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Reds 3 @ Giants 1
Polo Grounds
May 20, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, played on May 20, 1948 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 3 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 20, 1948 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 3 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 1 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherHowie Fox  
Losing PitcherDave Koslo  
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Game Winning RBIJohnny Wyrostek 

Game Info

DateMay 20, 1948 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherHowie Fox  
Home Starting PitcherDave Koslo  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance8,722 
Time of Game1 hour 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Goetz
1B: Jocko Conlan
2B: (none)
3B: Beans Reardon

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Claude Corbitt  Third Baseman 
Benny Zientara  Second Baseman 
Johnny Wyrostek  Center Fielder 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Danny Litwhiler  Right Fielder 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Virgil Stallcup  Shortstop 
Ray Lamanno  Catcher 
Howie Fox  Pitcher 
Johnny Neun  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Rigney  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Jack Lohrke  Third Baseman 
Mickey Livingston  Catcher 
Dave Koslo  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Reds 3 @ Giants 1
Polo Grounds
May 20, 1948

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/20/1948 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Corbitt C, 3b         4  1  0  0   Rigney B, 2b          3  0  0  0   
Zientara B, 2b        4  0  0  0   Lockman W, lf         4  0  1  0   
Wyrostek J, cf        4  0  2  2   Thomson B, cf         4  1  1  0   
Sauer H, lf           3  0  0  0   Mize J, 1b            4  0  2  0   
Litwhiler D, rf       3  1  1  0   Marshall W, rf        3  0  0  0   
Baumholtz F, rf       0  0  0  0   Kerr B, ss            4  0  1  1   
Young B, 1b           4  0  0  0   Lohrke J, 3b          3  0  0  0   
Stallcup V, ss        3  0  3  0   Livingston M, c       2  0  0  0   
Lamanno R, c          3  0  1  1   McCarthy J, ph        1  0  1  0   
Fox H, p              4  1  1  0   Rhawn B, pr           0  0  0  0   
                                   Westrum W, c          0  0  0  0   
                                   Koslo D, p            2  0  0  0   
                                   Gordon S, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Trinkle K, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  3  8  3                        31  1  6  1

Cincinnati       010 020 000 --  3
New York         000 100 000 --  1

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fox H (W)             9.0  6  1  1  3  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Koslo D (L)           7.0  7  3  3  3  4
Trinkle K             2.0  1  0  0  1  0

E -- Mize J, Lamanno R
DP -- Cincinnati 2, New York 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 9, New York 6
2B -- Wyrostek J
SB -- Mize J
SH -- Corbitt C, Zientara B
HBP -- by Trinkle K (Lamanno R)
T -- 1:56
A -- 8722

    

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