Boston Braves vs New York Giants
July 31, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1945 at Polo Grounds V. 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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Boston Braves 9, New York Giants 4

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Culler ss 6 2 2 0
Wietelmann 2b 7 0 1 0
Holmes rf 5 2 2 1
Medwick 1b 4 0 2 1
  Shupe 1b 2 1 0 1
Nieman lf 3 1 1 0
  Ramsey lf 2 1 0 0
Gillenwater cf 7 0 2 2
Workman 3b 6 2 2 2
Hofferth c 5 0 1 0
Logan p 3 0 1 0
  Lee p 2 0 0 0
  Masi ph 1 0 0 0
  Hendrickson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 54 9 14 7
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Mallory lf 4 1 1 0
Hausmann 2b 4 0 1 0
  Ott ph 1 0 1 0
  Hudson pr,2b 2 1 0 0
Lockman cf 3 0 1 0
  Lombardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Rucker ph 1 0 1 1
  Emmerich p 0 0 0 0
  Mungo ph 0 0 0 0
  Phillips pr 0 0 0 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Gardella rf 5 0 2 0
Kluttz c 6 0 1 0
Weintraub 1b 4 1 0 0
Kerr ss 6 1 2 2
Jurges 3b 6 0 1 0
Voiselle p 1 0 0 0
  Reyes ph 1 0 0 0
  Treadway cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 47 4 11 3
Boston 110 001 100 000 59141
New York 000 000 202 000 04112
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Logan   6.2 7 2 2 3 1
  Lee   4.1 3 2 1 4 0
  Hendrickson  W(2-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
13.0
11
4
3
8
1
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Voiselle   7.0 9 4 4 2 4
  Adams   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Emmerich   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Fischer  L(2-7) 1.0 2 2 2 4 0
  Hansen   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Brewer   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
13.0
14
9
9
9
6

  E–Hofferth (2), Kluttz 2 (4).  DP–Boston 2. Medwick-Culler-Logan, Culler-Wietelmann-Shupe.  2B–Boston Holmes (31); Nieman (12).  HR–Boston Holmes (17,7th inning off Voiselle 0 on); Workman 2 (17,2nd inning off Voiselle 0 on,13th inning off Brewer 0 on), New York Kerr (3,7th inning off Logan 1 on).  Team LOB–15.  SH–Treadway (4).  Team–13.  U–Jocko Conlan, Dusty Boggess, Babe Pinelli.  T–2:55.  A–11,925.
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