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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1942-08-18 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5500 · 2:02

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 10–2. New York Giants put up 5 in the 1st. Carl Hubbell earned the win. Mel Ott went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
NY1	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	1		10	12

W: Carl Hubbell L: Bill Donovan SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	0	2	0	0	0
Paul Waner	3	0	1	0	0	0
Nanny Fernandez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Max West	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	4	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	1	1	2	0	2
Sibby Sisti	4	0	0	0	0	1
Skippy Roberge	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Tobin	3	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buster Maynard	5	1	1	0	0	1
Mickey Witek	5	1	0	0	0	1
Mel Ott	4	3	3	2	1	1
Johnny Mize	4	2	2	0	0	0
Babe Young	3	2	3	2	1	0
Babe Barna	4	0	1	3	0	0
Harry Danning	3	1	0	0	1	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	2	0	0
Carl Hubbell	4	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Donovan	0.1	3	0	0
Jim Tobin	6.2	7	3	3
Tom Earley	1.0	2	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Hubbell	9.0	6	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Holmes: S9
Paul Waner: 13/SH.1-2
Nanny Fernandez: 53
Max West: 31

Bot 1

Buster Maynard: 53
Mickey Witek: E3
Mel Ott: S7.1-2
Johnny Mize: S6.1-2;2-3
Babe Young: D7.1-3;2-H;3-H(UR)
Babe Barna: 2/FL
Harry Danning: W
Billy Jurges: S7.1-2;2-H(UR);3-H(UR)
Carl Hubbell: S7.1-2;2-H(UR)
Buster Maynard: 43

Top 2

Phil Masi: 53
Eddie Miller: 63
Sibby Sisti: 9

Bot 2

Mickey Witek: 13
Mel Ott: W
Johnny Mize: S8.1-2
Babe Young: W.2-3;1-2
Babe Barna: 43.1-2;2-3;3-H
Harry Danning: 8

Top 3

Skippy Roberge: S5
Jim Tobin: 8
Tommy Holmes: 46(1)/FO
Paul Waner: 13

Bot 3

Billy Jurges: 3/FL
Carl Hubbell: 53
Buster Maynard: K

Top 4

Nanny Fernandez: 9
Max West: E4
Phil Masi: 64(1)/FO
Eddie Miller: HR/7.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Sibby Sisti: 9

Bot 4

Mickey Witek: K/C
Mel Ott: K/C
Johnny Mize: 3/G

Top 5

Skippy Roberge: 53
Jim Tobin: S9
Tommy Holmes: S8.1-2
Paul Waner: 43.1-2;2-3
Nanny Fernandez: W
Max West: 31

Bot 5

Babe Young: S1
Babe Barna: CS2(24)
Babe Barna: 8
Harry Danning: 6/FL

Top 6

Phil Masi: 8
Eddie Miller: K
Sibby Sisti: K

Bot 6

Billy Jurges: 43
Carl Hubbell: 53
Buster Maynard: 13

Top 7

Skippy Roberge: K
Jim Tobin: 53
Tommy Holmes: 8

Bot 7

Mickey Witek: 9
Mel Ott: HR/9
Johnny Mize: HP
Babe Young: S9.1-3;B-2(E9)
Babe Barna: S9.2-H(UR);3-H
Harry Danning: 5/FL
Billy Jurges: 8

Top 8

Paul Waner: S7
Nanny Fernandez: 64(1)/FO
Max West: 9
Phil Masi: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Carl Hubbell: 53
Buster Maynard: S8
Mickey Witek: 8
Mel Ott: D7.1-H
Johnny Mize: 8

Top 9

Eddie Miller: K
Sibby Sisti: 13
Skippy Roberge: 5