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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 8, 1945
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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 8, 1945 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 8, 1945 |
|---|---|
| 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 | July 8, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bucky Walters |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Slim Emmerich |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 0 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Butch Henline 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Stewart |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dain Clay | Center Fielder |
| Eric Tipton | Left Fielder |
| Al Libke | Right Fielder |
| Frank McCormick | First Baseman |
| Steve Mesner | Third Baseman |
| Kermit Wahl | Shortstop |
| Woody Williams | Second Baseman |
| Al Unser | Catcher |
| Bucky Walters | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Hausmann | Second Baseman |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Whitey Lockman | Center Fielder |
| Phil Weintraub | First Baseman |
| Ernie Lombardi | Catcher |
| Danny Gardella | Left Fielder |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Nap Reyes | Third Baseman |
| Slim Emmerich | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 8, 1945
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clay vs. Emmerich
Clay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tipton vs. Emmerich
Tipton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Libke vs. Emmerich
Libke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Weintraub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Libke for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Walters
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl misplays the ball. That's an error on Wahl. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Walters
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Walters
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weintraub vs. Walters
Weintraub takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lombardi vs. Walters
Lombardi takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to third. Weintraub moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gardella vs. Walters
Gardella hits a fly ball into center field. Clay 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: ---
McCormick vs. Emmerich
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mesner vs. Emmerich
Mesner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wahl vs. Emmerich
Wahl hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gardella. Wahl reaches second base with a double. Mesner moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Emmerich
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mesner scores. Wahl moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Unser vs. Emmerich
Unser hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Walters
Kerr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reyes vs. Walters
Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Emmerich vs. Walters
Emmerich hits a line drive towards first. McCormick reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Emmerich
Walters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clay vs. Emmerich
Clay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tipton vs. Emmerich
Tipton hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Walters
Hausmann hits a fly ball into center field. Clay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Walters
Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Clay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Walters
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weintraub vs. Walters
There goes Lockman. The throw from Unser and he is safe. Lockman steals second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weintraub vs. Walters
Weintraub hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mesner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Libke vs. Emmerich
Libke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Emmerich
McCormick hits a popup towards third. Reyes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mesner vs. Emmerich
Mesner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wahl vs. Emmerich
Wahl strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Walters
Lombardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardella vs. Walters
Gardella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lombardi moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kerr vs. Walters
Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lombardi moves to third. Gardella moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Reyes vs. Walters
Reyes hits a fly ball into center field. Clay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lombardi scores. Gardella moves to third. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Emmerich vs. Walters
Emmerich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gardella scores. Kerr moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hausmann vs. Walters
Hausmann hits a popup towards third. Mesner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Emmerich
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. Emmerich
Unser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walters vs. Emmerich
Walters bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Williams moves to third. Unser moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Clay vs. Emmerich
Clay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. Unser scores. Walters moves to third. Clay moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Tipton vs. Emmerich
Tipton hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walters scores. Clay moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Libke vs. Emmerich
Libke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clay scores. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Harrell
Ray Harrell now pitching.
McCormick hits a line drive towards short. Kerr catches it and throws to first to double up Libke. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Walters
Ott hits a fly ball into left field. Tipton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Walters
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weintraub vs. Walters
Weintraub hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Unser settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mesner vs. Harrell
Mesner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wahl vs. Harrell
Wahl bunts towards first. Weintraub scoops it up and throws to first, with Hausmann covering, for the out. Mesner moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Harrell
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mesner moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Unser vs. Harrell
Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Walters
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardella vs. Walters
Gardella hits a fly ball into center field. Clay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Walters
Kerr hits a popup towards short. Wahl settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Harrell
Walters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clay vs. Harrell
Clay hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tipton vs. Harrell
Tipton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Libke vs. Harrell
Libke hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reyes vs. Walters
Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Walters
Billy Jurges pinch hits for Ray Harrell.
Jurges is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Walters
Hausmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Walters
Ott takes first base on ball four. Hausmann moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Walters
Lockman strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Brewer
Jack Brewer now pitching.
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mesner vs. Brewer
Mesner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wahl vs. Brewer
Wahl takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Brewer
Williams hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Wahl moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Unser vs. Brewer
Unser strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weintraub vs. Walters
Weintraub hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Walters
Lombardi hits a fly ball into left field. Tipton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardella vs. Walters
Gardella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Walters
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Brewer
Walters hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clay vs. Brewer
Clay hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reyes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tipton vs. Brewer
Tipton hits a line drive towards third. Reyes reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reyes vs. Walters
Reyes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluttz vs. Walters
Clyde Kluttz pinch hits for Jack Brewer.
Kluttz hits a fly ball into left field. Tipton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hausmann vs. Walters
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/8/1945, game 1 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Clay D, cf 5 1 1 2 Hausmann G, 2b 5 0 1 0
Tipton E, lf 5 0 1 1 Ott M, rf 3 0 0 0
Libke A, rf 4 0 1 1 Lockman W, cf 3 0 0 0
McCormick F, 1b 4 0 0 0 Weintraub P, 1b 3 0 0 0
Mesner S, 3b 4 1 2 0 Lombardi E, c 3 1 1 0
Wahl K, ss 2 0 1 0 Gardella D, lf 3 1 1 0
Williams W, 2b 4 1 3 1 Kerr B, ss 4 0 1 0
Unser A, c 4 1 1 0 Reyes N, 3b 4 0 1 1
Walters B, p 3 1 0 0 Emmerich S, p 2 0 0 1
Harrell R, p 0 0 0 0
Jurges B, ph 1 0 0 0
Brewer J, p 0 0 0 0
Kluttz C, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 10 5 32 2 5 2
Cincinnati 010 040 000 -- 5
New York 000 200 000 -- 2
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Walters B (W) 9.0 5 2 2 5 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Emmerich S (L) 4.1 7 5 5 0 1
Harrell R 2.2 2 0 0 0 0
Brewer J 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
E -- Wahl K, Kerr B
DP -- Cincinnati 1, New York 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 6, New York 8
2B -- Wahl K
SB -- Lockman W
SH -- Walters B, Wahl K
A -- 0
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