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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1938-07-10 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 15278 · 2:04

New York Giants defeated Boston Bees 5–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 1st. Cliff Melton earned the win. Hank Leiber went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8
NY1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		5	12

W: Cliff Melton L: Johnny Lanning SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	1	0	1
Johnny Cooney	4	0	1	0	0
Gil English	4	1	3	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	0	0	0
Max West	4	0	0	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	2	0	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	4	0	1	1	1
Rabbit Warstler	4	0	0	0	0
Bobby Reis	3	0	1	0	0
Harl Maggert	2	1	1	1	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Seeds	4	0	2	1	1	0
Dick Bartell	4	0	3	0	1	0
Jimmy Ripple	5	1	2	0	0	1
Mel Ott	4	1	1	0	1	1
Hank Leiber	4	2	2	4	0	0
Sam Leslie	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gus Mancuso	3	0	1	0	1	0
Alex Kampouris	3	1	1	0	1	0
Cliff Melton	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Lanning	0.2	3	1	0
Bobby Reis	7.1	9	5	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	8	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Vince DiMaggio: K
Johnny Cooney: 99
Gil English: S
Tony Cuccinello: 99

Bot 1

Bob Seeds: 99
Dick Bartell: 99
Jimmy Ripple: S
Mel Ott: S.1-2
Hank Leiber: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Sam Leslie: W
Gus Mancuso: S.1-2
Alex Kampouris: 5(2)/FO

Top 2

Max West: 99
Elbie Fletcher: 99
Ray Mueller: K

Bot 2

Cliff Melton: 99
Bob Seeds: W
Dick Bartell: CS2(99)
Dick Bartell: S
Jimmy Ripple: S.1-2
Mel Ott: K/C

Top 3

Rabbit Warstler: 99
Bobby Reis: 99
Vince DiMaggio: 99

Bot 3

Hank Leiber: 99
Sam Leslie: E4/G
Gus Mancuso: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Johnny Cooney: 99
Gil English: 99
Tony Cuccinello: 99

Bot 4

Alex Kampouris: 99
Cliff Melton: 99
Bob Seeds: S4/G
Dick Bartell: W.1-2
Jimmy Ripple: 99/G

Top 5

Max West: 99
Elbie Fletcher: 99
Ray Mueller: 99

Bot 5

Mel Ott: 99
Hank Leiber: HR/7
Sam Leslie: K
Gus Mancuso: 99

Top 6

Rabbit Warstler: 99
Bobby Reis: 99
Vince DiMaggio: 99

Bot 6

Alex Kampouris: W
Cliff Melton: 99/SH.1-2
Bob Seeds: S.2-H
Dick Bartell: S/BG.1-2
Jimmy Ripple: 43.2-3;1-2
Mel Ott: IW
Hank Leiber: 99(1)/FO

Top 7

Johnny Cooney: D
Gil English: S8.2-3
Tony Cuccinello: 54(1)/FO.3-3
Max West: K
Harl Maggert: 99(1)/FO

Bot 7

Sam Leslie: 4/F
Gus Mancuso: W
Alex Kampouris: S.1-3
Cliff Melton: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Ray Mueller: 99
Rabbit Warstler: 99
Bobby Reis: S8/G
Vince DiMaggio: S8.1-2
Johnny Cooney: 8/F

Bot 8

Bob Seeds: 9/L
Dick Bartell: S
Jimmy Ripple: K
Mel Ott: 8/F

Top 9

Gil English: S
Tony Cuccinello: 99
Max West: 99
Harl Maggert: D.1-H
Ray Mueller: S.2-H
Rabbit Warstler: 99