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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1944-09-07 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 12695 · 1:54

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 9–3. New York Giants put up 4 in the 5th. Bill Voiselle earned the win. Mel Ott went 3-for-4 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	3	0	0	0	3	3
NY1	3	0	0	0	4	2	0	0		9	10

W: Bill Voiselle L: Al Javery SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Macon	4	1	0	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Workman	4	1	1	3	0	1
Butch Nieman	3	0	1	0	1	1
Phil Masi	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dee Phillips	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Drews	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ben Geraghty	4	0	0	0	0	2
Al Javery	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tobin	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ab Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	0	1	0	0	0
George Hausmann	5	1	1	0	0	0
Steve Filipowicz	4	1	0	0	1	1
Mel Ott	4	3	3	3	1	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	2	1	2	1	0
Buddy Kerr	3	0	1	0	0	1
Nap Reyes	3	1	1	0	1	1
Hal Luby	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bill Voiselle	4	0	1	3	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Javery	5.0	9	3	3
Woody Rich	1.0	1	1	0
Ira Hutchinson	2.0	0	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Voiselle	9.0	3	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Macon: 63
Tommy Holmes: 9
Chuck Workman: K/C

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 4E3
George Hausmann: S5.1-3(E5);B-2
Steve Filipowicz: FC3.3XH(32)
Mel Ott: HR/9.2-H(UR);1-H
Ernie Lombardi: 3/G
Buddy Kerr: D7
Nap Reyes: W
Hal Luby: 5(2)/FO

Top 2

Butch Nieman: W
Phil Masi: K
Dee Phillips: 9
Frank Drews: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Bill Voiselle: 43
Johnny Rucker: D7
George Hausmann: 53
Steve Filipowicz: K

Top 3

Ben Geraghty: 63
Al Javery: 63
Max Macon: 5/P

Bot 3

Mel Ott: D7
Ernie Lombardi: 43.2-3
Buddy Kerr: K
Nap Reyes: K/C

Top 4

Tommy Holmes: 63
Chuck Workman: 8
Butch Nieman: K

Bot 4

Hal Luby: S7
Bill Voiselle: 3/BP
Johnny Rucker: 36(1)/FO
George Hausmann: 43

Top 5

Phil Masi: 63
Dee Phillips: 8
Frank Drews: 7

Bot 5

Steve Filipowicz: 43
Mel Ott: D7
Ernie Lombardi: IW
Buddy Kerr: 8
Nap Reyes: S5.2-3;1-2
Hal Luby: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bill Voiselle: D7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Johnny Rucker: 13

Top 6

Ben Geraghty: 63
Jim Tobin: W
Max Macon: FC4.1X2(4E6);B-1
Tommy Holmes: 9
Chuck Workman: WP.2-3;1-2
Chuck Workman: HR/9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Butch Nieman: S2
Phil Masi: W.1-2
Dee Phillips: 5(2)/FO

Bot 6

George Hausmann: 63
Steve Filipowicz: 43
Mel Ott: W
Ernie Lombardi: HR/7.1-H
Buddy Kerr: HP
Nap Reyes: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Nap Reyes: 6/P

Top 7

Frank Drews: S8
Ben Geraghty: K/C
Ab Wright: 54(1)/FO
Max Macon: 8

Bot 7

Hal Luby: 6/P
Bill Voiselle: 13
Johnny Rucker: 7

Top 8

Tommy Holmes: 4/P
Chuck Workman: 8/89D
Butch Nieman: 9

Bot 8

George Hausmann: 3/P
Steve Filipowicz: W
Mel Ott: 6(1)/FO
Ernie Lombardi: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Phil Masi: 9
Dee Phillips: 63
Frank Drews: W
Ben Geraghty: K