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Brooklyn Dodgers @ New York Giants

1938-08-17 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 8967 · 2:13

New York Giants defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 4–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 6th. Cliff Melton earned the win and Jumbo Brown picked up the save. George Myatt went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Cliff Melton L: Bill Posedel SV: Jumbo Brown

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Larry Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Goody Rosen	2	1	1	0	2	0
Johnny Hudson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tuck Stainback	4	0	0	1	0	0
Dolph Camilli	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Koy	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	4	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Durocher	2	1	1	0	1	0
Merv Shea	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Posedel	2	0	1	0	0	0
Packy Rogers	1	0	1	1	0	0
Buddy Hassett	1	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Phelps	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Myatt	3	2	3	1	1	0
Harry Danning	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mel Ott	3	1	1	1	1	0
Jimmy Ripple	2	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny McCarthy	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bill Cissell	4	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Bartell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Cliff Melton	3	0	0	0	0	2

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Posedel	7.0	7	2	4
Tot Pressnell	1.0	0	2	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	7.0	7	2	0
Jumbo Brown	2.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Goody Rosen: W
Johnny Hudson: S9.1-3;BX2(936)
Tuck Stainback: 43.3-H
Dolph Camilli: 13

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 8/F
George Myatt: HR/7
Harry Danning: 5/FL
Mel Ott: 53

Top 2

Ernie Koy: 7/F
Cookie Lavagetto: E6/TH.B-2
Leo Durocher: 9/F
Merv Shea: 9/F

Bot 2

Jimmy Ripple: S
Johnny McCarthy: 5/FL
Bill Cissell: 64(1)/FO
Dick Bartell: SB2
Dick Bartell: E5/TH.2-3
Cliff Melton: K

Top 3

Bill Posedel: S
Goody Rosen: 54(1)/FO
Johnny Hudson: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Jo-Jo Moore: 3/G
George Myatt: S7
Harry Danning: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Tuck Stainback: 7/F
Dolph Camilli: 2/FL
Ernie Koy: S
Cookie Lavagetto: 6/P

Bot 4

Mel Ott: 1/G
Jimmy Ripple: 6/FL
Johnny McCarthy: 4/P

Top 5

Leo Durocher: W
Merv Shea: 4/P
Bill Posedel: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bill Cissell: D
Dick Bartell: K23
Cliff Melton: K
Jo-Jo Moore: 5/P

Top 6

Goody Rosen: S
Johnny Hudson: CS2(26)
Johnny Hudson: 13
Tuck Stainback: 9/F

Bot 6

George Myatt: S6/G
Harry Danning: S9.1-2
Mel Ott: S7.2-H;1-2
Jimmy Ripple: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Johnny McCarthy: W
Bill Cissell: 54(1)/FO.3-H;2-H(E4/TH1)(NR)(UR);B-2
Dick Bartell: 63

Top 7

Dolph Camilli: 43
Ernie Koy: S
Cookie Lavagetto: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Cliff Melton: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: 4/P
George Myatt: W
Harry Danning: SB2
Harry Danning: K

Top 8

Leo Durocher: T9/9D
Packy Rogers: S7.3-H
Buddy Hassett: 8/F
Goody Rosen: W.1-2
Babe Phelps: K
Tuck Stainback: 3/FL

Bot 8

Mel Ott: W
Jimmy Ripple: 34/SH.1-2
Johnny McCarthy: IW
Bill Cissell: 5/P
Dick Bartell: K

Top 9

Dolph Camilli: 8/F
Ernie Koy: 7/F
Cookie Lavagetto: 7/F