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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1941-05-10 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 16488 · 2:00

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 4–2. Bill Lohrman earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bill Lohrman L: Manny Salvo SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bama Rowell	3	1	0	0	1	1
Lloyd Waner	4	0	1	1	0	0
Gene Moore	3	0	0	1	1	0
Max West	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	3	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hank Majeski	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Berres	1	0	0	0	0	0
Manny Salvo	2	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Hassett	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Cooney	1	1	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	4	1	2	0	0	0
Babe Young	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Danning	4	1	2	1	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	1	1	0
Morrie Arnovich	4	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	2	1	0	0
Joe Orengo	3	0	2	1	1	0
Bill Lohrman	4	0	0	0	0	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Manny Salvo	8.0	11	3	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lohrman	9.0	2	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bama Rowell: W
Lloyd Waner: CS2(26)
Lloyd Waner: 8
Gene Moore: 43

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 3
Burgess Whitehead: D9
Babe Young: 9
Harry Danning: S.2-H
Mel Ott: 7

Top 2

Max West: 5
Eddie Miller: 7
Babe Dahlgren: K

Bot 2

Morrie Arnovich: 63
Billy Jurges: 7
Joe Orengo: W
Bill Lohrman: K

Top 3

Hank Majeski: 8
Ray Berres: 43
Manny Salvo: 63

Bot 3

Johnny Rucker: 4
Burgess Whitehead: 13
Babe Young: 53

Top 4

Bama Rowell: K
Lloyd Waner: 43
Gene Moore: 43

Bot 4

Harry Danning: D7
Mel Ott: WP.2-3
Mel Ott: S8.3-H
Morrie Arnovich: 13/BG/GDP.1X2(3)
Billy Jurges: 7

Top 5

Max West: 9
Eddie Miller: 2
Babe Dahlgren: 8

Bot 5

Joe Orengo: 2
Bill Lohrman: 5
Johnny Rucker: S
Burgess Whitehead: S8.1-3
Babe Young: SB2
Babe Young: W
Harry Danning: 36(1)/FO

Top 6

Hank Majeski: 63
Phil Masi: 13
Manny Salvo: 53

Bot 6

Mel Ott: 31
Morrie Arnovich: T7
Billy Jurges: S.3-H
Joe Orengo: S7.1X3(75)
Bill Lohrman: 53

Top 7

Bama Rowell: 8/L
Lloyd Waner: 63
Gene Moore: W
Max West: 2/FL

Bot 7

Johnny Rucker: 53
Burgess Whitehead: 9
Babe Young: 9

Top 8

Eddie Miller: K
Babe Dahlgren: 43
Hank Majeski: 53

Bot 8

Harry Danning: 7
Mel Ott: W
Morrie Arnovich: 7
Billy Jurges: S.1-3
Joe Orengo: D7.3-H;1-3
Bill Lohrman: K

Top 9

Buddy Hassett: 3/G
Johnny Cooney: S8
Bama Rowell: E3.1-3
Lloyd Waner: S8.3-H;1-3
Gene Moore: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Max West: 4/P

Notes & reviews

Bunt was popped up, but Salvo let it drop, threw to first for an out and Ott was then tagged to completed the DP
The play at third was very close and the Braves argued strongly; Whitehead went to second during the argument, and was awarded a stolen base

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