Wartime restrictions are eased‚ and Ebbets Field is the scene of the first night game in metro New York since 1941. The Giants’ Bill Voiselle loses a 2 – 1‚ 9th-inning lead because an apparent last-out fly ball is dropped by CF Johnny Rucker when Charlie Mead runs into him. Two runners score and the Dodgers win, 3 – 2. In other cities‚ there was no restriction on night play‚ but games could be interrupted at any time by test blackouts.

On May 23, 1944 — Wartime restrictions are eased‚ and Ebbets Field is the scene of the first night game in metro New York since 1941. The Giants’ Bill Voiselle loses a 2 – 1‚ 9th-inning lead because an apparent last-out fly ball is dropped by CF Johnny Rucker when Charlie Mead runs into him. Two runners score and the Dodgers win, 3 – 2. In other cities‚ there was no restriction on night play‚ but games could be interrupted at any time by test blackouts.

Source:
Baseball Reference May 23