6 11 6 5 11 27 7
FIELDING - 
E: Robinson (1), Barney (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Campanella (1,off Raschi); Snider (1,off Raschi); Miksis (1,off Page).
HR: Hodges (1,7th inning off Raschi 2 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 9.
PITCHING
New York Yankees             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Raschi W(1-1) 6.2 9 6 6 4 7 1 33
Page SV(1) 2.1 2 0 0 1 4 0 9
Totals 9 11 6 6 5 11 1 42
Brooklyn Dodgers             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Barney L(0-1) 2.2 3 5 5 6 2 0 17
Banta 2.1 3 2 2 0 2 1 10
Erskine 0.2 2 3 3 1 0 0 5
Hatten 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Palica 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8
Minner 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 9 11 10 10 8 5 1 46
Umpires: HP - Cal Hubbard, 1B - Beans Reardon, 2B - Art Passarella, 3B - Lou Jorda, 
LF - George Barr, RF - Eddie Hurley