MLB
BOSTON BRAVES @ NEW YORK GIANTS
05/26/1946
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Boston Braves batting - Pitching for New York Giants : LHP Ed Lopat
Pitching: LHP Ed Lopat
Batting: LHB Johnny Hopp 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Erv Dusak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
Johnny Hopp steals 2nd base
1-1: Sac Bunt to 5S - play at first, batter OUT! 5-4
Johnny Hopp to third
Batting: RHB Joe DiMaggio 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by LF
Batting: LHB Jeff Heath 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 110.6 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 1 - New York 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
New York Giants batting - Pitching for Boston Braves : RHP Ralph Branca
Pitching: RHP Ralph Branca
Batting: RHB Billy Herman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Lou Boudreau 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Billy Herman to second
Batting: LHB Goody Rosen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 76.3 MPH)
Billy Herman to third
Lou Boudreau to second
Batting: LHB Taffy Wright 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dick Wakefield 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 103.1 MPH)
Billy Herman scores
Lou Boudreau to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Dick Wakefield to second
Batting: RHB Buddy Rosar 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 1 - New York 2
TOP OF THE 2ND
Boston Braves batting - Pitching for New York Giants : LHP Ed Lopat
Batting: RHB Buddy Kerr 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe Schultz 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 96.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Elbie Fletcher 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 5, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: SHB Red Schoendienst 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 98.8 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 1 - New York 2
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
New York Giants batting - Pitching for Boston Braves : RHP Ralph Branca
Batting: LHB Nick Etten 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Eddie Yost 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 106.9 MPH)
Nick Etten to second
Batting: LHB Ed Lopat 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-4
Nick Etten to third
Eddie Yost to second
Batting: RHB Billy Herman 0-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Boudreau 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 106.3 MPH)
Nick Etten scores
Eddie Yost to third
Batting: LHB Goody Rosen 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Eddie Yost scores
Lou Boudreau to second
Lou Boudreau to third
Batting: LHB Taffy Wright 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 101.3 MPH)
Lou Boudreau scores
Goody Rosen to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by LF made to third
Taffy Wright to second
Batting: LHB Dick Wakefield 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 98.1 MPH)
Goody Rosen scores
Taffy Wright to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Dick Wakefield to second
Batting: RHB Buddy Rosar 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 75.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 5 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Boston 1 - New York 7
TOP OF THE 3RD
Boston Braves batting - Pitching for New York Giants : LHP Ed Lopat
Batting: RHB Ralph Branca 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Johnny Hopp 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Erv Dusak 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Joe DiMaggio 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Johnny Hopp steals 2nd base (no throw)
2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Johnny Hopp to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Joe DiMaggio to second
Batting: LHB Jeff Heath 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
1-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 2 - New York 7
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
New York Giants batting - Pitching for Boston Braves : RHP Ralph Branca
Batting: LHB Nick Etten 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Eddie Yost 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Reached via error on a dropped throw from 1B, E1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ed Lopat 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89S, EV 83.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Billy Herman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 5L, EV 108.8 MPH)
Eddie Yost to second
Eddie Yost to third
Batting: RHB Lou Boudreau 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on base; Boston 2 - New York 7
TOP OF THE 4TH
Boston Braves batting - Pitching for New York Giants : LHP Ed Lopat
Batting: RHB Buddy Kerr 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe Schultz 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Buddy Kerr to second
Buddy Kerr to third
Batting: LHB Elbie Fletcher 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 3D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Buddy Kerr scores
Joe Schultz to third
Batting: SHB Red Schoendienst 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 100.0 MPH)
Joe Schultz scores
Elbie Fletcher to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Pinch Hitting: RHB Emil Verban 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Johnny Hopp 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 56, EV 68.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Erv Dusak 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 81.9 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 7
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
New York Giants batting - Pitching for Boston Braves : RHP Ralph Branca
Pitching: RHP Art Houtteman
Batting: LHB Goody Rosen 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 65.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Taffy Wright 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dick Wakefield 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 3, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Buddy Rosar 0-0: Swinging Strike
Dick Wakefield is caught stealing 2nd base 2-4
Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 7
TOP OF THE 5TH
Boston Braves batting - Pitching for New York Giants : LHP Ed Lopat
Batting: RHB Joe DiMaggio 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, P, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jeff Heath 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Buddy Kerr 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Joe Schultz 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 100.0 MPH)
Buddy Kerr to second
Buddy Kerr to third
Batting: LHB Elbie Fletcher 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 93.1 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 7
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
New York Giants batting - Pitching for Boston Braves : RHP Art Houtteman
Batting: RHB Buddy Rosar 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6M, EV 65.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Nick Etten 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Eddie Yost 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 99.4 MPH), Distance : 364 ft
Batting: LHB Ed Lopat 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 70.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Billy Herman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 8LS, EV 91.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Boudreau 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 90.0 MPH)
Billy Herman to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: LHB Goody Rosen 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 23, EV 88.8 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 10
TOP OF THE 6TH
Boston Braves batting - Pitching for New York Giants : LHP Ed Lopat
Batting: SHB Red Schoendienst 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 90.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Art Houtteman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Johnny Hopp 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 95.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Erv Dusak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 103.1 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 10
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
New York Giants batting - Pitching for Boston Braves : RHP Art Houtteman
Batting: LHB Taffy Wright 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dick Wakefield 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Taffy Wright to second
Batting: RHB Buddy Rosar 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 34, EV 70.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Nick Etten 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LD, EV 102.5 MPH)
Taffy Wright scores
Dick Wakefield to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw by LF
Batting: RHB Eddie Yost 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 60.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ed Lopat 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 109.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 12
TOP OF THE 7TH
Boston Braves batting - Pitching for New York Giants : LHP Ed Lopat
Pinch Hitting: LHB Jess Pike 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jeff Heath 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 65.6 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Eddie Bockman 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 101.3 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 12
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
New York Giants batting - Pitching for Boston Braves : RHP Art Houtteman
Now at SS: Roy Hughes
Now in CF: Jess Pike
Batting: RHB Billy Herman 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 110.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Lou Boudreau 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 90.6 MPH)
Billy Herman to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Lou Novikoff 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4, EV 62.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Taffy Wright 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 7LS, EV 94.4 MPH)
Billy Herman scores
Batting: LHB Dick Wakefield 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 99.4 MPH)
Taffy Wright to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Dick Wakefield to second
Batting: RHB Buddy Rosar 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 91.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 13
TOP OF THE 8TH
Boston Braves batting - Pitching for New York Giants : LHP Ed Lopat
Now in CF: Lou Novikoff
Batting: LHB Joe Schultz 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 91.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Elbie Fletcher 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34, EV 97.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Red Schoendienst 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 34, EV 74.4 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Whitey Platt 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 98.8 MPH)
Elbie Fletcher to second
Batting: LHB Johnny Hopp 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 85.0 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 13
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
New York Giants batting - Pitching for Boston Braves : RHP Art Houtteman
Pitching: RHP Dick Mauney
Batting: LHB Nick Etten 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5SF, EV 77.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Eddie Yost 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4, EV 65.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Ed Lopat 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 2LF, EV 90.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 13
TOP OF THE 9TH
Boston Braves batting - Pitching for New York Giants : LHP Ed Lopat
Batting: RHB Erv Dusak 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Jess Pike 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5SF, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Jeff Heath 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Erv Dusak to second
Batting: RHB Roy Hughes 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 34, EV 84.4 MPH)
Erv Dusak to third
Pinch Hitting: RHB Bennie Warren 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6, EV 82.5 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Boston 5 - New York 13
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