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Braves 4 @ Dodgers 10
Ebbets Field
June 29, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves, played on June 29, 1940 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers beat the visiting Braves with a score of 10 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJune 29, 1940 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 4 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 3
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 10 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 10
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherCurt Davis  
Losing PitcherBill Posedel  
SaveTot Pressnell  
Game Winning RBIBabe Phelps 

Game Info

DateJune 29, 1940 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Posedel  
Home Starting PitcherCurt Davis  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance8,289 
Time of Game1 hour 55 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Goetz
1B: Babe Pinelli
2B: (none)
3B: Beans Reardon

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Buddy Hassett  First Baseman 
Sibby Sisti  Third Baseman 
Gene Moore  Right Fielder 
Chet Ross  Left Fielder 
Max West  Center Fielder 
Bama Rowell  Second Baseman 
Al Glossop  Shortstop 
Ray Berres  Catcher 
Bill Posedel  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Cookie Lavagetto  Third Baseman 
Dixie Walker  Center Fielder 
Joe Medwick  Left Fielder 
Babe Phelps  Catcher 
Dolph Camilli  First Baseman 
Joe Vosmik  Right Fielder 
Pete Coscarart  Second Baseman 
Curt Davis  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Braves 4 @ Dodgers 10
Ebbets Field
June 29, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/29/1940 -- Boston at Brooklyn (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Hassett B, 1b         4  1  1  0   Reese P, ss           4  1  1  0   
Sisti S, 3b           4  0  2  0   Lavagetto C, 3b       3  1  1  0   
Moore G, rf           4  1  1  1   Walker D, cf          5  2  1  4   
Ross C, lf            4  2  2  2   Medwick J, lf         5  2  3  2   
West M, cf            4  0  1  1   Phelps B, c           4  1  1  3   
Rowell B, 2b          4  0  0  0   Camilli D, 1b         3  1  1  0   
Glossop A, ss         3  0  0  0   Vosmik J, rf          4  0  2  0   
Berres R, c           3  0  1  0   Coscarart P, 2b       4  1  1  0   
Posedel B, p          3  0  0  0   Davis C, p            2  0  0  1   
                                   Wasdell J, ph         0  1  0  0   
                                   Pressnell T, p        0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  4  8  4                        34 10 11 10

Boston           000 202 000 --  4
Brooklyn         010 001 44x -- 10

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Posedel B (L)         8.0 11 10 10  5  5

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Davis C (W)           7.0  7  4  4  1  3
Pressnell T (S)       2.0  1  0  0  0  1

E -- Posedel B
DP -- Brooklyn 2
LOB -- Boston 3, Brooklyn 6
2B -- Reese P, Berres R
3B -- Medwick J 2
HR -- Moore G, Ross C, Phelps B, Walker D
SB -- Coscarart P, Reese P
SH -- Pressnell T
T -- 1:55
A -- 8289

    

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