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April 28, 1923

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Braves	6	8	3
Giants	4	10	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Braves	6	8	3
Giants	4	10	1

Irish Meusel Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.255
OBP	.500	.333
At Bats	4	47
Hits	2	12
• Singles	2	5
• Doubles	0	3
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	6
RBI’s	1	14

Joe Genewich Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	1	0

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Polo Grounds - April 28, 1923

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Out

Joe Genewich

Hank Gowdy

Stuffy McInnis

Jocko Conlon

Tony Boeckel

Larry Kopf

Bill Bagwell

Ray Powell

Billy Southworth

Irish Meusel

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Boston Braves	6	8	3	5
New York Giants	4	10	1	9
Winning Pitcher	Joe Genewich
Losing Pitcher	Jack Scott
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Stuffy McInnis
Attendance	12,000
Time of Game	1 hour 56 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Frisch hits a line drive into center field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Groh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conlon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blume fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Powell hits a line drive into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Genewich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 9 Earl Smith now catching. Clint Blume now pitching. Gowdy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Bancroft hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Freddie Maguire pinch runs for Frank Snyder. Earl Smith pinch hits for Claude Jonnard. Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 8 O'Connell hits a line drive into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Kopf hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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

Top 8 Bagwell strikes out.

Top 8 Claude Jonnard now pitching. McInnis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Kelly strikes out.

Bottom 7 Youngs hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Frisch scores. Meusel moves to third.

Bottom 7 Meusel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Groh scores. Frisch moves to third.

Bottom 7 The ball gets by Gowdy for a passed ball. Groh moves to third.

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

Bottom 7 Groh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Bancroft hits a line drive into left field. Bagwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Casey Stengel pinch hits for Rosy Ryan. Stengel hits a fly ball into left field. Bagwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 7 Rosy Ryan now pitching. Southworth hits a fly ball into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Genewich tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Top 7 Powell hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of O'Connell. Powell reaches second base with a double. Conlon scores. Kopf scores. Genewich moves to third.

Top 7 Genewich takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Gowdy bunts towards the mound. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out. Conlon moves to third. Kopf moves to second.

Top 7 Kopf hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch misplays the ball. That's an error on Frisch. Conlon moves to second.

Top 7 Conlon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Snyder hits a popup towards first. McInnis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

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

Bottom 6 Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conlon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 6 Bagwell strikes out.

Top 6 McInnis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

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

Bottom 5 Frisch hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 5 Groh hits a popup, foul, towards first. McInnis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Bancroft takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kopf scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 5 Genewich takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Snyder 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 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play. Meusel moves to third. Youngs moves to second.

Bottom 4 Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conlon misplays the ball. That's an error on Conlon. Frisch moves to third. Meusel moves to second.

Bottom 4 Meusel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Frisch moves to second.

Bottom 4 Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kopf misplays the ball. That's an error on Kopf.

Top 4 Gowdy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it and throws to second for the out.

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

Top 4 Conlon is hit by the pitch.

Top 4 Bagwell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 4 McInnis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 4 Boeckel hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Southworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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

Bottom 3 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards first. McInnis fields it and throws to second for the out.

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

Bottom 3 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 3 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Genewich hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 2 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards first. McInnis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Connell for the out.

Bottom 2 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kopf scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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

Top 2 Kopf hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Conlon strikes out.

Top 2 Bagwell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs who is chasing the ball. Bagwell reaches third base with a triple.

Top 2 McInnis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Meusel hits a ball on the ground for a double play.

Bottom 1 Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kopf fields it and throws to second for the out. Bancroft moves to third.

Bottom 1 Groh hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Bancroft moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 1 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Genewich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 1 Boeckel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Powell hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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