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Reds 5 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
August 26, 1941

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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 August 26, 1941 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 26, 1941 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 5 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherJunior Thompson  
Losing PitcherBob Bowman  
SavePaul Derringer  
Game Winning RBIFrank McCormick 

Game Info

DateAugust 26, 1941 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJunior Thompson  
Home Starting PitcherBob Bowman  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance7,639 
Time of Game1 hour 55 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jocko Conlan
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: (none)
3B: Beans Reardon

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lloyd Waner  Right Fielder 
Mike McCormick  Left Fielder 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Dick West  Catcher 
Eddie Joost  Shortstop 
Junior Thompson  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Bartell  Third Baseman 
Johnny Rucker  Center Fielder 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Gabby Hartnett  Catcher 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Joe Orengo  Second Baseman 
Bob Bowman  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Reds 5 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
August 26, 1941

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/26/1941, game 2 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Waner L, rf           4  1  2  0   Bartell D, 3b         3  0  0  0   
McCormick M, lf       4  1  2  0   Rucker J, cf          4  1  1  0   
Frey L, 2b            4  1  2  1   Ott M, rf             4  2  2  1   
McCormick F, 1b       4  2  2  3   Young B, 1b           4  0  1  1   
Craft H, cf           4  0  1  1   Moore J, lf           2  1  0  0   
Werber B, 3b          4  0  1  0   Hartnett G, c         3  0  0  0   
West D, c             4  0  0  0   Jurges B, ss          4  0  2  0   
Derringer P, p        0  0  0  0   Orengo J, 2b          2  0  0  1   
Joost E, ss           3  0  0  0   Bowman B, p           3  0  0  0   
Thompson J, p         2  0  1  0   Melton C, p           0  0  0  0   
Lombardi E, ph-c      1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  5 11  5                        29  4  6  3

Cincinnati       000 101 03 --  5
New York         200 000 11 --  4

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Thompson J (W)        7.0  5  3  3  2  4
Derringer P (S)       1.0  1  1  1  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bowman B (L)          7.2 10  5  5  0  2
Melton C              0.1  1  0  0  0  0

E -- McCormick F, Frey L
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 5, New York 6
2B -- Waner L
3B -- McCormick F
HR -- McCormick F, Ott M
SH -- Hartnett G, Orengo J, Moore J
T -- 1:55
A -- 7639

    

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