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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 6, 1937
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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 May 6, 1937 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
Date | May 6, 1937 |
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Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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Home Team |
New York Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 6, 1937 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
Home Team | New York Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lee Grissom |
Home Starting Pitcher | Cliff Melton |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 5,333 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 6 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Bill Klem 2B: (none) 3B: Ziggy Sears |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
Name | Position |
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Kiki Cuyler | Center Fielder |
Jimmy Outlaw | Third Baseman |
Ival Goodman | Left Fielder |
Frank McCormick | Right Fielder |
Spud Davis | Catcher |
Les Scarsella | First Baseman |
Charlie Gelbert | Shortstop |
Alex Kampouris | Second Baseman |
Lee Grissom | Pitcher |
Chuck Dressen | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick Bartell | Shortstop |
Lou Chiozza | Third Baseman |
Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
Kiddo Davis | Center Fielder |
Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
Gus Mancuso | Catcher |
Johnny McCarthy | First Baseman |
Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
Cliff Melton | Pitcher |
Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 6, 1937
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuyler vs. Melton
Cuyler hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Outlaw vs. Melton
Outlaw strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Melton
Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cuyler moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCormick vs. Melton
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chiozza fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Grissom
Bartell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chiozza vs. Grissom
Chiozza hits a fly ball into center field. Cuyler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Grissom
Moore hits a line drive into left field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Grissom
Davis hits a fly ball into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Melton
Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scarsella vs. Melton
Scarsella hits a popup towards third. Chiozza settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gelbert vs. Melton
Gelbert hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kampouris vs. Melton
Kampouris strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Grissom
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mancuso vs. Grissom
Mancuso hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarthy vs. Grissom
McCarthy hits a fly ball into center field. Cuyler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Grissom
Whitehead hits a line drive into center field. Cuyler picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cuyler. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Melton vs. Grissom
Melton hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Gelbert fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Melton
Grissom 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 -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuyler vs. Melton
Cuyler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Outlaw vs. Melton
Outlaw hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Melton
There goes Cuyler. The throw from Mancuso and he is out, Bartell applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Grissom
Bartell hits a popup towards first. Scarsella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Grissom
Chiozza hits a popup towards short. Gelbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Grissom
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Grissom
There goes Moore. The throw from Davis and he is safe. Moore steals second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Grissom
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Melton
Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Melton
McCormick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Melton
There goes McCormick. The throw from Mancuso and he is out, Bartell applying the tag. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Melton
Davis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mancuso settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Grissom
Ott strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mancuso vs. Grissom
Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Outlaw fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Grissom
McCarthy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Grissom
There goes McCarthy. The throw from Davis and he is out, Gelbert applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scarsella vs. Melton
Scarsella is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gelbert vs. Melton
Gelbert hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kampouris vs. Melton
Kampouris hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Melton
Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chiozza fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Grissom
Whitehead strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Grissom
Melton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Outlaw fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Grissom
Bartell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chiozza vs. Grissom
Chiozza hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuyler vs. Melton
Cuyler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Outlaw vs. Melton
The ball gets by Mancuso for a passed ball. Cuyler moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Outlaw vs. Melton
Outlaw strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodman vs. Melton
Goodman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCormick vs. Melton
McCormick hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCarthy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Melton
Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cuyler scores. Goodman moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Scarsella vs. Melton
Scarsella hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Grissom
Moore hits a popup towards short. Gelbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Grissom
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Grissom
Ott strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gelbert vs. Melton
Gelbert hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kampouris vs. Melton
Kampouris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chiozza fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Melton
Grissom hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mancuso vs. Grissom
Mancuso takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarthy vs. Grissom
McCarthy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mancuso moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitehead vs. Grissom
Hal Schumacher pinch runs for Gus Mancuso.
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grissom fields it and throws to third for the out. McCarthy moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Danning vs. Grissom
Harry Danning pinch hits for Cliff Melton.
Danning hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scarsella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bartell vs. Grissom
Bartell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuyler vs. Gumbert
Harry Danning now catching. Harry Gumbert now pitching.
Cuyler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Outlaw vs. Gumbert
Outlaw strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Gumbert
Goodman takes first base on ball four. Cuyler moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dwyer vs. Gumbert
Joe Dwyer pinch hits for Frank McCormick.
Dwyer takes first base on ball four. Cuyler moves to third. Goodman moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Davis vs. Gumbert
Hub Walker pinch runs for Joe Dwyer.
Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cuyler scores. Goodman moves to third. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Scarsella vs. Gumbert
Scarsella hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Goodman scores. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gelbert vs. Gumbert
There's a wild pitch. Walker moves to third. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gelbert vs. Gumbert
Gelbert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kampouris vs. Gumbert
There goes Walker. The slide. Danning applies the tag. Walker is out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Grissom
Hub Walker now playing right field.
Chiozza hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Grissom
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Outlaw fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Grissom
Davis is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Grissom
Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Haslin vs. Grissom
Mickey Haslin pinch hits for Harry Gumbert.
The ball gets by Davis for a passed ball. Davis moves to third. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Haslin vs. Grissom
Haslin hits a popup towards short. Gelbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kampouris vs. Smith
Al Smith now pitching.
Kampouris is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grissom vs. Smith
Grissom bunts towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Kampouris moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cuyler vs. Smith
Cuyler hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Outlaw vs. Smith
There goes Kampouris. The throw from Danning and he is out, Chiozza applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Grissom
McCarthy hits a popup in front of the plate. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Grissom
Whitehead hits a fly ball into center field. Cuyler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Grissom
Danning hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scarsella settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Scarsella. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Grissom
Danning strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/6/1937 -- Cincinnati at New York (D) Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Cuyler K, cf 5 2 3 0 Bartell D, ss 3 0 1 0 Outlaw J, 3b 4 0 0 0 Chiozza L, 3b 4 0 0 0 Goodman I, lf 2 1 1 0 Moore J, lf 3 0 0 0 McCormick F, rf 2 0 0 0 Davis K, cf 3 0 0 0 Dwyer J, ph 0 0 0 0 Ott M, rf 3 0 1 0 Walker H, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Mancuso G, c 2 0 0 0 Davis S, c 4 0 3 2 Schumacher H, pr 0 0 0 0 Scarsella L, 1b 4 0 0 1 Gumbert H, p 0 0 0 0 Gelbert C, ss 3 0 0 0 Haslin M, ph 1 0 0 0 Kampouris A, 2b 3 1 1 1 Smith A, p 0 0 0 0 Grissom L, p 3 0 0 0 McCarthy J, 1b 4 0 2 0 Whitehead B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Melton C, p 2 0 0 0 Danning H, ph-c 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 4 8 4 31 0 5 0 Cincinnati 000 011 020 -- 4 New York 000 000 000 -- 0 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO Grissom L (W) 9.0 5 0 0 4 4 New York IP H R ER BB SO Melton C (L) 7.0 6 2 2 2 4 Gumbert H 1.0 2 2 2 3 1 Smith A 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 E -- McCarthy J, Cuyler K, Scarsella L DP -- New York 1 LOB -- Cincinnati 6, New York 9 HR -- Kampouris A SB -- Moore J CS -- Cuyler K, McCormick F, McCarthy J, Walker H SH -- Grissom L HBP -- by Grissom L (Davis K), by Smith A (Kampouris A) WP -- Gumbert H PB -- Mancuso G, Davis S T -- 3:06 A -- 5333
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