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Reds 1 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
June 5, 1949

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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 June 5, 1949 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Reds with a score of 6 to 1.

Game Summary

DateJune 5, 1949 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 1 H: 4 E: 1 LOB: 3
Runs: 1
Hits: 4
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherLarry Jansen  
Losing PitcherJohnny Vander Meer  
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Game Winning RBISid Gordon 

Game Info

DateJune 5, 1949 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Vander Meer  
Home Starting PitcherLarry Jansen  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance19,239 
Time of Game1 hour 54 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Scotty Robb
1B: Babe Pinelli
2B: Artie Gore
3B: Frank Dascoli

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Grady Hatton  Third Baseman 
Lloyd Merriman  Center Fielder 
Frank Baumholtz  Left Fielder 
Jimmy Bloodworth  Second Baseman 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Johnny Wyrostek  Right Fielder 
Ray Mueller  Catcher 
Claude Corbitt  Shortstop 
Johnny Vander Meer  Pitcher 
Bucky Walters  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jack Lohrke  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Third Baseman 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Bert Haas  First Baseman 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Larry Jansen  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Reds 1 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
June 5, 1949

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/5/1949 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Hatton G, 3b          4  0  1  0   Lohrke J, 2b          4  1  2  0   
Merriman L, cf        4  0  0  0   Lockman W, lf         4  0  2  0   
Baumholtz F, lf       4  0  0  0   Gordon S, 3b          3  1  1  3   
Bloodworth J, 2b      4  0  0  0   Thomson B, cf         4  0  0  0   
Kluszewski T, 1b      3  0  0  0   Marshall W, rf        1  1  0  0   
Wyrostek J, rf        3  1  1  1   Haas B, 1b            4  1  2  0   
Mueller R, c          3  0  0  0   Cooper W, c           4  1  2  3   
Corbitt C, ss         3  0  1  0   Kerr B, ss            3  0  0  0   
Vander Meer J, p      0  0  0  0   Jansen L, p           2  1  0  0   
Blackwell E, p        2  0  0  0                                      
Peterson K, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Kress C, ph           1  0  1  0                                      
Dobernic J, p         0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  1  4  1                        29  6  9  6

Cincinnati       000 010 000 --  1
New York         510 000 00x --  6

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Vander Meer J (L)*    1.0  5  6  6  2  0
Blackwell E           5.0  2  0  0  2  4
Peterson K            1.0  1  0  0  1  0
Dobernic J            1.0  1  0  0  2  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jansen L (W)          9.0  4  1  1  0  5
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 2nd

E -- Wyrostek J, Lockman W
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 3, New York 6
2B -- Hatton G, Kress C
HR -- Gordon S, Cooper W, Wyrostek J
CS -- Lockman W, Marshall W
T -- 1:54
A -- 19239

    

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