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Scores
Standings
NYY
@BOS		5
6		 
(14)
NYY
@BOS		2
1		 
(5)
CHW
@CLE		2
8
SLB
@DET		5
0
WSH
@PHA		3
4		 
(12)
WSH
@PHA		4
3		 
(8)
PHI
@BRO		0
9
PHI
@BRO		4
3
PIT
@CHC		3
7
BSN
@NYG		4
1
BSN
@NYG		7
3
CIN
@STL		6
9
Sunday, September 23, 1945,
, Polo Grounds V
Attendance: 10,596, Time of Game: 2:04
Second game of doubleheader, see First game.
Braves
7
66-84
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
 at Giants
3
77-71
⇐ Lost 2 ⇒
W: Lefty Wallace (1-0)
L: Bill Voiselle (14-14)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Braves          0  0  2   0  0  0   5  0  0    7 12  2
Giants          0  0  0   0  0  0   0  3  0    3  6  1

Boston Braves

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Dick Culler SS 4 2 3 0 1 0 .265 .637 4 2 2B
Whitey Wietelmann 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 .267 .674 1 4 2B
Tommy Holmes LF 4 1 2 2 1 0 .349 .994 2 0 2B,SB,GDP
Chuck Workman RF 3 1 1 2 1 0 .277 .811 2 0 SB,HBP
Stan Wentzel CF 5 1 1 2 0 1 .200 .800 2 0 3B
Tommy Nelson 3B 5 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .374 1 2
Stew Hofferth C 4 0 2 0 1 0 .234 .596 4 0
Vince Shupe 1B 3 1 2 0 1 0 .261 .595 11 2
Lefty Wallace P 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 1 GDP
Team Totals 37 7 12 7 5 3 .324 .878 27 11
2B: W Wietelmann (15); D Culler (12); T Holmes (46).
3B: S Wentzel (1).
HBP: C Workman (6).
TB: D Culler 4; S Wentzel 3; T Holmes 3; S Hofferth 2; W Wietelmann 2; V Shupe 2; C Workman.
GIDP: L Wallace (1); T Holmes (11).
RBI: C Workman 2 (83); S Wentzel 2 (2); T Holmes 2 (114); T Nelson (4).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
DP: 1. V Shupe-D Culler-V Shupe.
E: V Shupe (7); C Workman (31).
Baserunning
SB: T Holmes (15, -1st base off  POCS); C Workman (9, -1st base off  POCS).

New York Giants

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Steve Filipowicz CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .534 2 0
George Hausmann 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .280 .699 1 2
Charlie Mead RF 3 1 2 3 1 0 .263 .785 4 1 HR
Danny Gardella LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .281 .796 1 0 HBP
Clyde Kluttz C 4 0 2 0 0 0 .289 .714 4 0
Roy Zimmerman 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 .732 9 0
Buddy Kerr SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 .632 4 5 GDP
Nap Reyes 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 .720 1 0
Bill Voiselle P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .127 .327 1 2
   Billy Jurges 0 0 0 0 1 0 .326 .816
   Adrian Zabala P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .564 0 0
   Slim Emmerich P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .120 .240 0 0
   Ernie Lombardi 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .875
   Johnny Hudson 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .083
   Roy Lee P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Mel Ott 1 0 1 0 0 0 .308 .911
Team Totals 33 3 6 3 3 2 .182 .543 27 10
HR: C Mead (1).
HBP: D Gardella (5).
TB: C Mead 5; C Kluttz 2; M Ott; G Hausmann.
GIDP: B Kerr (11).
RBI: C Mead 3 (3).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 3. G Hausmann-B Kerr-R Zimmerman 2; C Mead-N Reyes.
E: G Hausmann (28).

Boston Braves

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Lefty Wallace, W (1-0) 9 6 3 2 3 2 1 8.18 37 64
Team Totals 9 6 3 2 3 2 1 2.00 37 64

New York Giants

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bill Voiselle, L (14-14) 6 6 2 2 3 2 0 4.51 26 51
Adrian Zabala 0.1 3 5 5 2 1 0 4.69 6
Slim Emmerich 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.68 7
Roy Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4
Team Totals 9 12 7 7 5 3 0 7.00 43 51
Balks: None.
WP: B Voiselle (3).
HBP: L Wallace (1); B Voiselle (4).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Beans Reardon, 1B - Jocko Conlan, 2B - (none), 3B - Larry Goetz.
Time of Game: 2:04.
Attendance: 10,596.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Boston Braves         New York Giants
1 Dick Culler SS 1 Steve Filipowicz CF
2 Whitey Wietelmann 2B 2 George Hausmann 2B
3 Tommy Holmes LF 3 Charlie Mead RF
4 Chuck Workman RF 4 Danny Gardella LF
5 Stan Wentzel CF 5 Clyde Kluttz C
6 Tommy Nelson 3B 6 Roy Zimmerman 1B
7 Stew Hofferth C 7 Buddy Kerr SS
8 Vince Shupe 1B 8 Nap Reyes 3B
9 Lefty Wallace P 9 Bill Voiselle P

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