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Giants
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
September 8, 1928
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, played on September 8, 1928 at Ebbets Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 8, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 8, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Carl Hubbell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Doug McWeeny |
| Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
| City | Brooklyn |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Barry McCormick 2B: (none) 3B: Bob Hart |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Welsh | Center Fielder |
| Lefty O'Doul | Left Fielder |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Freddie Lindstrom | Third Baseman |
| Bill Terry | First Baseman |
| Travis Jackson | Shortstop |
| Shanty Hogan | Catcher |
| Andy Reese | Second Baseman |
| Carl Hubbell | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| Wally Gilbert | Third Baseman |
| Babe Herman | Right Fielder |
| Rube Bressler | Left Fielder |
| Del Bissonette | First Baseman |
| Jake Flowers | Second Baseman |
| Dave Bancroft | Shortstop |
| Hank DeBerry | Catcher |
| Doug McWeeny | Pitcher |
| Wilbert Robinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
September 8, 1928
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Welsh vs. McWeeny
Welsh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Doul vs. McWeeny
O'Doul hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bissonette scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Doul for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. McWeeny
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. McWeeny
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Terry vs. McWeeny
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flowers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Hubbell
Carey hits a fly ball into left field. O'Doul settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Hubbell
Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Hubbell
Herman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hubbell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. McWeeny
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hogan vs. McWeeny
Hogan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilbert fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. McWeeny
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilbert fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hubbell vs. McWeeny
Hubbell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Welsh vs. McWeeny
Welsh hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Carey. Welsh reaches second base with a double. Reese scores. Hubbell goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Doul vs. McWeeny
O'Doul hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressler vs. Hubbell
Bressler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Welsh. Bressler reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bissonette vs. Hubbell
Bissonette hits a fly ball into center field. Welsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flowers vs. Hubbell
Flowers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and has Bressler trapped. There's the throw to Reese who throws back to Lindstrom who tags Bressler for the out. Flowers moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bancroft vs. Hubbell
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hubbell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. McWeeny
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bissonette scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ott for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. McWeeny
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. McWeeny
Terry hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. McWeeny
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeBerry vs. Hubbell
DeBerry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hubbell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McWeeny vs. Hubbell
McWeeny hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hubbell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Hubbell
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hogan vs. McWeeny
Hogan hits a fly ball into left field. Bressler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. McWeeny
Reese hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hubbell vs. McWeeny
Hubbell hits a popup in front of the plate. DeBerry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Welsh vs. McWeeny
Welsh hits a fly ball into left field. Bressler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Hubbell
Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Hubbell
Herman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressler vs. Hubbell
Bressler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Welsh who is chasing the ball. Bressler reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bissonette vs. Hubbell
Bissonette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Doul vs. McWeeny
O'Doul hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. McWeeny
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. McWeeny
Lindstrom hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey. Lindstrom reaches second base with a double. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Terry vs. Elliott
Jumbo Elliott now pitching.
Terry hits a fly ball towards cemter. Carey catches it and throws to home to double up Ott. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flowers vs. Hubbell
Flowers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Hubbell
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hubbell fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hubbell. Flowers moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DeBerry vs. Hubbell
DeBerry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to second for the out. Flowers moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Elliott vs. Hubbell
Elliott strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Carey vs. Hubbell
Carey hits a popup towards third. Lindstrom settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Elliott
Jackson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. DeBerry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hogan vs. Elliott
Hogan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bissonette settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Elliott
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flowers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Hubbell
Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Hubbell
Herman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressler vs. Hubbell
Bressler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bissonette vs. Hubbell
Bissonette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hubbell vs. Elliott
Hubbell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Welsh vs. Elliott
Welsh hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Doul vs. Elliott
O'Doul hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flowers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flowers vs. Hubbell
Flowers hits a fly ball into left field. O'Doul settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Hubbell
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeBerry vs. Hubbell
DeBerry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Elliott
Les Mann pinch hits for Mel Ott.
Mann hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Elliott
Lindstrom hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Elliott
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Elliott
Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Herman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tremper vs. Hubbell
Les Mann now playing right field. Overton Tremper pinch hits for Jumbo Elliott.
Tremper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Hubbell
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gilbert vs. Hubbell
Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reese fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Reese. Carey goes all the way around to score. Gilbert moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Herman vs. Hubbell
Herman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Reese catches it and throws to second with Jackson covering, to double up Gilbert. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hogan vs. Clark
Watty Clark now pitching.
Hogan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flowers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Clark
Reese hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hubbell vs. Clark
Hubbell bunts for an out. Reese moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Welsh vs. Clark
Welsh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Doul vs. Clark
O'Doul hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flowers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressler vs. Hubbell
Bressler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bissonette vs. Hubbell
Bissonette hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flowers vs. Hubbell
Flowers hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/8/1928, game 1 -- New York at Brooklyn (D)
New York AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI
Welsh J, cf 4 0 1 2 Carey M, cf 4 1 0 0
O'Doul L, lf 5 0 0 0 Gilbert W, 3b 4 0 0 0
Ott M, rf 1 0 0 0 Herman B, rf 4 0 0 0
Mann L, ph-rf 1 0 1 0 Bressler R, lf 4 0 3 0
Lindstrom F, 3b 4 0 3 0 Bissonette D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Terry B, 1b 4 0 0 0 Flowers J, 2b 4 0 1 0
Jackson T, ss 4 0 0 0 Bancroft D, ss 3 0 0 0
Hogan S, c 4 0 1 0 DeBerry H, c 3 0 0 0
Reese A, 2b 4 1 2 0 McWeeny D, p 1 0 0 0
Hubbell C, p 3 1 1 0 Elliott J, p 1 0 0 0
Tremper O, ph 1 0 1 0
Clark W, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 2 9 2 33 1 5 0
New York 020 000 000 -- 2
Brooklyn 000 000 010 -- 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hubbell C (W) 9.0 5 1 0 0 1
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
McWeeny D (L) 4.1 7 2 2 2 0
Elliott J 3.2 1 0 0 0 0
Clark W 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
E -- Hubbell C, Reese A
DP -- New York 1, Brooklyn 1
LOB -- New York 9, Brooklyn 5
2B -- Welsh J, Bressler R, Lindstrom F
3B -- Bressler R
SH -- Hubbell C
T -- 1:45
A -- 0
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