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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1943-04-24 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 5680 · 2:05

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 4–3. New York Giants put up 2 in the 2nd. Johnnie Wittig earned the win and Ace Adams picked up the save. Billy Jurges went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
BSN	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	11

W: Johnnie Wittig L: Al Javery SV: Ace Adams

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
Johnny Rucker	5	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	5	1	3	1	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	0	1	0
Babe Barna	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Orengo	2	2	0	0	2	0
Hugh Poland	4	0	1	2	0	0
Johnnie Wittig	3	0	0	1	0	0
Ace Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Burns	5	0	4	1	0	0
Eddie Joost	5	0	1	0	0	1
Tommy Holmes	4	1	1	0	1	0
Chuck Workman	4	0	3	0	0	0
Johnny McCarthy	3	0	0	0	1	0
Chet Ross	4	1	1	1	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	4	0	0	1	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Javery	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Gentile	1	1	1	0	0	0
Kerby Farrell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnnie Wittig	7.0	9	1	1
Ace Adams	2.0	2	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Javery	5.0	6	3	1
Red Barrett	2.0	1	0	0
Jim Tobin	2.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rucker: 13
Billy Jurges: S
Mickey Witek: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Joe Burns: S/P2
Eddie Joost: K+CS2(26)/DP
Tommy Holmes: S
Chuck Workman: S.1-3
Johnny McCarthy: 43

Top 2

Mel Ott: D9
Babe Barna: 53
Sid Gordon: 63.2-3
Joe Orengo: W
Hugh Poland: T/89.3-H;1-H
Johnnie Wittig: 63

Bot 2

Chet Ross: 8
Clyde Kluttz: E8/F.B-2
Whitey Wietelmann: 63.2-3
Al Javery: 8

Top 3

Johnny Rucker: 43
Billy Jurges: HR/7D
Mickey Witek: S
Mel Ott: 7
Babe Barna: 5/FL

Bot 3

Joe Burns: 9
Eddie Joost: 9
Tommy Holmes: 13

Top 4

Sid Gordon: 143/L
Joe Orengo: W
Hugh Poland: SB2
Hugh Poland: E4.2-3
Johnnie Wittig: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Johnny Rucker: 3/FL

Bot 4

Chuck Workman: S
Johnny McCarthy: 64(1)/FO
Chet Ross: 8
Clyde Kluttz: 53

Top 5

Billy Jurges: 53
Mickey Witek: 6
Mel Ott: W
Babe Barna: S.1-3
Sid Gordon: K

Bot 5

Whitey Wietelmann: 43
Sam Gentile: D9/9L
Joe Burns: S7.2-H
Eddie Joost: S5/G.1-2
Tommy Holmes: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Chuck Workman: 9

Top 6

Joe Orengo: 53
Hugh Poland: 9
Johnnie Wittig: 13

Bot 6

Johnny McCarthy: 9
Chet Ross: HR/78XD
Clyde Kluttz: 53
Whitey Wietelmann: 9/FL

Top 7

Johnny Rucker: 7
Billy Jurges: S
Mickey Witek: 64(1)/FO
Mel Ott: 8

Bot 7

Kerby Farrell: 63
Joe Burns: S
Eddie Joost: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Babe Barna: 8
Sid Gordon: S
Joe Orengo: 5/FL
Hugh Poland: 13

Bot 8

Tommy Holmes: W
Chuck Workman: S9.1-3
Johnny McCarthy: W.1-2
Chet Ross: 2/FL
Clyde Kluttz: 7.3-H
Tony Cuccinello: 53

Top 9

Ace Adams: 3/P
Johnny Rucker: 53
Billy Jurges: 7

Bot 9

Jim Tobin: 3/G
Joe Burns: S
Eddie Joost: 3/G.1-2
Tommy Holmes: 63

Notes & reviews

Johnny Rucker neglected to wear sunglasses and the ball struck him on the head when he lost it is the sun
the line drive struck Al Javery on the forehead

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