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Giants
@ Braves
Braves Field
August 11, 1946
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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 August 11, 1946 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 11, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 11, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Koslo |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Sain |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 56 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Al Barlick 2B: Babe Pinelli 3B: Butch Henline |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Buddy Blattner | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Witek | Third Baseman |
| Willard Marshall | Center Fielder |
| Babe Young | First Baseman |
| Walker Cooper | Catcher |
| Goody Rosen | Right Fielder |
| Sid Gordon | Left Fielder |
| Bill Rigney | Shortstop |
| Dave Koslo | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Culler | Shortstop |
| Billy Herman | Second Baseman |
| Tommy Holmes | Right Fielder |
| Danny Litwhiler | Left Fielder |
| Phil Masi | Catcher |
| Nanny Fernandez | Third Baseman |
| Carden Gillenwater | Center Fielder |
| Ray Sanders | First Baseman |
| Johnny Sain | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Braves
Braves Field
August 11, 1946
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Sain
Blattner hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witek vs. Sain
Witek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Sain
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Sain
Young hits a popup towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culler vs. Koslo
Culler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herman vs. Koslo
Herman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Culler moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Holmes vs. Koslo
Holmes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Litwhiler vs. Koslo
Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Culler scores. Holmes moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Masi vs. Koslo
Masi hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fernandez vs. Koslo
Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Sain
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Sain
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Sain
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Sain
Rigney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Koslo vs. Sain
Koslo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sain fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gillenwater vs. Koslo
Gillenwater hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koslo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Koslo
Sanders hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sain vs. Koslo
Sain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Witek juggles the ball. That's an error on Witek. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Culler vs. Koslo
Culler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Marshall. Culler reaches second base with a double. Sanders scores. Sain goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Herman vs. Koslo
Herman hits a fly ball into center field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Holmes vs. Koslo
Holmes hits a popup towards short. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Sain
Mike McCormick now playing right field.
Blattner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Witek vs. Sain
Witek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Sain
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marshall for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Koslo
Litwhiler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Masi vs. Koslo
Masi strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Koslo
Fernandez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Marshall. Fernandez reaches second base with a double. Litwhiler goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gillenwater vs. Koslo
Gillenwater hits a ball on the ground towards third. Witek fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sanders vs. Koslo
Sanders takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sain vs. Koslo
Sain hits a fly ball into center field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Sain
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Sain
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Sain
Rosen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Sain
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rosen moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rigney vs. Sain
Rigney strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culler vs. Koslo
Culler hits a line drive towards the mound. Koslo reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Koslo
Herman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Marshall. Herman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCormick vs. Koslo
McCormick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Litwhiler vs. Koslo
Litwhiler hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Masi vs. Abernathy
Woody Abernathy now pitching.
Masi hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Abernathy
Fernandez hits a popup in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Abernathy vs. Sain
Abernathy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders juggles the ball. That's an error on Sanders. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blattner vs. Sain
Blattner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witek vs. Sain
Witek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Sain
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marshall for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gillenwater vs. Abernathy
Gillenwater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Abernathy
Sanders hits a fly ball into right field. Rosen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sain vs. Abernathy
Sain hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Marshall. Sain reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Culler vs. Abernathy
Culler hits a popup towards third. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Sain
Connie Ryan now playing second base.
Young hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Sain
Cooper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Sain
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Sain
Gordon hits a popup towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Sain
Rigney hits a popup in front of the plate. Masi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Abernathy
Bennie Warren now catching.
Ryan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Abernathy
McCormick bunts towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Blattner covering, for the out. Ryan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Litwhiler vs. Abernathy
Litwhiler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Masi vs. Abernathy
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Masi vs. Abernathy
Masi hits a line drive into center field. Marshall picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Marshall. Ryan scores. Litwhiler scores. Masi moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fernandez vs. Abernathy
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Masi scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gillenwater vs. Abernathy
Gillenwater hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Abernathy
Sanders hits a fly ball into right field. Rosen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Sain
Al Dark now playing shortstop. Johnny Rucker pinch hits for Woody Abernathy.
Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Sain
Blattner hits a fly ball into center field. Gillenwater settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witek vs. Sain
Witek hits a popup towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sain vs. Kraus
Jack Kraus now pitching.
Sain hits a fly ball into center field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Kraus
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Kraus
Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Witek fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Sain
Marshall hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Sain
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Warren vs. Sain
Warren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rosen vs. Sain
Rosen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Young scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Sain
Gordon hits a popup towards third. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Kraus
McCormick hits a popup towards short. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Kraus
Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Masi vs. Kraus
Masi hits a popup into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Sain
Rigney strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graham vs. Sain
Jack Graham pinch hits for Jack Kraus.
Graham hits a fly ball into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Sain
Blattner hits a popup towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/11/1946, game 1 -- New York at Boston (D)
New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Blattner B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Culler D, ss 3 1 1 2
Witek M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Dark A, ss 1 0 0 0
Marshall W, cf 3 0 0 0 Herman B, 2b 3 1 1 0
Young B, 1b 4 2 2 1 Ryan C, 2b 2 1 1 0
Cooper W, c 3 0 1 0 Holmes T, rf 1 0 0 0
Warren B, c 1 0 0 0 McCormick M, rf 1 1 0 0
Rosen G, rf 4 0 2 1 Litwhiler D, lf 3 3 2 4
Gordon S, lf 4 0 2 0 Masi P, c 5 1 1 2
Rigney B, ss 4 0 1 0 Fernandez N, 3b 4 0 2 2
Koslo D, p 1 0 0 0 Gillenwater C, cf 4 0 0 0
Abernathy W, p 1 0 0 0 Sanders R, 1b 3 1 1 0
Rucker J, ph 1 0 0 0 Sain J, p 4 1 1 0
Kraus J, p 0 0 0 0
Graham J, ph 1 0 0 0
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34 2 8 2 34 10 10 10
New York 000 001 010 -- 2
Boston 121 303 00x -- 10
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Koslo D (L) 3.1 6 7 6 5 1
Abernathy W 2.2 4 3 3 1 0
Kraus J 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Sain J (W) 9.0 8 2 2 3 2
E -- Witek M, Sanders R, Marshall W
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- New York 8, Boston 7
2B -- Culler D, Fernandez N, Herman B, Sain J
HR -- Litwhiler D, Young B
SB -- Litwhiler D, Ryan C
SH -- McCormick M
T -- 1:56
A -- 0
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