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Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
July 20, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants, played on July 20, 1940 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
Date | July 20, 1940 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 20, 1940 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Giants |
Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Lohrman |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bucky Walters |
Ballpark | Crosley Field |
City | Cincinnati |
State | OH |
Attendance | 8,567 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 41 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Goetz 1B: Babe Pinelli 2B: (none) 3B: Beans Reardon |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
Billy Jurges | Shortstop |
Frank Demaree | Center Fielder |
Babe Young | First Baseman |
Harry Danning | Catcher |
Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
Tony Cuccinello | Third Baseman |
Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
Bill Lohrman | Pitcher |
Bill Terry | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
Name | Position |
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Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
Harry Craft | Center Fielder |
Lonny Frey | Second Baseman |
Frank McCormick | First Baseman |
Ernie Lombardi | Catcher |
Ival Goodman | Right Fielder |
Mike McCormick | Left Fielder |
Billy Myers | Shortstop |
Bucky Walters | Pitcher |
Bill McKechnie | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
July 20, 1940
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Walters
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Walters
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jurges for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Walters
Demaree hits a line drive into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Lohrman
Werber hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Lohrman
Craft hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Danning fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Lohrman
Frey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Lohrman
McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Frey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lombardi vs. Lohrman
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young fields the ball and throws to Lohrman covering. Safe. Frey scores. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Goodman vs. Lohrman
Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Walters
Young hits a fly ball into left field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Walters
Danning takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Walters
Ott takes first base on ball four. Danning moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cuccinello vs. Walters
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers fields it and throws to second for the out. Danning moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whitehead vs. Walters
Whitehead hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Lohrman
McCormick hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Lohrman
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Lohrman
Walters hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Werber vs. Lohrman
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lohrman vs. Walters
Lohrman hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Walters
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Walters
Jurges strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Lohrman
Mickey Witek now playing shortstop.
Craft hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cuccinello settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Lohrman
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Frey for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Lohrman
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Walters
Demaree hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Walters
Young hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Walters
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Walters
Ott hits a fly ball into left field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Lohrman
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Lohrman
Goodman hits a line drive into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Lohrman
McCormick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lombardi moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Myers vs. Lohrman
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek misplays the ball. That's an error on Witek. Lombardi moves to third. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Walters vs. Lohrman
Walters hits a line drive into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lombardi scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Werber vs. Lohrman
Werber hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Walters
Cuccinello hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Walters
Whitehead hits a line drive towards short. Myers catches it and throws to first to double up Cuccinello. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lohrman vs. Walters
Lohrman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Walters
Moore hits a line drive into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Lohrman
Craft hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frey vs. Lohrman
Frey bunts in front of the plate. Danning fields it and throws to first for the out. Craft moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCormick vs. Lohrman
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Craft moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lombardi vs. Lohrman
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lohrman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Witek vs. Walters
Witek hits a line drive into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Walters
Demaree strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Walters
Young hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Lohrman
Goodman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Goodman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCormick vs. Lohrman
McCormick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ott. McCormick reaches second base with a double. Goodman scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Myers vs. Lohrman
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Witek. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walters vs. Lohrman
Walters bunts towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to first for the out. McCormick moves to third. Myers moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Werber vs. Lohrman
Werber is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Craft vs. Lohrman
Craft hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Demaree. Craft reaches second base with a double. McCormick scores. Myers scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frey vs. Lohrman
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lohrman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Walters
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Walters
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber juggles the ball. That's an error on Werber. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuccinello vs. Walters
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Lynn
Red Lynn now pitching.
McCormick hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Lynn
Lombardi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Lynn
Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lombardi moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCormick vs. Lynn
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Walters
Whitehead hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Walters
Johnny McCarthy pinch hits for Red Lynn.
McCarthy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Craft. McCarthy reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Walters
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Witek vs. Walters
Witek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Joiner
Roy Joiner now pitching.
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Joiner
Walters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Joiner
Werber strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Walters
Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walters fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Walters
Young is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Walters
Danning takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Walters
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ott for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/20/1940 -- New York at Cincinnati (D) New York AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI Moore J, lf 4 0 0 0 Werber B, 3b 5 0 0 0 Jurges B, ss 2 0 0 0 Craft H, cf 4 0 2 2 Witek M, ss 2 0 0 0 Frey L, 2b 3 1 1 0 Demaree F, cf 4 0 0 0 McCormick F, 1b 4 0 2 0 Young B, 1b 4 1 1 1 Lombardi E, c 4 1 3 1 Danning H, c 2 0 0 0 Goodman I, rf 4 1 2 0 Ott M, rf 3 0 0 0 McCormick M, lf 4 1 2 1 Cuccinello T, 3b 3 0 1 0 Myers B, ss 4 1 0 0 Whitehead B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Walters B, p 3 0 1 1 Lohrman B, p 1 0 0 0 Lynn R, p 0 0 0 0 McCarthy J, ph 1 0 1 0 Joiner R, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 1 3 1 35 5 13 5 New York 000 100 000 -- 1 Cincinnati 100 103 00x -- 5 New York IP H R ER BB SO Lohrman B (L) 6.0 11 5 2 0 1 Lynn R 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 Joiner R 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO Walters B (W) 9.0 3 1 1 4 3 E -- Witek M 2, Werber B DP -- New York 2, Cincinnati 2 LOB -- New York 5, Cincinnati 8 2B -- Goodman I, McCormick M, Craft H, McCarthy J HR -- Young B SH -- Frey L, Walters B T -- 1:41 A -- 8567
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