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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1943-05-05 · Day game · Braves Field · 2:12

New York Giants defeated Boston Braves 5–1. New York Giants put up 2 in the 4th. Cliff Melton earned the win and Ace Adams picked up the save. Sid Gordon went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Cliff Melton L: Lou Tost SV: Ace Adams

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Jurges	2	0	0	0	3	0
Johnny Rucker	5	0	1	0	0	0
Vic Bradford	4	0	1	1	1	1
Buster Maynard	5	1	1	1	0	0
Sid Gordon	4	2	2	1	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	1	2	1	0	0
Joe Orengo	2	0	1	0	2	0
Gus Mancuso	3	0	1	1	0	0
Cliff Melton	2	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Barna	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ace Adams	1	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	0	0	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	3	0	1	1	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Workman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chet Ross	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny McCarthy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Clyde Kluttz	2	1	1	0	1	0
Tony Cuccinello	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Tost	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Diehl	1	0	0	0	0	1
Connie Creeden	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	6.0	4	1	1
Ace Adams	3.0	0	0	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lou Tost	5.0	5	3	2
George Diehl	4.0	4	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Jurges: W
Johnny Rucker: 9
Vic Bradford: 46(1)/FO
Buster Maynard: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: 9
Whitey Wietelmann: 63
Tommy Holmes: 8

Top 2

Buster Maynard: 9
Sid Gordon: D7
Mickey Witek: S8.2-H
Joe Orengo: 46(1)/FO
Gus Mancuso: 43

Bot 2

Chuck Workman: S8
Chet Ross: 4
Johnny McCarthy: WP.1-2
Johnny McCarthy: K/C
Clyde Kluttz: W
Tony Cuccinello: 53

Top 3

Cliff Melton: K23
Billy Jurges: W
Johnny Rucker: 9(B)6(1)/FDP

Bot 3

Lou Tost: 13/BG
Eddie Joost: 9
Whitey Wietelmann: 13

Top 4

Vic Bradford: K/C
Buster Maynard: HR/9D
Sid Gordon: HR/9D
Mickey Witek: 53
Joe Orengo: W
Gus Mancuso: 3/FL

Bot 4

Tommy Holmes: 8/L
Chuck Workman: 3/G
Chet Ross: D7/7D
Johnny McCarthy: 43

Top 5

Cliff Melton: 13/BG
Billy Jurges: 7
Johnny Rucker: S9
Vic Bradford: 63

Bot 5

Clyde Kluttz: S1
Tony Cuccinello: 63.1-2
Jim Tobin: E3/P
Eddie Joost: 9.2-3
Whitey Wietelmann: S9.3-H(UR);1-2
Tommy Holmes: 13

Top 6

Buster Maynard: 2/FL
Sid Gordon: 8
Mickey Witek: 163

Bot 6

Chuck Workman: 4
Chet Ross: 7
Johnny McCarthy: 4/L

Top 7

Joe Orengo: W
Gus Mancuso: 14/SH.1-2
Babe Barna: K
Billy Jurges: 53

Bot 7

Clyde Kluttz: 7/L
Tony Cuccinello: 13
George Diehl: K

Top 8

Johnny Rucker: 13
Vic Bradford: W
Buster Maynard: 9
Sid Gordon: 13

Bot 8

Eddie Joost: 8/L
Connie Creeden: 43
Tommy Holmes: 7

Top 9

Mickey Witek: D8
Joe Orengo: S5/BG.2-3
Gus Mancuso: S8.3-H;1-2
Ace Adams: 15(2)/BG/FO.1-2
Billy Jurges: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Rucker: 32(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Vic Bradford: S5/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Buster Maynard: 63

Bot 9

Chuck Workman: 9
Chet Ross: K
Johnny McCarthy: 31

Notes & reviews

Billy Jurges kept running, thinking that there were two out

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