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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1940-05-12 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 7555 · 2:08

New York Giants defeated Boston Bees 3–2. Hal Schumacher earned the win and Jumbo Brown picked up the save. Al Lopez went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hal Schumacher L: Bill Posedel SV: Jumbo Brown

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

New York Giants — batting

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bama Rowell	5	0	2	0	0	0
Buddy Hassett	4	1	1	0	1	1
Max West	4	1	1	0	1	2
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	1	1	0	1
Chet Ross	4	0	1	0	0	1
Les Scarsella	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Lopez	4	0	3	1	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	0	0	3
Bill Posedel	2	0	0	0	1	1
Phil Masi	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	7.0	8	3	8
Jumbo Brown	2.0	1	1	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Posedel	9.0	10	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Burgess Whitehead: 99
Jo-Jo Moore: 99
Frank Demaree: S
Mel Ott: SB2
Mel Ott: 99

Bot 1

Bama Rowell: 99
Buddy Hassett: K
Max West: W
Tony Cuccinello: K

Top 2

Harry Danning: 99
Babe Young: 99
Billy Jurges: 99

Bot 2

Chet Ross: K
Les Scarsella: 99
Al Lopez: S
Eddie Miller: K

Top 3

Al Glossop: S9
Hal Schumacher: K
Burgess Whitehead: S9.1-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 7.3-H
Frank Demaree: S9/RINT.1X2(3)

Bot 3

Bill Posedel: K
Bama Rowell: S
Buddy Hassett: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Mel Ott: S
Harry Danning: 46(1)3/GDP
Babe Young: D9
Billy Jurges: E6/TH.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Al Glossop: 99

Bot 4

Max West: K
Tony Cuccinello: 99
Chet Ross: T7
Les Scarsella: 3/G

Top 5

Hal Schumacher: D8
Burgess Whitehead: 99/SH.2-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 7
Frank Demaree: W
Mel Ott: S9.3-H;1-2#
Harry Danning: 99

Bot 5

Al Lopez: S
Eddie Miller: K
Bill Posedel: 99
Bama Rowell: D.1-3
Buddy Hassett: 99

Top 6

Babe Young: 99
Billy Jurges: W
Al Glossop: 99
Hal Schumacher: 99

Bot 6

Max West: K
Tony Cuccinello: 99
Chet Ross: 99

Top 7

Burgess Whitehead: 99
Jo-Jo Moore: S
Frank Demaree: SB2
Frank Demaree: 99
Mel Ott: 99

Bot 7

Les Scarsella: W
Al Lopez: 99
Eddie Miller: 99
Bill Posedel: W.1-2
Bama Rowell: 99

Top 8

Harry Danning: S
Babe Young: 99
Billy Jurges: 99
Al Glossop: 99

Bot 8

Buddy Hassett: S7
Max West: S9.1-3
Tony Cuccinello: S7.3-H;1-2
Chet Ross: 3
Les Scarsella: 3
Al Lopez: S/78.2-H;1-3
Eddie Miller: K

Top 9

Jumbo Brown: K
Burgess Whitehead: 99
Jo-Jo Moore: W
Frank Demaree: 99

Bot 9

Phil Masi: K
Bama Rowell: 99
Buddy Hassett: W
Max West: 143