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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1941-06-01 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · cloudy, dry · 2:10

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 3rd. Hal Schumacher earned the win. Mel Ott went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hal Schumacher L: Monte Pearson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Craft	5	1	1	0	0	2
Lonny Frey	2	1	0	0	2	0
Ival Goodman	4	0	1	1	0	1
Frank McCormick	4	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Aleno	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Koy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	4	0	2	0	0	0
Monte Pearson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dick West	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Gleeson	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	2	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	2	1	0	1	0
Mel Ott	2	1	1	2	2	0
Babe Young	4	0	1	1	0	0
Harry Danning	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jo-Jo Moore	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Orengo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Schumacher	3	0	1	0	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monte Pearson	6.0	7	3	0
Whitey Moore	2.0	0	2	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	9.0	7	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harry Craft: S7
Lonny Frey: 43.1-2
Ival Goodman: S9.2-H
Frank McCormick: 2/FL
Chuck Aleno: 5/FL

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: S8
Billy Jurges: 13.1-2
Mel Ott: W
Babe Young: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Harry Danning: W
Jo-Jo Moore: 7

Top 2

Ernie Koy: K
Ernie Lombardi: 9
Eddie Joost: 63

Bot 2

Joe Orengo: 8
Burgess Whitehead: 4
Hal Schumacher: 5/FL

Top 3

Monte Pearson: 53
Harry Craft: 63
Lonny Frey: W
Ival Goodman: K

Bot 3

Johnny Rucker: S5
Billy Jurges: 54(1)/FO
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Babe Young: 43
Harry Danning: 8

Top 4

Frank McCormick: 6/L
Chuck Aleno: 6/L
Ernie Koy: 63

Bot 4

Jo-Jo Moore: 6/L
Joe Orengo: 53
Burgess Whitehead: 43

Top 5

Ernie Lombardi: S8
Eddie Joost: 54(1)3/GDP
Monte Pearson: 53

Bot 5

Hal Schumacher: S8
Johnny Rucker: 64(1)3/GDP
Billy Jurges: S7
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Babe Young: D9.2-H;1-3
Harry Danning: 43

Top 6

Harry Craft: K
Lonny Frey: W
Ival Goodman: SB2
Ival Goodman: 63.2-3
Frank McCormick: S8.3-H
Chuck Aleno: 3

Bot 6

Jo-Jo Moore: 9
Joe Orengo: 7/L
Burgess Whitehead: S9
Hal Schumacher: 7

Top 7

Ernie Koy: 43
Ernie Lombardi: S7
Eddie Joost: S6.1-2
Jimmy Ripple: W.2-3;1-2
Harry Craft: K
Lonny Frey: 43

Bot 7

Johnny Rucker: 7
Billy Jurges: W
Mel Ott: 6
Babe Young: 6

Top 8

Ival Goodman: 8
Frank McCormick: 8
Chuck Aleno: E5/G
Ernie Koy: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Gabby Hartnett: K/C
Jo-Jo Moore: W
Joe Orengo: 5/FL
Burgess Whitehead: 4

Top 9

Dick West: 63
Eddie Joost: S8
Jim Gleeson: 7
Harry Craft: 1/G

Notes & reviews

Mel Ott's 400th home run; he is the first NL player to reach this milestone and the fourth overall (Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx)
Harry Danning ejected by HP umpire Lee Ballanfant

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