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Boston Braves @ New York Giants

1951-04-26 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 15134 · 1:55

Boston Braves defeated New York Giants 3–0. Boston Braves put up 3 in the 8th. Johnny Sain earned the win. Roy Hartsfield went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Sain L: Sal Maglie SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Dusty Boggess · 2B: Scotty Robb · 3B: Lon Warneke · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Hartsfield	4	1	1	2	0	1
Sam Jethroe	4	1	1	1	0	0
Earl Torgeson	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ebba St. Claire	4	0	3	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	2	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Sain	1	1	0	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Logan	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Artie Wilson	3	1	1	0
Whitey Lockman	4	0	0	0
Hank Thompson	3	1	1	0
Monte Irvin	4	2	0	0
Bobby Thomson	4	0	0	0
Don Mueller	4	0	0	0
Al Dark	3	1	0	1
Wes Westrum	4	1	0	2
Sal Maglie	3	0	0	0
Spider Jorgensen	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Sain	9.0	6	2	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sal Maglie	9.0	7	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Hartsfield: 2/FL
Sam Jethroe: 13
Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: 53

Bot 1

Artie Wilson: 8
Whitey Lockman: E5.B-1
Hank Thompson: SB2
Hank Thompson: W
Monte Irvin: 2/FL
Bobby Thomson: 7

Top 2

Sid Gordon: 53
Ebba St. Claire: 43
Willard Marshall: 2/FL

Bot 2

Don Mueller: 31
Al Dark: HP
Wes Westrum: CS2(26)
Wes Westrum: 8

Top 3

Buddy Kerr: S
Johnny Sain: 34/SH.1-2
Roy Hartsfield: K
Sam Jethroe: 63

Bot 3

Sal Maglie: 63
Artie Wilson: W
Whitey Lockman: 9
Hank Thompson: 5/P

Top 4

Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: CS2(263)
Bob Elliott: 5/P
Sid Gordon: 9

Bot 4

Monte Irvin: S
Bobby Thomson: 14(1)3/GDP
Don Mueller: 7

Top 5

Ebba St. Claire: S9.B-2(E9)
Willard Marshall: 6/FL
Buddy Kerr: 4/P
Johnny Sain: 13

Bot 5

Al Dark: S
Wes Westrum: K
Sal Maglie: 3/P
Artie Wilson: S.1-3
Whitey Lockman: 7

Top 6

Roy Hartsfield: 5/FL
Sam Jethroe: 9
Earl Torgeson: 3/G

Bot 6

Hank Thompson: D
Monte Irvin: 7
Bobby Thomson: 63
Don Mueller: 8

Top 7

Bob Elliott: 7
Sid Gordon: W
Ebba St. Claire: S.1-2
Willard Marshall: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Al Dark: K
Wes Westrum: K
Sal Maglie: 53

Top 8

Walker Cooper: 9
Johnny Sain: C/E2.B-1
Roy Hartsfield: HR8/8XD/IPHR.1-H(UR)
Sam Jethroe: HR/9
Earl Torgeson: 8
Bob Elliott: 63

Bot 8

Artie Wilson: 43
Whitey Lockman: E3.B-1
Hank Thompson: 64(1)/FO
Monte Irvin: S.1-2
Bobby Thomson: 5(2)/FO

Top 9

Sid Gordon: S
Ebba St. Claire: S.1-2
Willard Marshall: 4/P
Johnny Logan: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Don Mueller: 9
Al Dark: 9
Wes Westrum: S
Spider Jorgensen: 3/P

Notes & reviews

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