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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1949-04-23 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 14948 · sunny, wet · 2:41

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 11–3. New York Giants put up 5 in the 5th. Monty Kennedy earned the win. Mickey Livingston went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	10
NY1	0	0	0	2	5	3	1	0		11	16

W: Monty Kennedy L: Warren Spahn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Scotty Robb · 2B: (none) · 3B: Frank Dascoli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	3	2	1	0	2	0
Al Dark	5	0	3	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	5	0	1	3	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Russell	5	0	0	0	0	2
Pete Reiser	4	0	2	0	0	1
Tommy Holmes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Masi	4	1	1	0	0	0
Warren Spahn	2	0	0	0	0	2
Connie Ryan	0	0	0	0	1	0
Clint Conatser	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Rhawn	3	1	1	0	1	1
Whitey Lockman	5	2	3	1	0	0
Sid Gordon	5	2	3	1	0	0
Johnny Mize	5	0	1	2	0	0
Bobby Thomson	3	2	2	0	1	0
Jack Lohrke	4	2	2	3	0	0
Mickey Livingston	4	1	3	4	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	0	0	0	0
Monty Kennedy	4	1	1	0	0	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	4.2	8	2	2
Red Barrett	0.2	5	0	0
Glenn Elliott	0.2	0	0	0
Bob Hall	1.0	2	0	1
Clyde Shoun	1.0	1	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monty Kennedy	9.0	10	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Stanky: 9
Al Dark: 9
Earl Torgeson: 5/FL

Bot 1

Bobby Rhawn: K
Whitey Lockman: 43
Sid Gordon: D7/F7D
Johnny Mize: 9/F89XD

Top 2

Bob Elliott: S8
Jim Russell: 8
Pete Reiser: K
Tommy Holmes: 8

Bot 2

Bobby Thomson: S7
Jack Lohrke: 16(1)/FO
Mickey Livingston: E5.1-2#
Buddy Kerr: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Phil Masi: 13
Warren Spahn: K/C
Eddie Stanky: W
Al Dark: S8.1-2
Earl Torgeson: 7/F78

Bot 3

Monty Kennedy: K
Bobby Rhawn: FLE3#
Bobby Rhawn: S7
Whitey Lockman: SB2
Whitey Lockman: FC6.2X3(65)
Sid Gordon: 53

Top 4

Bob Elliott: 8
Jim Russell: 8
Pete Reiser: 9

Bot 4

Johnny Mize: 4
Bobby Thomson: S7
Jack Lohrke: 8
Mickey Livingston: HR/L7D.1-H
Buddy Kerr: 9

Top 5

Tommy Holmes: 63
Phil Masi: S7
Warren Spahn: K
Eddie Stanky: S7/G5L.1-2
Al Dark: E1/G23.2-3;1-2
Earl Torgeson: S9/G34.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Bob Elliott: 9/F9

Bot 5

Monty Kennedy: 31
Bobby Rhawn: W
Whitey Lockman: S9.1-3
Sid Gordon: S7/78S.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH3)
Johnny Mize: 4/P
Bobby Thomson: IW
Jack Lohrke: T7/F7D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Mickey Livingston: S8/F8S.3-H
Buddy Kerr: 7/F7DW

Top 6

Jim Russell: K/C
Pete Reiser: S9
Tommy Holmes: 3/FL
Phil Masi: 4

Bot 6

Monty Kennedy: D9
Bobby Rhawn: 13/SH.2-3
Whitey Lockman: S9.3-H
Sid Gordon: S7.1-3;B-2(TH)
Johnny Mize: S8.3-H;2-H;B-2(E8)
Bobby Thomson: 8/LDP/8S.2X2(864)

Top 7

Connie Ryan: W
Eddie Stanky: 36(1)/FO
Al Dark: S5.1-2
Earl Torgeson: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Jim Russell: K

Bot 7

Jack Lohrke: S8
Mickey Livingston: SB2
Mickey Livingston: S9.2-H
Buddy Kerr: 13.1-2
Monty Kennedy: CS3(25)
Monty Kennedy: K

Top 8

Pete Reiser: S6
Tommy Holmes: S7.1-2
Phil Masi: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Clint Conatser: 9

Bot 8

Bobby Rhawn: 3/G
Whitey Lockman: S8
Sid Gordon: 7/L89XD
Johnny Mize: 9

Top 9

Eddie Stanky: W
Al Dark: D8.1-3
Earl Torgeson: 7/F.3-H;2-3
Bob Elliott: 3/FL
Jim Russell: 63

Notes & reviews

23-minute delay in starting game due to threatening weather. The sun broke through as the game got underway.
Over Reiser
Holmes: running catch of 445' drive near Giants bullpen
Into LF upper deck
Over Reiser; bad jump partially due to wet field
Russell: diving catch
Reiser: running catch of 400' slasher

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