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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1937-09-12 · Day game · Braves Field · 1:58

New York Giants defeated Boston Bees 3–1. New York Giants put up 3 in the 2nd. Cliff Melton earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Cliff Melton L: Lou Fette SV: (none)

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	3	0	1	2	1	1
Dick Bartell	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jimmy Ripple	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hank Leiber	3	1	0	0	1	1
Johnny McCarthy	4	1	3	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	3	0	0	0	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	4	1	1	1	0	0
Cliff Melton	3	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Debs Garms	2	0	1	0	0
Gil English	4	0	1	0	1
Gene Moore	4	0	0	0	1
Tony Cuccinello	4	1	1	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	1	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	0	0
Rabbit Warstler	3	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	1
Lou Fette	3	0	1	0	0
Bobby Reis	1	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	5	0	4

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lou Fette	9.0	7	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jo-Jo Moore: K
Dick Bartell: 9/F
Jimmy Ripple: S.B-2(E6)#
Mel Ott: 43

Bot 1

Debs Garms: S
Gil English: K
Gene Moore: 64(1)/FO
Tony Cuccinello: 9

Top 2

Hank Leiber: W
Johnny McCarthy: S.1-2#
Gus Mancuso: 8#
Burgess Whitehead: S.2-H;1-2#
Cliff Melton: FC1/TH3/SH.2-3;1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Dick Bartell: K
Jimmy Ripple: 8

Bot 2

Vince DiMaggio: 9#
Elbie Fletcher: 13#
Rabbit Warstler: 53

Top 3

Mel Ott: 63
Hank Leiber: K
Johnny McCarthy: S
Gus Mancuso: CS2(24)#

Bot 3

Al Lopez: 53
Lou Fette: 31
Debs Garms: HP
Gil English: 43

Top 4

Gus Mancuso: 7
Burgess Whitehead: 8
Cliff Melton: K

Bot 4

Gene Moore: K
Tony Cuccinello: 9
Vince DiMaggio: 43

Top 5

Jo-Jo Moore: W
Dick Bartell: 13/SH.1-2#
Jimmy Ripple: 5/P
Mel Ott: K

Bot 5

Elbie Fletcher: 13
Rabbit Warstler: 9
Al Lopez: 7

Top 6

Hank Leiber: 8
Johnny McCarthy: 8
Gus Mancuso: 3/G#

Bot 6

Lou Fette: 8
Debs Garms: 63
Gil English: 43

Top 7

Burgess Whitehead: 7
Cliff Melton: 13
Jo-Jo Moore: 63

Bot 7

Gene Moore: 13
Tony Cuccinello: D
Vince DiMaggio: D.2-H
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G#
Rabbit Warstler: 8#

Top 8

Dick Bartell: S
Jimmy Ripple: 2#
Mel Ott: 8
Hank Leiber: 8

Bot 8

Al Lopez: K
Lou Fette: S
Bobby Reis: K
Gil English: S.1-2#
Gene Moore: 3#

Top 9

Johnny McCarthy: S
Gus Mancuso: 3/SH.1-2#
Burgess Whitehead: 9
Cliff Melton: FC3.2X2(36)#

Bot 9

Tony Cuccinello: 6#
Vince DiMaggio: 63
Elbie Fletcher: 13