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Reds 8 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
June 23, 1938

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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 23, 1938 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 8 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJune 23, 1938 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 8 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 8
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 13 E: 3 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherJohnny Vander Meer  
Losing PitcherHal Schumacher  
SaveJoe Cascarella  
Game Winning RBIIval Goodman 

Game Info

DateJune 23, 1938 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Vander Meer  
Home Starting PitcherHal Schumacher  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance22,666 
Time of Game2 hours 30 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Bill Klem
2B: (none)
3B: Ziggy Sears

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Dusty Cooke  Left Fielder 
Ival Goodman  Right Fielder 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Ernie Lombardi  Catcher 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Lew Riggs  Third Baseman 
Billy Myers  Shortstop 
Johnny Vander Meer  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Chiozza  Left Fielder 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Jimmy Ripple  Right Fielder 
Mel Ott  Third Baseman 
Hank Leiber  Center Fielder 
Sam Leslie  First Baseman 
Dick Bartell  Shortstop 
Alex Kampouris  Second Baseman 
Hal Schumacher  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Reds 8 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
June 23, 1938

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/23/1938 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Frey L, 2b            4  1  0  0   Chiozza L, lf         5  1  2  0   
Cooke D, lf           3  3  2  0   Danning H, c          4  0  2  1   
Goodman I, rf         4  2  3  2   Ripple J, rf          3  0  1  0   
McCormick F, 1b       5  1  0  1   Ott M, 3b             5  1  1  2   
Lombardi E, c         3  1  0  0   Leiber H, cf          5  0  1  0   
Craft H, cf           5  0  1  1   Leslie S, 1b          5  1  1  1   
Riggs L, 3b           4  0  1  1   Bartell D, ss         4  0  1  0   
Myers B, ss           4  0  2  0   Kampouris A, 2b       5  0  1  0   
Vander Meer J, p      4  0  0  0   Schumacher H, p       1  0  1  0   
Schott G, p           0  0  0  0   Lohrman B, p          1  0  0  0   
Cascarella J, p       0  0  0  0   Mancuso G, ph         1  1  1  0   
                                   Coffman D, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   McCarthy J, ph        1  1  1  0   
                                   Brown J, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Ryan B, ph            1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  8  9  5                        41  5 13  4

Cincinnati       203 100 002 --  8
New York         000 001 310 --  5

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Vander Meer J (W)     7.2 11  5  5  3  5
Schott G*             0.0  1  0  0  1  0
Cascarella J (S)      1.1  1  0  0  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Schumacher H (L)      3.1  8  6  6  3  3
Lohrman B             3.2  0  0  0  0  1
Coffman D             1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Brown J               1.0  0  2  0  4  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Kampouris A, Craft H, Bartell D 2, Frey L
LOB -- Cincinnati 9, New York 13
HR -- Goodman I, Leslie S, Ott M
SH -- Cooke D
WP -- Vander Meer J
PB -- Danning H
T -- 2:30
A -- 22666

    

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