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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1944-04-20 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 3954 · 2:08

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 10–8. New York Giants put up 5 in the 1st. Cliff Melton earned the win and Harry Feldman picked up the save. Ernie Lombardi went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	8	12
NY1	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	1		10	14

W: Cliff Melton L: Red Barrett SV: Harry Feldman

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	4	1	2	0	1	0
Steve Shemo	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	5	1	1	2	0	1
Roland Gladu	4	0	0	0	1	0
Chet Ross	3	1	1	0	1	0
Chet Clemens	4	2	1	1	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	4	1	2	3	0	0
Buck Etchison	3	0	2	1	0	0
Red Barrett	2	0	1	0	0	0
Stew Hofferth	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Lindquist	1	0	0	0	0	0
Connie Ryan	2	2	2	0	0	0
Jim Tobin	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ben Geraghty	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Workman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Nieman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Macon	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	1	3	0	0	0
George Hausmann	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	2	1	2	1	0
Joe Medwick	5	2	4	1	0	0
Phil Weintraub	2	2	0	0	3	1
Ernie Lombardi	5	1	2	4	0	0
Hal Luby	5	1	1	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	1	1	2	0	0
Cliff Melton	4	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Barrett	4.2	11	2	0
Carl Lindquist	2.1	2	0	1
Ben Cardoni	1.0	1	2	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	8.0	11	3	1
Lou Polli	0.0	1	1	0
Harry Feldman	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Wietelmann: S
Steve Shemo: CS2(24)
Steve Shemo: 53
Tommy Holmes: 2/FL

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: S
George Hausmann: 23/SH.1-2
Mel Ott: HR.2-H
Joe Medwick: S
Phil Weintraub: W.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: HR.2-H;1-H
Hal Luby: FLE2#
Hal Luby: 63
Buddy Kerr: 63

Top 2

Roland Gladu: 31
Chet Ross: S
Chet Clemens: 64(1)/FO
Clyde Kluttz: T.1-H
Buck Etchison: S.3-H
Red Barrett: 43

Bot 2

Cliff Melton: 43
Johnny Rucker: S
George Hausmann: S.1-2
Mel Ott: 4/P
Joe Medwick: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Whitey Wietelmann: 13
Steve Shemo: 6/P#
Tommy Holmes: 63

Bot 3

Phil Weintraub: 43
Ernie Lombardi: S
Hal Luby: 7
Buddy Kerr: 43

Top 4

Roland Gladu: 43
Chet Ross: 63
Chet Clemens: E5
Clyde Kluttz: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Cliff Melton: 43
Johnny Rucker: 9
George Hausmann: E5/TH.B-3
Mel Ott: 63

Top 5

Buck Etchison: 3/FL
Red Barrett: S
Whitey Wietelmann: W.1-2
Stew Hofferth: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Tommy Holmes: 8

Bot 5

Joe Medwick: D
Phil Weintraub: W
Ernie Lombardi: 5/L
Hal Luby: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Buddy Kerr: D8.2-H;1-H
Cliff Melton: S.2-H
Johnny Rucker: S.1-2
George Hausmann: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Roland Gladu: 53
Chet Ross: 6/P
Chet Clemens: 2/FL

Bot 6

Mel Ott: 8
Joe Medwick: HR
Phil Weintraub: K
Ernie Lombardi: 63

Top 7

Clyde Kluttz: 53
Buck Etchison: S
Carl Lindquist: 9
Whitey Wietelmann: 7

Bot 7

Hal Luby: S
Buddy Kerr: 24/SH.1-2
Cliff Melton: 43.2-3
Johnny Rucker: 7/L

Top 8

Connie Ryan: S
Tommy Holmes: K
Roland Gladu: 7
Chet Ross: W.1-2
Chet Clemens: D7.2-H;1-3
Clyde Kluttz: S.3-H;2-H
Jim Tobin: W.1-2
Ben Geraghty: 13

Bot 8

George Hausmann: 43
Mel Ott: W
Joe Medwick: S.1-2
Phil Weintraub: W.2-3;1-2
Ernie Lombardi: 7.3-H
Hal Luby: 4/P

Top 9

Whitey Wietelmann: S
Connie Ryan: D.1-3
Tommy Holmes: S.3-H;2-H
Roland Gladu: W.1-2
Chuck Workman: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Butch Nieman: 2/FL
Phil Masi: E1.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3#
Max Macon: 2/FL