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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1940-08-06 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5288 · 2:07

Boston Bees defeated Philadelphia Phillies 12–2. Boston Bees put up 5 in the 7th. Joe Sullivan earned the win. Eddie Miller went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	1	3	12	15
PHI	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	7

W: Joe Sullivan L: Kirby Higbe SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sibby Sisti	4	2	1	0	1	1
Johnny Cooney	5	2	2	2	0	0
Bama Rowell	5	1	2	0	0	1
Max West	3	2	2	2	2	0
Chet Ross	5	0	1	2	0	0
Eddie Miller	5	1	2	2	0	1
Buddy Hassett	5	1	1	0	0	0
Phil Masi	4	2	2	1	0	0
Joe Sullivan	4	1	2	2	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Marty	3	0	0	0	1	0
Art Mahan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky May	4	1	1	0	0	2
Johnny Rizzo	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bobby Bragan	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Atwood	4	0	0	1	0	1
Ham Schulte	4	0	3	0	0	0
Mel Mazzera	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kirby Higbe	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bennie Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Monchak	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Sullivan	9.0	7	1	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	6.1	7	3	4
Lefty Smoll	0.2	3	0	0
Syl Johnson	2.0	5	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sibby Sisti: K
Johnny Cooney: 99
Bama Rowell: 99

Bot 1

Joe Marty: 99
Art Mahan: 99
Pinky May: K

Top 2

Max West: 99
Chet Ross: 99
Eddie Miller: 99

Bot 2

Johnny Rizzo: 99
Bobby Bragan: 99
Bill Atwood: K

Top 3

Buddy Hassett: E7.B-2
Phil Masi: 99/F.2-3
Joe Sullivan: K
Sibby Sisti: 99

Bot 3

Ham Schulte: S
Mel Mazzera: 99/SH.1-2
Kirby Higbe: K
Joe Marty: 99

Top 4

Johnny Cooney: S7
Bama Rowell: D9.1-3
Max West: IW
Chet Ross: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H;2-3
Eddie Miller: 5/FL

Bot 4

Art Mahan: 99
Pinky May: S8
Johnny Rizzo: S5.1-H(E5/TH)(NR)(UR)
Bobby Bragan: 99
Bill Atwood: 99

Top 5

Buddy Hassett: 99
Phil Masi: 99
Joe Sullivan: K

Bot 5

Ham Schulte: S
Mel Mazzera: 99
Kirby Higbe: 99
Joe Marty: W.1-2
Art Mahan: 99

Top 6

Sibby Sisti: W
Johnny Cooney: 8
Bama Rowell: K
Max West: W.1-2
Chet Ross: WP.2-3;1-2
Chet Ross: S8.3-H;2-H
Eddie Miller: CS2(99)

Bot 6

Pinky May: K
Johnny Rizzo: 99
Bobby Bragan: 99

Top 7

Eddie Miller: S6
Buddy Hassett: S7.1-2
Phil Masi: CS3(25)
Phil Masi: D7.1-H
Joe Sullivan: S8.2-H
Sibby Sisti: S8.1-2#
Johnny Cooney: T8.2-H;1-H
Bama Rowell: 43
Max West: S9.3-H
Chet Ross: 99

Bot 7

Bill Atwood: 99
Ham Schulte: S
Mel Mazzera: 99
Bennie Warren: 99

Top 8

Eddie Miller: K
Buddy Hassett: 99
Phil Masi: T9
Joe Sullivan: S.3-H
Sibby Sisti: 99

Bot 8

Joe Marty: 99
Art Mahan: 99
Pinky May: 99

Top 9

Johnny Cooney: 99
Bama Rowell: T
Max West: S.3-H
Chet Ross: 99
Eddie Miller: HR/7.1-H
Buddy Hassett: 99

Bot 9

Johnny Rizzo: D/78
Alex Monchak: S.2-3
Bill Atwood: 7.3-H
Ham Schulte: 99
Mel Mazzera: 99