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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1940-05-11 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 6278 · 1:35

New York Giants defeated Boston Bees 10–2. New York Giants put up 4 in the 6th. Bill Lohrman earned the win. Mel Ott went 3-for-4 with 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Lohrman L: Lou Fette SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ziggy Sears · 1B: Tom Dunn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Burgess Whitehead	5	2	2	0	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	5	3	2	1	0	1
Frank Demaree	4	3	2	2	1	0
Mel Ott	4	2	3	4	1	0
Harry Danning	4	0	3	3	1	0
Babe Young	4	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Jurges	5	0	0	0	0	1
Al Glossop	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Lohrman	4	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bama Rowell	3	1	1	0	0
Johnny Cooney	3	0	0	1	0
Buddy Hassett	4	0	2	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	1	0	0
Chet Ross	4	0	0	0	0
Les Scarsella	3	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	2	0	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Swift	2	0	0	0	0
Stan Andrews	1	0	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	1	0	0	0	1
Al Piechota	1	0	0	0	1
Sibby Sisti	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Loane	1	1	1	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lohrman	9.0	5	0	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lou Fette	0.0	3	1	0
George Barnicle	2.1	4	0	2
Bill Swift	3.2	6	2	2
Al Piechota	3.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Burgess Whitehead: D8/F8D
Jo-Jo Moore: S8/G.2-H;B-3(E8)
Frank Demaree: W
Mel Ott: S9.3-H;1-3
Harry Danning: 7/F.3-H(UR)
Babe Young: 7/F
Billy Jurges: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Bama Rowell: 4/P
Johnny Cooney: 63
Buddy Hassett: S8
Tony Cuccinello: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Billy Jurges: 8/F
Al Glossop: K23
Bill Lohrman: K

Bot 2

Chet Ross: 43
Les Scarsella: 43
Al Lopez: 8/F

Top 3

Burgess Whitehead: 13
Jo-Jo Moore: S7
Frank Demaree: S7.1-3
Mel Ott: D9.3-H;1-H
Harry Danning: S9.2-H
Babe Young: S.1-2
Billy Jurges: K+CS3(25)/DP

Bot 3

Eddie Miller: 63
Bill Swift: E4/P.B-1
Bama Rowell: 2/P
Johnny Cooney: 43

Top 4

Al Glossop: 53/BG
Bill Lohrman: 2/P
Burgess Whitehead: 43

Bot 4

Buddy Hassett: 1/G
Tony Cuccinello: S8
Chet Ross: 3/G.1-2
Les Scarsella: 9/F

Top 5

Jo-Jo Moore: K
Frank Demaree: 13/BG
Mel Ott: W
Harry Danning: S7.1-3;B-2(TH)
Babe Young: IW
Billy Jurges: 13

Bot 5

Al Lopez: 4/P
Eddie Miller: 6/L
Bill Swift: 7/F

Top 6

Al Glossop: 3/G
Bill Lohrman: 4/P
Burgess Whitehead: S8
Jo-Jo Moore: E4/P.1-3;B-2
Frank Demaree: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Mel Ott: D7.1-H(UR)
Harry Danning: S7.2-H(UR)
Babe Young: 7/F

Bot 6

Bama Rowell: T8
Johnny Cooney: 43.3-H
Buddy Hassett: 7/F
Tony Cuccinello: 3/G

Top 7

Billy Jurges: 31
Al Glossop: 8/F
Bill Lohrman: 13

Bot 7

Chet Ross: 99
Les Scarsella: 99
Stan Andrews: 99

Top 8

Burgess Whitehead: 99
Jo-Jo Moore: 99
Frank Demaree: 99

Bot 8

Whitey Wietelmann: K
Al Piechota: K
Sibby Sisti: 99

Top 9

Mel Ott: 43
Harry Danning: W
Babe Young: 99
Billy Jurges: 99

Bot 9

Bob Loane: D7/G
Buddy Hassett: S.2-3
Tony Cuccinello: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H
Chet Ross: 99

Notes & reviews

Game delayed a short time as a dog ran on the field.

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