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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Boston Braves

1946-09-22 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 35610 · 2:01

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Boston Braves 8–1. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 4 in the 2nd. Vic Lombardi earned the win. Danny Litwhiler went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vic Lombardi L: Lefty Wallace SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	4	0	1	1	0	1
Cookie Lavagetto	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dixie Walker	3	2	0	0	1	0
Carl Furillo	2	2	2	0	1	0
Pee Wee Reese	4	2	2	1	0	0
Bruce Edwards	4	0	1	3	0	0
Howie Schultz	3	2	2	0	1	0
Vic Lombardi	3	0	1	1	0	0
Augie Galan	4	0	0	1	0	0
Dick Whitman	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Ramazzotti	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Dick Culler	3	0	0	0	1
Billy Herman	4	0	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	3	0	1	0	1
Danny Litwhiler	3	1	2	1	1
Phil Masi	4	0	0	0	0
Nanny Fernandez	3	0	0	0	0
Connie Ryan	2	0	0	0	1
Carden Gillenwater	3	0	0	0	0
Ed Wright	2	0	0	0	0
Dee Phillips	1	0	1	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Lombardi	9.0	4	4	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Wallace	1.1	4	0	0
Ed Wright	6.0	5	3	2
Frank Barrett	0.2	0	0	0
Dick Mulligan	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Stanky: 9
Cookie Lavagetto: 63
Joe Medwick: 8

Bot 1

Dick Culler: 63
Billy Herman: 8
Tommy Holmes: W
Danny Litwhiler: S6.1-2
Phil Masi: 53

Top 2

Dixie Walker: E4.B-1
Carl Furillo: S9/G.1-3
Pee Wee Reese: S9.3-H(UR);1-3
Bruce Edwards: 7/78D.3-H
Howie Schultz: S/78.1-3
Vic Lombardi: D/78.3-H;1-3
Eddie Stanky: FC1.3-3;B-1
Augie Galan: 7/F.3-H(UR)
Joe Medwick: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Nanny Fernandez: 6/L
Connie Ryan: 4/P
Carden Gillenwater: 43

Top 3

Dixie Walker: W
Carl Furillo: 14/SH.1-2
Pee Wee Reese: SB3.2-H(E6)(UR)
Pee Wee Reese: 5/FL
Bruce Edwards: 43

Bot 3

Ed Wright: 4/P
Dick Culler: 7/7D
Billy Herman: 9/L

Top 4

Howie Schultz: S7
Vic Lombardi: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Eddie Stanky: K/C

Bot 4

Tommy Holmes: S7
Danny Litwhiler: W.1-2
Phil Masi: 2/FL
Nanny Fernandez: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Augie Galan: 63
Joe Medwick: K
Dixie Walker: 6/P/7S

Bot 5

Connie Ryan: W
Carden Gillenwater: 64(1)3/GDP
Ed Wright: 2/FL

Top 6

Carl Furillo: W
Pee Wee Reese: CS2(26)
Pee Wee Reese: 6/L
Bruce Edwards: 53

Bot 6

Dick Culler: W
Billy Herman: 8
Tommy Holmes: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Howie Schultz: W
Vic Lombardi: 54/SH.1-2
Eddie Stanky: D9.2-H
Augie Galan: 13
Dick Whitman: 9

Bot 7

Danny Litwhiler: HR/7
Phil Masi: 8/L
Nanny Fernandez: 9/9D
Connie Ryan: 7

Top 8

Dixie Walker: 8/L
Carl Furillo: S6/L/5
Pee Wee Reese: S7.1-3
Bruce Edwards: T8.3-H;1-H
Howie Schultz: 53
Vic Lombardi: 5/L

Bot 8

Carden Gillenwater: 6/P
Dee Phillips: S6
Dick Culler: 31.1-2
Billy Herman: 53

Top 9

Bob Ramazzotti: 63
Augie Galan: 53
Dick Whitman: W
Gene Hermanski: CS2(26)

Bot 9

Tommy Holmes: 3/G
Danny Litwhiler: 3/FL
Phil Masi: 8