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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1942-07-04 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:17

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 11–5. New York Giants put up 4 in the 1st. Cliff Melton earned the win. Babe Barna went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	8
NY1	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	2		11	14

W: Cliff Melton L: Bill Donovan SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chet Ross	3	0	0	0	1	2
Nanny Fernandez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	2	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Demaree	3	1	1	1	1	1
Eddie Miller	2	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Gremp	4	1	2	1	0	1
Skippy Roberge	4	1	1	2	0	2
Dick Errickson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	2	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	2	2	2	1	0	0
Lefty Wallace	1	0	0	0	0	1
Sibby Sisti	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	5	1	2	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	1	1	0	1	1
Mel Ott	3	3	1	0	2	0
Johnny Mize	5	2	2	3	0	0
Babe Barna	5	3	3	4	0	0
Harry Danning	3	1	2	0	2	0
Willard Marshall	4	0	2	2	1	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	0	1	0	0
Cliff Melton	4	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Donovan	0.2	4	2	0
Dick Errickson	3.1	9	1	0
Lefty Wallace	4.0	1	3	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	8	2	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Holmes: 99
Chet Ross: W
Nanny Fernandez: 99
Ernie Lombardi: 99

Bot 1

Billy Werber: S
Billy Jurges: S.1-2
Mel Ott: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Mize: 99/F.3-H
Babe Barna: S.2-H;1-3
Harry Danning: W.1-2
Willard Marshall: S.3-H;2-H;1X3(85)
Mickey Witek: 99

Top 2

Frank Demaree: HR/9
Eddie Miller: K
Buddy Gremp: K
Skippy Roberge: K

Bot 2

Cliff Melton: 99
Billy Werber: S
Billy Jurges: PO1(99)
Billy Jurges: 99

Top 3

Dick Errickson: 99
Tommy Holmes: 99
Chet Ross: K

Bot 3

Mel Ott: 99
Johnny Mize: HR
Babe Barna: S
Harry Danning: D.1-3
Willard Marshall: IW
Mickey Witek: 99/F.3-H;2-3
Cliff Melton: S5/G.3-H;1-2
Billy Werber: 99

Top 4

Nanny Fernandez: 99
Ernie Lombardi: S
Frank Demaree: W.1-2
Eddie Miller: 99
Buddy Gremp: S.2-3;1-2
Skippy Roberge: K

Bot 4

Billy Jurges: 99
Mel Ott: S3
Johnny Mize: T8.1-H
Babe Barna: 99/F.3-H
Harry Danning: S
Willard Marshall: S.1-2
Mickey Witek: 99

Top 5

Jim Tobin: 99
Tommy Holmes: 99
Chet Ross: K

Bot 5

Cliff Melton: 99
Billy Werber: 99
Billy Jurges: W
Mel Ott: 99

Top 6

Nanny Fernandez: 99
Phil Masi: 99
Frank Demaree: K

Bot 6

Johnny Mize: 99
Babe Barna: 99
Harry Danning: 2/FL

Top 7

Tony Cuccinello: HR/7
Buddy Gremp: 99
Skippy Roberge: 99
Lefty Wallace: K

Bot 7

Willard Marshall: 99
Mickey Witek: E3
Cliff Melton: 99
Billy Werber: 99

Top 8

Tommy Holmes: 99
Chet Ross: 99
Nanny Fernandez: 99

Bot 8

Billy Jurges: K
Mel Ott: W
Johnny Mize: 99
Babe Barna: HR.1-H
Harry Danning: W
Willard Marshall: 99

Top 9

Phil Masi: S
Frank Demaree: 64(1)3/GDP
Tony Cuccinello: D
Buddy Gremp: S.2-H
Skippy Roberge: HR/7.1-H
Sibby Sisti: 99