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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1943-06-18 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 1727 · sunny, dry · 2:22

Boston Braves defeated New York Giants 8–6. Boston Braves put up 4 in the 9th. Al Javery earned the win. Chet Ross went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	6	6
BSN	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	8	13

W: Al Javery L: Bill Sayles SV: (none)

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	0	1	0	0	1
Billy Jurges	5	1	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	4	1	2	2	1	1
Mel Ott	3	0	0	0	2	1
Mickey Witek	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dick Bartell	4	1	0	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Orengo	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bill Lohrman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Van Mungo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Maynard	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	1	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Tommy Holmes	5	2	1	1	0
Chuck Workman	5	2	2	1	0
Butch Nieman	5	1	3	2	0
Johnny McCarthy	5	0	3	1	0
Hugh Poland	4	0	0	0	0
Connie Ryan	4	0	0	0	2
Eddie Joost	4	0	1	0	2
Whitey Wietelmann	4	1	2	0	0
Al Javery	2	0	0	0	0
Kerby Farrell	1	0	0	0	1
Chet Ross	1	1	1	3	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Bill Lohrman	2.1	5	0
Van Mungo	3.2	2	3
Ace Adams	1.0	1	0
Bill Sayles	1.2	4	2
Johnnie Wittig	0.0	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Javery	9.0	6	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rucker: 8/F
Billy Jurges: 63
Sid Gordon: S
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Mickey Witek: 7/F

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: 9/L
Chuck Workman: 9/FL
Butch Nieman: 5/P

Top 2

Dick Bartell: 5/P
Gus Mancuso: 5/P
Joe Orengo: E6/G.B-1
Bill Lohrman: K

Bot 2

Johnny McCarthy: S
Hugh Poland: 8/F
Connie Ryan: 53.1-2
Eddie Joost: 4/F

Top 3

Johnny Rucker: K
Billy Jurges: 8/F
Sid Gordon: K

Bot 3

Whitey Wietelmann: S
Al Javery: 1/BP
Tommy Holmes: D/89.1-H
Chuck Workman: S.2-H
Butch Nieman: S.1-3
Johnny McCarthy: FC4.1X2(4E6);3-H(RBI)
Hugh Poland: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Connie Ryan: K

Top 4

Mel Ott: K
Mickey Witek: S
Dick Bartell: 46(1)/FO
Gus Mancuso: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Eddie Joost: K/C
Whitey Wietelmann: S
Al Javery: 54/SH.1-2
Tommy Holmes: 8/F

Top 5

Joe Orengo: 13/BG
Van Mungo: 63
Johnny Rucker: S
Billy Jurges: 13

Bot 5

Chuck Workman: 3/G
Butch Nieman: 8/L
Johnny McCarthy: S
Hugh Poland: WP.1-2#
Hugh Poland: 3/G

Top 6

Sid Gordon: 7/F
Mel Ott: W
Mickey Witek: 9/F
Dick Bartell: 5/FL

Bot 6

Connie Ryan: 5/P
Eddie Joost: K/C
Whitey Wietelmann: 43

Top 7

Gus Mancuso: 63
Joe Orengo: D8/F8D
Buster Maynard: W
Johnny Rucker: 7/F
Billy Jurges: E9/F89.2-H(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Sid Gordon: HR/89.2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Mel Ott: 9/F

Bot 7

Al Javery: 99#
Tommy Holmes: E4/G.B-1
Chuck Workman: SB2
Chuck Workman: 99#
Butch Nieman: S9.2-H(UR)
Johnny McCarthy: 99#

Top 8

Mickey Witek: S
Dick Bartell: FC1/BG.1-3;B-2(E1/TH)
Gus Mancuso: E2/P.3-3
Joe Orengo: K
Ernie Lombardi: 16(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-H(NR)(E6/TH)(UR);B-1
Johnny Rucker: 99#

Bot 8

Hugh Poland: 99#
Connie Ryan: K
Eddie Joost: T
Whitey Wietelmann: 99#

Top 9

Billy Jurges: 99#
Sid Gordon: W
Mel Ott: 99#
Mickey Witek: PO1(99)#

Bot 9

Kerby Farrell: K
Tommy Holmes: 63
Chuck Workman: D/89
Butch Nieman: S9.2-H
Johnny McCarthy: S8.1-2
Chet Ross: HR/78.2-H;1-H

Notes & reviews

Stengel returns as Boston manager after leg injury in spring.
pbp account ends here, rest deduced

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