New York Giants vs Boston Braves
May 5, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1944 at Braves Field. The Boston Braves defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Giants 2, Boston Braves 3
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hausmann 2b 5 0 0 0
Rucker cf 5 0 1 0
Ott rf 4 0 1 0
  Luby pr 0 1 0 0
  Sloan rf 0 0 0 0
  Mead rf 0 0 0 0
Medwick lf 4 1 2 0
Weintraub 1b 5 0 4 2
Lombardi c 5 0 0 0
Reyes 3b 3 0 0 0
Kerr ss 3 0 1 0
Melton p 2 0 0 0
  Adams p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 9 2
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes cf 5 1 3 0
Macon 1b 3 0 0 0
  Tobin ph 0 0 0 0
  Geraghty pr 0 1 0 0
  Etchison 1b 1 0 0 0
Ross lf 4 0 2 1
  Hutchinson p 0 0 0 0
Workman rf 4 0 1 1
Kluttz c 3 0 1 0
  Masi c 2 0 0 0
Gladu 3b 4 0 1 0
  Shemo 2b 1 1 1 0
Ryan 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Wietelmann ss 2 0 0 0
  Hofferth ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillips ss 2 0 1 1
Javery p 2 0 1 0
  Clemens lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 12 3
New York 000 000 101 00–291
Boston 000 000 020 01–3120
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Melton   7.1 9 2 2 1 3
  Adams  L(1-3) 3.0 3 1 0 1 0
Totals
10.1
12
3
2
2
3
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Javery   8.0 6 1 1 0 4
  Hutchinson  W(2-0) 3.0 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
11.0
9
2
2
2
4
  E–Reyes (1).  DP–New York 1. Reyes-Hausmann-Weintraub, Boston 2. Gladu-Macon, Holmes-Masi-Etchison.  2B–New York Medwick (6), Boston Ross 2 (5); Shemo (2); Phillips (3).  SH–Kerr (3); Melton (1); Hutchinson (1); Ryan (3).  HBP–Reyes (1).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  U–Tom Dunn, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.  T–2:26.  A–1,941.
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