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Dodgers 6 @ Giants 2
Polo Grounds
May 30, 1941

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on May 30, 1941 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Dodgers with a score of 6 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 30, 1941 
Visiting Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 6 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 2
Runs: 6
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 2
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 2 H: 5 E: 2 LOB: 4
Runs: 2
Hits: 5
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherMace Brown  
Losing PitcherCliff Melton  
SaveKirby Higbe  
Game Winning RBIJoe Vosmik 

Game Info

DateMay 30, 1941 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherLuke Hamlin  
Home Starting PitcherCliff Melton  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance59,487 
Time of Game1 hour 53 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou Jorda
1B: George Barr
2B: (none)
3B: Ziggy Sears

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Billy Herman  Second Baseman 
Pete Reiser  Center Fielder 
Cookie Lavagetto  Third Baseman 
Joe Medwick  Left Fielder 
Joe Vosmik  Right Fielder 
Dolph Camilli  First Baseman 
Mickey Owen  Catcher 
Luke Hamlin  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Rucker  Center Fielder 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Gabby Hartnett  Catcher 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Joe Orengo  Third Baseman 
Cliff Melton  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Dodgers 6 @ Giants 2
Polo Grounds
May 30, 1941

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/30/1941, game 2 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)

  Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Reese P, ss           4  2  2  0   Rucker J, cf          4  1  2  0   
Herman B, 2b          4  1  1  0   Whitehead B, 2b       4  0  0  0   
Reiser P, cf          4  1  1  1   Ott M, rf             4  0  1  2   
Lavagetto C, 3b       4  0  0  1   Young B, 1b           4  0  1  0   
Medwick J, lf         4  1  0  0   Hartnett G, c         3  0  0  0   
Vosmik J, rf          3  0  1  2   Danning H, c          1  0  0  0   
Walker D, rf          0  0  0  0   Moore J, lf           4  0  0  0   
Camilli D, 1b         4  1  1  1   Jurges B, ss          3  0  0  0   
Owen M, c             4  0  0  0   Orengo J, 3b          2  1  1  0   
Hamlin L, p           2  0  0  0   Melton C, p           2  0  0  0   
Coscarart P, ph       1  0  0  0                                      
Brown M, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Higbe K, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  6  6  5                        31  2  5  2

Brooklyn         100 000 005 --  6
New York         000 002 000 --  2

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hamlin L              7.0  3  2  2  0  4
Brown M (W)           1.0  1  0  0  1  1
Higbe K (S)           1.0  1  0  0  0  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Melton C (L)          9.0  6  6  4  1  4

E -- Herman B, Jurges B, Ott M
LOB -- Brooklyn 2, New York 4
2B -- Ott M
HR -- Camilli D
SB -- Reiser P
CS -- Orengo J
SH -- Melton C
WP -- Brown M
T -- 1:53
A -- 59487

    

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