New York Giants vs Boston Braves
July 4, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1949 at Braves Field. The Boston Braves defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Giants 7, Boston Braves 8
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rigney 2b 3 1 0 0
Lockman lf 5 1 1 0
Thomson cf 4 1 3 2
Mize 1b 4 1 3 0
Gordon 3b 5 1 2 3
Marshall rf 3 1 2 1
Mueller c 5 0 0 1
Kerr ss 5 0 0 0
Hartung p 2 1 1 0
  Behrman p 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Webb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 1 1 0
  Ryan pr 0 1 0 0
Fletcher 1b 3 0 0 0
Dark ss 6 1 2 2
Elliott B. 3b 3 0 1 0
Rickert lf 3 2 0 1
Holmes rf 4 2 1 2
Conatser cf 5 0 1 0
Crandall c 5 0 2 1
Elliott G. p 1 0 0 0
  Hogue p 1 0 0 0
  Russell ph 1 0 0 1
  Potter p 0 0 0 0
  Sisti ph 0 0 0 0
  Barrett p 0 0 0 0
  Reiser ph 1 0 1 0
  Sauer pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 8 9 7
New York 302 100 100–7122
Boston 002 002 004–890
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hartung   5.1 4 4 3 5 2
  Behrman  L(3-2) 3.1 4 4 4 5 2
  Kennedy   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Webb   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
9
8
7
10
4
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Elliott   2.1 5 5 5 2 0
  Hogue   3.2 4 1 1 3 1
  Potter   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Barrett  W(1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
6
2
  E–R. Mueller (1), Kerr (10).  DP–Boston 1. Dark-Stanky-Fletcher.  2B–New York Gordon (17), Boston Crandall (2).  HR–New York Gordon (15,1st inning off G. Elliott 1 on); Marshall (9,7th inning off Potter 0 on), Boston Holmes (2,9th inning off Behrman 1 on).  SH–Rigney (1).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Fletcher (2); B. Elliott (1).  Team–14.  U–Lon Warneke, Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan.
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