Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Giants
September 4, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1946 at Polo Grounds V. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 6, New York Giants 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Wyrostek cf 4 0 1 0
Newsome ss 3 1 0 0
Tabor 3b 4 1 1 0
Ennis lf 4 1 2 3
McCormick 1b 1 1 0 0
Northey rf 4 0 0 0
Seminick c 2 2 2 2
Verban 2b 3 0 0 1
Schanz p 2 0 0 0
  Raffensberger p 0 0 0 0
  Gilbert ph 1 0 0 0
  Mauney p 0 0 0 0
  Dinges ph 1 0 0 0
  Karl p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 6 6
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rucker cf 5 1 2 0
Witek 2b 5 0 0 0
Marshall lf 3 2 2 1
Lombardi c 2 0 1 1
  Blattner pr 0 1 0 0
  Warren c 1 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 1 3 2
Gordon 3b 3 0 1 0
Graham rf 4 0 0 0
Kerr ss 4 0 1 0
Kennedy p 1 0 0 0
  Rosen ph 1 0 0 0
  Budnick p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 1 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 4
Philadelphia 000 211 101660
New York 010 102 1005101
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Schanz   5.1 6 4 4 3 2
  Raffensberger   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Mauney  W(6-3) 2.0 4 1 1 0 2
  Karl  SV(5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
8
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy   5.0 3 3 3 2 2
  Budnick   1.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Thompson  L(3-4) 3.0 1 1 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
6
6
5
6
4

  E–Rucker (5).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Schanz-Newsome-McCormick, Tabor-Verban, New York 2. Kerr-Witek-Young, Witek.  PB–Warren (1).  2B–Philadelphia Tabor (14), New York Kerr (18).  3B–Philadelphia Ennis (6), New York Marshall (2).  HR–Philadelphia Ennis (15,4th inning off Kennedy 1 on); Seminick 2 (12,5th inning off Kennedy 0 on,7th inning off Budnick 0 on), New York Young (4,2nd inning off Schanz 0 on).  SH–Verban (7).  Team LOB–3.  Team–6.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.  T–2:27.  A–14,311.
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