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Philadelphia Phillies @ Boston Braves

1947-05-27 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 21676 · 2:07

Boston Braves defeated Philadelphia Phillies 7–3. Boston Braves put up 6 in the 3rd. Johnny Sain earned the win. Earl Torgeson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	10
BSN	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1		7	13

W: Johnny Sain L: Ken Raffensberger SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Newsome	2	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Walker	4	1	2	0	1	1
Charlie Gilbert	4	1	2	1	1	0
Andy Seminick	5	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Wyrostek	4	0	0	1	1	1
Howie Schultz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lee Handley	4	0	3	1	0	0
Emil Verban	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Raffensberger	1	0	0	0	0	1
Freddy Schmidt	1	0	1	0	0	0
Don Padgett	0	0	0	0	1	0
Del Ennis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Albright	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Connie Ryan	3	1	0	0	1	0
Tommy Holmes	4	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	3	1	2	1	1	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	3	1	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	0	1	0	1
Phil Masi	3	0	1	0	1	0
Earl Torgeson	4	1	2	3	0	1
Sibby Sisti	4	1	2	0	0	1
Johnny Sain	4	1	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Raffensberger	2.1	8	2	1
Freddy Schmidt	2.2	2	0	1
Blix Donnelly	2.0	2	1	0
Al Jurisich	1.0	1	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Sain	9.0	10	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Newsome: 3/FL
Harry Walker: S
Charlie Gilbert: W.1-2
Andy Seminick: 9
Johnny Wyrostek: 3/G

Bot 1

Connie Ryan: 53
Tommy Holmes: S
Johnny Hopp: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Howie Schultz: 7
Lee Handley: S
Emil Verban: PO1(2324)#
Emil Verban: 2/FL

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: 63
Danny Litwhiler: 7
Phil Masi: D
Earl Torgeson: K

Top 3

Ken Raffensberger: K
Skeeter Newsome: 3
Harry Walker: 63

Bot 3

Sibby Sisti: D
Johnny Sain: S8.2-H;B-2(E8/THH)
Connie Ryan: W
Tommy Holmes: S.2-3;1-2
Johnny Hopp: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Danny Litwhiler: 7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Phil Masi: IW
Earl Torgeson: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Sibby Sisti: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Charlie Gilbert: 43
Andy Seminick: 53
Johnny Wyrostek: W
Howie Schultz: K

Bot 4

Johnny Sain: 53
Connie Ryan: 63
Tommy Holmes: 7

Top 5

Lee Handley: 43
Emil Verban: 53
Freddy Schmidt: S
Skeeter Newsome: W.1-2
Harry Walker: W.2-3;1-2
Charlie Gilbert: 1/L

Bot 5

Johnny Hopp: S
Bob Elliott: S.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: CS2(254).2-3
Danny Litwhiler: K
Phil Masi: 7

Top 6

Andy Seminick: S
Johnny Wyrostek: 7
Howie Schultz: 43.1-2
Lee Handley: S.2-H
Emil Verban: S.1-2
Don Padgett: W.2-3;1-2
Del Ennis: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Earl Torgeson: 6
Sibby Sisti: S
Johnny Sain: 2/FL
Connie Ryan: 8

Top 7

Harry Walker: S
Charlie Gilbert: T.1-H
Andy Seminick: 53
Johnny Wyrostek: 43.3-H
Howie Schultz: 43

Bot 7

Tommy Holmes: 4/L
Johnny Hopp: W
Bob Elliott: CS2(24)
Bob Elliott: T
Danny Litwhiler: 43

Top 8

Lee Handley: S
Emil Verban: 14/SH.1-2
Buster Adams: 4
Jack Albright: 2/FL

Bot 8

Phil Masi: 2/FL
Earl Torgeson: HR
Sibby Sisti: K
Johnny Sain: 63

Top 9

Harry Walker: K+WP.B-1#
Charlie Gilbert: PO1(13)#
Charlie Gilbert: S
Andy Seminick: 8
Johnny Wyrostek: K