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Braves 3 @ Giants 2
Polo Grounds
April 28, 1943

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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 April 28, 1943 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateApril 28, 1943 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 3 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 2 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 2
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherAllyn Stout  
Losing PitcherJohnnie Wittig  
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Game Winning RBIConnie Ryan 

Game Info

DateApril 28, 1943 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Javery  
Home Starting PitcherJohnnie Wittig  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance4,783 
Time of Game2 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Magerkurth
1B: Bill Stewart
2B: (none)
3B: Tom Dunn

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe Burns  Third Baseman 
Eddie Joost  Second Baseman 
Tommy Holmes  Center Fielder 
Chuck Workman  Right Fielder 
Johnny McCarthy  First Baseman 
Chet Ross  Left Fielder 
Clyde Kluttz  Catcher 
Whitey Wietelmann  Shortstop 
Al Javery  Pitcher 
Bob Coleman  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Buster Maynard  Center Fielder 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Mickey Witek  Second Baseman 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Babe Barna  Left Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Third Baseman 
Joe Orengo  First Baseman 
Gus Mancuso  Catcher 
Johnnie Wittig  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Braves 3 @ Giants 2
Polo Grounds
April 28, 1943

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/28/1943 -- Boston at New York (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Burns J, 3b           5  0  1  0   Maynard B, cf         4  0  0  0   
Joost E, 2b-ss        4  0  2  0   Jurges B, ss          4  0  0  0   
Holmes T, cf          4  0  1  0   Witek M, 2b           4  0  1  0   
Workman C, rf         4  0  0  0   Ott M, rf             4  0  1  0   
McCarthy J, 1b        4  1  2  0   Barna B, lf           3  2  1  0   
Ross C, lf            4  0  0  0   Gordon S, 3b          4  0  1  0   
Kluttz C, c           3  0  1  0   Orengo J, 1b          4  0  2  2   
Masi P, pr-c          1  1  0  0   Mancuso G, c          3  0  1  0   
Wietelmann W, ss      2  0  1  0   Lombardi E, ph        1  0  0  0   
Creeden C, ph         1  0  0  0   Wittig J, p           3  0  0  0   
Ryan C, 2b            1  1  1  3                                      
Javery A, p           1  0  0  0                                      
Gentile S, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Stout A, p            1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  3  9  3                        34  2  7  2

Boston           000 000 003 --  3
New York         010 000 001 --  2

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Javery A              6.0  4  1  1  1  2
Stout A (W)           3.0  3  1  1  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wittig J (L)          9.0  9  3  2  1  4

E -- Burns J, Jurges B
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Boston 8, New York 6
2B -- Joost E
3B -- Holmes T
HR -- Ryan C
SB -- Ott M
SH -- Javery A
T -- 2:05
A -- 4783

    

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