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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1941-04-15 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 10590 · 2:03

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Boston Braves 6–5. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 5th. Cy Blanton earned the win. Eddie Miller went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	4
PHI	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0		6	11

W: Cy Blanton L: Dick Errickson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sibby Sisti	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Cooney	4	1	0	0	0	1
Bama Rowell	3	1	1	0	0	0
Max West	2	2	1	2	2	0
Eddie Miller	4	1	1	3	0	0
Gene Moore	3	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Berres	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Errickson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Gremp	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tobin	2	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Majeski	1	0	0	0	0	1
Don Manno	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Bragan	3	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Marty	4	3	2	1	0	0
Stan Benjamin	4	1	2	2	0	1
Nick Etten	4	1	4	2	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Nagel	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mickey Livingston	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pinky May	3	0	0	0	1	1
Cy Blanton	4	0	1	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Errickson	4.0	6	2	0
Jim Tobin	4.0	5	0	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cy Blanton	9.0	4	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sibby Sisti: 99
Johnny Cooney: 53
Bama Rowell: 99

Bot 1

Bobby Bragan: 99
Joe Marty: 99
Stan Benjamin: S
Nick Etten: S.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: 99

Top 2

Max West: W
Eddie Miller: 54(1)3/GDP
Gene Moore: 99

Bot 2

Bill Nagel: 99
Mickey Livingston: S
Pinky May: W.1-2
Cy Blanton: 99
Bobby Bragan: 99

Top 3

Babe Dahlgren: 63
Ray Berres: 99
Dick Errickson: 99

Bot 3

Joe Marty: HR/7
Stan Benjamin: 99
Nick Etten: HR/9
Danny Litwhiler: 99
Bill Nagel: 99

Top 4

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

Bot 4

Mickey Livingston: 99
Pinky May: 99
Cy Blanton: 99

Top 5

Max West: 99
Eddie Miller: 99
Gene Moore: 99

Bot 5

Bobby Bragan: W
Joe Marty: E4/TH.1-3;B-2
Stan Benjamin: T89/L.3-H;2-H(UR)
Nick Etten: S8.3-H
Danny Litwhiler: 46(1)3/GDP
Bill Nagel: K

Top 6

Babe Dahlgren: 63
Buddy Gremp: 99
Jim Tobin: 99

Bot 6

Mickey Livingston: 99
Pinky May: K
Cy Blanton: S
Bobby Bragan: 99

Top 7

Sibby Sisti: 99
Johnny Cooney: 99
Bama Rowell: S5/BG
Max West: HR/89.1-H
Eddie Miller: 99

Bot 7

Joe Marty: S
Stan Benjamin: K
Nick Etten: S.1-3
Danny Litwhiler: S1/G.3-H;1-2
Bill Nagel: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Gene Moore: S
Babe Dahlgren: 99
Phil Masi: 99
Jim Tobin: 99

Bot 8

Mickey Livingston: 99
Pinky May: 99
Cy Blanton: K

Top 9

Sibby Sisti: 7/F
Johnny Cooney: E4/G
Hank Majeski: K
Max West: W.1-2
Eddie Miller: HR/7.2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Don Manno: K/C