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Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
June 2, 1948
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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 June 2, 1948 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
Date | June 2, 1948 |
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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 | June 2, 1948 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Giants |
Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Larry Jansen |
Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Vander Meer |
Ballpark | Crosley Field |
City | Cincinnati |
State | OH |
Attendance | 5,245 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: (none) 3B: Jocko Conlan |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Rigney | Second Baseman |
Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
Sid Gordon | Third Baseman |
Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
Mickey Livingston | Catcher |
Larry Jansen | Pitcher |
Mel Ott | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
Name | Position |
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Johnny Wyrostek | Center Fielder |
Claude Corbitt | Second Baseman |
Grady Hatton | Third Baseman |
Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
Augie Galan | Right Fielder |
Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
Virgil Stallcup | Shortstop |
Ray Lamanno | Catcher |
Johnny Vander Meer | Pitcher |
Johnny Neun | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
June 2, 1948
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Vander Meer
Rigney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Vander Meer
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Corbitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rigney moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomson vs. Vander Meer
Thomson hits a line drive into left field. Sauer picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Sauer. Rigney scores. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mize vs. Vander Meer
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Vander Meer covering, for the out. Thomson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gordon vs. Vander Meer
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Jansen
Wyrostek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Corbitt vs. Jansen
Corbitt hits a line drive for a double play. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Jansen
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Vander Meer
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marshall for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Vander Meer
Kerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Livingston vs. Vander Meer
Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jansen vs. Vander Meer
Jansen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kerr scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Vander Meer
Rigney hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Jansen
Sauer hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Galan vs. Jansen
Galan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Jansen
Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Galan moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stallcup vs. Jansen
Stallcup hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Galan scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lamanno vs. Jansen
Lamanno hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Vander Meer
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Vander Meer covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Vander Meer
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Vander Meer
Mize takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Vander Meer
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vander Meer vs. Jansen
Vander Meer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Jansen
Wyrostek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Corbitt vs. Jansen
Corbitt hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Corbitt reaches second base with a double. Wyrostek moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hatton vs. Jansen
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sauer vs. Jansen
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Vander Meer
Marshall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Vander Meer
Kerr hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Vander Meer
Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vander Meer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jansen vs. Vander Meer
Jansen hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Galan vs. Jansen
Jack Conway now playing second base.
Galan hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Jansen
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conway scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Jansen
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conway vs. Vander Meer
Conway is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Vander Meer
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Vander Meer
Thomson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Vander Meer
Mize hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lamanno vs. Jansen
Lamanno hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vander Meer vs. Jansen
Vander Meer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Livingston settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Jansen
Wyrostek strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Vander Meer
Gordon hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Vander Meer
Marshall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Vander Meer
Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Marshall moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Livingston vs. Vander Meer
Livingston takes first base on ball four. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jansen vs. Vander Meer
Jansen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Marshall scores. Kerr scores. Livingston moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Conway vs. Cress
Walker Cress now pitching.
Conway hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corbitt vs. Jansen
Corbitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Jansen
Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Jansen
Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Cress
Lockman hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Cress
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Cress
Mize hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Galan vs. Jansen
Galan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conway scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Jansen
Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stallcup vs. Jansen
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Cress
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Cress
Marshall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Galan. Marshall reaches second base with a double. Gordon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kerr vs. Cress
Kerr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall scores. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Livingston vs. Cress
Livingston strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jansen vs. Cress
Jansen hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Conway vs. Cress
Conway strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 7 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lamanno vs. Jansen
Lamanno hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baumholtz vs. Jansen
Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Walker Cress.
Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wyrostek vs. Jansen
Wyrostek strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Corbitt vs. Jansen
Corbitt hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Corbitt reaches second base with a double. Marshall throws the ball in to Kerr who tags Corbitt trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Baumholtz goes all the way around to score. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 7 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Hughes
Tommy Hughes now pitching.
Lockman hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Hughes
Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Hughes
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski juggles the ball. That's an error on Kluszewski. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Hughes
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 7 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Jansen
Hatton strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Jansen
Sauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Galan vs. Jansen
Galan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sauer moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kluszewski vs. Jansen
Kluszewski hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stallcup vs. Jansen
Stallcup hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sauer scores. Galan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lamanno vs. Jansen
Lamanno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Galan scores. Stallcup moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Jansen
Howie Schultz pinch runs for Ray Lamanno. Babe Young pinch hits for Tommy Hughes.
Young hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/2/1948 -- New York at Cincinnati (D) New York AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI Rigney B, 2b 1 1 0 0 Wyrostek J, cf 3 0 1 0 Conway J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Corbitt C, 2b 4 0 2 1 Lockman W, lf 4 0 0 0 Hatton G, 3b 4 0 0 0 Thomson B, cf 5 0 1 1 Sauer H, lf 4 1 1 0 Mize J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Galan A, rf 4 2 2 0 Gordon S, 3b 4 1 0 0 Kluszewski T, 1b 4 0 2 0 Marshall W, rf 4 3 3 2 Stallcup V, ss 4 0 1 2 Kerr B, ss 4 2 3 1 Lamanno R, c 4 0 1 1 Livingston M, c 3 0 0 0 Schultz H, pr 0 0 0 0 Jansen L, p 4 0 2 3 Vander Meer J, p 2 0 0 0 Cress W, p 0 0 0 0 Baumholtz F, ph 1 1 1 0 Hughes T, p 0 0 0 0 Young B, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 7 9 7 35 4 11 4 New York 110 102 020 -- 7 Cincinnati 010 000 012 -- 4 New York IP H R ER BB SO Jansen L (W) 9.0 11 4 4 1 4 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO Vander Meer J (L) 5.1 7 5 5 4 1 Cress W 2.2 2 2 2 1 2 Hughes T 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Sauer H, Kluszewski T DP -- New York 2, Cincinnati 1 LOB -- New York 7, Cincinnati 5 2B -- Corbitt C 2, Marshall W HR -- Marshall W T -- 2:16 A -- 5245
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