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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 17, 1930
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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 May 17, 1930 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 17, 1930 |
|---|---|
| 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 | May 17, 1930 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Braves |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Smith |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Genewich |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 0 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Pfirman 1B: Bob Clarke 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lance Richbourg | Right Fielder |
| Rabbit Maranville | Shortstop |
| George Sisler | First Baseman |
| Wally Berger | Left Fielder |
| Jimmy Welsh | Center Fielder |
| Al Spohrer | Catcher |
| Gene Robertson | Third Baseman |
| Freddie Maguire | Second Baseman |
| Bob Smith | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddy Leach | Left Fielder |
| Freddie Lindstrom | Third Baseman |
| Bill Terry | First Baseman |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Pat Crawford | Second Baseman |
| Travis Jackson | Shortstop |
| Andy Reese | Center Fielder |
| Shanty Hogan | Catcher |
| Joe Genewich | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 17, 1930
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richbourg vs. Genewich
Richbourg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maranville vs. Genewich
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards first. Terry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maranville for the out. Richbourg moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sisler vs. Genewich
Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Genewich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Richbourg moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Berger vs. Genewich
Berger hits a fly ball into center field. Reese settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Richbourg tags and scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Welsh vs. Genewich
Welsh hits a fly ball into center field. Reese settles under the ball 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: ---
Leach vs. Smith
Leach hits a fly ball into center field. Welsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Smith
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Smith
Terry hits a fly ball into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spohrer vs. Genewich
Spohrer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Crawford settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Genewich
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crawford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maguire vs. Genewich
Maguire hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Smith
Ott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sisler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Smith
Crawford strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Smith
Jackson strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Genewich
Smith hits a popup towards first. Terry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richbourg vs. Genewich
Richbourg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Terry scoops it up and throws to first, with Genewich covering, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Genewich
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Smith
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hogan vs. Smith
Hogan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Genewich vs. Smith
Genewich hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robertson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leach vs. Smith
Leach hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hogan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lindstrom vs. Smith
Lindstrom hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Maguire reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sisler vs. Genewich
Sisler hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Crawford reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Genewich
Berger hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Welsh vs. Genewich
Welsh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spohrer vs. Genewich
Spohrer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Genewich, and towards Jackson, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Welsh moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robertson vs. Genewich
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crawford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Smith
Terry hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Smith
Ott hits a fly ball into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Smith
Crawford hits a popup towards short. Maranville settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Smith
Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Smith
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sisler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reese for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maguire vs. Genewich
Maguire hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Genewich
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Reese settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richbourg vs. Genewich
Richbourg is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hogan vs. Smith
Hogan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Genewich vs. Smith
Genewich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leach vs. Smith
Leach hits a fly ball into center field. Welsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Smith
Lindstrom hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sisler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Smith
Terry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Genewich moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Smith
Ott hits a line drive into right field. Richbourg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Genewich
Maranville hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sisler vs. Genewich
Sisler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maranville moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berger vs. Genewich
Berger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it and throws to second for the out. Maranville moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Welsh vs. Genewich
Welsh hits a fly ball into center field. Reese settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maranville tags and scores. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spohrer vs. Genewich
Spohrer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Smith
Crawford hits a popup in front of the plate. Spohrer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Smith
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Smith
Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Genewich
Robertson hits a popup in front of the plate. Hogan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maguire vs. Genewich
Maguire hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Genewich
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hogan vs. Smith
Hogan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berger who is chasing the ball. Hogan reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
O'Farrell vs. Smith
Bob O'Farrell pinch hits for Joe Genewich.
O'Farrell strikes out. Spohrer drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws O'Farrell out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Leach vs. Smith
Doc Marshall pinch runs for Shanty Hogan.
Leach strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lindstrom vs. Smith
Lindstrom hits a popup towards short. Maranville settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richbourg vs. Benton
Bob O'Farrell now catching. Larry Benton now pitching.
Richbourg hits a fly ball towards center. Reese settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Reese. Richbourg moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maranville vs. Benton
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards first. Terry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maranville for the out. Richbourg moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sisler vs. Benton
Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crawford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Richbourg scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berger vs. Benton
Berger takes first base on ball four. Sisler moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Welsh vs. Benton
Welsh hits a ball on the ground towards first. Terry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Welsh for the out. Sisler moves to third. Berger moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Spohrer vs. Benton
Spohrer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crawford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Smith
Terry hits a fly ball into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Smith
Ott hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crawford vs. Smith
Crawford hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Smith
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Crawford tags and moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Smith
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Benton
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Crawford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maguire vs. Benton
Maguire hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Benton
Smith bunts towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to first for the out. Maguire moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Richbourg vs. Benton
Richbourg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Terry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Richbourg for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Smith
Dave Bancroft pinch hits for Larry Benton.
Bancroft takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Farrell vs. Smith
O'Farrell hits a line drive into center field. Welsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leach vs. Smith
Leach strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Smith
Lindstrom hits a fly ball into right field. Richbourg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/17/1930, game 2 -- Boston at New York (D)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Richbourg L, rf 5 2 1 0 Leach F, lf 5 0 1 0
Maranville R, ss 4 1 1 0 Lindstrom F, 3b 5 0 0 0
Sisler G, 1b 4 0 3 1 Terry B, 1b 4 1 2 1
Berger W, lf 2 1 1 2 Ott M, rf 4 1 1 1
Welsh J, cf 2 0 0 1 Crawford P, 2b 4 0 1 0
Spohrer A, c 4 0 0 0 Jackson T, ss 3 0 1 0
Robertson G, 3b 4 0 0 0 Reese A, cf 4 0 0 0
Maguire F, 2b 4 0 2 0 Hogan S, c 3 1 3 1
Smith B, p 3 0 0 0 Marshall D, pr 0 0 0 0
Benton L, p 0 0 0 0
Bancroft D, ph 0 0 0 0
Genewich J, p 2 0 1 0
O'Farrell B, ph-c 2 0 0 0
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32 4 8 4 36 3 10 3
Boston 100 101 010 -- 4
New York 000 110 010 -- 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Smith B (W) 9.0 10 3 3 1 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Genewich J (L) 7.0 6 3 3 1 1
Benton L 2.0 2 1 0 1 0
E -- Reese A
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Boston 6, New York 8
3B -- Hogan S
HR -- Berger W, Terry B, Hogan S, Ott M
SH -- Smith B
SF -- Berger W, Welsh J, Jackson T
A -- 0
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