Brooklyn beats Philadelphia in 10th for Pennant
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October 2, 1949, Brooklyn dogged Dodgers carried to the very last inning of the season scored two runs in the tenth Sunday to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 9 to 7 and win the National League pennant Held scoreless for four innings and facing their top season nemesis in slim Kenny Heintzelman the Brooks put together three ringing hits for the runs which crowned a magnificent relief job by Jack Banta the third Dodger hurler Banta called on in the sixth while the Phillies were coming from behind to tie the score allowed only one hit after Del Ennis greeted him with the single that tied the game That came in the tenth when Mike Goliat rippled a drive to left with one out The big right hander braced He struck out Ed Sanicki Toronto rookie whose three major-league hits have been home runs and then got Richie Ashburn on an easy fly to Luis Olmo.
Tenth Victory for Banta
Jubilant Dodgers raced from the field and the dugout to hug, kiss, and paw Banta who won his tenth victory of the season against six losses Heintzelman had turned back the Dodgers five times in eight tries this year In the tenth, Dodger Capt Pee Wee Reese was hitless in five trips broke’ off a clean single to center Eddie Miksis promptly sacrificed Duke Snider rammed Heintzel-man’s first pitch to center for a clean single and Reese slid home with the run that meant the flag Snider took second ‘on the throw to the plate Jackie Robinson was passed purposely Olmo the Mexico League returnee smashed one through Willie Jones at third Jones a three-run home-run hero earlier in the game couldn’t handle the drive which went to left for a single Snider raced home, and Robinson slid into third Carl Furillo who had four hits earlier bounced into a double play, but by that time the Dodgers had it all salted away.
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