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New York Giants @ Boston Braves

1946-09-03 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 2719 · 2:01

Boston Braves defeated New York Giants 5–4. Boston Braves put up 4 in the 7th. Bill Lee earned the win and Mort Cooper picked up the save. Walker Cooper 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	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	7
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		5	8

W: Bill Lee L: Dave Koslo SV: Mort Cooper

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buddy Blattner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Rucker	4	1	2	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	4	1	1	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	3	2	1	2	0	1
Mel Ott	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Graham	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mickey Witek	3	0	2	1	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	0	1	0	0
Dave Koslo	3	0	0	0	0	3
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Goody Rosen	1	0	0	0	0	1
Sid Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Culler	3	2	1	0	1	0
Connie Ryan	4	1	2	2	0	1
Tommy Holmes	4	0	2	3	0	0
Phil Masi	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Hopp	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nanny Fernandez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bama Rowell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Carden Gillenwater	2	1	1	0	2	0
Bill Lee	2	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Herman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mort Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Koslo	6.2	7	4	1
Ken Trinkle	1.1	1	1	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	7.0	4	2	4
Lefty Wallace	0.1	2	0	0
Mort Cooper	1.2	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buddy Blattner: 3/P
Johnny Rucker: S9
Willard Marshall: 2/FL
Walker Cooper: K

Bot 1

Dick Culler: 43
Connie Ryan: 1/BP
Tommy Holmes: D7
Phil Masi: IW
Johnny Hopp: PO2(26)

Top 2

Mel Ott: 5/P
Jack Graham: 9
Mickey Witek: S7
Buddy Kerr: 4/FL

Bot 2

Johnny Hopp: 63
Nanny Fernandez: S8
Bama Rowell: 43.1-2
Carden Gillenwater: 13

Top 3

Dave Koslo: K
Buddy Blattner: 7
Johnny Rucker: 7

Bot 3

Bill Lee: 63
Dick Culler: 63
Connie Ryan: K

Top 4

Willard Marshall: S
Walker Cooper: E5/TH/SH.1-2;B-1
Mel Ott: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Jack Graham: IW
Mickey Witek: S9.3-H;2-3;1-2
Buddy Kerr: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Dave Koslo: K

Bot 4

Tommy Holmes: 53
Phil Masi: 3/P
Johnny Hopp: 3/P

Top 5

Buddy Blattner: 6/P
Johnny Rucker: 6/P
Willard Marshall: 63

Bot 5

Nanny Fernandez: 9
Bama Rowell: 3/G
Carden Gillenwater: W
Bill Lee: 5/P

Top 6

Walker Cooper: 6/P
Mel Ott: 8
Jack Graham: 3/G

Bot 6

Dick Culler: S8.B-2(E8)
Connie Ryan: D/78.2-H
Tommy Holmes: 8.2-3
Phil Masi: 3/G
Johnny Hopp: 3/P

Top 7

Mickey Witek: W
Buddy Kerr: 43.1-2
Dave Koslo: K
Ernie Lombardi: 8/F8XD

Bot 7

Nanny Fernandez: 9
Bama Rowell: 13
Carden Gillenwater: S6/G6S
Billy Herman: W.1-2
Dick Culler: W.2-3;1-2
Connie Ryan: S5.3-H;2-3;1-2
Tommy Holmes: D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Phil Masi: 1/P

Top 8

Johnny Rucker: S
Willard Marshall: 9
Walker Cooper: HR/7.1-H
Mel Ott: 4/L
Jack Graham: S
Mickey Witek: WP.1-2
Mickey Witek: 3/FL

Bot 8

Johnny Hopp: 7
Nanny Fernandez: K
Bama Rowell: T
Carden Gillenwater: IW
Mort Cooper: K

Top 9

Buddy Kerr: 163
Goody Rosen: K
Sid Gordon: 63

Notes & reviews

3bman Rigney backhanded the ball and slid into the just behind White; Giants protested loudly that the runner was out

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