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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1940-09-07 · Day game · Shibe Park · 10 innings · 2:07

Boston Bees defeated Philadelphia Phillies 3–2. Bill Posedel earned the win. Pinky May went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Posedel L: Syl Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Bick Campbell · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Glossop	6	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Cooney	6	0	1	0	0	0
Bama Rowell	5	1	2	0	0	1
Max West	4	0	1	1	1	0
Chet Ross	4	0	0	0	1	1
Eddie Miller	5	1	2	0	0	0
Gene Moore	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Berres	4	0	3	0	0	0
Bill Posedel	4	0	1	1	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Pinky May	5	0	3	2	1
Heinie Mueller	5	0	1	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	5	0	1	0	1
Johnny Rizzo	5	0	0	0	1
Joe Marty	5	0	2	0	1
Bobby Bragan	5	0	0	0	0
Bennie Warren	4	1	3	0	0
Art Mahan	4	0	2	0	0
Boom-Boom Beck	2	0	0	0	1
Mel Mazzera	1	1	1	0	0
Syl Johnson	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Posedel	10.0	13	0	5

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boom-Boom Beck	7.0	10	3	1
Lefty Smoll	0.0	1	0	0
Syl Johnson	3.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Glossop: 3
Johnny Cooney: 6E3
Bama Rowell: 64(1)/FO
Max West: 3/G

Bot 1

Pinky May: 53
Heinie Mueller: 13
Danny Litwhiler: 4

Top 2

Chet Ross: 7
Eddie Miller: D7
Gene Moore: 9
Ray Berres: 2/FL

Bot 2

Johnny Rizzo: K/C
Joe Marty: 43
Bobby Bragan: 6

Top 3

Bill Posedel: W
Al Glossop: S8.1-2
Johnny Cooney: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Bama Rowell: S9.2XH(92);1-3
Max West: 9

Bot 3

Bennie Warren: 7
Art Mahan: 13
Boom-Boom Beck: K

Top 4

Chet Ross: W
Eddie Miller: 7
Gene Moore: S9.1-2
Ray Berres: S8.1-2;2X3(815)
Bill Posedel: 5(2)/FO

Bot 4

Pinky May: S7
Heinie Mueller: S5.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Johnny Rizzo: 8
Joe Marty: 5

Top 5

Al Glossop: 8
Johnny Cooney: 43
Bama Rowell: D9
Max West: T9.2-H
Chet Ross: K/C

Bot 5

Bobby Bragan: 53
Bennie Warren: S8
Art Mahan: S7.1-2
Boom-Boom Beck: 5/FL
Pinky May: S4.1-2;2-3
Heinie Mueller: 3/G

Top 6

Eddie Miller: S7
Gene Moore: 5/FL
Ray Berres: S8.1-2
Bill Posedel: S8.1-2;2-H
Al Glossop: 6
Johnny Cooney: 8

Bot 6

Danny Litwhiler: 53
Johnny Rizzo: 53
Joe Marty: D7
Bobby Bragan: 7

Top 7

Bama Rowell: 5/FL
Max West: W
Chet Ross: 3/G.1-2
Eddie Miller: E5.2-3
Gene Moore: 7

Bot 7

Bennie Warren: S8
Art Mahan: 5/FL
Mel Mazzera: S4.1-2
Pinky May: D7.1-H;2-H
Heinie Mueller: 1
Danny Litwhiler: S6.2-3
Johnny Rizzo: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Ray Berres: S7
Bill Posedel: 56(1)/FO
Al Glossop: 43.1-2
Johnny Cooney: S8.2-3
Bama Rowell: K/C

Bot 8

Joe Marty: S7
Bobby Bragan: 54(1)3/GDP
Bennie Warren: S8
Art Mahan: S9.1-2
Syl Johnson: 4

Top 9

Max West: 43
Chet Ross: 8
Eddie Miller: 7

Bot 9

Pinky May: K
Heinie Mueller: 6
Danny Litwhiler: K

Top 10

Gene Moore: E6
Ray Berres: 34/SH.1-2
Bill Posedel: 8
Al Glossop: S9.2-H(UR)
Johnny Cooney: 54(1)/FO

Bot 10

Johnny Rizzo: 31
Joe Marty: K
Bobby Bragan: 63