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Braves 5 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
April 22, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, played on April 22, 1939 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Braves with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateApril 22, 1939 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 5 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 7 E: 2 LOB: 2
Runs: 6
Hits: 7
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 2
Winning PitcherBill Lohrman  
Losing PitcherDick Errickson  
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Game Winning RBIZeke Bonura 

Game Info

DateApril 22, 1939 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherMilt Shoffner  
Home Starting PitcherManny Salvo  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance17,386 
Time of Game2 hours 25 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Babe Pinelli
1B: Bill Stewart
2B: (none)
3B: (none)

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Debs Garms  Third Baseman 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Buddy Hassett  Right Fielder 
Al Simmons  Left Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Second Baseman 
Max West  Center Fielder 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Milt Shoffner  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
George Myatt  Third Baseman 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Zeke Bonura  First Baseman 
Frank Demaree  Center Fielder 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Manny Salvo  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Braves 5 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
April 22, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/22/1939 -- Boston at New York (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Garms D, 3b           5  2  2  0   Moore J, lf           4  0  0  0   
Fletcher E, 1b        3  1  1  1   Myatt G, 3b           3  1  0  0   
Hassett B, rf         4  1  2  2   Danning H, c          4  0  0  0   
Simmons A, lf         4  0  0  0   Ott M, rf             1  3  1  2   
Cuccinello T, 2b      5  0  2  0   Bonura Z, 1b          4  2  2  1   
West M, cf            3  0  0  0   Demaree F, cf         3  0  3  2   
Miller E, ss          4  1  1  1   Jurges B, ss          1  0  0  1   
Lopez A, c            3  0  1  0   Whitehead B, 2b       3  0  1  0   
Shoffner M, p         2  0  0  0   Salvo M, p            1  0  0  0   
Errickson D, p        1  0  0  0   Ripple J, ph          1  0  0  0   
Hill O, ph            1  0  0  0   Lohrman B, p          1  0  0  0   
Posedel B, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  5  9  4                        26  6  7  6

Boston           300 010 010 --  5
New York         200 202 00x --  6

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Shoffner M            3.1  4  4  4  2  1
Errickson D (L)       3.2  3  2  2  2  2
Posedel B             1.0  0  0  0  1  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Salvo M               5.0  6  4  3  5  4
Lohrman B (W)         4.0  3  1  1  0  3

E -- Miller E, Danning H, Lohrman B
DP -- Boston 3
LOB -- Boston 9, New York 2
2B -- Garms D, Bonura Z, Hassett B
HR -- Hassett B, Ott M, Miller E
CS -- Hassett B, Demaree F
SH -- Hassett B
SF -- Jurges B
T -- 2:25
A -- 17386

    

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