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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 24, 1950
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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 June 24, 1950 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 24, 1950 |
|---|---|
| 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 | June 24, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ken Raffensberger |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sheldon Jones |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 10,434 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Scotty Robb 2B: (none) 3B: Babe Pinelli |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Merriman | Center Fielder |
| Peanuts Lowrey | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Wyrostek | Right Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Grady Hatton | Third Baseman |
| Connie Ryan | Second Baseman |
| Dixie Howell | Catcher |
| Virgil Stallcup | Shortstop |
| Ken Raffensberger | Pitcher |
| Luke Sewell | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Monte Irvin | Right Fielder |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Tookie Gilbert | First Baseman |
| Sheldon Jones | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 24, 1950
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merriman vs. Jones
Merriman strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Jones
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wyrostek vs. Jones
Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Jones
Kluszewski hits a popup towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hatton vs. Jones
Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Raffensberger
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Raffensberger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Raffensberger
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Raffensberger
Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman 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: ---
Ryan vs. Jones
Ryan hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Jones
Howell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Jones
Stallcup hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Raffensberger
Westrum hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Raffensberger
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Raffensberger
Dark hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Raffensberger
Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Raffensberger
Gilbert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Raffensberger
Jones bunts in front of the plate. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. Gilbert moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stanky vs. Raffensberger
Stanky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gilbert scores. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Raffensberger
Lockman hits a line drive towards first. Kluszewski reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Raffensberger vs. Jones
Raffensberger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merriman vs. Jones
Merriman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Jones
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Raffensberger
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Raffensberger
Westrum hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Erautt
Eddie Erautt now pitching.
Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Erautt
Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Dark reaches second base with a double. Thomson moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thompson vs. Erautt
Thompson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gilbert vs. Erautt
Gilbert hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomson scores. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Erautt
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Jones
Wyrostek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Jones
Kluszewski hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Jones
Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Erautt
Stanky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Erautt
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Erautt
Irvin hits a popup in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Jones
Ryan strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Jones
Howell strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Jones
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson juggles the ball. That's an error on Thompson. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. Jones
Joe Adcock pinch hits for Eddie Erautt.
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Hetki
Johnny Hetki now pitching.
Westrum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Hetki
Thomson takes first base on ball four. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Hetki
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Hetki
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Westrum moves to third. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gilbert vs. Hetki
Gilbert takes first base on ball four. Westrum scores. Thomson moves to third. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jones vs. Hetki
Jones hits a popup in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stanky vs. Hetki
Stanky hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merriman vs. Jones
Merriman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Jones
Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wyrostek vs. Jones
Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground that hits Merriman. Merriman is out and Wyrostek is safe at first. There goes Merriman trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Jones
Kluszewski hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Hetki
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Hetki
Irvin hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Hetki
Westrum hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Merriman who is chasing the ball. Westrum reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomson vs. Hetki
Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dark vs. Hetki
Dark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Hetki
Thompson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Merriman. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Westrum scores. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gilbert vs. Hetki
Gilbert is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jones vs. Hetki
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Jones
Hatton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ryan vs. Jones
Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Jones
Howell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Howell reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stallcup vs. Jones
Stallcup hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Hetki
Sammy Meeks now playing shortstop. Bobby Adams now playing second base. Bill Rigney pinch hits for Eddie Stanky.
Rigney hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Hetki
Lockman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Hetki
Irvin is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Hetki
Westrum hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Hetki
Thomson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rufer vs. Hetki
Rudy Rufer pinch hits for Al Dark.
Rufer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hetki fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perkowski vs. Jones
Rudy Rufer now playing shortstop. Bill Rigney now playing second base. Harry Perkowski pinch hits for Johnny Hetki.
Perkowski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merriman vs. Jones
Merriman hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Jones
Lowrey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Lowrey reaches second base with a double. Perkowski moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wyrostek vs. Jones
There's a wild pitch. Perkowski scores. Lowrey moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wyrostek vs. Jones
Wyrostek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kluszewski vs. Jones
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lowrey scores. Wyrostek moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hatton vs. Jones
Hatton hits a fly ball into right field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Perkowski
Bob Usher now playing right field. Jim Bolger now playing left field. Harry Perkowski now pitching.
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gilbert vs. Perkowski
Gilbert hits a fly ball into right field. Usher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Perkowski
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meeks vs. Jones
Meeks hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Jones
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Jones
Adams hits a fly ball into right field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/24/1950 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Merriman L, cf 4 0 1 0 Stanky E, 2b 3 0 1 1
Lowrey P, lf 4 1 2 0 Rigney B, ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Bolger J, lf 0 0 0 0 Lockman W, lf 5 1 1 1
Wyrostek J, rf 3 0 2 0 Irvin M, rf 4 2 1 1
Usher B, rf 0 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 4 5 4 4
Kluszewski T, 1b 4 0 0 1 Thomson B, cf 4 1 1 0
Hatton G, 3b 4 0 1 0 Dark A, ss 3 1 2 1
Ryan C, 2b 3 0 0 0 Rufer R, ph-ss 1 0 0 0
Meeks S, ss 1 0 0 0 Thompson H, 3b 2 1 2 2
Howell D, c 4 0 1 0 Gilbert T, 1b 3 1 1 2
Stallcup V, ss 3 0 0 0 Jones S, p 4 0 0 0
Adams B, 2b 1 0 0 0
Raffensberger K, p 1 0 0 0
Erautt E, p 0 0 0 0
Adcock J, ph 1 0 0 0
Hetki J, p 0 0 0 0
Perkowski H, ph-p 1 1 1 0
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34 2 8 1 34 12 13 12
Cincinnati 000 000 020 -- 2
New York 042 012 30x -- 12
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Raffensberger K (L) 2.1 6 5 5 0 1
Erautt E 1.2 2 1 1 2 0
Hetki J 3.0 5 6 6 6 0
Perkowski H 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Jones S (W) 9.0 8 2 2 1 4
E -- Thompson H
DP -- Cincinnati 2, New York 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 6, New York 9
2B -- Dark A, Thompson H, Lowrey P
3B -- Westrum W, Howell D
HR -- Westrum W 3, Dark A, Thompson H, Irvin M, Lockman W
SH -- Jones S
HBP -- by Hetki J (Irvin M)
WP -- Jones S
T -- 2:20
A -- 10434
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