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Phillies 6 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
May 26, 1928

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on May 26, 1928 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Phillies with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 26, 1928 
Visiting Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 6 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 3
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherLes Sweetland  
Losing PitcherBill Walker  
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Game Winning RBIDon Hurst 

Game Info

DateMay 26, 1928 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherLes Sweetland  
Home Starting PitcherBill Walker  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 1 minute 
UmpiresHP: Dolly Stark
1B: Ernie Quigley
2B: (none)
3B: Cy Pfirman

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Denny Sothern  Center Fielder 
Fresco Thompson  Second Baseman 
Don Hurst  First Baseman 
Freddy Leach  Left Fielder 
Russ Wrightstone  Right Fielder 
Pinky Whitney  Third Baseman 
Bernie Friberg  Shortstop 
Walt Lerian  Catcher 
Les Sweetland  Pitcher 
Burt Shotton  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Edd Roush  Center Fielder 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Freddie Lindstrom  Third Baseman 
Bill Terry  First Baseman 
Travis Jackson  Shortstop 
Les Mann  Left Fielder 
Andy Cohen  Second Baseman 
Bob O'Farrell  Catcher 
Bill Walker  Pitcher 
John McGraw  Manager 

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Phillies 6 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
May 26, 1928

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/26/1928 -- Philadelphia at New York (D)

  Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Sothern D, cf         4  1  3  0   Roush E, cf           4  0  0  1   
Thompson F, 2b        4  1  1  0   Ott M, rf             5  1  2  0   
Hurst D, 1b           3  2  2  3   Lindstrom F, 3b       5  2  4  2   
Leach F, lf           4  0  1  0   Terry B, 1b           5  0  0  1   
Wrightstone R, rf     3  0  0  1   Jackson T, ss         4  0  1  0   
Nixon A, pr-rf        0  0  0  0   Mann L, lf            2  1  0  0   
Whitney P, 3b         3  1  1  1   Cohen A, 2b           3  1  3  0   
Friberg B, ss         3  1  1  1   O'Farrell B, c        3  0  1  1   
Lerian W, c           3  0  0  0   Walker B, p           0  0  0  0   
Sweetland L, p        4  0  0  0   Cummings J, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Henry D, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Jahn A, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Clarkson B, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Reese A, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Faulkner J, p         0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  6  9  6                        34  5 11  5

Philadelphia     110 202 000 --  6
New York         011 011 100 --  5

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sweetland L (W)       9.0 11  5  4  3  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Walker B (L)          4.0  5  4  4  0  1
Henry D               2.0  3  2  2  0  1
Clarkson B            2.0  1  0  0  0  1
Faulkner J            1.0  0  0  0  2  0

E -- Jackson T, Sothern D
DP -- Philadelphia 1, New York 2
LOB -- Philadelphia 3, New York 8
2B -- Lindstrom F 2, Sothern D, Ott M, Thompson F, Hurst D
3B -- Sothern D
HR -- Friberg B, Lindstrom F 2, Hurst D, Whitney P
CS -- Sothern D
SH -- Walker B, Whitney P, Friberg B
SF -- Hurst D, O'Farrell B, Roush E
T -- 2:01
A -- 0

    

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