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Giants 2 @ Braves 7
Braves Field
May 1, 1939

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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 May 1, 1939 at Braves Field. The home team Braves beat the visiting Giants with a score of 7 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 1, 1939 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 2 H: 4 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 2
Hits: 4
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
Boston Braves
R: 7 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 7
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherBill Posedel  
Losing PitcherSlick Castleman  
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Game Winning RBIMax West 

Game Info

DateMay 1, 1939 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamBoston Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherSlick Castleman  
Home Starting PitcherBill Posedel  
BallparkBraves Field 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance3,188 
Time of Game2 hours 
UmpiresHP: Charlie Moran
1B: George Magerkurth
2B: (none)
3B: Ziggy Sears

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Bob Seeds  Center Fielder 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Zeke Bonura  First Baseman 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
George Myatt  Third Baseman 
Slick Castleman  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Debs Garms  Third Baseman 
Johnny Cooney  Center Fielder 
Max West  Right Fielder 
Al Simmons  Left Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Second Baseman 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Bill Posedel  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

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Giants 2 @ Braves 7
Braves Field
May 1, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/1/1939 -- New York at Boston (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Moore J, lf           4  1  0  0   Garms D, 3b           5  1  2  0   
Jurges B, ss          4  0  1  1   Cooney J, cf          3  1  1  0   
Seeds B, cf           3  0  1  1   West M, rf            3  1  1  1   
Ott M, rf             4  0  1  0   Simmons A, lf         3  1  2  1   
Bonura Z, 1b          3  0  0  0   Cuccinello T, 2b      4  1  1  3   
Danning H, c          4  0  0  0   Fletcher E, 1b        3  1  1  0   
Whitehead B, 2b       3  0  0  0   Miller E, ss          3  1  1  0   
Myatt G, 3b           3  0  0  0   Lopez A, c            3  0  0  0   
Castleman S, p        1  0  0  0   Posedel B, p          4  0  1  1   
Lohrman B, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Ripple J, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
Brown J, p            0  0  0  0                                      
O'Dea K, ph           1  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  2  4  2                        31  7 10  6

New York         000 000 002 --  2
Boston           124 000 00x --  7

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Castleman S (L)*      2.0  4  5  5  3  1
Lohrman B             3.0  2  2  2  2  2
Brown J               3.0  4  0  0  1  0

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Posedel B (W)         9.0  4  2  1  2  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 3rd

E -- Cuccinello T
DP -- New York 3, Boston 1
LOB -- New York 4, Boston 6
2B -- Miller E, Ott M
HR -- Cuccinello T
SB -- Cooney J
WP -- Castleman S
T -- 2:00
A -- 3188

    

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