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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1941-07-02 · Day game · Braves Field · 2:30

Boston Braves defeated New York Giants 5–4. Boston Braves put up 3 in the 4th. Dick Errickson earned the win and Tom Earley picked up the save. Billy Jurges went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dick Errickson L: Johnnie Wittig SV: Tom Earley

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tom Dunn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Bartell	2	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Ott	3	1	0	0	1	0
Ken O'Dea	2	1	0	0	1	0
Babe Young	4	1	1	1	0	1
Odell Hale	2	1	0	0	2	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	2	3	0	1
Johnnie Wittig	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Orengo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Danning	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sibby Sisti	4	2	3	1	0	0
Johnny Cooney	4	0	1	1	0	0
Buddy Hassett	4	1	2	0	0	0
Max West	3	0	1	1	1	0
Paul Waner	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bama Rowell	3	1	1	0	1	0
Eddie Miller	3	1	0	0	1	3
Phil Masi	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dick Errickson	2	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Earley	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnnie Wittig	4.0	8	2	1
Ace Adams	1.0	0	0	0
Bob Carpenter	2.0	2	1	1
Jumbo Brown	1.0	0	0	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Errickson	5.2	4	5	3
Tom Earley	3.1	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 8/F
Dick Bartell: W
Johnny Rucker: 7/F
Mel Ott: 8/F

Bot 1

Sibby Sisti: S9
Johnny Cooney: 6/L
Buddy Hassett: S5.1-2
Max West: S8.2-H;1-3
Paul Waner: D9.3-H;1-3
Bama Rowell: IW
Eddie Miller: K/C
Phil Masi: 53

Top 2

Ken O'Dea: 3/G
Babe Young: 3/G
Odell Hale: 63

Bot 2

Dick Errickson: 53
Sibby Sisti: S8
Johnny Cooney: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Billy Jurges: 53
Johnnie Wittig: K/C
Jo-Jo Moore: S8
Dick Bartell: W.1-2
Johnny Rucker: K/C

Bot 3

Buddy Hassett: 13
Max West: 5/L
Paul Waner: 43

Top 4

Mel Ott: 5/P
Ken O'Dea: 3/G
Babe Young: K

Bot 4

Bama Rowell: S9
Eddie Miller: WP.1-2
Eddie Miller: W
Phil Masi: 8/F.2-3
Dick Errickson: 53.3-H;1-2
Sibby Sisti: D8.2-H
Johnny Cooney: D7.2-H
Buddy Hassett: 6/L

Top 5

Odell Hale: 9/F
Billy Jurges: S7
Joe Orengo: 54(1)/FO
Jo-Jo Moore: 8/F8D

Bot 5

Max West: 43
Paul Waner: 8/F
Bama Rowell: 9/F

Top 6

Dick Bartell: 63
Johnny Rucker: 8/F
Mel Ott: W
Ken O'Dea: W.1-2
Babe Young: D9.2-H;1-3
Odell Hale: W
Billy Jurges: D7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Harry Danning: 53

Bot 6

Eddie Miller: K
Phil Masi: S8
Tom Earley: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Jo-Jo Moore: 43
Dick Bartell: 7/F
Johnny Rucker: 8/F

Bot 7

Sibby Sisti: 8/F8D
Johnny Cooney: 5/P/FL
Buddy Hassett: S6
Max West: W.1-2
Paul Waner: 8/F

Top 8

Mel Ott: 7/F
Gabby Hartnett: K/C
Babe Young: 2/P/FL

Bot 8

Bama Rowell: 8/F
Eddie Miller: K
Phil Masi: K

Top 9

Odell Hale: W
Billy Jurges: K
Harry Danning: 7/F
Jo-Jo Moore: 46(1)/FO