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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1938-09-08 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4171 · 2:08

New York Giants defeated Boston Bees 6–4. New York Giants put up 4 in the 8th. Harry Gumbert earned the win and Jumbo Brown picked up the save. Tony Cuccinello went 3-for-4 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	0	0	1	0	3	4	10
NY1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4		6	15

W: Harry Gumbert L: Jim Turner SV: Jumbo Brown

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

Boston Braves — batting

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

New York Giants — batting

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

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Turner	7.0	14	1	4
Ira Hutchinson	1.0	1	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Gumbert	8.2	10	2	2
Jumbo Brown	0.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Vince DiMaggio: K
Johnny Cooney: 43
Debs Garms: 43

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: D7
George Myatt: 43.2-3
Bob Seeds: S7.3-H
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Harry Danning: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Tony Cuccinello: S5
Elbie Fletcher: 1(B)3(1)/LDP
Max West: 3/G

Bot 2

Jimmy Ripple: 13
Johnny McCarthy: 31
Alex Kampouris: S
Harry Gumbert: S.1-3
Dick Bartell: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Al Lopez: 3/G
Jim Hitchcock: 13
Jim Turner: S
Vince DiMaggio: 9

Bot 3

George Myatt: T/89
Bob Seeds: 7
Mel Ott: K
Harry Danning: S.3-H
Jimmy Ripple: 63

Top 4

Johnny Cooney: S
Debs Garms: 4/P
Tony Cuccinello: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Johnny McCarthy: 13
Alex Kampouris: 63
Harry Gumbert: K

Top 5

Elbie Fletcher: 43
Max West: 7
Al Lopez: K

Bot 5

Dick Bartell: 7
George Myatt: 6/P
Bob Seeds: 8

Top 6

Jim Hitchcock: 53
Jim Turner: 3/P
Vince DiMaggio: 2/FL

Bot 6

Mel Ott: 43
Harry Danning: S
Jimmy Ripple: S.1-2
Johnny McCarthy: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Alex Kampouris: 6/P

Top 7

Johnny Cooney: 53
Debs Garms: S5/BG
Tony Cuccinello: D7.1-H
Elbie Fletcher: W
Max West: 43.2-3;1-2
Al Lopez: IW
Jim Hitchcock: 43

Bot 7

Harry Gumbert: K
Dick Bartell: K
George Myatt: 13

Top 8

Jim Turner: 4/P
Vince DiMaggio: 53
Johnny Cooney: 43

Bot 8

Bob Seeds: S9
Mel Ott: S7.1-2
Harry Danning: D9.2-H;1-3
Jimmy Ripple: S8.3-H;2-3
Johnny McCarthy: S/89.3-H;1-2#
Alex Kampouris: S7.2-H;1-2
Harry Gumbert: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Dick Bartell: 2/P
George Myatt: 6(1)/FO
Bob Seeds: K

Top 9

Debs Garms: S
Tony Cuccinello: HR/9.1-H
Elbie Fletcher: S4
Max West: 54(1)/FO
Al Lopez: 43.1-2
Harl Maggert: S7.2-H
Joe Stripp: S6.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: K