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Phillies
@ Braves
Braves Field
August 31, 1928
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on August 31, 1928 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob McGraw |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kent Greenfield |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Dolly Stark 2B: (none) 3B: Cy Pfirman |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Denny Sothern | Center Fielder |
| Fresco Thompson | Second Baseman |
| Chuck Klein | Right Fielder |
| Freddy Leach | First Baseman |
| Cy Williams | Left Fielder |
| Pinky Whitney | Third Baseman |
| Heinie Sand | Shortstop |
| Walt Lerian | Catcher |
| Bob McGraw | Pitcher |
| Burt Shotton | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lance Richbourg | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Brown | Left Fielder |
| George Sisler | First Baseman |
| Rogers Hornsby | Second Baseman |
| Heinie Mueller | Center Fielder |
| Les Bell | Third Baseman |
| Howard Freigau | Shortstop |
| Al Spohrer | Catcher |
| Kent Greenfield | Pitcher |
| Rogers Hornsby | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Phillies
@ Braves
Braves Field
August 31, 1928
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sothern vs. Greenfield
Sothern bunts towards first. Sisler fields the ball and throws to Greenfield covering. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Greenfield
Thompson bunts in front of the plate. Spohrer fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Spohrer. Sothern moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Klein vs. Greenfield
Klein strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leach vs. Greenfield
Leach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields it and throws to second for the out. Sothern scores. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Greenfield
Williams strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richbourg vs. McGraw
Richbourg hits a popup in front of the plate. Lerian settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. McGraw
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisler vs. McGraw
Sisler hits a fly ball into center field. Sothern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitney vs. Greenfield
Whitney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sand vs. Greenfield
Sand bunts towards the mound. Greenfield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Whitney moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lerian vs. Greenfield
Lerian bunts towards the mound. Greenfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McGraw vs. Greenfield
McGraw hits a popup towards first. Sisler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sothern vs. Greenfield
Sothern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitney scores. Sand moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Greenfield
There goes Sand. The throw from Spohrer and he is out, Bell applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. McGraw
Hornsby hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. McGraw
Mueller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. McGraw
There's a wild pitch. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. McGraw
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitney fields it and throws to first for the out. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Freigau vs. McGraw
Freigau hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Mueller scores. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spohrer vs. McGraw
Spohrer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Freigau moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Greenfield vs. McGraw
Greenfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Greenfield
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Greenfield fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Greenfield
Klein strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Greenfield
Leach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Greenfield
There goes Leach. The throw from Spohrer and he is out, Freigau applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richbourg vs. McGraw
Richbourg hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lerian settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. McGraw
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisler vs. McGraw
Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McGraw fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Greenfield
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitney vs. Greenfield
Whitney hits a popup towards first. Sisler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sand vs. Greenfield
Sand hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. McGraw
Hornsby hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Sothern who is chasing the ball. Hornsby reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mueller vs. McGraw
Mueller hits a line drive towards first. Leach reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bell vs. McGraw
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hornsby tags and scores. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freigau vs. McGraw
Freigau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Freigau reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spohrer vs. McGraw
Spohrer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Spohrer reaches second base with a double. Freigau scores. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Greenfield vs. McGraw
Greenfield hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lerian vs. Greenfield
Lerian takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McGraw vs. Greenfield
McGraw hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sisler fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sothern vs. Greenfield
Sothern hits a line drive into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Greenfield
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sisler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richbourg vs. McGraw
Richbourg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Sothern who is chasing the ball. Richbourg reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Baecht
Ed Baecht now pitching.
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sand scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sisler vs. Baecht
Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Baecht fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hornsby vs. Baecht
Hornsby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Baecht
There go the runners. The throw from Lerian to Whitney. The throw back to home, and Richbourg is out at the plate. Hornsby moves to second. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Greenfield
Klein hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Greenfield
Leach hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Greenfield
Williams strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Baecht
Mueller hits a line drive towards third. Whitney reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Baecht
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freigau vs. Baecht
Freigau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Freigau reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spohrer vs. Baecht
Spohrer hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitney vs. Greenfield
Whitney hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sand vs. Greenfield
Sand hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freigau fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Freigau. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lerian vs. Greenfield
Lerian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baecht vs. Greenfield
Baecht hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Spohrer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenfield vs. Baecht
Greenfield hits a popup towards first. Leach settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richbourg vs. Baecht
Richbourg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Baecht
Brown hits a line drive towards first. Leach catches it and steps on first to double up Richbourg. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sothern vs. Greenfield
Sothern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freigau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Greenfield
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Greenfield fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Greenfield
Klein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leach vs. Greenfield
Leach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Klein moves to third. Leach moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Greenfield
Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Klein scores. Leach scores. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitney vs. Greenfield
Whitney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freigau fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisler vs. Baecht
Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Baecht
Hornsby strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Baecht
Mueller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Baecht
There goes Mueller. The throw from Lerian and he is out, Thompson applying the tag. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sand vs. Greenfield
Sand hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lerian vs. Greenfield
Lerian hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baecht vs. Greenfield
Baecht hits a popup towards the mound. Greenfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sothern vs. Greenfield
Sothern hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Greenfield fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Baecht
Bell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lerian settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freigau vs. Baecht
Freigau strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 4 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spohrer vs. Baecht
Spohrer strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1928, game 1 -- Philadelphia at Boston (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Sothern D, cf 5 1 2 1 Richbourg L, rf 4 0 2 0
Thompson F, 2b 3 0 0 0 Brown E, lf 4 0 0 0
Klein C, rf 4 1 1 0 Sisler G, 1b 4 0 0 0
Leach F, 1b 4 1 2 1 Hornsby R, 2b 3 1 1 0
Williams C, lf 4 0 2 2 Mueller H, cf 2 1 0 0
Whitney P, 3b 4 1 1 0 Bell L, 3b 3 0 0 1
Sand H, ss 4 0 1 0 Freigau H, ss 4 1 3 1
Lerian W, c 3 0 1 0 Spohrer A, c 4 0 2 1
McGraw B, p 2 0 0 0 Greenfield K, p 3 0 0 0
Baecht E, p 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 4 10 4 31 3 8 3
Philadelphia 110 000 020 -- 4
Boston 010 200 000 -- 3
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
McGraw B* 4.0 6 3 3 1 0
Baecht E (W) 5.0 2 0 0 2 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Greenfield K (L) 9.0 10 4 4 1 4
* Pitched to 1 batter in 5th
E -- Spohrer A, Freigau H
DP -- Philadelphia 1, Boston 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 6, Boston 5
2B -- Freigau H 2, Spohrer A
3B -- Hornsby R, Richbourg L
CS -- Sand H, Leach F, Richbourg L, Mueller H
SH -- Thompson F
SF -- Bell L
WP -- McGraw B
T -- 1:45
A -- 0
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