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New York Giants @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1937-07-11 · Day game · Ebbets Field · 2:34

New York Giants defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 10–4. New York Giants put up 3 in the 7th. Cliff Melton earned the win. Wally Berger went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	3	10	13
BRO	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	14

W: Cliff Melton L: Van Mungo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Chiozza	5	2	3	1	0	0
Dick Bartell	4	2	1	0	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	3	2	1	1	2	0
Wally Berger	4	0	1	3	0	1
Mel Ott	3	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny McCarthy	4	2	2	2	1	1
Burgess Whitehead	5	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	4	1	2	1	0	0
Cliff Melton	4	0	1	1	0	1
Kiddo Davis	1	1	1	1	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gibby Brack	4	1	1	0	1	2
Johnny Cooney	5	1	3	0	0	0
Buddy Hassett	4	2	1	1	0	1
Heinie Manush	5	0	3	0	0	0
Babe Phelps	5	0	2	2	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	5	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Bucher	5	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Stripp	4	0	2	0	0	0
Van Mungo	2	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Spencer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Malinosky	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	14	1	5

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Van Mungo	4.0	7	1	2
George Jeffcoat	2.0	0	2	0
Luke Hamlin	2.0	3	1	1
Ralph Birkofer	1.0	3	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Chiozza: 31
Dick Bartell: 5/P
Jo-Jo Moore: D7
Wally Berger: K

Bot 1

Gibby Brack: W
Johnny Cooney: 14(1)/FO
Buddy Hassett: HP.1-2
Heinie Manush: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Babe Phelps: 43

Top 2

Mel Ott: 9
Johnny McCarthy: D9
Burgess Whitehead: 8
Gus Mancuso: S7.2-H
Cliff Melton: K

Bot 2

Cookie Lavagetto: 63
Jim Bucher: K
Joe Stripp: S7
Van Mungo: 13.1-2

Top 3

Lou Chiozza: D9/F89D
Dick Bartell: 14/SH.2-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 8/F.3-H
Wally Berger: 3/FL

Bot 3

Gibby Brack: K
Johnny Cooney: S9
Buddy Hassett: K
Heinie Manush: S7.1-2
Babe Phelps: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Mel Ott: 7/L78D
Johnny McCarthy: W
Burgess Whitehead: 4/P
Gus Mancuso: S9.1-2
Cliff Melton: S8.2-H;1-2
Lou Chiozza: D9.2-H;1-3
Dick Bartell: 8

Bot 4

Cookie Lavagetto: 5/L
Jim Bucher: 13
Joe Stripp: D7
Van Mungo: K

Top 5

Jo-Jo Moore: W
Wally Berger: 54(1)3/GDP
Mel Ott: W
Johnny McCarthy: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Gibby Brack: D8
Johnny Cooney: 63
Buddy Hassett: 43
Heinie Manush: S4.2-3
Babe Phelps: S8.3-H;1-2
Cookie Lavagetto: 43

Top 6

Johnny McCarthy: 43
Burgess Whitehead: 3/FL
Gus Mancuso: 8

Bot 6

Jim Bucher: S9
Joe Stripp: 9
Roy Spencer: 7
Gibby Brack: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Cliff Melton: 53
Lou Chiozza: S3/G
Dick Bartell: CS2(2E4)
Dick Bartell: E6/G.2-2
Jo-Jo Moore: PB.2-3;1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: W
Wally Berger: D7/L7L.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Mel Ott: 9/DP.2X2(96)

Bot 7

Johnny Cooney: S8
Buddy Hassett: 54(1)/FO
Heinie Manush: S8.1-3
Babe Phelps: 63.3-H;1-2
Cookie Lavagetto: 8

Top 8

Johnny McCarthy: K
Burgess Whitehead: S9
Gus Mancuso: 8
Cliff Melton: 4/P

Bot 8

Jim Bucher: 6/P
Joe Stripp: 9
Tony Malinosky: 63

Top 9

Lou Chiozza: 5/P
Dick Bartell: D8
Jo-Jo Moore: E4/G.2-3
Kiddo Davis: S7.3-H;1-2
Mel Ott: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny McCarthy: S7.3-H(UR);2-H;1-2
Burgess Whitehead: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Gibby Brack: K
Johnny Cooney: D8
Buddy Hassett: S8.2-H
Heinie Manush: 7
Babe Phelps: D8.1-3
Cookie Lavagetto: S8.3-H;2-3
Jim Bucher: 43

Notes & reviews

Hit on the arm by a high inside pitch; Hassett went after Melton but the two were separated before any blows landed.
Off Manush's glove
Brack: 1-handed catch before colliding head-on with Cooney

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