GREAT WESTERN LEAGUE
PORTLAND GREEN SOX AT HOUSTON BULLS
05/07/1949
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GREAT WESTERN LEAGUE
PORTLAND GREEN SOX AT HOUSTON BULLS
GAME ID: 2710 - SATURDAY, MAY 7TH , 1949 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Portland Green Sox (7-11) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1
Houston Bulls (12-7) 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 5 11 0
Green Sox Drop 5-2 Decision
Houston Bulls starter Ed Whetzel hurled his team past the Portland Green Sox, 5-2. Whetzel, the winner, moves to 2-2. He threw 9 innings of 1-hit ball, while fanning 3 and giving up 6 walks. The Green Sox are now 7-11.

The tension was thick in the top of the eighth inning. With the bases loaded and Portland trailing 5-2, Ed Whetzel had to get a big out. On a first pitch fastball, he retired Sam McMorris, who grounded out.
PORTLAND BATTING LINESCORE HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Boone CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .289 0 6
J. Beard 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .286 1 8
S. McMorris 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .234 3 12
H. Parks LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .237 2 7
P. Louden RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .188 2 6
J. Rainbow C 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .205 1 6
E. Brown SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 1 5
J. Guzzo 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 2 16
   a-L. Seals PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .279 4 12
   H. White P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
I. O'Donnell P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 1
   B. Jones P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
   b-M. Strickland PH, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .385 0 2
Totals 26 2 1 1 6 3 13      
a - L. Seals pinch hit for J. Guzzo in the 8th
b - M. Strickland pinch hit for B. Jones in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Beard (2, 4th Inning off E. Whetzel, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: J. Beard 2
2-out RBI: J. Beard
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. McMorris
GIDP: H. Parks
Hit by Pitch: J. Beard
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
CS: B. Boone (2)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Beard (1)
Double Plays: 2 (Guzzo-Brown-McMorris, Brown-Strickland-McMorris)
OF assists: 1 (Boone(Landrum at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Keegan RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .349 0 5
A. Haines CF 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .400 0 15
A. Cascone LF 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 .394 8 23
D. Doolittle C 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .393 0 9
H. Landrum SS 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 .288 4 14
   a-E. Heaton PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 0 2
   b-B. Gibson SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 1
C. Snelling 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 1 4
B. Carroll 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .273 0 2
S. Smail 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 1 8
E. Whetzel P 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .375 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5 3 4 13      
a - E. Heaton pinch hit for H. Landrum in the 8th
b - B. Gibson substituted for E. Heaton in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Cascone 2 (6, 1st Inning off I. O'Donnell, 1 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off I. O'Donnell, 1 on, 2 outs) , B. Carroll (2, 6th Inning off I. O'Donnell, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: M. Keegan 2 , A. Haines 2 , A. Cascone 4 , H. Landrum 2 , B. Carroll 3 , E. Whetzel
2-out RBI: A. Haines , A. Cascone , H. Landrum , B. Carroll
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Doolittle
GIDP: H. Landrum , S. Smail
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Keegan (1)
CS: M. Keegan (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Smail-Landrum-Carroll)
PORTLAND PITCHING LINESCORE HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
I. O'Donnell L (1-2) 6.2 10 5 5 2 4 0 103 4.50   
B. Jones 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9.28   
H. White 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 7.63   
PITCHING
Game Score: I. O'Donnell 36
Batters Faced: I. O'Donnell 30, B. Jones 1, H. White 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: I. O'Donnell 7-6, B. Jones 0-1, H. White 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: I. O'Donnell 103-64, B. Jones 3-3, H. White 14-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Jones 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Whetzel W (2-2) 9.0 1 2 2 6 3 0 121 5.33   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Whetzel 74
Batters Faced: E. Whetzel 33
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Whetzel 18-4
Pitches - Strikes: E. Whetzel 121-70
WP: E. Whetzel
Hit Batsmen: E. Whetzel
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ed Whetzel
Ballpark: Bulls Stadium
Weather: Rain (58 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 8 mph
Start Time: 2:05 PM CT
Time: 2:32
Attendance: 8429
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