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Braves 6 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
August 12, 1937

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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 August 12, 1937 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 6 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 12, 1937 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 6 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 3
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 3
Winning PitcherJohnny Lanning  
Losing PitcherDick Coffman  
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Game Winning RBIGil English 

Game Info

DateAugust 12, 1937 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherGuy Bush  
Home Starting PitcherSlick Castleman  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance5,305 
Time of Game2 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Magerkurth
1B: Tiny Parker
2B: (none)
3B: Charlie Moran

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rabbit Warstler  Shortstop 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Roy Johnson  Left Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Second Baseman 
Gene Moore  Right Fielder 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Gil English  Third Baseman 
Ray Mueller  Catcher 
Guy Bush  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Mel Ott  Third Baseman 
Wally Berger  Center Fielder 
Jimmy Ripple  Right Fielder 
Sam Leslie  First Baseman 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Blondy Ryan  Shortstop 
Slick Castleman  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Braves 6 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
August 12, 1937

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/12/1937 -- Boston at New York (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Warstler R, ss        4  2  1  0   Whitehead B, 2b       4  0  0  0   
Fletcher E, 1b        5  2  3  0   Moore J, lf           4  1  1  0   
Johnson R, lf         4  0  1  1   Ott M, 3b             3  1  1  2   
Cuccinello T, 2b      5  0  2  4   Berger W, cf          4  0  0  0   
Moore G, rf           5  1  2  0   Ripple J, rf          4  0  2  0   
DiMaggio V, cf        4  0  0  0   Leslie S, 1b          4  1  1  0   
English G, 3b         4  0  1  1   Danning H, c          4  1  2  1   
Mueller R, c          4  0  1  0   Ryan B, ss            2  0  0  0   
Bush G, p             2  1  1  0   Bartell D, ph-ss      1  0  0  0   
Lanning J, p          2  0  0  0   Castleman S, p        0  0  0  0   
                                   Melton C, p           2  0  0  0   
                                   Leiber H, ph          1  0  1  1   
                                   Coffman D, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  6 12  6                        33  4  8  4

Boston           200 020 011 --  6
New York         000 210 100 --  4

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bush G*               4.0  5  3  3  0  3
Lanning J (W)         5.0  3  1  1  1  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Castleman S           0.1  3  2  2  1  0
Melton C              6.2  5  2  2  1  4
Coffman D (L)         2.0  4  2  2  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 5th

E -- Ryan B
DP -- Boston 2, New York 2
LOB -- Boston 8, New York 3
2B -- Ripple J, Moore G
HR -- Ott M, Danning H
T -- 2:17
A -- 5305

    

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