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Braves 4 @ Giants 3
Polo Grounds
September 8, 1950

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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 September 8, 1950 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 8, 1950 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 4 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 2
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 2
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 3 H: 7 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherWarren Spahn  
Losing PitcherJim Hearn  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateSeptember 8, 1950 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherWarren Spahn  
Home Starting PitcherJim Hearn  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance6,560 
Time of Game2 hours 33 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Babe Pinelli
1B: Dusty Boggess
2B: (none)
3B: Scotty Robb

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Roy Hartsfield  Second Baseman 
Sam Jethroe  Center Fielder 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Sid Gordon  Left Fielder 
Tommy Holmes  Right Fielder 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Warren Spahn  Pitcher 
Billy Southworth  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Monte Irvin  First Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Jack Lohrke  Third Baseman 
Jim Hearn  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Braves 4 @ Giants 3
Polo Grounds
September 8, 1950

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/8/1950 -- Boston at New York (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Hartsfield R, 2b      4  0  0  0   Stanky E, 2b          5  1  1  0   
Jethroe S, cf         4  0  0  0   Lockman W, lf         4  0  0  0   
Torgeson E, 1b        3  1  1  0   Dark A, ss            3  1  1  0   
Elliott B, 3b         4  0  0  0   Irvin M, 1b           4  0  2  2   
Sisti S, 3b           0  0  0  0   Westrum W, c          2  0  1  1   
Cooper W, c           3  1  1  0   Mueller D, rf         4  0  1  0   
Gordon S, lf          3  1  0  0   Thomson B, cf         4  0  0  0   
Holmes T, rf          3  1  2  3   Lohrke J, 3b          4  0  1  0   
Kerr B, ss            3  0  1  0   Hearn J, p            2  0  0  0   
Spahn W, p            3  0  1  0   Rigney B, ph          0  1  0  0   
                                   Maglie S, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Hartung C, ph         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     30  4  6  3                        33  3  7  3

Boston           000 100 300 --  4
New York         000 000 030 --  3

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Spahn W (W)           9.0  7  3  3  4  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hearn J (L)           8.0  6  4  3  3  4
Maglie S              1.0  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Lohrke J, Dark A, Elliott B
DP -- Boston 2, New York 4
LOB -- Boston 2, New York 7
2B -- Dark A
3B -- Torgeson E
HR -- Holmes T
SB -- Jethroe S 2
CS -- Torgeson E
T -- 2:33
A -- 6560

    

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