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Braves 5 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
May 28, 1936

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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 May 28, 1936 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 28, 1936 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 5 H: 14 E: 4 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 14
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherBen Cantwell  
Losing PitcherSlick Castleman  
SaveTiny Chaplin  
Game Winning RBITommy Thompson 

Game Info

DateMay 28, 1936 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherBen Cantwell  
Home Starting PitcherSlick Castleman  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance7,000 
Time of Game2 hours 27 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ernie Quigley
1B: Charlie Moran
2B: (none)
3B: George Magerkurth

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Urbanski  Shortstop 
Gene Moore  Right Fielder 
Wally Berger  Center Fielder 
Buck Jordan  First Baseman 
Tony Cuccinello  Second Baseman 
Hal Lee  Left Fielder 
Joe Coscarart  Third Baseman 
Bill Lewis  Catcher 
Ben Cantwell  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Sam Leslie  First Baseman 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Hank Leiber  Center Fielder 
Gus Mancuso  Catcher 
Travis Jackson  Third Baseman 
Dick Bartell  Shortstop 
Slick Castleman  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Braves 5 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
May 28, 1936

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         Game of 5/28/1936, game 2 -- Boston at New York (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Urbanski B, ss        5  0  1  0   Moore J, lf           5  1  1  0   
Moore G, rf           4  0  0  0   Whitehead B, 2b       2  1  1  0   
Berger W, cf          5  1  4  1   Koenig M, ph          1  0  0  0   
Jordan B, 1b          4  1  1  0   Leslie S, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Cuccinello T, 2b      4  1  1  0   Ott M, rf             3  1  1  2   
Lee H, lf             5  1  3  0   Leiber H, cf          4  0  1  1   
Coscarart J, 3b       5  1  1  2   Mancuso G, c          4  0  2  0   
Lewis B, c            1  0  0  0   Jackson T, 3b         3  0  0  0   
Lopez A, c            1  0  1  1   Ripple J, ph          1  1  1  1   
Cantwell B, p         3  0  1  0   Bartell D, ss         4  0  0  0   
Thompson T, ph        1  0  1  1   Castleman S, p        3  0  0  0   
Chaplin T, p          0  0  0  0   Gabler F, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Terry B, ph           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  5 14  5                        35  4  7  4

Boston           000 100 031 --  5
New York         102 000 001 --  4

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Cantwell B (W)        7.0  5  3  1  2  2
Chaplin T (S)         2.0  2  1  1  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Castleman S (L)       7.2 11  4  4  4  3
Gabler F              1.1  3  1  1  1  0

E -- Urbanski B 2, Lewis B, Cuccinello T
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Boston 11, New York 7
2B -- Leiber H, Mancuso G
HR -- Berger W, Ripple J
SB -- Whitehead B
SH -- Ott M
T -- 2:27
A -- 7000

    

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