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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1941-05-29 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 3285 · 2:22

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 9–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 1st. Bob Carpenter earned the win. Gabby Hartnett went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
NY1	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	1		9	13

W: Bob Carpenter L: Bill Posedel 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	4	1	2	0	0	0
Buddy Hassett	4	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Waner	3	0	1	1	1	0
Max West	3	0	0	1	0	1
Eddie Miller	3	0	0	0	1	2
Gene Moore	3	0	1	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Berres	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Posedel	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank LaManna	1	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lloyd Waner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Cooney	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chet Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	1	1	1	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	5	2	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	3	3	2	1	0
Babe Young	4	0	0	1	1	0
Gabby Hartnett	5	2	4	4	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	1	2	1	0	1
Joe Orengo	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Carpenter	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Posedel	1.2	4	0	0
Joe Sullivan	0.2	3	0	0
Hank LaManna	5.2	6	4	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Carpenter	9.0	5	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bama Rowell: S
Buddy Hassett: S.1-3
Paul Waner: S.3-H;1-3
Max West: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Eddie Miller: K
Gene Moore: S.1-3
Babe Dahlgren: W.1-2
Ray Berres: 7/F

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 5E3
Burgess Whitehead: 8/F
Mel Ott: HR.1-H(UR)
Babe Young: 5/P/FL
Gabby Hartnett: HR.B-H(UR)
Jo-Jo Moore: 43

Top 2

Bill Posedel: 4/P
Bama Rowell: 43
Buddy Hassett: 4/P

Bot 2

Billy Jurges: S
Joe Orengo: 7/L
Bob Carpenter: 54(B)/SH.1-2
Johnny Rucker: D.2-H
Burgess Whitehead: 8/F

Top 3

Paul Waner: 3/G
Max West: 4/P
Eddie Miller: K

Bot 3

Mel Ott: D
Babe Young: 43.2-3
Gabby Hartnett: S.3-H
Jo-Jo Moore: S.1-2
Billy Jurges: S.2-H;1-3;B-2
Joe Orengo: W
Bob Carpenter: 4/P
Johnny Rucker: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Gene Moore: 7/F
Babe Dahlgren: 9/F
Ray Berres: 7/F

Bot 4

Burgess Whitehead: 63
Mel Ott: W
Babe Young: 4/P
Gabby Hartnett: S.1-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 43

Top 5

Hank LaManna: W
Bama Rowell: 43.1-2
Buddy Hassett: 5/P/FL
Paul Waner: 7/L

Bot 5

Billy Jurges: 53/G
Joe Orengo: W
Bob Carpenter: 56(1)/FO
Johnny Rucker: 13/G

Top 6

Max West: K
Eddie Miller: W
Gene Moore: K+SB2
Babe Dahlgren: 9/F

Bot 6

Burgess Whitehead: S
Mel Ott: D.1-3
Babe Young: W
Gabby Hartnett: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: 46(1)/G/FO.2-3
Billy Jurges: K+OA/NDP.3XH(242)

Top 7

Jim Tobin: 3/P/FL
Hank LaManna: K23
Bama Rowell: S
Buddy Hassett: 7/F

Bot 7

Joe Orengo: 9/F
Bob Carpenter: 43/G
Johnny Rucker: 43/G

Top 8

Paul Waner: W
Lloyd Waner: 4/P
Eddie Miller: WP.1-2
Eddie Miller: 6/P
Johnny Cooney: 5/L

Bot 8

Burgess Whitehead: S7.B-2(E7)
Mel Ott: 7/F.2-3
Babe Young: 7/L.3-H(UR)
Gabby Hartnett: 3/P

Top 9

Babe Dahlgren: 63/G
Phil Masi: 6/L
Chet Ross: 7/F