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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1947-05-11 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:21

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 8–1. New York Giants put up 5 in the 5th. Monty Kennedy earned the win. Buddy Blattner went 2-for-5 with 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	1	1	5
NY1	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0		8	9

W: Monty Kennedy L: Johnny Sain SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Connie Ryan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	2	0	0	0	2	0
Mike McCormick	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bob Elliott	3	0	3	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	1	1	0	2
Phil Masi	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	4	0	0	0	0	4
Nanny Fernandez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Sain	2	0	1	0	0	0
Sibby Sisti	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buddy Blattner	5	0	2	3	0	1
Bill Rigney	5	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Thomson	5	1	2	1	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	1	1	1	1	0
Willard Marshall	4	1	0	0	1	0
Walker Cooper	5	1	2	2	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jack Lohrke	2	2	0	0	2	0
Monty Kennedy	2	1	0	1	2	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Sain	4.0	7	3	2
Johnny Lanning	0.0	0	3	0
Walt Lanfranconi	3.0	2	1	1
Ed Wright	1.0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monty Kennedy	9.0	5	4	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Connie Ryan: 2/FL
Tommy Holmes: W
Mike McCormick: 3
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: 5(2)/FO

Bot 1

Buddy Blattner: K
Bill Rigney: K
Bobby Thomson: S7
Johnny Mize: D7.1-H
Willard Marshall: W
Walker Cooper: S8.2-H;1-3
Sid Gordon: 7

Top 2

Phil Masi: 63
Earl Torgeson: K
Nanny Fernandez: 9

Bot 2

Jack Lohrke: 53
Monty Kennedy: 63
Buddy Blattner: 4

Top 3

Johnny Sain: S8
Connie Ryan: 5(B)3(1)/LDP
Tommy Holmes: W
Mike McCormick: 43

Bot 3

Bill Rigney: 63
Bobby Thomson: S7
Johnny Mize: 6E3.1-2
Willard Marshall: 4
Walker Cooper: 7

Top 4

Bob Elliott: S8
Danny Litwhiler: K
Phil Masi: 8
Earl Torgeson: K

Bot 4

Sid Gordon: 6/L
Jack Lohrke: W
Monty Kennedy: SB2
Monty Kennedy: W
Buddy Blattner: S7.2-H;1-2
Bill Rigney: S8.2-3;1-2
Bobby Thomson: 2/FL
Johnny Mize: 8

Top 5

Nanny Fernandez: 8
Johnny Sain: 8
Connie Ryan: 53

Bot 5

Willard Marshall: E4
Walker Cooper: T.1-H(UR)
Sid Gordon: W
Jack Lohrke: W.1-2
Monty Kennedy: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Buddy Blattner: D9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bill Rigney: 63
Bobby Thomson: 43.3-H;2-3
Johnny Mize: W
Willard Marshall: 43

Top 6

Tommy Holmes: 63
Mike McCormick: 63
Bob Elliott: S7
Danny Litwhiler: K

Bot 6

Walker Cooper: 7
Sid Gordon: T9
Jack Lohrke: 13
Monty Kennedy: K

Top 7

Phil Masi: 53
Earl Torgeson: K
Nanny Fernandez: 3/FL

Bot 7

Buddy Blattner: 6
Bill Rigney: 63
Bobby Thomson: 3

Top 8

Sibby Sisti: 13
Connie Ryan: 43
Tommy Holmes: 3/FL

Bot 8

Johnny Mize: E5
Willard Marshall: 46(1)3/GDP
Walker Cooper: 8

Top 9

Mike McCormick: W
Bob Elliott: S.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: S.2-H;1-2
Phil Masi: 9
Earl Torgeson: K
Nanny Fernandez: 7