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Reds 5 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
May 18, 1948
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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 18, 1948 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Reds with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 18, 1948 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 5 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 4
Runs: 6
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 4
Winning Pitcher—Sheldon Jones  
Losing Pitcher—Johnny Vander Meer  
Save—Ken Trinkle  
Game Winning RBI—Bobby Thomson 

Game Info

DateMay 18, 1948 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Vander Meer  
Home Starting PitcherRay Poat  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance38,023 
Time of Game2 hours 21 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jocko Conlan
1B: Beans Reardon
2B: (none)
3B: Larry Goetz

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Wyrostek  Center Fielder 
Benny Zientara  Second Baseman 
Augie Galan  Right Fielder 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Grady Hatton  Third Baseman 
Virgil Stallcup  Shortstop 
Ray Lamanno  Catcher 
Johnny Vander Meer  Pitcher 
Johnny Neun  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Rigney  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Mickey Livingston  Catcher 
Jack Lohrke  Third Baseman 
Ray Poat  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Reds 5 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
May 18, 1948

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         Game of 5/18/1948 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Wyrostek J, cf        5  0  1  1   Rigney B, 2b          3  1  1  0   
Zientara B, 2b        4  0  0  0   Lockman W, lf         3  1  0  0   
Poland H, ph          1  0  1  0   Thomson B, cf         4  1  1  3   
Corbitt C, pr         0  0  0  0   Mize J, 1b            3  1  1  1   
Galan A, rf           1  2  0  0   Marshall W, rf        4  0  0  0   
Sauer H, lf           5  1  1  2   Kerr B, ss            3  1  1  0   
Young B, 1b           5  1  3  1   Livingston M, c       2  0  0  0   
Hatton G, 3b          4  0  1  1   Lohrke J, 3b          3  1  2  1   
Stallcup V, ss        4  0  1  0   Poat R, p             2  0  0  0   
Lamanno R, c          2  1  0  0   Jones S, p            0  0  0  0   
Kluszewski T, ph      1  0  0  0   Gordon S, ph          1  0  0  0   
Williams D, c         0  0  0  0   Trinkle K, p          0  0  0  0   
Vander Meer J, p      2  0  0  0                                      
Baumholtz F, ph       1  0  0  0                                      
Raffensberger K, p    0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  5  8  5                        28  6  6  5

Cincinnati       000 202 001 --  5
New York         020 000 40x --  6

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Vander Meer J (L)     7.0  6  6  5  6  5
Raffensberger K       1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Poat R                5.2  5  4  3  5  3
Jones S (W)           1.1  0  0  0  1  1
Trinkle K (S)         2.0  3  1  1  1  1

E -- Lohrke J, Lamanno R
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 10, New York 4
2B -- Young B, Thomson B
HR -- Mize J, Sauer H, Young B
CS -- Kerr B
PB -- Lamanno R
T -- 2:21
A -- 38023

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