New York Giants vs Boston Braves
May 23, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1947 at Braves Field. The New York Giants defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Giants 8, Boston Braves 1
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Blattner 2b 3 1 2 0
Rigney 3b 2 1 1 0
Thomson cf 5 2 1 2
Mize 1b 4 2 1 4
Marshall rf 4 1 2 0
Cooper c 5 0 2 2
Gordon lf 5 0 1 0
Kerr ss 5 0 1 0
Jansen p 3 1 1 0
Totals 36 8 12 8
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Ryan 2b 3 0 0 0
Holmes rf 4 0 1 0
Hopp cf 4 0 1 0
Elliott B. 3b 4 0 1 0
Rowell lf 4 0 0 0
Masi c 4 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 4 1 1 0
Sisti ss 3 0 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 1 0 0 0
  McCormick ph 1 0 1 0
  Beazley p 0 0 0 0
  Litwhiler ph 1 0 0 0
  Elliott G. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 0
New York 006 020 000–8121
Boston 001 000 000–162
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jansen  W(3-0) 9.0 6 1 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
1
5
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L(2-1) 2.1 5 6 5 1 1
  Wright   2.2 5 2 2 1 0
  Beazley   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Elliott   2.0 2 0 0 3 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
7
2
  E–W. Cooper (5), Rowell 2 (3).  DP–Boston 2. Wright-Sisti-Torgeson, B. Elliott-Ryan-Torgeson.  2B–New York Marshall (4), Boston Holmes (7); M. McCormick (2).  HR–New York Thomson (6,5th inning off Wright 1 on); Mize (11,3rd inning off Johnson 3 on).  SH–Jansen (2).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:00.  A–3,759.
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