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September 5, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 7 10 0
Giants 4 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 7 10 0
Giants 5 12 1

Mel Ott Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .256
OBP .500 .371
At Bats 2 223
Hits 0 57
• Singles 0 41
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 2 39
RBI’s 0 25

Joe Sullivan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 1
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Polo Grounds - September 5, 1940
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Out
Joe Sullivan
Phil Masi
Max West
Bama Rowell
Sibby Sisti
Eddie Miller
Chet Ross
Johnny Cooney
Gene Moore
Mel Ott
Babe Young
Jo-Jo Moore
Johnny Rucker
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rucker scores. Moore moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Joe Sullivan now pitching. Young is hit by the pitch. Rucker moves to third. Moore moves to second.
Bottom 9 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rucker moves to second.
Bottom 9 Rucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Miller strikes out.
Top 9 Ross takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 West hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Red Lynn now pitching. Rowell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Harry Danning pinch hits for Cliff Melton. Danning strikes out.
Bottom 8 Witek hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Cuccinello hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moore who is chasing the ball. Cuccinello reaches third base with a triple. O'Dea goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 O'Dea takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Cooney hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Sisti hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Strincevich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moore scores. Masi moves to second.
Top 8 Masi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Miller scores. Moore moves to second.
Top 8 Moore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. West scores. Miller moves to second.
Top 8 Miller takes first base on ball four. West moves to second.
Top 8 Ross hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 West takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. West fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Moore hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards first. West scoops it up and throws to first, with Strincevich covering, for the out.
Top 7 Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cooney hits a line drive into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cliff Melton now pitching. Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitehead hits a fly ball into right field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnny McCarthy pinch hits for Bob Carpenter. McCarthy hits a ball on the ground towards first. West scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCarthy for the out.
Bottom 6 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Strincevich strikes out.
Top 6 Masi strikes out.
Top 6 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moore for the out.
Bottom 5 Cuccinello hits a fly ball into right field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Dea hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ott moves to third.
Bottom 5 Ott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. West fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Moore bunts towards third. Sisti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Miller is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rowell scores. West moves to second.
Top 5 West hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rowell moves to third.
Top 5 Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek fields it and throws to second for the out. Sisti scores.
Top 5 Cooney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sisti moves to third.
Top 5 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young fields the ball and throws to Carpenter covering. Safe.
Bottom 4 Rucker hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nick Strincevich now pitching. Whitehead takes first base on ball four. Witek moves to third. Carpenter moves to second.
Bottom 4 Carpenter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cuccinello scores. Witek moves to second.
Bottom 4 Witek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Dea scores. Cuccinello moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cuccinello hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ott scores. O'Dea moves to third.
Bottom 4 O'Dea hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ott moves to third.
Bottom 4 Ott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rowell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tobin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Masi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead misplays the ball. That's an error on Whitehead. Miller scores. Moore moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Miller moves to third.
Top 4 The ball gets by O'Dea for a passed ball. Miller moves to second.
Top 4 Miller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ross strikes out.
Bottom 3 Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards first. West scoops it up and throws to first, with Tobin covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Whitehead hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carpenter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 West hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rowell hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cooney hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Witek hits a fly ball into right field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cuccinello hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Dea is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Tobin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Moore scores.
Top 2 Masi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Moore hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Rucker. Moore reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Miller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moore moves to third.
Bottom 1 Moore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rucker hits a popup towards first. West settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Ross strikes out.
Top 1 West hits a popup towards third. Cuccinello settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rowell hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cooney takes first base on ball four. Sisti moves to second.
Top 1 Sisti takes first base on ball four.