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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 6, 1927
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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 September 6, 1927 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 6, 1927 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 6, 1927 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Braves |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kent Greenfield |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Benton |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 12,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 3 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Moran 1B: Bob Hart 2B: (none) 3B: Cy Rigler |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lance Richbourg | Right Fielder |
| Doc Gautreau | Second Baseman |
| Jimmy Welsh | Center Fielder |
| Jack Fournier | First Baseman |
| Eddie Brown | Left Fielder |
| Doc Farrell | Shortstop |
| Eddie Moore | Third Baseman |
| Frank Gibson | Catcher |
| Kent Greenfield | Pitcher |
| Dave Bancroft | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Heinie Mueller | Left Fielder |
| Freddie Lindstrom | Third Baseman |
| Mel Ott | Center Fielder |
| Rogers Hornsby | Second Baseman |
| Bill Terry | First Baseman |
| Travis Jackson | Shortstop |
| George Harper | Right Fielder |
| Zack Taylor | Catcher |
| Larry Benton | Pitcher |
| Rogers Hornsby | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 6, 1927
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richbourg vs. Benton
Richbourg hits a fly ball into left field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gautreau vs. Benton
Gautreau hits a fly ball into center field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Welsh vs. Benton
Welsh hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Greenfield
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Greenfield fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Greenfield
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Greenfield fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Greenfield
Ott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Greenfield
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Terry vs. Greenfield
There goes Hornsby. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Hornsby steals second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Terry vs. Greenfield
Terry hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fournier vs. Benton
Fournier hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lindstrom settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Benton
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Farrell vs. Benton
Farrell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Greenfield
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Greenfield
Harper hits a popup towards short. Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Greenfield
Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Richbourg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Benton
Moore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Benton
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenfield vs. Benton
Greenfield bunts between the mound and first base. Benton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Greenfield for the out. Gibson moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Richbourg vs. Benton
Richbourg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Benton, and towards Jackson, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benton vs. Greenfield
Benton strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Greenfield
Mueller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Greenfield
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gautreau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Greenfield
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gautreau fields it and throws to second for the out. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hornsby vs. Greenfield
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gautreau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller scores. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terry vs. Greenfield
Terry hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Welsh. Terry reaches second base with a double. Ott scores. Hornsby goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Greenfield
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gautreau vs. Benton
Gautreau hits a popup towards first. Terry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Welsh vs. Benton
Welsh hits a fly ball into left field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fournier vs. Benton
Fournier hits a popup towards third. Lindstrom settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Greenfield
Harper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Greenfield
Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fournier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Benton vs. Greenfield
Benton hits a popup towards first. Fournier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Greenfield
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harper moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lindstrom vs. Greenfield
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gautreau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Harper scores. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Greenfield
Jimmy Welsh now playing first base. Jack Smith now playing center field.
Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith throws the ball in to Gautreau who tags Ott trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Mueller scores. Lindstrom moves to second. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Benton
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Farrell vs. Benton
Farrell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Benton
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson misplays the ball. That's an error on Jackson. Farrell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gibson vs. Benton
Gibson hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Ott who is chasing the ball. Gibson reaches third base with a triple. Farrell scores. Moore goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
High vs. Benton
Andy High pinch hits for Kent Greenfield.
High hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gibson scores. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richbourg vs. Benton
Richbourg hits a fly ball into center field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gautreau vs. Benton
Gautreau takes first base on ball four. High moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Welsh vs. Benton
Welsh hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Goldsmith
Hal Goldsmith now pitching.
Hornsby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Goldsmith
Terry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hornsby moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Wertz
Johnny Wertz now pitching.
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Farrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hornsby scores. Terry moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harper vs. Wertz
Harper hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Wertz
Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Terry scores. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Benton vs. Wertz
Benton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Farrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Benton
Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Benton
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Farrell vs. Benton
Farrell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Benton
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Hornsby fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Wertz
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Wertz
Lindstrom hits a popup towards the mound. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Wertz
Ott hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Benton
Gibson strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Benton
Wertz hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richbourg vs. Benton
Richbourg hits a line drive towards third. Lindstrom reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Wertz
Hornsby hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Hornsby reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Terry vs. Wertz
Terry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hornsby scores. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Wertz
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harper vs. Wertz
Harper hits a fly ball into right field. Richbourg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Wertz
There goes Terry. The throw from Gibson and he is out, Farrell applying the tag. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gautreau vs. Benton
Gautreau hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Welsh vs. Benton
Welsh hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ott. Welsh reaches second base with a double. Gautreau goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Benton
Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Welsh moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Benton
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Welsh scores. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Farrell vs. Benton
Farrell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Benton
Moore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Farrell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gibson vs. Benton
Gibson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Wertz
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gautreau misplays the ball. That's an error on Gautreau. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Benton vs. Wertz
Benton strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Wertz
Mueller hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Mueller reaches second base with a double. Taylor goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lindstrom vs. Wertz
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ott vs. Wertz
Ott hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Benton
Dave Bancroft pinch hits for Johnny Wertz.
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richbourg vs. Benton
Richbourg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bancroft moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gautreau vs. Benton
Gautreau hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Welsh vs. Benton
Welsh hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bancroft scores. Richbourg moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Grimes
Burleigh Grimes now pitching.
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Grimes
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/6/1927 -- Boston at New York (D)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Richbourg L, rf 5 0 1 0 Mueller H, lf 4 2 2 1
Gautreau D, 2b 4 1 1 0 Lindstrom F, 3b 5 0 2 1
Welsh J, cf-1b 5 1 2 2 Ott M, cf 5 1 2 1
Fournier J, 1b 2 0 0 0 Hornsby R, 2b 3 3 3 1
Smith J, cf 3 0 1 0 Terry B, 1b 4 1 3 3
Brown E, lf 5 0 0 1 Jackson T, ss 4 0 0 1
Farrell D, ss 3 1 2 0 Harper G, rf 3 1 0 0
Moore E, 3b 4 1 2 0 Taylor Z, c 4 1 1 1
Gibson F, c 4 1 1 2 Benton L, p 4 0 0 0
Greenfield K, p 0 0 0 0 Grimes B, p 0 0 0 0
High A, ph 1 0 1 1
Goldsmith H, p 0 0 0 0
Wertz J, p 1 0 0 0
Bancroft D, ph 1 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 6 12 6 36 9 13 9
Boston 000 030 021 -- 6
New York 003 220 11x -- 9
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Greenfield K (L) 4.0 8 5 5 2 1
Goldsmith H* 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
Wertz J 4.0 4 2 1 0 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Benton L (W) 8.1 12 6 5 2 3
Grimes B (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 5th
E -- Jackson T, Gautreau D
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Boston 8, New York 6
2B -- Terry B, Hornsby R, Welsh J, Mueller H
3B -- Gibson F
SB -- Hornsby R
CS -- Terry B
SH -- Greenfield K
T -- 2:03
A -- 12000
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