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Scores
Standings
NYY
@BOS		5
13
DET
@CHW		1
2
CLE
@SLB		7
5
CLE
@SLB		5
6		 
(10)
PHA
@WSH		10
8		 
(10)
CHC
@CIN		9
1
BSN
@NYG		3
8
BRO
@PHI		6
5
STL
@PIT		7
4
Sunday, May 11, 1941,
, Polo Grounds V
Attendance: 13,495, Time of Game: 2:07
Braves
3
10-13
⇐ Lost 2 ⇒
 at Giants
8
12-10
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
W: Cliff Melton (2-2)
L: Hank LaManna (1-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Braves          3  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    3  7  1
Giants          0  4  0   0  0  0   2  2  X    8 10  0

Boston Braves

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Bama Rowell 2B 3 1 0 0 1 2 .237 .641 2 4
Johnny Cooney CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .311 .694 3 0
Gene Moore RF 3 1 2 1 0 0 .312 .852 1 0
   Don Manno LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .542 0 0
Max West LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 .237 .876 0 0
   Hank Majeski 1 0 0 0 0 0 .114 .339
   Lloyd Waner RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .650 1 0
Eddie Miller SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .233 .659 2 3
Babe Dahlgren 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .241 .780 8 1
Sibby Sisti 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .175 .489 4 2 2B
Ray Berres C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .554 3 1
   Buddy Gremp 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 GDP
Dick Errickson P 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 1.125 0 1
   Hank LaManna P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .667 0 0
   Joe Sullivan P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .154 0 2
Team Totals 33 3 7 3 2 3 .212 .500 24 14
2B: S Sisti (2).
TB: S Sisti 3; G Moore 2; J Cooney; D Errickson; M West.
GIDP: B Gremp (1).
RBI: G Moore (10); M West (19); S Sisti (5).
Team LOB: 5.
Fielding
DP: 2. B Rowell-E Miller-B Dahlgren; E Miller-B Rowell-B Dahlgren.
E: B Rowell (7).

New York Giants

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Johnny Rucker CF 4 1 2 0 1 0 .226 .567 3 0
Burgess Whitehead 2B 4 1 1 3 0 0 .260 .617 4 3 HR,HBP,GDP
Babe Young 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311 .909 10 1 GDP
Harry Danning C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .297 .806 6 0 2B
Mel Ott RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .288 1.016 1 0
Morrie Arnovich LF 4 2 2 0 0 1 .300 .797 2 0
Billy Jurges SS 3 0 1 3 1 0 .390 1.016 1 3 3B
Joe Orengo 3B 3 2 1 1 1 0 .256 .760 0 3 3B
Bob Bowman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 0 0
   Cliff Melton P 3 0 1 1 1 1 .222 .522 0 3
Team Totals 33 8 10 8 4 2 .303 .940 27 13
2B: H Danning (10).
3B: B Jurges (1); J Orengo (1).
HR: B Whitehead (1).
HBP: B Whitehead (1).
TB: B Whitehead 4; J Orengo 3; B Jurges 3; H Danning 2; M Arnovich 2; J Rucker 2; C Melton; M Ott.
GIDP: B Whitehead (7); B Young (3).
RBI: B Jurges 3 (12); B Whitehead 3 (9); C Melton (2); J Orengo (13).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
DP: 1. B Whitehead-B Young.

Boston Braves

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Dick Errickson 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 8.42 7 37
Hank LaManna, L (1-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.77 4
Joe Sullivan 6.2 6 4 4 3 2 1 3.00 27
Team Totals 8 10 8 7 4 2 1 7.88 38 37

New York Giants

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bob Bowman 1 4 3 3 2 1 0 6.04 9 32
Cliff Melton, W (2-2) 8 3 0 0 0 2 0 3.09 26
Team Totals 9 7 3 3 2 3 0 3.00 35 32
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: H LaManna (1).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Beans Reardon, 1B - Jocko Conlan, 2B - (none), 3B - Larry Goetz.
Time of Game: 2:07.
Attendance: 13,495.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Boston Braves         New York Giants
1 Bama Rowell 2B 1 Johnny Rucker CF
2 Johnny Cooney CF 2 Burgess Whitehead 2B
3 Gene Moore RF 3 Babe Young 1B
4 Max West LF 4 Harry Danning C
5 Eddie Miller SS 5 Mel Ott RF
6 Babe Dahlgren 1B 6 Morrie Arnovich LF
7 Sibby Sisti 3B 7 Billy Jurges SS
8 Ray Berres C 8 Joe Orengo 3B
9 Dick Errickson P 9 Bob Bowman P

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