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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1925-05-15 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4500 · 1:28

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 7–2. New York Giants put up 4 in the 2nd. Virgil Barnes earned the win. Frank Snyder went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
NY1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2		7	7

W: Virgil Barnes L: Rube Benton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ernie Quigley · 1B: Charlie Moran · 2B: (none) · 3B: Frank Wilson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hughie Critz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Edd Roush	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rube Bressler	3	1	1	0	1	0
Elmer Smith	4	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Zitzmann	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Bohne	3	0	2	0	1	0
Ike Caveney	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ivey Wingo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rube Benton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Biemiller	1	0	0	0	0	1
Curt Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddie Lindstrom	3	0	0	0	1	0
Frankie Frisch	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ross Youngs	4	0	1	0	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	4	2	2	0	0	0
Irish Meusel	2	1	1	1	0	0
Hack Wilson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Travis Jackson	3	1	0	1	1	0
Frank Snyder	4	1	2	3	0	0
Virgil Barnes	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Southworth	2	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Benton	2.0	6	0	1
Harry Biemiller	4.0	1	0	0
Tom Sheehan	2.0	0	3	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Virgil Barnes	9.0	8	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hughie Critz: 13
Edd Roush: S6/G6M
Rube Bressler: SB2
Rube Bressler: W
Elmer Smith: S7.2-H;1-2
Billy Zitzmann: 7/F
Sam Bohne: S6/G6S.2-3;1-2
Ike Caveney: S6/G46.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ivey Wingo: 6/P

Bot 1

Freddie Lindstrom: 7/F
Frankie Frisch: 8/F
Ross Youngs: 13

Top 2

Rube Benton: 3/FL
Hughie Critz: 63
Edd Roush: 13

Bot 2

High Pockets Kelly: S9
Irish Meusel: S8.1-2
Hack Wilson: E6/G.2-3;1-2
Travis Jackson: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3;B-2(E6/TH1)
Frank Snyder: HR/F7D.3-H;2-H(UR)
Virgil Barnes: K/C
Freddie Lindstrom: 63

Top 3

Rube Bressler: 9/F
Elmer Smith: 43
Billy Zitzmann: 5/P

Bot 3

Frankie Frisch: S1/G-
Ross Youngs: S5/BG.1-2
High Pockets Kelly: S8/G46.2-3;1-2
Irish Meusel: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI);2-3
Hack Wilson: 9/F

Top 4

Sam Bohne: 43
Ike Caveney: 5/P
Ivey Wingo: 9/F

Bot 4

Travis Jackson: 7/F
Frank Snyder: D7/7D
Virgil Barnes: 43.2-3
Freddie Lindstrom: 13

Top 5

Harry Biemiller: K/C
Hughie Critz: 43
Edd Roush: 43

Bot 5

Frankie Frisch: HP
Ross Youngs: 8(B)6(1)/FDP
High Pockets Kelly: 13

Top 6

Rube Bressler: S7
Elmer Smith: 3/P3F/FL
Billy Zitzmann: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Billy Southworth: 43
Hack Wilson: 163
Travis Jackson: 5/P

Top 7

Sam Bohne: W
Ike Caveney: 7/F
Ivey Wingo: W.1-2
Curt Walker: 7/LDP/L78.2X2(74)

Bot 7

Frank Snyder: 63
Virgil Barnes: 43
Freddie Lindstrom: W
Frankie Frisch: 6/P

Top 8

Hughie Critz: S8/6D
Edd Roush: 54(1)/FO
Rube Bressler: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Ross Youngs: 63
High Pockets Kelly: E6/G
Billy Southworth: 8/F
Hack Wilson: W.1-2
Travis Jackson: W.2-3;1-2
Frank Snyder: E3/G.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Virgil Barnes: 8/F

Top 9

Elmer Smith: 43
Billy Zitzmann: K
Sam Bohne: S4/G
Ike Caveney: S7.1-2
Ivey Wingo: 9/F9D

Notes & reviews

Game held up for a few minutes while Caveney had a speck of dirt removed from his left eye in the dugout.
Relay throw went over Bressler
Hit the facade of the upper tier in LF
Over Zitzmann
Nice 1-hand catch near Giants' dugout
High bounder glanced off Biemiller's glove
Over Jackson
Off Caveney's knee
Through Bressler's legs

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