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Dodgers 8 @ Giants 26
Polo Grounds
April 30, 1944

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on April 30, 1944 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Dodgers with a score of 26 to 8.

Game Summary

DateApril 30, 1944 
Visiting Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 8 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 26 H: 18 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 26
Hits: 18
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherHarry Feldman  
Losing PitcherRube Melton  
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Game Winning RBIHal Luby 

Game Info

DateApril 30, 1944 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherRube Melton  
Home Starting PitcherCliff Melton  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 58 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Beans Reardon
1B: Tom Dunn
2B: (none)
3B: Larry Goetz

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frenchy Bordagaray  Right Fielder 
Dixie Walker  Left Fielder 
Luis Olmo  Second Baseman 
Augie Galan  Center Fielder 
Howie Schultz  First Baseman 
Bill Hart  Shortstop 
Bobby Bragan  Third Baseman 
Mickey Owen  Catcher 
Rube Melton  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Rucker  Center Fielder 
George Hausmann  Second Baseman 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Joe Medwick  Left Fielder 
Phil Weintraub  First Baseman 
Ernie Lombardi  Catcher 
Hal Luby  Third Baseman 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Cliff Melton  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Dodgers 8 @ Giants 26
Polo Grounds
April 30, 1944

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         Game of 4/30/1944, game 1 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)

  Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Bordagaray F, rf-lf   5  2  1  1   Rucker J, cf          7  3  2  0   
Walker D, lf          4  1  2  0   Hausmann G, 2b        5  2  1  2   
Waner P, rf           1  0  1  0   Ott M, rf             2  6  2  1   
Olmo L, 2b            5  0  1  2   Medwick J, lf         4  5  2  1   
Galan A, cf           4  0  1  1   Weintraub P, 1b       5  5  4 11   
Waner L, cf           1  0  0  0   Lombardi E, c         5  1  3  7   
Schultz H, 1b         4  2  3  2   Luby H, 3b            4  0  1  2   
Hart B, ss            3  1  1  0   Kerr B, ss            5  2  1  1   
Bragan B, 3b          5  1  0  0   Melton C, p           2  0  0  0   
Owen M, c             2  1  2  1   Feldman H, p          3  2  2  1   
Jarvis R, c           1  0  0  0                                      
Melton R, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Wyatt W, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Webber L, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Zachary C, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Ostermueller F, p     0  0  0  0                                      
Smyres C, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
Warren T, p           2  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  8 12  7                        42 26 18 26

Brooklyn         200 500 100 --  8
New York         344 502 08x -- 26

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Melton R (L)          1.0  2  3  3  3  1
Webber L              0.1  1  4  4  4  1
Zachary C*            0.0  0  0  0  2  0
Ostermueller F        1.2  2  4  4  2  1
Warren T              5.0 13 15 11  6  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Melton C              3.1  7  7  3  0  2
Feldman H (W)         5.2  5  1  1  4  3
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 2nd

E -- Melton C, Walker D, Kerr B, Olmo L
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- Brooklyn 8, New York 10
2B -- Weintraub P 2, Owen M, Rucker J, Lombardi E 2, Waner P, Feldman H, Hausmann G, Medwick J
3B -- Rucker J, Weintraub P
HR -- Schultz H 2, Kerr B, Weintraub P
SB -- Hart B, Schultz H, Ott M
SH -- Hausmann G
WP -- Melton C, Melton R, Warren T
T -- 2:58
A -- 0

    

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