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Giants 3 @ Reds 2
Crosley Field
May 5, 1946

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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 May 5, 1946 at Crosley Field. The home team Reds were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 5, 1946 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 3 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 2 H: 7 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 2
Hits: 7
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherHal Schumacher  
Losing PitcherJohnny Vander Meer  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateMay 5, 1946 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamCincinnati Reds 
Visiting Starting PitcherHal Schumacher  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Vander Meer  
BallparkCrosley Field 
CityCincinnati 
StateOH 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 7 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Babe Pinelli
1B: Lee Ballanfant
2B: (none)
3B: Al Barlick

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Rigney  Shortstop 
Goody Rosen  Right Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Left Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Ernie Lombardi  Catcher 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Buddy Blattner  Second Baseman 
Buddy Kerr  Third Baseman 
Hal Schumacher  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Mike McCormick  Center Fielder 
Grady Hatton  Third Baseman 
Al Libke  Right Fielder 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Bert Haas  First Baseman 
Max West  Left Fielder 
Ray Mueller  Catcher 
Johnny Vander Meer  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

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Giants 3 @ Reds 2
Crosley Field
May 5, 1946

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/5/1946, game 1 -- New York at Cincinnati (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI
Rigney B, ss          5  0  2  0   Frey L, 2b            4  1  1  0   
Rosen G, rf           3  0  0  0   McCormick M, cf       4  0  1  0   
Gordon S, lf          2  0  1  0   Hatton G, 3b          4  1  2  0   
Pike J, ph-lf         1  0  0  0   Libke A, rf           4  0  2  2   
Mize J, 1b            4  0  0  0   Usher B, pr-rf        0  0  0  0   
Lombardi E, c         3  0  1  0   Miller E, ss          4  0  1  0   
Rucker J, pr          0  0  0  0   Haas B, 1b            4  0  0  0   
Warren B, c           1  0  0  0   West M, lf            4  0  0  0   
DiMaggio V, cf        4  1  0  0   Mueller R, c          4  0  0  0   
Blattner B, 2b        3  1  1  0   Vander Meer J, p      2  0  0  0   
Kerr B, 3b            4  1  1  1   Lambert C, p          0  0  0  0   
Schumacher H, p       3  0  0  0   Lukon E, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Shoun C, p            0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  3  6  1                        35  2  7  2

New York         000 000 300 --  3
Cincinnati       000 001 010 --  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Schumacher H (W)      9.0  7  2  2  0  3

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Vander Meer J (L)     6.1  6  3  2  4  1
Lambert C             0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Shoun C               2.0  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Blattner B, Hatton G 2, Mueller R
DP -- Cincinnati 2
LOB -- New York 7, Cincinnati 6
2B -- McCormick M, Libke A, Kerr B
T -- 2:07
A -- 0

    

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