Braves @ Giants
April 27, 1923

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Top 9	R	H	E
Braves	10	11	3
Giants	2	7	3

Top 9	R	H	E
Braves	10	11	3
Giants	2	7	3

Al Nixon Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.222
OBP	1.000	.417
At Bats	0	9
Hits	0	2
• Singles	0	2
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	2	2
RBI’s	1	3

Clint Blume Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	0	0

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Polo Grounds - April 27, 1923

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Out

Clint Blume

Alex Gaston

High Pockets Kelly

Frankie Frisch

Heinie Groh

Dave Bancroft

Irish Meusel

Jimmy O'Connell

Ross Youngs

Al Nixon

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Nixon hits a line drive into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 There goes Gowdy. The throw from Gaston and he is out, Frisch applying the tag.

Top 9 McNamara strikes out.

Top 9 Gowdy is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 8 Gaston hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gowdy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 O'Connell is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 8 Kelly strikes out.

Bottom 8 Youngs hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gowdy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Kopf hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Conlon hits a fly ball into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McInnis tags and scores.

Top 8 Bagwell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs. Bagwell reaches second base with a double. Boeckel scores. McInnis moves to third.

Top 8 McInnis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boeckel moves to second.

Top 8 Boeckel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nixon scores.

Top 8 Southworth bunts towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out. Nixon moves to second.

Top 8 Clint Blume now pitching. Nixon takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conlon fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 7 Frisch hits a fly ball into left field. Bagwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Groh is hit by the pitch. Bancroft moves to second.

Bottom 7 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Boeckel.

Bottom 7 Casey Stengel pinch hits for Claude Jonnard. Stengel hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 McNamara strikes out.

Top 7 Gowdy takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Kopf hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Conlon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kopf fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 6 O'Connell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Kelly is called out on strikes.

Top 6 Bagwell strikes out.

Top 6 McInnis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Boeckel hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Youngs hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Meusel hits a fly ball to center field. That will be extra bases. Nixon chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Kopf. Kopf fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Kopf. Groh scores. Meusel moves all the way to home.

Bottom 5 Frisch bunts towards the mound. McNamara fields it and throws to first for the out. Groh moves to second.

Bottom 5 Groh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conlon fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 5 Al Nixon now playing center field. Bancroft hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Claude Jonnard now pitching. Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. Gowdy scores. McNamara scores. There goes Nixon trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Two runs are unearned.

Top 5 Al Nixon pinch hits for Ray Powell. Nixon takes first base on ball four. Conlon scores. Gowdy moves to third. McNamara moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 5 McNamara hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft misplays the ball. That's an error on Bancroft. Bagwell scores. Conlon moves to third. Gowdy moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 5 Gowdy takes first base on ball four. Bagwell moves to third. Conlon moves to second.

Top 5 Kopf hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Conlon takes first base on ball four. Bagwell moves to second.

Top 5 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 McInnis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Lucas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conlon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 McNamara spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on McNamara. Gaston moves to third.

Bottom 4 Gaston hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bagwell. Gaston reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 4 O'Connell strikes out.

Bottom 4 Kelly hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boeckel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Boeckel hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Southworth hits a fly ball into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lucas fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Youngs hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Meusel takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Frisch hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boeckel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Groh hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bancroft moves to third.

Bottom 3 Bancroft hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bagwell. Bancroft reaches second base with a double.

Top 3 McNamara strikes out.

Top 3 Gowdy takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Kopf hits a line drive into right field. Youngs picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Youngs. Bagwell scores. Kopf moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 3 Conlon hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Bagwell hits a line drive into center field. O'Connell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on O'Connell. Bagwell moves to second.

Top 3 McInnis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lucas fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Lucas is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off McNamara, and towards Kopf, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Kelly moves to third. O'Connell moves to second.

Bottom 2 Hank Gowdy now catching. O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conlon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kelly moves to second.

Bottom 2 Kelly takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McNamara fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Boeckel hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lucas can't make a play. That's a base hit. O'Neil moves to third.

Top 2 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Lucas, and towards Bancroft, who fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Neil moves to second.

Top 2 McNamara is called out on strikes.

Top 2 O'Neil hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Meusel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Conlon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Frisch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Groh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kopf scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Bancroft hits a line drive into left field. Bagwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Red Lucas now pitching. Kopf is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Conlon hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Conlon reaches second base with a double. Boeckel scores. Bagwell moves to third.

Top 1 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch fields it and throws to second for the out. Boeckel moves to third.

Top 1 McInnis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Southworth scores. Boeckel moves to second.

Top 1 Boeckel takes first base on ball four. Southworth moves to second.

Top 1 Southworth takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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Nixon hits a line drive into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Braves @ Giants
April 27, 1923