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Giants 1 @ Braves 7
Braves Field
May 27, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the New York Giants, played on May 27, 1940 at Braves Field. The home team Braves beat the visiting Giants with a score of 7 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 27, 1940 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 1 H: 4 E: 1 LOB: 3
Runs: 1
Hits: 4
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
Boston Braves
R: 7 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 7
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherBill Posedel  
Losing PitcherBill Lohrman  
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Game Winning RBITony Cuccinello 

Game Info

DateMay 27, 1940 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamBoston Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Lohrman  
Home Starting PitcherBill Posedel  
BallparkBraves Field 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance1,415 
Time of Game1 hour 31 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou Jorda
1B: Ziggy Sears
2B: (none)
3B: Tom Dunn

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Burgess Whitehead  Third Baseman 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Frank Demaree  Center Fielder 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Al Glossop  Second Baseman 
Bill Lohrman  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bama Rowell  Second Baseman 
Johnny Cooney  Center Fielder 
Buddy Hassett  First Baseman 
Max West  Right Fielder 
Chet Ross  Left Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Third Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Bill Posedel  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

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Giants 1 @ Braves 7
Braves Field
May 27, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/27/1940 -- New York at Boston (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Whitehead B, 3b       4  0  0  0   Rowell B, 2b          4  0  1  0   
Moore J, lf           4  0  0  0   Cooney J, cf          4  0  1  0   
Demaree F, cf         3  1  0  0   Hassett B, 1b         4  1  0  0   
Ott M, rf             4  0  1  1   West M, rf            4  2  3  0   
Danning H, c          3  0  1  0   Ross C, lf            3  1  1  1   
O'Dea K, c            0  0  0  0   Cuccinello T, 3b      4  2  4  3   
Young B, 1b           3  0  1  0   Lopez A, c            4  1  1  0   
Jurges B, ss          3  0  0  0   Miller E, ss          4  0  2  2   
Glossop A, 2b         3  0  0  0   Posedel B, p          4  0  0  1   
Lohrman B, p          1  0  0  0                                      
Dean P, p             1  0  1  0                                      
McCarthy J, ph        1  0  0  0                                      
Lynn R, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     30  1  4  1                        35  7 13  7

New York         000 100 000 --  1
Boston           023 002 00x --  7

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lohrman B (L)         3.0  7  5  2  1  0
Dean P                4.0  5  2  2  0  1
Lynn R                1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Posedel B (W)         9.0  4  1  1  1  1

E -- Young B
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 3, Boston 5
2B -- Cuccinello T 2, Ott M
CS -- Miller E
T -- 1:31
A -- 1415

    

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