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Giants 3 @ Braves 1
Braves Field
April 23, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the New York Giants, played on April 23, 1948 at Braves Field. The home team Braves were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 3 to 1.

Game Summary

DateApril 23, 1948 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 3 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 6
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Boston Braves
R: 1 H: 5 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 1
Hits: 5
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherRay Poat  
Losing PitcherWarren Spahn  
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Game Winning RBIWillard Marshall 

Game Info

DateApril 23, 1948 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamBoston Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherRay Poat  
Home Starting PitcherWarren Spahn  
BallparkBraves Field 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance11,553 
Time of Game2 hours 15 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Stewart
1B: Dusty Boggess
2B: (none)
3B: Butch Henline

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jack Conway  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Center Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Left Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Jack Lohrke  Third Baseman 
Bobby Rhawn  Shortstop 
Ray Poat  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Jim Russell  Center Fielder 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Jeff Heath  Right Fielder 
Danny Litwhiler  Left Fielder 
Phil Masi  Catcher 
Sibby Sisti  Shortstop 
Warren Spahn  Pitcher 
Billy Southworth  Manager 

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Giants 3 @ Braves 1
Braves Field
April 23, 1948

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/23/1948 -- New York at Boston (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Conway J, 2b          4  0  1  0   Stanky E, 2b          3  0  0  0   
Lockman W, cf         4  0  0  0   Russell J, cf         4  0  0  0   
Gordon S, lf          3  2  2  1   Torgeson E, 1b        3  1  1  0   
Mize J, 1b            4  1  1  0   Elliott B, 3b         4  0  0  0   
Cooper W, c           3  0  0  0   Heath J, rf           4  0  1  0   
Marshall W, rf        4  0  3  2   Litwhiler D, lf       3  0  2  1   
Lohrke J, 3b          4  0  1  0   McCormick M, pr       0  0  0  0   
Rhawn B, ss           4  0  0  0   Masi P, c             4  0  0  0   
Poat R, p             4  0  1  0   Sisti S, ss           3  0  0  0   
                                   Salkeld B, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Spahn W, p            2  0  0  0   
                                   Holmes T, ph          1  0  1  0   
                                   Sturgeon B, pr        0  0  0  0   
                                   Wright E, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   McCormick F, ph       1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  3  9  3                        33  1  5  1

New York         201 000 000 --  3
Boston           000 001 000 --  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Poat R (W)            9.0  5  1  1  3  2

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Spahn W (L)           7.0  7  3  3  2  2
Wright E              2.0  2  0  0  0  2

E -- Lohrke J, Rhawn B, Sisti S
DP -- New York 1, Boston 1
LOB -- New York 6, Boston 8
2B -- Marshall W
HR -- Gordon S
CS -- Gordon S, Marshall W
T -- 2:15
A -- 11553

    

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