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Reds 3 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
June 15, 1954

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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 15, 1954 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Reds with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJune 15, 1954 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 3 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherMarv Grissom  
Losing PitcherHarry Perkowski  
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Game Winning RBIHank Thompson 

Game Info

DateJune 15, 1954 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherFred Baczewski  
Home Starting PitcherRuben Gomez  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance12,414 
Time of Game2 hours 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Engeln
1B: Babe Pinelli
2B: Dusty Boggess
3B: Bill Stewart

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Nino Escalera  Right Fielder 
Bobby Adams  Third Baseman 
Gus Bell  Center Fielder 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Jim Greengrass  Left Fielder 
Johnny Temple  Second Baseman 
Ed Bailey  Catcher 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Fred Baczewski  Pitcher 
Birdie Tebbetts  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Monte Irvin  Left Fielder 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Davey Williams  Second Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Ruben Gomez  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Reds 3 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
June 15, 1954

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         Game of 6/15/1954 -- Cincinnati at New York (N)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Escalera N, rf        5  0  1  1   Lockman W, 1b         4  1  2  0   
Adams B, 3b           4  0  0  0   Dark A, ss            5  1  3  0   
Bell G, cf            5  0  1  0   Thompson H, 3b        3  1  1  3   
Kluszewski T, 1b      2  1  1  1   Irvin M, lf           3  0  0  0   
Greengrass J, lf      4  1  2  0   Mueller D, rf         4  0  1  1   
Temple J, 2b          3  0  2  0   Mays W, cf            2  0  0  0   
Bailey E, c           2  0  0  0   Williams D, 2b        4  0  1  0   
Harmon C, pr          0  1  0  0   Westrum W, c          3  1  1  1   
Smith F, p            0  0  0  0   Gardner B, pr         0  1  0  0   
Borkowski B, ph       1  0  0  0   Gomez R, p            3  0  0  0   
Perkowski H, p        0  0  0  0   Grissom M, p          0  0  0  0   
Judson H, p           0  0  0  0   Evers H, ph           1  0  0  0   
Collum J, p           0  0  0  0                                      
McMillan R, ss        3  0  1  1                                      
Baczewski F, p        2  0  0  0                                      
Seminick A, ph-c      1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  3  8  3                        32  5  9  5

Cincinnati       000 000 120 --  3
New York         000 001 103 --  5
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Baczewski F           6.0  6  1  1  1  3
Smith F               1.0  2  1  1  0  0
Perkowski H (L)       1.1  0  2  2  4  1
Judson H              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Collum J              0.0  1  1  1  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gomez R*              7.0  7  3  3  5  4
Grissom M (W)         2.0  1  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Dark A
DP -- Cincinnati 1, New York 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 9, New York 8
2B -- Bell G, Dark A
HR -- Westrum W, Kluszewski T, Thompson H
SB -- Lockman W
CS -- Greengrass J
SH -- Thompson H 2, McMillan R, Temple J
T -- 2:56
A -- 12414

    

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