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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 13, 1914
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, played on August 13, 1914 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 13, 1914 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Braves
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 13, 1914 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Braves |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dick Rudolph |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rube Marquard |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 15,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Bob Emslie 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ted Cather | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Evers | Second Baseman |
| Joe Connolly | Left Fielder |
| Rabbit Maranville | Shortstop |
| Butch Schmidt | First Baseman |
| Red Smith | Third Baseman |
| Les Mann | Center Fielder |
| Hank Gowdy | Catcher |
| Dick Rudolph | Pitcher |
| George Stallings | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Bescher | Center Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Dave Robertson | Right Fielder |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Chief Meyers | Catcher |
| Milt Stock | Third Baseman |
| Rube Marquard | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 13, 1914
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cather vs. Marquard
Cather hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Cather reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evers vs. Marquard
Evers hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Connolly vs. Marquard
Connolly hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Cather scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maranville vs. Marquard
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Marquard
Schmidt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bescher vs. Rudolph
Bescher hits a fly ball into left field. Connolly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Rudolph
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schmidt scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Rudolph
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Marquard
Smith hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doyle reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Marquard
Mann hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Burns is chasing the ball. Mann rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gowdy vs. Marquard
Gowdy hits a fly ball into center field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudolph vs. Marquard
Rudolph strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Rudolph
Robertson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Rudolph
Fletcher strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Rudolph
Merkle takes first base on ball four. Robertson moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meyers vs. Rudolph
Meyers hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Evers catches it and throws to second with Maranville covering, to double up Robertson. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cather vs. Marquard
Cather hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evers vs. Marquard
Evers bunts towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out. Cather moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Connolly vs. Marquard
Connolly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maranville vs. Marquard
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stock vs. Rudolph
Stock hits a popup towards first. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marquard vs. Rudolph
Marquard hits a popup towards first. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bescher vs. Rudolph
Bescher strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Marquard
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Marquard
Smith hits a line drive towards left. Burns chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Burns. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mann vs. Marquard
Mann hits a fly ball into center field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gowdy vs. Marquard
Gowdy hits a line drive towards short. Fletcher reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Rudolph
Doyle hits a popup towards first. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Rudolph
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Rudolph
Robertson hits a fly ball into left field. Connolly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudolph vs. Marquard
Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marquard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cather vs. Marquard
Cather strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Marquard
Evers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Connolly vs. Marquard
Meyers fires to first and picks off Evers. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Rudolph
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Rudolph
Merkle hits a fly ball into center field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Rudolph
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith juggles the ball. That's an error on Smith. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stock vs. Rudolph
Stock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Meyers moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marquard vs. Rudolph
Marquard strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Connolly vs. Marquard
Connolly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maranville vs. Marquard
Maranville bunts towards the mound. Marquard juggles the ball. That's an error on Marquard. Connolly moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schmidt vs. Marquard
Schmidt bunts towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out. Connolly moves to third. Maranville moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Marquard
Smith hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mann vs. Marquard
Mann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Connolly scores. Maranville scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gowdy vs. Marquard
Gowdy hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bescher vs. Rudolph
Bescher hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Gowdy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Rudolph
Doyle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Rudolph
Burns hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Connolly throws the ball in to Smith who relays the ball to Evers who tags Burns trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Doyle moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Robertson vs. Rudolph
Robertson strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudolph vs. Marquard
Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cather vs. Marquard
Cather hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Marquard
Evers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Connolly vs. Marquard
Connolly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Connolly for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Rudolph
Fletcher hits a line drive into left field. Connolly picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Connolly. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merkle vs. Rudolph
Merkle bunts towards the mound. Rudolph fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fletcher moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Meyers vs. Rudolph
Meyers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. Merkle moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grant vs. Rudolph
Sandy Piez pinch runs for Chief Meyers. Eddie Grant pinch hits for Milt Stock.
Grant hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Merkle moves to third. Piez moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McLean vs. Rudolph
Larry McLean pinch hits for Rube Marquard.
McLean hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Merkle scores. Piez moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bescher vs. Rudolph
Bescher hits a fly ball into center field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Fromme
Eddie Grant now playing third base. Larry McLean now catching. Art Fromme now pitching.
Maranville hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bescher who is chasing the ball. Maranville reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schmidt vs. Fromme
Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Fromme
Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Maranville scores. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mann vs. Fromme
Mann hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gowdy vs. Fromme
Gowdy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Smith trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Rudolph
Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Cather settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Rudolph
Burns hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Rudolph
Robertson hits a popup in front of the plate. Gowdy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudolph vs. Fromme
Rudolph hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cather vs. Fromme
Cather hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bescher. Cather reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evers vs. Fromme
Evers hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Connolly vs. Fromme
Connolly strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Rudolph
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schmidt scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fletcher for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Rudolph
Merkle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mann. Merkle reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murray vs. Rudolph
Red Murray pinch hits for Art Fromme.
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Merkle moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grant vs. Rudolph
Grant hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Merkle scores. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McLean vs. Rudolph
McLean hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/13/1914 -- Boston at NY1 (D)
Boston AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Cather T, rf 5 1 3 0 Bob Bescher, cf 4 0 0 0
Evers J, 2b 3 0 1 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 4 0 1 0
Connolly J, lf 5 1 2 1 George Burns, lf 4 0 1 0
Maranville R, ss 3 2 1 0 Dave Robertson, rf 4 0 1 0
Schmidt B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Art Fletcher, ss 4 1 1 0
Smith R, 3b 4 0 1 1 Fred Merkle, 1b 3 2 2 0
Mann L, cf 4 1 2 3 Chief Meyers, c 3 0 1 1
Gowdy H, c 4 0 1 0 Sandy Piez, pr 0 0 0 0
Rudolph D, p 4 0 0 0 Art Fromme, p 0 0 0 0
Red Murray, ph 1 0 0 0
Milt Stock, 3b 2 0 1 0
Eddie Grant, ph-3b 2 0 1 1
Rube Marquard, p 2 0 0 0
Larry McLean, ph-c 2 0 0 1
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35 5 11 5 35 3 9 3
Boston 110 002 010 -- 5
NY1 000 000 201 -- 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Rudolph D (W) 9.0 9 3 3 1 4
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Rube Marquard (L) 7.0 7 4 2 1 2
Art Fromme 2.0 4 1 1 0 1
E -- George Burns, Smith R, Rube Marquard, Connolly J
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Boston 7, NY1 6
2B -- Cather T 2, Fred Merkle
3B -- Maranville R
HR -- Mann L
SH -- Evers J, Maranville R, Schmidt B
T -- 2:02
A -- 15000
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