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Boston Braves @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1927-10-02 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 6000 · 1:30

Brooklyn Robins defeated Boston Braves 5–3. Brooklyn Robins put up 2 in the 6th. Watty Clark earned the win. Johnny Butler went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
BRO	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0		5	10

W: Watty Clark L: Kent Greenfield SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Peter McLaughlin · 1B: Cy Pfirman · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Richbourg	5	0	2	2	0	0
Jack Smith	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dave Bancroft	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Fournier	4	0	2	0	0	1
Eddie Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0
Doc Farrell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Moore	3	1	1	0	1	0
Shanty Hogan	4	1	2	0	0	0
Kent Greenfield	2	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Gibson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jigger Statz	4	1	1	0	0	0
Max Carey	2	0	0	1	1	0
Overton Tremper	4	0	2	0	0	0
Babe Herman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Flowers	4	2	2	0	0	1
Jay Partridge	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Butler	3	2	2	1	0	0
Butch Henline	3	0	1	3	0	0
Watty Clark	3	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Greenfield	6.0	9	1	0
Hal Goldsmith	2.0	1	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Watty Clark	9.0	9	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Richbourg: 99
Jack Smith: S#
Dave Bancroft: 99
Jack Fournier: SB2#
Jack Fournier: 99

Bot 1

Jigger Statz: S5.B-2(E5/TH)
Max Carey: SB3
Max Carey: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Overton Tremper: S#
Babe Herman: 99
Jake Flowers: 99

Top 2

Eddie Brown: 99
Doc Farrell: E5/G
Eddie Moore: SB2
Eddie Moore: W
Shanty Hogan: CS3(25)
Shanty Hogan: S7.1-2
Kent Greenfield: S9.2-H(UR);1-3;B-2(E2)
Lance Richbourg: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Jack Smith: K#

Bot 2

Jay Partridge: 99
Johnny Butler: HR8/89/IPHR
Butch Henline: 99
Watty Clark: 99

Top 3

Dave Bancroft: 99
Jack Fournier: S#
Eddie Brown: 4(1)/FO#
Doc Farrell: SB2#
Doc Farrell: K#

Bot 3

Jigger Statz: 99
Max Carey: W
Overton Tremper: 99
Babe Herman: 99

Top 4

Eddie Moore: 99
Shanty Hogan: 99
Kent Greenfield: 99

Bot 4

Jake Flowers: D
Jay Partridge: S.2-3
Johnny Butler: HP.1-2
Butch Henline: 8/SF.3-H
Watty Clark: 99
Jigger Statz: 99

Top 5

Lance Richbourg: 99
Jack Smith: 99
Dave Bancroft: 99

Bot 5

Max Carey: 99
Overton Tremper: 99
Babe Herman: 99

Top 6

Jack Fournier: K#
Eddie Brown: 99
Doc Farrell: E6#
Eddie Moore: 99

Bot 6

Jake Flowers: S
Jay Partridge: 99/SH.1-2
Johnny Butler: S.2-3
Butch Henline: T8.3-H;1-H;BXH(8465)
Watty Clark: S
Jigger Statz: 99

Top 7

Shanty Hogan: 99
Bob Smith: 99
Lance Richbourg: S#
Jack Smith: 99

Bot 7

Max Carey: 99
Overton Tremper: S#
Babe Herman: 99
Jake Flowers: K

Top 8

Dave Bancroft: 99
Jack Fournier: S.B-2(E9)#
Eddie Brown: 99
Doc Farrell: 99

Bot 8

Jay Partridge: 99
Johnny Butler: 99
Butch Henline: FLE4#
Butch Henline: 99

Top 9

Eddie Moore: S
Shanty Hogan: S.1-2
Frank Gibson: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Lance Richbourg: FLE3#
Lance Richbourg: 99