Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Giants
April 15, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1942 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Brooklyn Dodgers 4, New York Giants 6
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Galan lf 4 1 1 0
  Rizzo ph 1 0 0 0
Vaughan 3b 4 1 1 0
Reiser cf 3 0 1 0
  Medwick ph 1 0 0 0
Camilli 1b 4 0 0 1
Walker rf 4 1 1 1
Sullivan c 4 0 1 1
Herman 2b 3 0 1 0
Reese ss 3 0 0 0
Higbe p 2 0 0 0
  Riggs ph 1 1 1 1
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
  Bordagaray ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 4 1 0 0
Jurges ss 4 1 2 1
Ott rf 2 1 1 0
Mize 1b 4 0 0 0
Marshall lf 4 1 1 4
Leiber cf 4 0 2 0
Danning c 4 1 1 1
Witek 2b 3 1 1 0
McGee p 2 0 0 0
  Adams p 1 0 0 0
  Melton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Brooklyn 002 000 110–481
New York 000 060 00x–681
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Higbe  L(0-1) 6.0 7 6 2 2 1
  Casey   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
8
6
2
3
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McGee  W(1-0) 7.2 7 4 3 4 1
  Adams   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Melton  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
4
2
  E–Reese (1), Witek (1).  DP–New York 1. Witek-Jurges-Mize.  PB–Danning (2).  HR–Brooklyn Walker (1,8th inning off McGee 0 on); Riggs (1,7th inning off McGee 0 on), New York Marshall (1,5th inning off Higbe 3 on); Danning (1,5th inning off Higbe 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  SH–McGee (1).  Team–6.  U–Larry Goetz, Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon.
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