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Philadelphia Phillies @ Boston Braves

1942-08-23 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 6511 · 1:41

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Boston Braves 2–0. Rube Melton earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Rube Melton L: Manny Salvo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Pinky May	3	0	1	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	3	1	1	0	0
Al Glossop	4	0	0	0	1
Danny Litwhiler	4	1	2	1	0
Nick Etten	4	0	1	1	0
Ron Northey	4	0	1	0	0
Earl Naylor	4	0	0	0	0
Mickey Livingston	3	0	0	0	0
Rube Melton	3	0	1	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	3	0	1	0
Sibby Sisti	4	1	0	1
Nanny Fernandez	4	1	0	1
Buddy Gremp	4	1	0	0
Max West	3	0	1	1
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	3	1	0	1
Skippy Roberge	2	0	1	1
Manny Salvo	2	0	0	1
Paul Waner	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Melton	9.0	4	3	6

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Manny Salvo	8.0	7	0	2
Lou Tost	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pinky May: 99
Danny Murtaugh: S6/G
Al Glossop: 3/G.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: S8/P.2-H
Nick Etten: 99

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: 99
Sibby Sisti: K
Nanny Fernandez: K

Top 2

Ron Northey: 99
Earl Naylor: 99
Mickey Livingston: 99

Bot 2

Buddy Gremp: 99
Max West: W
Ernie Lombardi: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Rube Melton: S
Pinky May: 99/SH.1-2
Danny Murtaugh: 99
Al Glossop: K

Bot 3

Eddie Miller: K
Skippy Roberge: W
Manny Salvo: K
Tommy Holmes: 99

Top 4

Danny Litwhiler: T9
Nick Etten: S9.3-H
Ron Northey: S.1-2
Earl Naylor: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Mickey Livingston: 99/F
Rube Melton: 99/F

Bot 4

Sibby Sisti: S
Nanny Fernandez: 4/F
Buddy Gremp: S.1-3
Max West: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Pinky May: S
Danny Murtaugh: 99/SH.1-2
Al Glossop: 99
Danny Litwhiler: 99

Bot 5

Ernie Lombardi: 99
Eddie Miller: S
Skippy Roberge: K
Manny Salvo: 99

Top 6

Nick Etten: 99
Ron Northey: 99
Earl Naylor: 99

Bot 6

Tommy Holmes: W
Sibby Sisti: 99
Nanny Fernandez: WP.1-2
Nanny Fernandez: 99
Buddy Gremp: PB.2-3
Buddy Gremp: 99

Top 7

Mickey Livingston: 99
Rube Melton: K
Pinky May: 99

Bot 7

Max West: K
Ernie Lombardi: 99
Eddie Miller: 7/L

Top 8

Danny Murtaugh: 99
Al Glossop: 99
Danny Litwhiler: 99

Bot 8

Skippy Roberge: 99
Paul Waner: 99
Tommy Holmes: 99

Top 9

Nick Etten: 99
Ron Northey: 99
Earl Naylor: 99

Bot 9

Sibby Sisti: 99
Nanny Fernandez: D7/G
Buddy Gremp: 99/G
Max West: 2/P