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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1945-04-24 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4850 · 1:56

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 7th. Andy Hansen earned the win. Mel Ott went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Andy Hansen L: Ken Raffensberger SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bitsy Mott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vance Dinges	4	1	2	1	0	0
Buster Adams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	3	1	2	0	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	0	0	1	2
Garvin Hamner	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Peacock	4	0	0	1	0	0
Granny Hamner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Raffensberger	3	0	0	0	0	2
Rene Monteagudo	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	1	2	0	0	0
George Hausmann	4	1	1	1	0	0
Mel Ott	3	2	2	4	1	1
Steve Filipowicz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Weintraub	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	0	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nap Reyes	3	1	0	0	0	0
Andy Hansen	2	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Raffensberger	8.0	7	3	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Hansen	9.0	5	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bitsy Mott: 13
Vance Dinges: S4
Buster Adams: 8
Jimmy Wasdell: W.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: K

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 5/FL
George Hausmann: S8
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Steve Filipowicz: 4/P
Phil Weintraub: D7
Ernie Lombardi: W
Buddy Kerr: 8

Top 2

Garvin Hamner: K/C
Johnny Peacock: 63
Granny Hamner: 53

Bot 2

Nap Reyes: 8
Andy Hansen: 9
Johnny Rucker: S9
George Hausmann: 63

Top 3

Ken Raffensberger: K
Bitsy Mott: S7
Vance Dinges: 7
Buster Adams: 9

Bot 3

Mel Ott: K
Steve Filipowicz: 8
Phil Weintraub: 43

Top 4

Jimmy Wasdell: S9
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Garvin Hamner: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Johnny Peacock: 8/F.3-H
Granny Hamner: 8

Bot 4

Ernie Lombardi: 5/L
Buddy Kerr: S5
Nap Reyes: E4.1-2
Andy Hansen: 9(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 5

Ken Raffensberger: K/C
Bitsy Mott: 8/L
Vance Dinges: 8

Bot 5

Johnny Rucker: 7/L
George Hausmann: 8
Mel Ott: W
Steve Filipowicz: 7

Top 6

Buster Adams: 53
Jimmy Wasdell: D7
Vince DiMaggio: 53
Garvin Hamner: 63

Bot 6

Phil Weintraub: W
Ernie Lombardi: 54(1)3/GDP
Buddy Kerr: 63

Top 7

Johnny Peacock: E7/F.B-1
Granny Hamner: 46(1)3/GDP#
Ken Raffensberger: 43

Bot 7

Nap Reyes: E6/TH.B-1
Andy Hansen: 14/SH.1-2
Johnny Rucker: S7.2-3
George Hausmann: 8/L.3-H(UR)
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Steve Filipowicz: 5/FL

Top 8

Bitsy Mott: 13
Vance Dinges: HR/7
Buster Adams: 53
Jimmy Wasdell: 13

Bot 8

Phil Weintraub: 8
Ernie Lombardi: 43
Buddy Kerr: 63

Top 9

Vince DiMaggio: K
Rene Monteagudo: 13
Johnny Peacock: 8