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Giants 4 @ Braves 1
Braves Field
August 17, 1937

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the New York Giants, played on August 17, 1937 at Braves Field. The home team Braves were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 4 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 17, 1937 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Boston Braves
R: 1 H: 5 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 1
Hits: 5
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherCliff Melton  
Losing PitcherGuy Bush  
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Game Winning RBIHarry Danning 

Game Info

DateAugust 17, 1937 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamBoston Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherCliff Melton  
Home Starting PitcherGuy Bush  
BallparkBraves Field 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance3,653 
Time of Game1 hour 59 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Barr
1B: Dolly Stark
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Stewart

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Dick Bartell  Shortstop 
Jimmy Ripple  Right Fielder 
Mel Ott  Third Baseman 
Hank Leiber  Center Fielder 
Sam Leslie  First Baseman 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Cliff Melton  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rabbit Warstler  Shortstop 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Roy Johnson  Left Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Second Baseman 
Gene Moore  Right Fielder 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Gil English  Third Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Guy Bush  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

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Giants 4 @ Braves 1
Braves Field
August 17, 1937

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/17/1937 -- New York at Boston (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Moore J, lf           5  0  2  1   Warstler R, ss        3  0  0  0   
Bartell D, ss         5  0  2  0   Fletcher E, 1b        4  0  0  0   
Ripple J, rf          5  1  2  0   Johnson R, lf         4  0  1  0   
Ott M, 3b             4  0  2  1   Cuccinello T, 2b      4  0  0  0   
Leiber H, cf          4  0  0  0   Moore G, rf           4  1  2  0   
Leslie S, 1b          4  1  1  0   DiMaggio V, cf        3  0  0  0   
Whitehead B, 2b       4  1  1  0   English G, 3b         3  0  1  1   
Danning H, c          4  1  2  1   Lopez A, c            3  0  0  0   
Melton C, p           4  0  0  1   Bush G, p             2  0  0  0   
                                   Reis B, ph            1  0  1  0   
                                   Hutchinson I, p       0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  4 12  4                        31  1  5  1

New York         030 010 000 --  4
Boston           000 010 000 --  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Melton C (W)          9.0  5  1  1  1  5

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bush G (L)            8.0 11  4  4  1  1
Hutchinson I          1.0  1  0  0  0  0

DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 9, Boston 4
2B -- Moore G 2
3B -- Moore J, Danning H
SB -- Ripple J
T -- 1:59
A -- 3653

    

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