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Braves 5 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
August 9, 1939

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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 9, 1939 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Braves with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 9, 1939 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 5 H: 14 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 14
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Winning PitcherCarl Hubbell  
Losing PitcherDick Errickson  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateAugust 9, 1939 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Turner  
Home Starting PitcherHarry Gumbert  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance15,687 
Time of Game3 hours 
UmpiresHP: Bick Campbell
1B: Charlie Moran
2B: (none)
3B: Ziggy Sears

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Debs Garms  Right Fielder 
Al Simmons  Left Fielder 
Buddy Hassett  First Baseman 
Tony Cuccinello  Second Baseman 
Max West  Center Fielder 
Hank Majeski  Third Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Sibby Sisti  Shortstop 
Jim Turner  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Frank Demaree  Center Fielder 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Zeke Bonura  First Baseman 
Tom Hafey  Third Baseman 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Harry Gumbert  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Braves 5 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
August 9, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/9/1939, game 2 -- Boston at New York (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Garms D, rf           4  2  2  0   Moore J, lf           4  2  3  0   
Errickson D, p        1  0  0  0   Jurges B, ss          5  0  1  2   
Frankhouse F, p       0  0  0  0   Demaree F, cf         5  1  2  1   
Simmons A, lf         6  0  1  1   Ott M, rf             5  0  1  0   
Hassett B, 1b         5  0  3  2   Danning H, c          4  0  0  0   
Cuccinello T, 2b      5  0  0  0   Bonura Z, 1b          3  1  0  0   
West M, cf-rf         5  1  0  0   Hafey T, 3b           5  1  1  2   
Majeski H, 3b         5  1  4  2   Whitehead B, 2b       5  0  2  0   
Lopez A, c            5  0  3  0   Gumbert H, p          2  1  1  0   
Sisti S, ss           5  0  0  0   Hubbell C, p          2  0  0  0   
Turner J, p           2  1  1  0                                      
Cooney J, ph-cf       2  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  5 14  5                        40  6 11  5

Boston           001 400 000 00 --  5
New York         100 022 000 01 --  6
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Turner J              7.0  7  5  5  5  0
Errickson D (L)*      3.0  4  1  1  4  0
Frankhouse F          0.0  0  0  0  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gumbert H             7.1 13  5  2  1  1
Hubbell C (W)         3.2  1  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 11th

E -- Hassett B, Whitehead B 2, Cuccinello T, Majeski H
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Boston 9, New York 14
2B -- Demaree F, Ott M
3B -- Jurges B
HR -- Majeski H, Hafey T
SB -- Hassett B, Ott M
CS -- Whitehead B 2, Sisti S, Moore J
SH -- Gumbert H
WP -- Errickson D, Frankhouse F
T -- 3:00
A -- 15687

    

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