Boston Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 17, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1948 at Ebbets Field. The Boston Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Braves 12, Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes rf 3 0 2 1
  McCormick rf 3 1 1 1
Dark ss 5 1 1 1
Russell cf 4 2 1 0
Elliott 3b 4 1 3 2
Heath lf 2 1 1 1
  Conatser lf 3 1 1 1
Torgeson 1b 4 2 2 1
Salkeld c 3 1 1 1
Ryan 2b 5 1 2 1
Sain p 4 1 3 2
Totals 40 12 18 12
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Rackley cf 5 2 2 0
Jorgensen 3b 4 0 0 0
Robinson 2b 4 0 1 1
  Miksis 2b 0 0 0 0
Vaughan lf 4 0 2 1
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Reese ss 2 1 0 0
Hermanski rf 4 0 3 0
Ward 1b 4 0 0 1
Palica p 0 0 0 0
  King p 1 0 0 0
  Mauch ph 1 0 0 0
  Hatten p 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
  Roe p 0 0 0 0
  Cox ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Boston 041 000 070–12181
Brooklyn 101 100 000–392
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Sain  W(3-2) 9.0 9 3 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
2
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Palica  L(2-2) 1.2 5 4 4 0 2
  King   2.1 4 1 1 1 2
  Hatten   3.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Casey   0.1 5 7 5 3 0
  Roe   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
18
12
10
5
8
  E–Ryan (1), Reese (8), Hatten (1).  DP–Boston 1. Ryan-Dark-Torgeson, Brooklyn 2. Hatten-Reese-Ward, Edwards-Robinson.  2B–Boston Dark (3); Torgeson (3); Salkeld (1), Brooklyn Rackley (1); Hermanski (1).  3B–Boston Heath (1); Conatser (1).  SH–Sain (4).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  SB–Reese (2).  U–Larry Goetz, Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon.  T–2:44.  A–32,209.
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