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Giants
@ Braves
Braves Field
September 3, 1946
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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 September 3, 1946 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 3, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 3, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Koslo |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Lee |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 0 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: George Barr 2B: (none) 3B: Jocko Conlan |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Buddy Blattner | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Rucker | Center Fielder |
| Willard Marshall | Left Fielder |
| Walker Cooper | Catcher |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Jack Graham | First Baseman |
| Mickey Witek | Third Baseman |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Dave Koslo | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Culler | Shortstop |
| Connie Ryan | Second Baseman |
| Tommy Holmes | Right Fielder |
| Phil Masi | Catcher |
| Johnny Hopp | First Baseman |
| Nanny Fernandez | Third Baseman |
| Bama Rowell | Left Fielder |
| Carden Gillenwater | Center Fielder |
| Bill Lee | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Braves
Braves Field
September 3, 1946
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Lee
Blattner hits a popup towards first. Hopp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Lee
Rucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Lee
Marshall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Masi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Lee
Cooper strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culler vs. Koslo
Culler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Koslo
Ryan bunts towards the mound. Koslo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Koslo
Holmes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Marshall. Holmes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Masi vs. Koslo
Masi is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hopp vs. Koslo
Cooper fires to second and picks off Holmes for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Lee
Ott hits a popup towards third. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graham vs. Lee
Graham hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witek vs. Lee
Witek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Lee
Kerr hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Koslo
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Koslo
Fernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rowell vs. Koslo
Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fernandez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gillenwater vs. Koslo
Gillenwater hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koslo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koslo vs. Lee
Koslo strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Lee
Blattner hits a fly ball into left field. Rowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Lee
Rucker hits a fly ball into left field. Rowell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Koslo
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culler vs. Koslo
Culler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Koslo
Ryan strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Lee
Marshall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Lee
Cooper bunts towards third. Fernandez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Fernandez. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Lee
Ott bunts towards third. Fernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. Marshall moves to third. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Graham vs. Lee
Graham is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Witek vs. Lee
Witek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall scores. Cooper moves to third. Graham moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kerr vs. Lee
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler fields it and throws to second for the out. Cooper scores. Graham moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Koslo vs. Lee
Koslo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Koslo
Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Witek fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Masi vs. Koslo
Masi hits a popup towards first. Graham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Koslo
Hopp hits a popup towards first. Graham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Lee
Blattner hits a popup towards short. Culler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Lee
Rucker hits a popup towards short. Culler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Lee
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Koslo
Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rowell vs. Koslo
Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Graham scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rowell for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gillenwater vs. Koslo
Gillenwater takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lee vs. Koslo
Lee hits a popup towards third. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Lee
Cooper hits a popup towards short. Culler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Lee
Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Gillenwater settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graham vs. Lee
Graham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Graham for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Culler vs. Koslo
Culler hits a line drive into center field. Rucker picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rucker. Culler moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ryan vs. Koslo
Ryan hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Rucker. Ryan reaches second base with a double. Culler scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Holmes vs. Koslo
Holmes hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ryan moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Masi vs. Koslo
Masi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Graham scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Masi for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hopp vs. Koslo
Hopp hits a popup towards first. Graham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witek vs. Lee
Witek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Lee
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Witek moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Koslo vs. Lee
Koslo strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lombardi vs. Lee
Ernie Lombardi pinch hits for Buddy Blattner.
Lombardi hits a fly ball into center field. Gillenwater settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Koslo
Mickey Witek now playing second base. Bill Rigney now playing third base.
Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rowell vs. Koslo
Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koslo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gillenwater vs. Koslo
Gillenwater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herman vs. Koslo
Billy Herman pinch hits for Bill Lee.
Herman takes first base on ball four. Gillenwater moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Culler vs. Koslo
Ernie White pinch runs for Billy Herman.
Culler takes first base on ball four. Gillenwater moves to third. White moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ryan vs. Koslo
Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gillenwater scores. White moves to third. Culler moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Holmes vs. Koslo
Holmes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rucker. Holmes reaches second base with a double. White scores. Culler scores. Ryan goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Masi vs. Trinkle
Ken Trinkle now pitching.
Masi hits a popup towards the mound. Trinkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Wallace
Lefty Wallace now pitching.
Rucker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Wallace
Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Wallace
Cooper hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Cooper
Mort Cooper now pitching.
Ott hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Ryan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graham vs. Cooper
Graham hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Witek vs. Cooper
There's a wild pitch. Graham moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Witek vs. Cooper
Witek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hopp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Trinkle
Hopp hits a fly ball into left field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Trinkle
Fernandez strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rowell vs. Trinkle
Rowell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rucker who is chasing the ball. Rowell reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gillenwater vs. Trinkle
Gillenwater is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cooper vs. Trinkle
Cooper strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Cooper
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Cooper, and towards Culler, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Cooper
Goody Rosen pinch hits for Ken Trinkle.
Rosen strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Cooper
Sid Gordon pinch hits for Bill Rigney.
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/3/1946 -- New York at Boston (D)
New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Blattner B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Culler D, ss 3 2 1 0
Lombardi E, ph 1 0 0 0 Ryan C, 2b 4 1 2 2
Rigney B, 3b 0 0 0 0 Holmes T, rf 4 0 2 3
Gordon S, ph 1 0 0 0 Masi P, c 3 0 0 0
Rucker J, cf 4 1 2 0 Hopp J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Marshall W, lf 4 1 1 0 Fernandez N, 3b 4 0 1 0
Cooper W, c 3 2 1 2 Rowell B, lf 4 0 1 0
Ott M, rf 3 0 0 0 Gillenwater C, cf 2 1 1 0
Graham J, 1b 3 0 1 0 Lee B, p 2 0 0 0
Witek M, 3b-2b 3 0 2 1 Herman B, ph 0 0 0 0
Kerr B, ss 4 0 0 1 White E, pr 0 1 0 0
Koslo D, p 3 0 0 0 Wallace L, p 0 0 0 0
Trinkle K, p 0 0 0 0 Cooper M, p 1 0 0 0
Rosen G, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 4 7 4 31 5 8 5
New York 000 200 020 -- 4
Boston 000 001 40x -- 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Koslo D (L) 6.2 7 5 5 4 1
Trinkle K 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Lee B (W) 7.0 4 2 2 2 4
Wallace L 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Cooper M (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Fernandez N, Rucker J
LOB -- New York 6, Boston 7
2B -- Holmes T 2, Ryan C
3B -- Rowell B
HR -- Cooper W
SH -- Cooper W, Ott M
WP -- Cooper M
A -- 0
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