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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Boston Braves

1931-04-15 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 4000 · 2:03

Boston Braves defeated Brooklyn Robins 9–3. Boston Braves put up 4 in the 3rd. Socks Seibold earned the win. Earl Clark went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	8
BSN	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	0		9	17

W: Socks Seibold L: Sloppy Thurston SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Jorda · 1B: Dolly Stark · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Klem · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Frederick	5	0	1	1	0	0
Wally Gilbert	4	0	1	2	0	0
Babe Herman	2	0	0	0	0	1
Lefty O'Doul	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gordon Slade	4	0	0	0	0	0
Del Bissonette	4	0	1	0	0	0
Neal Finn	4	1	1	0	0	0
Al Lopez	1	0	0	0	1	0
Sloppy Thurston	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ike Boone	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alta Cohen	3	1	2	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	2	1	2	0	0	0
Jake Flowers	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Wilson	6	0	1	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	5	2	2	0	0	0
Red Worthington	5	2	3	1	0	0
Wally Berger	4	2	3	1	1	0
Earl Clark	4	2	3	2	1	0
Earl Sheely	5	1	3	2	0	0
Freddie Maguire	5	0	0	0	0	0
Al Spohrer	5	0	1	0	0	0
Socks Seibold	5	0	1	1	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sloppy Thurston	3.1	9	2	1
Earl Mattingly	0.2	1	0	0
Cy Moore	2.0	3	0	0
Fred Heimach	2.0	4	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Socks Seibold	9.0	8	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Frederick: 2/FL
Wally Gilbert: 63
Babe Herman: K

Bot 1

Charlie Wilson: E5/P
Rabbit Maranville: 23.1-2
Red Worthington: 43
Wally Berger: W
Earl Clark: W.1-2;2-3
Earl Sheely: 3/FL

Top 2

Lefty O'Doul: 43
Gordon Slade: 5/FL
Del Bissonette: 53

Bot 2

Freddie Maguire: 63
Al Spohrer: 4
Socks Seibold: K/C

Top 3

Neal Finn: 13
Al Lopez: E6/G
Sloppy Thurston: K
Johnny Frederick: S9.1-3
Wally Gilbert: 7

Bot 3

Charlie Wilson: S9
Rabbit Maranville: S8.1-3
Red Worthington: FC1.3XH(12);1-2;B-1
Wally Berger: S7.2-H;1-3
Earl Clark: D7.3-H;1-3
Earl Sheely: S9.3-H;2-H
Freddie Maguire: E5/G.1-2
Al Spohrer: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Socks Seibold: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Babe Herman: 53
Lefty O'Doul: 53
Gordon Slade: 143

Bot 4

Charlie Wilson: 2/FL
Rabbit Maranville: S8
Red Worthington: D8.1-H;B-3(E2)
Wally Berger: S5.3-3
Earl Clark: S7.3-H;1-2
Earl Sheely: S9.2-H(E2)(NR)(UR);1-3
Freddie Maguire: E9/F.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2;B-1#
Al Spohrer: 43.2-3;1-2
Socks Seibold: 13

Top 5

Del Bissonette: E7/F
Neal Finn: S9.1-3
Al Lopez: W.1-2
Ike Boone: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Johnny Frederick: 9/F.3-H(UR)
Wally Gilbert: 3/L

Bot 5

Charlie Wilson: 7
Rabbit Maranville: 3
Red Worthington: S9
Wally Berger: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Alta Cohen: S7/BOOT
Lefty O'Doul: 9/BOOT
Gordon Slade: 7/FL
Del Bissonette: S9.1-3
Neal Finn: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Earl Clark: 3/G
Earl Sheely: E6/G
Freddie Maguire: 5/FL
Al Spohrer: S7.1-3
Socks Seibold: S8.3-H(UR);1-3
Charlie Wilson: 13

Top 7

Ernie Lombardi: S8
Alta Cohen: S7.1-2
Johnny Frederick: 3/G.1-2;2-3
Wally Gilbert: S8.3-H;2-H
Jake Flowers: 64(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)
Lefty O'Doul: 8

Bot 7

Rabbit Maranville: 9
Red Worthington: S9.BX2(94)
Wally Berger: S7
Earl Clark: S9.1-3;BX2(94)

Top 8

Gordon Slade: 4
Del Bissonette: 8
Neal Finn: 4

Bot 8

Earl Sheely: S9
Freddie Maguire: 6
Al Spohrer: E4/G.1-3;B-1
Socks Seibold: FC3.3XH(325);1-2;B-1
Charlie Wilson: 13

Top 9

Ernie Lombardi: S7
Alta Cohen: 16(1)3/GDP
Johnny Frederick: 3/G

Notes & reviews

Ike Boone sent to RF but replaced immediately by Alta Cohen
Alta Cohen batted out of turn but not caught by the Braves
Alta Cohen batted in the correct spot

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