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Braves 1 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
May 11, 1947
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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 11, 1947 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Braves with a score of 8 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 11, 1947 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 1 H: 5 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 1
Hits: 5
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 8 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 8
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning Pitcher—Monty Kennedy  
Losing Pitcher—Johnny Sain  
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Game Winning RBI—Johnny Mize 

Game Info

DateMay 11, 1947 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Sain  
Home Starting PitcherMonty Kennedy  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 21 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Butch Henline
1B: Bill Stewart
2B: (none)
3B: George Magerkurth

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Connie Ryan  Second Baseman 
Tommy Holmes  Right Fielder 
Mike McCormick  Center Fielder 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Danny Litwhiler  Left Fielder 
Phil Masi  Catcher 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Nanny Fernandez  Shortstop 
Johnny Sain  Pitcher 
Billy Southworth  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Buddy Blattner  Second Baseman 
Bill Rigney  Shortstop 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Sid Gordon  Left Fielder 
Jack Lohrke  Third Baseman 
Monty Kennedy  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Braves 1 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
May 11, 1947

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         Game of 5/11/1947, game 1 -- Boston at New York (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Ryan C, 2b            4  0  0  0   Blattner B, 2b        5  0  2  3   
Holmes T, rf          2  0  0  0   Rigney B, ss          5  0  1  0   
McCormick M, cf       3  1  0  0   Thomson B, cf         5  1  2  1   
Elliott B, 3b         3  0  3  0   Mize J, 1b            4  1  1  1   
Litwhiler D, lf       4  0  1  1   Marshall W, rf        4  1  0  0   
Masi P, c             4  0  0  0   Cooper W, c           5  1  2  2   
Torgeson E, 1b        4  0  0  0   Gordon S, lf          3  1  1  0   
Fernandez N, ss       4  0  0  0   Lohrke J, 3b          2  2  0  0   
Sain J, p             2  0  1  0   Kennedy M, p          2  1  0  1   
Lanning J, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Lanfranconi W, p      0  0  0  0                                      
Sisti S, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Wright E, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  1  5  1                        35  8  9  8

Boston           000 000 001 --  1
New York         200 150 00x --  8

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sain J (L)*           4.0  7  5  4  3  2
Lanning J+            0.0  0  3  3  3  0
Lanfranconi W         3.0  2  0  0  1  1
Wright E              1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kennedy M (W)         9.0  5  1  1  4  6
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 5th

E -- Torgeson E, Ryan C, Elliott B
DP -- Boston 1, New York 1
LOB -- Boston 7, New York 10
2B -- Mize J, Blattner B
3B -- Cooper W, Gordon S
SB -- Lohrke J
T -- 2:21
A -- 0

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