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Braves 5 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
August 18, 1946
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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 18, 1946 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Braves with a score of 8 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 18, 1946 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 5 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 8 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 8
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Ken Trinkle  
Losing Pitcher—Warren Spahn  
Save—Junior Thompson  
Game Winning RBI—Willard Marshall 

Game Info

DateAugust 18, 1946 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherWarren Spahn  
Home Starting PitcherKen Trinkle  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 3 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Stewart
1B: Tom Dunn
2B: (none)
3B: George Magerkurth

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Culler  Shortstop 
Bama Rowell  Left Fielder 
Johnny Hopp  Center Fielder 
Tommy Holmes  Right Fielder 
Don Padgett  Catcher 
Ray Sanders  First Baseman 
Nanny Fernandez  Third Baseman 
Connie Ryan  Second Baseman 
Warren Spahn  Pitcher 
Billy Southworth  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Buddy Blattner  Second Baseman 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Willard Marshall  Center Fielder 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Sid Gordon  Left Fielder 
Goody Rosen  Right Fielder 
Bill Rigney  Third Baseman 
Ken Trinkle  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Braves 5 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
August 18, 1946

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         Game of 8/18/1946, game 1 -- Boston at New York (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Culler D, ss          4  1  2  0   Blattner B, 2b        3  1  2  0   
Dark A, ss            0  0  0  0   Kerr B, ss            4  3  3  2   
Litwhiler D, ph       1  0  0  0   Marshall W, cf        5  1  2  2   
Rowell B, lf          4  2  1  0   Cooper W, c           5  1  2  1   
Hopp J, cf            4  1  1  1   Young B, 1b           4  1  2  3   
Holmes T, rf          3  0  0  0   Gordon S, lf          4  0  3  0   
Padgett D, c          4  0  1  2   Rosen G, rf           4  0  0  0   
Sanders R, 1b         4  1  2  2   Rigney B, 3b          4  0  0  0   
Fernandez N, 3b       4  0  0  0   Trinkle K, p          3  1  1  0   
Ryan C, 2b            4  0  3  0   Graham J, ph          0  0  0  0   
Spahn W, p            1  0  0  0   Thompson J, p         0  0  0  0   
Lee B, p              2  0  0  0                                      
Barrett F, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Barrett J, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  5 10  5                        36  8 15  8

Boston           011 000 030 --  5
New York         102 000 50x --  8

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Spahn W (L)           2.2  6  3  3  1  0
Lee B                 3.2  8  5  5  0  0
Barrett F             1.2  1  0  0  2  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Trinkle K (W)         8.0  9  5  5  2  1
Thompson J (S)        1.0  1  0  0  0  0

DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Boston 6, New York 8
3B -- Kerr B
HR -- Kerr B, Sanders R, Young B
SH -- Blattner B
T -- 2:03
A -- 0

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