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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1928-09-02 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 25000 · 1:50

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 5–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 1st. Larry Benton earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10
NY1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		5	8

W: Larry Benton L: Ben Cantwell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Barry McCormick · 1B: Bill Klem · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Richbourg	4	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Brown	4	1	3	0	0	0
George Sisler	3	0	2	0	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	4	0	1	1	0	0
Heinie Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Les Bell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Doc Farrell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Spohrer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Cantwell	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0
Howard Freigau	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jimmy Welsh	4	0	0	0	0
Lefty O'Doul	3	2	1	0	1
Mel Ott	3	0	0	0	1
Freddie Lindstrom	3	1	1	0	0
Bill Terry	4	1	2	2	0
Travis Jackson	4	0	2	1	0
Andy Reese	4	1	1	0	0
Shanty Hogan	3	0	0	0	1
Larry Benton	4	0	1	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ben Cantwell	6.0	6	3	0
Bill Clarkson	2.0	2	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Benton	9.0	10	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Richbourg: 9/F
Eddie Brown: 8/F
George Sisler: S8
Rogers Hornsby: 8/F

Bot 1

Jimmy Welsh: 6/P
Lefty O'Doul: W
Mel Ott: WP.1-2
Mel Ott: 8/F
Freddie Lindstrom: E6/G.2-H(NR)(UR)
Bill Terry: D/78.1-H(UR);B-3(E7/TH)
Travis Jackson: S/BG.3-H(UR)
Andy Reese: 3/G

Top 2

Heinie Mueller: 63
Les Bell: D7
Doc Farrell: 31.2-3
Al Spohrer: WP.3-H
Al Spohrer: 9/L

Bot 2

Shanty Hogan: 43
Larry Benton: 63
Jimmy Welsh: 53

Top 3

Ben Cantwell: 13
Lance Richbourg: S4
Eddie Brown: S7.1-2
George Sisler: 9/SF.2-3
Rogers Hornsby: CS2(243)

Bot 3

Lefty O'Doul: S8
Mel Ott: 7/F
Freddie Lindstrom: 13/SH.1-2
Bill Terry: S/78.2-H
Travis Jackson: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Rogers Hornsby: S/89
Heinie Mueller: 7/F
Les Bell: S7.1-2
Doc Farrell: 6/F
Al Spohrer: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Andy Reese: 6/P
Shanty Hogan: E5/TH1.B-2
Larry Benton: 9/L
Jimmy Welsh: 7/F

Top 5

Ben Cantwell: K
Lance Richbourg: S3
Eddie Brown: S9.1-2
George Sisler: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Rogers Hornsby: 43

Bot 5

Lefty O'Doul: 53
Mel Ott: W
Freddie Lindstrom: 64(1)/FO
Bill Terry: CS2(26)

Top 6

Heinie Mueller: 63
Les Bell: 8/F
Doc Farrell: 5/FL

Bot 6

Bill Terry: 7/F
Travis Jackson: 63
Andy Reese: D7
Shanty Hogan: IW
Larry Benton: S/1.2-H;1-2
Jimmy Welsh: 43

Top 7

Al Spohrer: 8/F
Jack Smith: 13
Lance Richbourg: 7/F

Bot 7

Lefty O'Doul: 43
Mel Ott: 13
Freddie Lindstrom: S7/L
Bill Terry: 46(1)/FO

Top 8

Eddie Brown: S1/P
George Sisler: S9.1-3
Rogers Hornsby: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Heinie Mueller: 63

Bot 8

Travis Jackson: S/6
Andy Reese: 9/F
Shanty Hogan: 9/F
Larry Benton: 3/FL

Top 9

Les Bell: 6/P
Doc Farrell: W
Al Spohrer: 54(1)/FO
Howard Freigau: 3/P