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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1940-09-29 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2839 · 1:43

New York Giants defeated Boston Bees 14–0. New York Giants put up 5 in the 2nd. Bill Lohrman earned the win. Johnny Rucker went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 7 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
NY1	0	5	5	0	2	0	2	0		14	15

W: Bill Lohrman L: Al Piechota SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Sibby Sisti	2	0	1	0
Mel Preibisch	2	0	0	1
Bama Rowell	2	1	0	0
Max West	4	0	0	2
Chet Ross	4	0	0	1
Eddie Miller	2	0	0	0
Don Manno	2	0	0	1
Sig Broskie	3	1	0	0
Johnny Cooney	1	0	0	0
Nick Strincevich	2	1	0	0
Buddy Gremp	2	0	0	0
Buddy Hassett	1	0	0	0
Claude Wilborn	1	0	0	0
Al Glossop	1	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	2	2	7	1	2
Burgess Whitehead	5	0	2	0	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	4	1	1	0	1	1
Babe Young	3	1	1	0	2	0
Ken O'Dea	5	0	2	2	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	3	3	1	1	2	0
Buster Maynard	4	3	4	1	1	0
Mickey Witek	5	2	1	1	0	0
Bill Lohrman	5	2	1	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Piechota	2.0	5	0	3
Nick Strincevich	6.0	10	7	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lohrman	9.0	3	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sibby Sisti: 13
Mel Preibisch: 4
Bama Rowell: 9

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: K
Burgess Whitehead: 9
Jo-Jo Moore: 8/L

Top 2

Max West: K
Chet Ross: 8
Eddie Miller: 5/FL

Bot 2

Babe Young: D
Ken O'Dea: 43.2-3
Tony Cuccinello: S.3-H
Buster Maynard: S.1-2
Mickey Witek: E5.1-2;2-H(NR)(UR)
Bill Lohrman: K
Johnny Rucker: HR.2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Burgess Whitehead: S
Jo-Jo Moore: K

Top 3

Don Manno: K
Sig Broskie: S
Johnny Cooney: 13.1-2
Sibby Sisti: 13

Bot 3

Babe Young: W
Ken O'Dea: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Tony Cuccinello: W
Buster Maynard: S.1-2
Mickey Witek: S.1-2;2-H
Bill Lohrman: E6.1-2;2-3
Johnny Rucker: HR.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Burgess Whitehead: 43

Top 4

Mel Preibisch: K
Bama Rowell: S
Max West: 8
Chet Ross: 13

Bot 4

Jo-Jo Moore: W
Babe Young: 9
Ken O'Dea: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Eddie Miller: 63
Don Manno: 63
Sig Broskie: 7

Bot 5

Tony Cuccinello: W
Buster Maynard: T.1-H;B-H(E2)(NR)
Mickey Witek: 43
Bill Lohrman: 2/FL
Johnny Rucker: W
Burgess Whitehead: SB2
Burgess Whitehead: S.2-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 46(1)/FO

Top 6

Nick Strincevich: 13
Sibby Sisti: W
Buddy Gremp: 8
Buddy Hassett: 9

Bot 6

Babe Young: 43
Ken O'Dea: S
Tony Cuccinello: 46(1)/FO
Buster Maynard: W.1-2
Mickey Witek: 13

Top 7

Max West: 9
Chet Ross: 63
Eddie Miller: HP
Claude Wilborn: 63

Bot 7

Bill Lohrman: S
Johnny Rucker: 3/L
Burgess Whitehead: 6
Jo-Jo Moore: S.1-2
Babe Young: W.2-3;1-2
Ken O'Dea: S.1-2;2-H;3-H
Tony Cuccinello: 4

Top 8

Sig Broskie: 13
Nick Strincevich: S
Al Glossop: 9
Buddy Gremp: 3

Bot 8

Buster Maynard: D
Mickey Witek: 3
Bill Lohrman: 63
Johnny Rucker: K

Top 9

Whitey Wietelmann: 43
Max West: K
Chet Ross: K