Boston Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
April 15, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1947 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Braves 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Culler ss 3 0 0 0
  Holmes ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisti ss 0 0 0 0
Hopp cf 5 0 1 1
McCormick rf 4 0 3 0
Elliott 3b 2 0 1 0
Litwhiler lf 3 1 0 0
  Rowell lf 1 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 4 1 0 0
Masi c 3 0 0 0
Ryan 2b 4 1 3 2
Sain p 1 0 0 0
  Cooper p 0 0 0 0
  Neill ph 0 0 0 0
  Lanfranconi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 1 0 0
Robinson 1b 3 1 0 0
  Schultz 1b 0 0 0 0
Reiser cf 2 3 2 2
Walker rf 3 0 1 0
  Tatum rf 0 0 0 0
  Vaughan ph 1 0 0 0
  Furillo rf 0 0 0 0
Hermanski lf 4 0 1 1
Edwards c 2 0 0 1
  Rackley pr 0 0 0 0
  Bragan c 1 0 0 0
Jorgensen 3b 3 0 0 1
Reese ss 3 0 1 0
Hatten p 2 0 1 0
  Stevens ph 1 0 0 0
  Gregg p 1 0 0 0
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Boston 000 012 000381
Brooklyn 000 101 30x561
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Sain  L (0-1) 6.0 6 5 3 5 2
  Cooper   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lanfranconi   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 8.0 6 5 3 5 4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hatten   6.0 6 3 1 3 2
  Gregg  W (1-0) 2.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Casey  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 8 3 1 5 5

  E–Torgeson (1), Edwards (1).  DP–Boston 1. Culler-Ryan-Torgeson, Brooklyn 1. Stanky-Reese-Robinson.  2B–Brooklyn Reiser (1); Reese (1).  SH–Culler (1); Masi (1); Sain 2 (2); Robinson (1).  HBP–Litwhiler (1); Neill (1); Edwards (1).  Team LOB–12.  Team–7.  U–Babe Pinelli, Al Barlick, Artie Gore.  T–2:20.  A–26,623.

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