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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1939-05-01 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 3188 · 2:00

Boston Bees defeated New York Giants 7–2. Boston Bees put up 4 in the 3rd. Bill Posedel earned the win. Tony Cuccinello went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Posedel L: Slick Castleman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Moran · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ziggy Sears · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	4	1	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bob Seeds	3	0	1	1	1	0
Mel Ott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Zeke Bonura	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Danning	4	0	0	0	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	3	0	0	0	0	0
George Myatt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Slick Castleman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Ripple	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	1	1	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Debs Garms	5	1	2	0	0	1
Johnny Cooney	3	1	1	0	1	1
Max West	3	1	1	1	1	0
Al Simmons	3	1	2	1	1	1
Tony Cuccinello	4	1	1	3	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	1	0	1	0
Eddie Miller	3	1	1	0	1	0
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Posedel	4	0	1	1	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Slick Castleman	2.0	4	3	1
Bill Lohrman	3.0	2	2	2
Jumbo Brown	3.0	4	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Posedel	9.0	4	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 4/P
Billy Jurges: K
Bob Seeds: W
Mel Ott: 7/L

Bot 1

Debs Garms: S
Johnny Cooney: 43.1-2
Max West: S.2-H
Al Simmons: K
Tony Cuccinello: 4/P

Top 2

Zeke Bonura: 8/F
Harry Danning: 13
Burgess Whitehead: 2

Bot 2

Elbie Fletcher: S
Eddie Miller: D.1-3
Al Lopez: WP.3-H;2-3
Al Lopez: W
Bill Posedel: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Debs Garms: 6/P

Top 3

George Myatt: 163
Slick Castleman: K
Jo-Jo Moore: 13

Bot 3

Johnny Cooney: W
Max West: SB2
Max West: W
Al Simmons: S8.2-H;1-3
Tony Cuccinello: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Elbie Fletcher: 23
Eddie Miller: 63
Al Lopez: 43

Top 4

Billy Jurges: 8/F
Bob Seeds: 7/F
Mel Ott: 2/FL

Bot 4

Bill Posedel: 53
Debs Garms: K/BF
Johnny Cooney: K

Top 5

Zeke Bonura: 63
Harry Danning: 13
Burgess Whitehead: 63

Bot 5

Max West: 43
Al Simmons: W
Tony Cuccinello: 54(1)/FO
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Eddie Miller: 7/F

Top 6

George Myatt: 43
Jimmy Ripple: 13
Jo-Jo Moore: 43

Bot 6

Al Lopez: 63
Bill Posedel: S
Debs Garms: S.1-2
Johnny Cooney: S/56.2-3;1-2
Max West: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Billy Jurges: 43
Bob Seeds: 53
Mel Ott: D7
Zeke Bonura: 53

Bot 7

Al Simmons: S
Tony Cuccinello: 54(1)3/GDP
Elbie Fletcher: 7/L

Top 8

Harry Danning: 43
Burgess Whitehead: 53
George Myatt: 8/F

Bot 8

Eddie Miller: W
Al Lopez: 53.1-2
Bill Posedel: 4/P
Debs Garms: 7/L

Top 9

Ken O'Dea: S
Jo-Jo Moore: E4/G.1-2
Billy Jurges: S.2-H;1-2
Bob Seeds: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Mel Ott: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Zeke Bonura: W
Harry Danning: 9/F

Notes & reviews

Giants used orange-colored ball for infield practice.
Hit & run.
Myatt and Jurges collided going for Cooney's grounder. Jurges took off his shoe looking for spike wound.

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