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Reds 8 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
July 15, 1939

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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 July 15, 1939 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 8 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJuly 15, 1939 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 8 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 8
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 6 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherJunior Thompson  
Losing PitcherHarry Gumbert  
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Game Winning RBIHarry Craft 

Game Info

DateJuly 15, 1939 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Vander Meer  
Home Starting PitcherHarry Gumbert  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance17,881 
Time of Game2 hours 24 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: George Magerkurth
2B: (none)
3B: Ziggy Sears

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Nino Bongiovanni  Right Fielder 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Ernie Lombardi  Catcher 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Wally Berger  Left Fielder 
Billy Myers  Shortstop 
Johnny Vander Meer  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bob Seeds  Left Fielder 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Zeke Bonura  First Baseman 
Frank Demaree  Center Fielder 
Lou Chiozza  Third Baseman 
Alex Kampouris  Second Baseman 
Harry Gumbert  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Reds 8 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
July 15, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/15/1939 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Werber B, 3b          5  2  2  0   Seeds B, lf           1  1  0  0   
Frey L, 2b            3  0  0  0   Moore J, ph-lf        1  0  0  0   
Bongiovanni N, rf     5  2  1  1   Schumacher H, cf      1  0  0  0   
McCormick F, 1b       4  2  2  2   Jurges B, ss          3  0  0  0   
Lombardi E, c         3  0  0  0   McCarthy J, rf        1  0  0  0   
Bordagaray F, pr      0  1  0  0   Danning H, c          3  1  1  2   
Hershberger W, c      1  0  0  0   O'Dea K, c            0  0  0  0   
Craft H, cf           5  1  3  3   Ott M, rf-3b          4  0  1  0   
Berger W, lf          4  0  0  0   Bonura Z, 1b          3  1  1  0   
Myers B, ss           4  0  2  0   Demaree F, cf-lf      3  1  2  0   
Vander Meer J, p      1  0  0  0   Chiozza L, 3b-ss      4  0  0  0   
Thompson J, p         2  0  0  0   Kampouris A, 2b       1  0  0  0   
                                   Ripple J, ph          1  0  1  2   
                                   Whitehead B, 2b       1  0  0  0   
                                   Gumbert H, p          3  0  0  0   
                                   Myatt G, ph           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  8 10  6                        31  4  6  4

Cincinnati       102 000 023 --  8
New York         002 200 000 --  4

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Vander Meer J*        3.0  3  4  3  3  2
Thompson J (W)        6.0  3  0  0  2  4

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gumbert H (L)         9.0 10  8  5  4  3
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 4th

E -- Vander Meer J, Thompson J, Chiozza L, O'Dea K
DP -- Cincinnati 1, New York 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, New York 7
2B -- McCormick F, Bonura Z
3B -- McCormick F
HR -- Danning H, Craft H
SB -- Werber B
SH -- Vander Meer J, Demaree F
HBP -- by Thompson J (Whitehead B)
T -- 2:24
A -- 17881

    

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