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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1938-09-06 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 10 innings · Att: 4217 · 2:42

New York Giants defeated Boston Bees 6–5. New York Giants put up 4 in the 10th. Dick Coffman earned the win. Mel Ott went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
BSN	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	10
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	6	11

W: Dick Coffman L: Bobby Reis SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dolly Stark · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vince DiMaggio	5	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Stripp	4	0	1	0	0	0
Debs Garms	4	1	0	0	1	0
Tony Cuccinello	5	1	1	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	5	1	2	0	0	1
Max West	2	0	0	0	3	0
Al Lopez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Hitchcock	5	0	3	2	0	1
Johnny Lanning	3	0	0	0	0	2
Milt Shoffner	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	5	1	1	1	0	0
George Myatt	4	1	0	0	1	2
Harry Danning	5	1	4	0	0	0
Mel Ott	2	1	1	3	3	0
Jimmy Ripple	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny McCarthy	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Cissell	5	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Kampouris	5	1	3	2	0	1
Hal Schumacher	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Leslie	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Coffman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Seeds	0	1	0	0	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Lanning	7.2	7	3	4
Milt Shoffner	1.2	2	1	1
Bobby Reis	0.0	2	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	7.0	6	2	3
Dick Coffman	3.0	4	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Vince DiMaggio: S5/BG
Joe Stripp: 64(1)/FO
Debs Garms: 16(1)/FO
Tony Cuccinello: 1/L

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 7
George Myatt: K
Harry Danning: S
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Jimmy Ripple: 4/P

Top 2

Elbie Fletcher: 3/G
Max West: 4/P
Al Lopez: D7
Jim Hitchcock: S8.2-H
Johnny Lanning: 7

Bot 2

Johnny McCarthy: 6/P
Bill Cissell: K
Alex Kampouris: K

Top 3

Vince DiMaggio: 8
Joe Stripp: S
Debs Garms: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 3

Hal Schumacher: 2/FL
Jo-Jo Moore: 2/FL
George Myatt: 63

Top 4

Tony Cuccinello: 99
Elbie Fletcher: S6.B-2(E6/TH)
Max West: W
Al Lopez: 99
Jim Hitchcock: S9.2-H;1-3
Johnny Lanning: K

Bot 4

Harry Danning: 99
Mel Ott: 99
Jimmy Ripple: 99

Top 5

Vince DiMaggio: 99
Joe Stripp: 99
Debs Garms: E6
Tony Cuccinello: 99

Bot 5

Johnny McCarthy: 99
Bill Cissell: 99
Alex Kampouris: S
Hal Schumacher: 8

Top 6

Elbie Fletcher: K
Max West: W
Al Lopez: HP.1-2
Jim Hitchcock: 6/P
Johnny Lanning: K

Bot 6

Jo-Jo Moore: 99
George Myatt: K
Harry Danning: S
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Jimmy Ripple: 9

Top 7

Vince DiMaggio: 99
Joe Stripp: 99
Debs Garms: 99

Bot 7

Johnny McCarthy: 99
Bill Cissell: 99
Alex Kampouris: HR/7
Sam Leslie: 7

Top 8

Tony Cuccinello: 99
Elbie Fletcher: S
Max West: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Jo-Jo Moore: HR/9
George Myatt: 99
Harry Danning: S
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Jimmy Ripple: S8.2XH(82);1-3
Johnny McCarthy: 8

Top 9

Al Lopez: 99
Jim Hitchcock: S
Milt Shoffner: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Bill Cissell: 99
Alex Kampouris: 99
Dick Coffman: K

Top 10

Vince DiMaggio: S/78
Joe Stripp: 99/SH.1-2
Debs Garms: IW
Tony Cuccinello: S9.2-H;1-3
Elbie Fletcher: WP.3-H;1-2
Elbie Fletcher: 8
Max West: IW
Al Lopez: E5.2-H(E7)(NR)(UR);1-3
Jim Hitchcock: K

Bot 10

Jo-Jo Moore: 13
George Myatt: W
Harry Danning: S7.1-2
Mel Ott: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Bob Seeds: W
Johnny McCarthy: S6.1-2
Bill Cissell: E6/TH.2-3;1-2
Alex Kampouris: S5.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

hit flag pole on roof which served as foul pole

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