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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1939-06-05 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 7297 · sunny, dry · 2:15

Cincinnati Reds defeated New York Giants 8–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 5 in the 6th. Bucky Walters earned the win. Ernie Lombardi went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	8	16
NY1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Bucky Walters L: Hal Schumacher SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dolly Stark · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	5	1	1	0	1	1
Lonny Frey	6	1	1	3	0	0
Ival Goodman	4	0	2	1	0	0
Frank McCormick	5	2	3	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	5	1	2	2	0	0
Harry Craft	5	0	2	1	0	3
Wally Berger	4	1	1	0	1	2
Billy Myers	3	1	2	0	2	0
Bucky Walters	5	1	2	1	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	4	1	2	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	2	0	0	1	1	0
Harry Danning	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Zeke Bonura	4	1	3	0	0	1
Frank Demaree	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	2	0	0	0	2	1
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Schumacher	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	9.0	7	4	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	5.0	11	2	5
Jumbo Brown	2.0	3	1	1
Slick Castleman	2.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Werber: 53
Lonny Frey: 9
Ival Goodman: S8
Frank McCormick: S7.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: 5(2)/FO

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 3/G
Billy Jurges: 3/FL
Harry Danning: S7
Mel Ott: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Harry Craft: K
Wally Berger: K
Billy Myers: 9

Bot 2

Zeke Bonura: S8
Frank Demaree: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Tony Lazzeri: K/C

Top 3

Bucky Walters: 8
Billy Werber: D7
Lonny Frey: 2/FL
Ival Goodman: 7

Bot 3

Burgess Whitehead: 7
Hal Schumacher: 53
Jo-Jo Moore: S7
Billy Jurges: SB2
Billy Jurges: W
Harry Danning: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Frank McCormick: T7
Ernie Lombardi: HR/7.3-H
Harry Craft: S7
Wally Berger: DGR/7.1-3
Billy Myers: W
Bucky Walters: K
Billy Werber: K
Lonny Frey: 8

Bot 4

Mel Ott: 9
Zeke Bonura: D7
Frank Demaree: 63.2-3
Tony Lazzeri: WP.3-H
Tony Lazzeri: W
Burgess Whitehead: S8.1-2
Hal Schumacher: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Ival Goodman: S9
Frank McCormick: E5.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: 7
Harry Craft: K
Wally Berger: 5(2)/FO

Bot 5

Jo-Jo Moore: T8
Billy Jurges: 7/L/SF.3-H
Harry Danning: 4/L
Mel Ott: 5/FL

Top 6

Billy Myers: S5
Bucky Walters: S5.1-2
Billy Werber: W.2-3;1-2
Lonny Frey: T8.3-H;2-H;1-H
Ival Goodman: 7/SF.3-H
Frank McCormick: S7
Ernie Lombardi: D9.1-3
Harry Craft: S9.3-H;2-3;BX2(9E6)
Wally Berger: K
Billy Myers: W
Bucky Walters: 7/L

Bot 6

Zeke Bonura: S1
Frank Demaree: 9
Tony Lazzeri: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Billy Werber: 8
Lonny Frey: 43
Ival Goodman: 4

Bot 7

Burgess Whitehead: 3/FL
Jimmy Ripple: 5/FL
Jo-Jo Moore: 31

Top 8

Frank McCormick: 63
Ernie Lombardi: 53
Harry Craft: K

Bot 8

Billy Jurges: 3/FL
Harry Danning: W
Mel Ott: K
Zeke Bonura: K

Top 9

Wally Berger: W
Billy Myers: S6.1-2
Bucky Walters: S7.2-H;1-2
Billy Werber: 6(B)4(2)/LDP
Lonny Frey: 46(1)/FO

Bot 9

Frank Demaree: 5
Tony Lazzeri: W
Burgess Whitehead: 46(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

HP umpire Dolly Stark struck on the knee by a foul ball
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HP umpire Dolly Stark left with an injured knee; 1B umpire George Magerkurth moved to HP and 3B umpire Bill Stewart moved to 1B; 7 minute delay

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