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Boston Braves @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1926-08-14 · Day game · Ebbets Field · 2:15

Boston Braves defeated Brooklyn Robins 4–3. Larry Benton earned the win and George Mogridge picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	9
BRO	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	7

W: Larry Benton L: Jesse Petty SV: George Mogridge

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Charlie Moran · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Quigley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doc Gautreau	3	2	2	0	2	0
Jimmy Welsh	2	0	0	0	0	2
Les Mann	3	1	1	1	1	1
Eddie Moore	4	0	2	2	0	0
Eddie Brown	4	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Cooney	3	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Taylor	4	0	1	0	0	0
Oscar Siemer	3	0	2	1	0	0
Larry Benton	3	0	0	0	0	2
George Mogridge	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chick Fewster	3	2	1	0	1	0
Merwin Jacobson	4	0	2	2	0	2
Babe Herman	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Cox	2	0	0	0	1	0
Gus Felix	2	0	2	0	2	0
William Marriott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Butler	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mickey O'Neil	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jesse Petty	3	0	0	0	0	1
Whitey Witt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank DeBerry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Standaert	1	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Hargreaves	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Benton	7.0	6	5	3
George Mogridge	2.0	1	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Petty	9.0	9	3	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doc Gautreau: 5/P
Jimmy Welsh: HP
Les Mann: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 1

Chick Fewster: 9
Merwin Jacobson: K
Babe Herman: 13

Top 2

Eddie Moore: 63
Eddie Brown: 63
Johnny Cooney: K

Bot 2

Dick Cox: HP
Gus Felix: S.1-2
William Marriott: 8
Johnny Butler: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Eddie Taylor: 7
Oscar Siemer: 63
Larry Benton: K/C

Bot 3

Mickey O'Neil: 43
Jesse Petty: K
Chick Fewster: W
Merwin Jacobson: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Merwin Jacobson: S5.3-H(UR)
Babe Herman: SB2
Babe Herman: 43

Top 4

Doc Gautreau: D
Jimmy Welsh: PB.2-3
Jimmy Welsh: K
Les Mann: FC6.3XH(6252);B-2
Eddie Moore: S.2-H
Eddie Brown: CS2(24)

Bot 4

Dick Cox: 8
Gus Felix: W
William Marriott: 4/P
Johnny Butler: S.1-3
Mickey O'Neil: W.1-2
Jesse Petty: 5(2)/FO

Top 5

Eddie Brown: S
Johnny Cooney: 14/SH.1-2
Eddie Taylor: 7/L
Oscar Siemer: S9.2-H;B-2(E9/THH)
Larry Benton: PB.2-3
Larry Benton: K

Bot 5

Chick Fewster: 13
Merwin Jacobson: K
Babe Herman: 43

Top 6

Doc Gautreau: W
Jimmy Welsh: 54/SH.1X3(4E5)
Les Mann: D.3-H(UR)
Eddie Moore: 43.2-3
Eddie Brown: 7

Bot 6

Dick Cox: 7
Gus Felix: W
William Marriott: 9
Johnny Butler: 3/G

Top 7

Johnny Cooney: 5/P
Eddie Taylor: 7
Oscar Siemer: S
Larry Benton: 9

Bot 7

Whitey Witt: 6/P
Jesse Petty: 43
Chick Fewster: T7
Merwin Jacobson: S.3-H
Babe Herman: 7

Top 8

Doc Gautreau: S1/BG
Jimmy Welsh: SB2
Jimmy Welsh: K/C
Les Mann: W
Eddie Moore: S7.2-H;1-2
Eddie Brown: 8
Johnny Cooney: 13

Bot 8

Dick Cox: W
Gus Felix: S.1-2
William Marriott: 13.2-3;1-2
Johnny Butler: 43.3-H;2-3
Hank DeBerry: 8

Top 9

Eddie Taylor: S5/BG
Oscar Siemer: 3/SH.1-2
George Mogridge: K
Doc Gautreau: W
Bob Smith: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Jerry Standaert: D7
Chick Fewster: 14/SH.2-3
Charlie Hargreaves: K
Babe Herman: 13

Notes & reviews

the ball was tossed back by the Boston bat boy; an argument ensued and the umpires decided that Doc Gautreau should stay at 3B instead of scoring

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