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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1943-09-12 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 16082 · 1:45

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 7–2. New York Giants put up 5 in the 6th. Ace Adams earned the win. Mickey Witek went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

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	3
NY1	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0		7	13

W: Ace Adams L: Red Barrett SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Connie Ryan	2	0	0	0	2	0
Tommy Holmes	3	0	0	0	1	0
Butch Nieman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Workman	3	1	0	0	1	0
Clyde Kluttz	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kerby Farrell	4	0	2	1	0	1
Whitey Wietelmann	3	0	0	1	1	0
Eddie Joost	3	0	0	0	0	1
Red Barrett	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hugh Poland	1	1	1	0	0	0
Chet Ross	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	5	1	3	3	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	1	1	1	2	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Mead	4	1	3	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	3	1	0	0	0	1
Nap Reyes	3	2	3	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	0	1	2	0	0
Ace Adams	4	1	2	1	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Barrett	7.0	12	2	1
Ben Cardoni	1.0	1	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ace Adams	9.0	3	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Connie Ryan: W
Tommy Holmes: 99
Butch Nieman: 99
Chuck Workman: 99

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 99
Mickey Witek: S
Sid Gordon: CS2(24)
Sid Gordon: W
Joe Medwick: 99

Top 2

Clyde Kluttz: 99
Kerby Farrell: S4
Whitey Wietelmann: W.1-2
Eddie Joost: K
Red Barrett: K

Bot 2

Charlie Mead: S
Gus Mancuso: 46(1)3/GDP
Nap Reyes: S
Buddy Kerr: D.1-H
Ace Adams: S.2-3
Johnny Rucker: 99

Top 3

Connie Ryan: 99
Tommy Holmes: W
Butch Nieman: 99
Chuck Workman: 99

Bot 3

Mickey Witek: 99
Sid Gordon: HR/9
Joe Medwick: 99
Charlie Mead: S
Gus Mancuso: K

Top 4

Clyde Kluttz: 99
Kerby Farrell: K
Whitey Wietelmann: 99

Bot 4

Nap Reyes: S
Buddy Kerr: 99
Ace Adams: 99
Johnny Rucker: 99

Top 5

Eddie Joost: 99
Red Barrett: 99
Connie Ryan: W
Tommy Holmes: 99

Bot 5

Mickey Witek: 99
Sid Gordon: 99
Joe Medwick: 99

Top 6

Butch Nieman: 99
Chuck Workman: 99
Clyde Kluttz: 99

Bot 6

Charlie Mead: S
Gus Mancuso: E1/SH.1-2;B-1
Nap Reyes: FC1/SH.2-3;1-2
Buddy Kerr: 99/SH.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ace Adams: S.3-H(UR);2-3
Johnny Rucker: 99
Mickey Witek: HR/9.3-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Sid Gordon: W
Joe Medwick: 99

Top 7

Kerby Farrell: 99
Whitey Wietelmann: 99
Eddie Joost: 99

Bot 7

Charlie Mead: 99
Gus Mancuso: 99
Nap Reyes: S
Buddy Kerr: SB2
Buddy Kerr: 99

Top 8

Jim Tobin: 99/F
Connie Ryan: 99
Tommy Holmes: 99

Bot 8

Ace Adams: K
Johnny Rucker: 99
Mickey Witek: S
Sid Gordon: 99

Top 9

Butch Nieman: 99
Chuck Workman: W
Hugh Poland: S1.1-2
Kerby Farrell: D7.2-H;1-3
Whitey Wietelmann: 8.3-H
Chet Ross: K