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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1944-04-19 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 3894 · 1:44

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 2–1. New York Giants put up 2 in the 1st. Ewald Pyle earned the win. Mel Ott went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ewald Pyle L: Jim Tobin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Magerkurth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	2	1	0	0	2	0
Steve Shemo	2	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	0	2	1	0	0
Roland Gladu	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Workman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Nieman	3	0	0	0	0	2
Buck Etchison	3	0	0	0	0	2
Phil Masi	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Tobin	3	0	0	0	0	0
Stew Hofferth	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Hausmann	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	2	1	1
Joe Medwick	2	0	0	0	1	0
Phil Weintraub	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	2	0	1	0	1	0
Hal Luby	2	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ewald Pyle	2	0	0	0	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Tobin	8.0	3	5	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ewald Pyle	9.0	4	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Wietelmann: W
Steve Shemo: 54/SH.1-2
Tommy Holmes: 7.2-3
Roland Gladu: 3/G

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 6/P
George Hausmann: W
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Joe Medwick: W
Phil Weintraub: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 2

Chuck Workman: 7
Butch Nieman: K/C
Buck Etchison: K

Bot 2

Ernie Lombardi: E5/TH
Hal Luby: 43.1-2
Buddy Kerr: 9
Ewald Pyle: 9

Top 3

Phil Masi: S
Jim Tobin: 36(1)1/BG/GDP
Whitey Wietelmann: W
Steve Shemo: D7.1-3
Tommy Holmes: S.3-H;2-3
Roland Gladu: 6/L

Bot 3

Johnny Rucker: 8
George Hausmann: D7
Mel Ott: W
Joe Medwick: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Chuck Workman: 9
Butch Nieman: 5/FL
Buck Etchison: 4/P

Bot 4

Phil Weintraub: 3/FL
Ernie Lombardi: W
Hal Luby: 8
Buddy Kerr: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Phil Masi: 63
Jim Tobin: 53#
Whitey Wietelmann: 7

Bot 5

Ewald Pyle: W
Johnny Rucker: K
George Hausmann: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Steve Shemo: 13
Tommy Holmes: 43
Roland Gladu: K

Bot 6

Mel Ott: K
Joe Medwick: 4/L
Phil Weintraub: 43

Top 7

Chuck Workman: 3/G
Butch Nieman: K
Buck Etchison: K

Bot 7

Ernie Lombardi: S
Hal Luby: 34/SH.1-2
Buddy Kerr: 8
Ewald Pyle: 6/P

Top 8

Phil Masi: 31
Jim Tobin: 6/P
Whitey Wietelmann: 13

Bot 8

Johnny Rucker: 5/FL
George Hausmann: 43
Mel Ott: 9

Top 9

Stew Hofferth: 53
Tommy Holmes: S
Roland Gladu: 7
Chuck Workman: 3/G