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Reds 3 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
July 29, 1940

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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 29, 1940 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Reds with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJuly 29, 1940 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 3 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 4
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherRed Lynn  
Losing PitcherWhitey Moore  
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Game Winning RBIBabe Young 

Game Info

DateJuly 29, 1940 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Hutchings  
Home Starting PitcherCarl Hubbell  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance4,521 
Time of Game2 hours 18 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Barr
1B: George Magerkurth
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Stewart

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Willard Hershberger  Catcher 
Ival Goodman  Right Fielder 
Morrie Arnovich  Left Fielder 
Billy Myers  Shortstop 
Johnny Hutchings  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bob Seeds  Left Fielder 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Frank Demaree  Center Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Third Baseman 
Mickey Witek  Shortstop 
Carl Hubbell  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Reds 3 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
July 29, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/29/1940 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Werber B, 3b          4  0  0  0   Seeds B, lf           3  0  1  0   
Craft H, cf           3  1  1  1   Whitehead B, 2b       5  0  2  1   
Frey L, 2b            2  0  1  0   Ott M, rf             4  1  1  0   
McCormick F, 1b       4  0  1  0   Danning H, c          3  1  2  0   
Hershberger W, c      4  0  0  0   Young B, 1b           5  0  1  1   
Goodman I, rf         4  1  1  1   Demaree F, cf         4  1  1  1   
Arnovich M, lf        4  1  2  0   Cuccinello T, 3b      4  0  1  0   
Myers B, ss           3  0  1  1   Witek M, ss           3  0  1  0   
Hutchings J, p        2  0  0  0   Hubbell C, p          3  0  3  0   
Beggs J, p            1  0  0  0   Brown J, p            0  0  0  0   
Shoffner M, p         0  0  0  0   McCarthy J, ph        1  0  1  0   
Dejan M, ph           1  0  0  0   Rucker J, pr          0  1  0  0   
Moore W, p            0  0  0  0   Lynn R, p             0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  3  7  3                        35  4 14  3

Cincinnati       000 120 000 --  3
New York         000 001 111 --  4
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hutchings J*          6.0 11  2  2  4  0
Beggs J               1.2  2  1  1  1  1
Shoffner M            0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Moore W (L)           0.0  1  1  1  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hubbell C             7.2  6  3  3  3  4
Brown J               0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Lynn R (W)            1.0  1  0  0  1  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

DP -- Cincinnati 2, New York 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 6, New York 13
2B -- Cuccinello T, Myers B, Young B
3B -- Arnovich M
HR -- Craft H, Goodman I, Demaree F
HBP -- by Moore W (Danning H)
T -- 2:18
A -- 4521

    

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