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Braves 5 @ Phillies 6
Shibe Park
May 23, 1942

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Braves, played on May 23, 1942 at Shibe Park. The home team Phillies beat the visiting Braves with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 23, 1942 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 5 H: 10 E: 4 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 6 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherSi Johnson  
Losing PitcherManny Salvo  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateMay 23, 1942 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night 
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Javery  
Home Starting PitcherTommy Hughes  
BallparkShibe Park 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance 
Time of Game0 hours 
UmpiresHP: George Barr
1B: George Magerkurth
2B: (none)
3B: (none)

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tommy Holmes  Center Fielder 
Paul Waner  Right Fielder 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Nanny Fernandez  Third Baseman 
Ernie Lombardi  Catcher 
Max West  Left Fielder 
Sibby Sisti  Second Baseman 
Johnny Cooney  First Baseman 
Al Javery  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lloyd Waner  Center Fielder 
Danny Murtaugh  Third Baseman 
Nick Etten  First Baseman 
Danny Litwhiler  Right Fielder 
Al Glossop  Second Baseman 
Ernie Koy  Left Fielder 
Bobby Bragan  Shortstop 
Bennie Warren  Catcher 
Tommy Hughes  Pitcher 
Hans Lobert  Manager 

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Braves 5 @ Phillies 6
Shibe Park
May 23, 1942

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/23/1942 -- Boston at Philadelphia

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Holmes T, cf          5  0  1  1   Waner L, cf           4  1  1  1   
Waner P, rf           4  1  1  2   Murtaugh D, 3b        4  2  2  0   
Miller E, ss          5  0  2  1   Etten N, 1b           5  1  3  1   
Fernandez N, 3b       5  0  0  0   Litwhiler D, rf       3  0  2  1   
Lombardi E, c         4  0  1  0   Glossop A, 2b         4  0  2  0   
West M, lf            4  0  1  1   Koy E, lf             4  0  1  0   
Sisti S, 2b           3  1  2  0   Bragan B, ss          4  1  1  0   
Cooney J, 1b          3  2  2  0   Warren B, c           4  0  1  0   
Javery A, p           1  0  0  0   Hughes T, p           4  1  1  0   
Wallace L, p          0  0  0  0   Johnson S, p          0  0  0  0   
Demaree F, ph         0  1  0  0                                      
Donovan B, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Tobin J, ph           0  0  0  0                                      
Roberge S, pr         0  0  0  0                                      
Tost L, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Ross C, ph            1  0  0  0                                      
Masi P, pr            0  0  0  0                                      
Salvo M, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Sain J, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  5 10  5                        36  6 14  3

Boston           000 002 012 --  5
Philadelphia     003 011 001 --  6
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Javery A              3.0  7  3  1  0  1
Wallace L             2.0  2  1  0  1  0
Donovan B             1.0  2  1  1  0  1
Tost L                2.0  1  0  0  0  0
Salvo M (L)           0.1  2  1  1  1  0
Sain J                0.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hughes T*             8.0  8  5  5  5  5
Johnson S (W)         1.0  2  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Etten N, Sisti S, Fernandez N 2, Cooney J, Murtaugh D
DP -- Boston 1, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Boston 8, Philadelphia 9
2B -- Bragan B, Etten N
SB -- Miller E
CS -- Etten N
SH -- Murtaugh D, Waner L
WP -- Tost L
Balk -- Sain J
PB -- Lombardi E
A -- 0

    

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