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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1944-08-30 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 953 · 1:27

Boston Braves defeated New York Giants 4–2. Boston Braves put up 2 in the 7th. Jim Tobin earned the win. Buck Etchison went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jim Tobin L: Ewald Pyle SV: (none)

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0	0
George Hausmann	4	1	2	0	0
Mel Ott	4	0	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	0	0	0
Nap Reyes	3	0	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	1	1	0	0	2
Ewald Pyle	2	0	1	1	0
Bruce Sloan	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	4	1	3	1	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Nieman	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ab Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dee Phillips	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Drews	2	1	1	1	1	0
Buck Etchison	3	1	1	2	0	0
Jim Tobin	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ewald Pyle	7.0	6	1	3
Ace Adams	1.0	1	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Tobin	9.0	5	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rucker: 43
George Hausmann: 53
Mel Ott: 3/G

Bot 1

Whitey Wietelmann: S
Tommy Holmes: 46(1)/FO
Butch Nieman: K
Ab Wright: 143

Top 2

Joe Medwick: 43
Ernie Lombardi: 8
Buddy Kerr: 8

Bot 2

Phil Masi: S
Dee Phillips: 3/G.1-2
Frank Drews: D.2-H
Buck Etchison: 3/G.2-3
Jim Tobin: K

Top 3

Nap Reyes: 9
Billy Jurges: 63
Ewald Pyle: 9/L

Bot 3

Whitey Wietelmann: S
Tommy Holmes: 56(1)3/GDP
Butch Nieman: S
Ab Wright: 7

Top 4

Johnny Rucker: 13/BG
George Hausmann: 5/P
Mel Ott: 43

Bot 4

Phil Masi: 9
Dee Phillips: 43
Frank Drews: 4/P

Top 5

Joe Medwick: 4/P
Ernie Lombardi: 53
Buddy Kerr: 63

Bot 5

Buck Etchison: 3/G
Jim Tobin: 8
Whitey Wietelmann: 4/P

Top 6

Nap Reyes: 63
Billy Jurges: W
Ewald Pyle: SB2
Ewald Pyle: S7.2-H
Johnny Rucker: 4/P
George Hausmann: S.1-2
Mel Ott: 9

Bot 6

Tommy Holmes: 8
Butch Nieman: K
Ab Wright: 7

Top 7

Joe Medwick: 53
Ernie Lombardi: 6/P
Buddy Kerr: 9

Bot 7

Phil Masi: 63
Dee Phillips: 63
Frank Drews: W
Buck Etchison: HR/9.1-H
Jim Tobin: 4/P

Top 8

Nap Reyes: D
Billy Jurges: W
Bruce Sloan: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Johnny Rucker: 43

Bot 8

Whitey Wietelmann: HR/9
Tommy Holmes: 43
Butch Nieman: 43
Ab Wright: C/E2
Phil Masi: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

George Hausmann: S
Mel Ott: S.1-3
Joe Medwick: 8
Ernie Lombardi: 7.3-H
Buddy Kerr: 7