New York Giants vs Boston Braves
June 29, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1948 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 11, Boston Braves 3

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Kerr ss 4 0 0 0
Lockman lf 5 2 2 2
Thomson cf 5 1 1 1
Mize 1b 4 1 2 0
Cooper c 5 2 3 1
  Westrum c 0 0 0 0
Marshall rf 5 1 2 0
Gordon 3b 4 2 2 5
  Lohrke 3b 1 0 1 1
Rigney 2b 5 1 2 1
Poat p 2 1 1 0
  Rhawn ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 1 0 1 0
Totals 42 11 17 11
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 0 1 0
Holmes rf 4 1 1 0
Torgeson 1b 4 1 1 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 1 0
Russell cf 4 1 2 1
Heath lf 3 0 1 1
Salkeld c 4 0 0 1
Dark ss 4 0 2 0
Spahn p 1 0 0 0
  McCormick ph 1 0 0 0
  Hogue p 0 0 0 0
  Prendergast p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
New York 000 031 14211170
Boston 000 101 001390
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Poat  W(7-1) 6.0 7 2 2 2 0
  Jones  SV(3) 3.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
1
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L(6-5) 7.0 9 5 5 1 4
  Hogue   0.2 5 4 4 0 0
  Prendergast   1.1 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
17
11
11
2
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 2. Kerr-Rigney-Mize, Poat-Rigney-Mize, Boston 2. Spahn-Dark-Torgeson, Dark-Stanky-Torgeson.  2B–New York Lockman (11); Lohrke (6); Jones (1), Boston Holmes (13); Heath (11).  HR–New York Lockman (9,5th inning off Spahn 1 on); Cooper (5,6th inning off Spahn 0 on); Gordon 2 (15,5th inning off Spahn 0 on,8th inning off Hogue 3 on); Rigney (6,7th inning off Spahn 0 on).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Spahn (4).  Team–5.  U–Larry Goetz, Beans Reardon, Lou Jorda.
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