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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1929-04-26 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 6000 · 1:50

Boston Braves defeated New York Giants 4–2. Boston Braves put up 4 in the 5th. Socks Seibold earned the win. George Harper went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Socks Seibold L: Carl Mays SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bob Hart · 1B: Dolly Stark · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cy Rigler · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Smith	4	1	2	0	0	0
Freddie Maguire	4	1	2	1	0	0
George Sisler	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Harper	3	1	1	3	1	0
Les Bell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Heinie Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	3	0	0	0	0	0
Zack Taylor	4	0	0	0	0	0
Socks Seibold	4	1	1	0	0	2

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Welsh	3	0	0	0	1	0
Andy Reese	4	1	1	0	0	1
Freddie Lindstrom	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Ott	3	1	1	2	1	0
Bill Terry	4	0	1	0	0	1
Andy Cohen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Edd Roush	3	0	1	0	0	0
Shanty Hogan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Carl Mays	1	0	0	0	0	0
Freddy Leach	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Socks Seibold	9.0	5	2	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Mays	6.0	5	1	2
Dutch Henry	2.0	1	0	1
Jack Scott	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Smith: S9/F9S
Freddie Maguire: 13.1-2
George Sisler: 3/G.2-3
George Harper: W
Les Bell: 53

Bot 1

Jimmy Welsh: W
Andy Reese: CS2(24)
Andy Reese: K
Freddie Lindstrom: 7

Top 2

Heinie Mueller: E5/G
Rabbit Maranville: 3/BG/SH.1-2
Zack Taylor: FC1
Socks Seibold: K
Jack Smith: 43

Bot 2

Mel Ott: W
Bill Terry: 8
Andy Cohen: 9/F9DW
Edd Roush: 43

Top 3

Freddie Maguire: 63
George Sisler: 3/L
George Harper: 3/G

Bot 3

Shanty Hogan: S7/G5
Carl Mays: 56(1)/FO
Jimmy Welsh: 2/FL
Andy Reese: FLE5
Andy Reese: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Les Bell: K
Heinie Mueller: 13
Rabbit Maranville: 43

Bot 4

Freddie Lindstrom: 4/P
Mel Ott: 3/P
Bill Terry: 9/F

Top 5

Zack Taylor: 8
Socks Seibold: S8/L
Jack Smith: S8/L.1-3
Freddie Maguire: S8/L.3-H;1-2
George Sisler: 2/FL
George Harper: HR/F9LD.2-H;1-H
Les Bell: 5/FL

Bot 5

Andy Cohen: 7/F7D
Edd Roush: 9/L89
Shanty Hogan: 7/F7S

Top 6

Heinie Mueller: 13
Rabbit Maranville: 53
Zack Taylor: 9/F9S

Bot 6

Freddy Leach: 6/FL
Jimmy Welsh: 13
Andy Reese: 7/L

Top 7

Socks Seibold: K/C
Jack Smith: 13
Freddie Maguire: S6/G56
George Sisler: 1/L

Bot 7

Freddie Lindstrom: K
Mel Ott: 6/P56D
Bill Terry: K/C

Top 8

George Harper: 9/L
Les Bell: 9/L
Heinie Mueller: 7/F78

Bot 8

Andy Cohen: 63
Edd Roush: S8/G46
Shanty Hogan: 6/P
Pat Crawford: K

Top 9

Rabbit Maranville: 13
Zack Taylor: 43
Socks Seibold: 4/P

Bot 9

Jimmy Welsh: 6/P6MD
Andy Reese: D7/F7DW
Freddie Lindstrom: 53.2-3
Mel Ott: HR/F9D.3-H#
Bill Terry: T/L78
Andy Cohen: 8/F

Notes & reviews

Knocked down high bounder
Mays' throw to Cohen trapped Mueller off 2B but the runner scrambled back safely.
Mueller: brilliant catch close to RF wall
Terry: spectacular leaping 1-hand catch
Mueller: sparkling, running catch
Into upper RF grandstand
Harper hustled back to BSN bullpen in deep LF
Harper: running, diving catch brought fans to their feet
Terry scooped up low throw
Reese: fine play
Into upper RF grandstand

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