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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1938-09-07 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4289 · 2:00

New York Giants defeated Boston Bees 6–3. New York Giants put up 2 in the 5th. Johnnie Wittig earned the win. Jimmy Ripple went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnnie Wittig L: Danny MacFayden SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Stripp	5	1	2	1	0	0
Johnny Cooney	5	0	2	0	0	0
Debs Garms	5	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	1	0	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	2	2	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	2	0	0	0	0	1
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rabbit Warstler	3	0	0	0	1	0
Danny MacFayden	3	0	0	0	0	0
Max West	2	0	1	0	0	0
Harl Maggert	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	0	1	0	0	0
George Myatt	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Seeds	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Danning	4	2	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	4	1	3	2	0	0
Johnny McCarthy	4	1	1	1	0	0
Alex Kampouris	3	1	1	1	1	0
Johnnie Wittig	4	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny MacFayden	8.0	10	2	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnnie Wittig	9.0	9	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Stripp: 3/G
Johnny Cooney: 43
Debs Garms: 43

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 7/F
George Myatt: 53
Bob Seeds: S
Mel Ott: 3/L

Top 2

Tony Cuccinello: K
Elbie Fletcher: HR/9
Vince DiMaggio: 4/P
Al Lopez: W
Rabbit Warstler: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Harry Danning: 13
Jimmy Ripple: 2/FL
Johnny McCarthy: 63

Top 3

Danny MacFayden: 2/P
Joe Stripp: 2/FL
Johnny Cooney: 3/FL

Bot 3

Alex Kampouris: 8/F
Johnnie Wittig: 53
Dick Bartell: 9/F

Top 4

Debs Garms: S
Tony Cuccinello: S.1-3
Elbie Fletcher: S.3-H;1-3
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: 9/F.1-2
Rabbit Warstler: W
Danny MacFayden: 8/F

Bot 4

George Myatt: D
Bob Seeds: 63
Mel Ott: 5/P
Harry Danning: 9/F

Top 5

Joe Stripp: S
Johnny Cooney: S.1-2
Debs Garms: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Tony Cuccinello: FC6.3XH(62);1-2
Elbie Fletcher: W.2-3;1-2
Max West: 7/F

Bot 5

Jimmy Ripple: HR/9
Johnny McCarthy: 2/FL
Alex Kampouris: W
Johnnie Wittig: WP.1-2
Johnnie Wittig: K
Dick Bartell: E6.2-H(NR)(UR)
George Myatt: 13

Top 6

Al Lopez: 7/F
Rabbit Warstler: 8/F
Danny MacFayden: 4/P

Bot 6

Bob Seeds: S
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Harry Danning: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Jimmy Ripple: S.3-H;1-3
Johnny McCarthy: S1/BG.3-H;1-2
Alex Kampouris: 7/F
Johnnie Wittig: 8/F

Top 7

Joe Stripp: 7/F
Johnny Cooney: 53
Debs Garms: 3/FL

Bot 7

Dick Bartell: S
George Myatt: 1/P/DP.1X1(13)
Bob Seeds: 8/F

Top 8

Tony Cuccinello: 53
Elbie Fletcher: 43
Max West: S
Al Lopez: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Mel Ott: 63
Harry Danning: S
Jimmy Ripple: S.1-2
Johnny McCarthy: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Alex Kampouris: S.3-H;1-2
Johnnie Wittig: E5/G.2-H(E5/TH)(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Dick Bartell: 6/P

Top 9

Rabbit Warstler: 2/FL
Harl Maggert: K
Joe Stripp: HR/7
Johnny Cooney: S
Debs Garms: 7/F