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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1941-06-01 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 12534 · cloudy, dry · 1:46

Cincinnati Reds defeated New York Giants 3–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 4th. Junior Thompson earned the win. Lonny Frey went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Junior Thompson L: Bill Lohrman SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ernie Koy	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lonny Frey	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ival Goodman	3	1	0	0	1	0
Frank McCormick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chuck Aleno	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	1	0	1	0
Harry Craft	4	0	1	2	0	0
Eddie Joost	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Thompson	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	1	2	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	0	1	0	1	0
Babe Young	3	0	0	1	1	0
Gabby Hartnett	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	3	0	0	0
Joe Orengo	3	0	0	0	1	1
Burgess Whitehead	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bill Lohrman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gene Thompson	9.0	8	3	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lohrman	9.0	5	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ernie Koy: 3/G
Lonny Frey: 8
Ival Goodman: 8

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 13
Billy Jurges: 63
Mel Ott: S5
Babe Young: SB2
Babe Young: 43

Top 2

Frank McCormick: 63
Chuck Aleno: K
Ernie Lombardi: 9

Bot 2

Gabby Hartnett: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: S8
Joe Orengo: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Harry Craft: 6
Eddie Joost: 8
Gene Thompson: 63

Bot 3

Burgess Whitehead: D9
Bill Lohrman: 14/SH.2-3
Johnny Rucker: S9.3-H
Billy Jurges: S7.1-3
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Babe Young: 8.3-H
Gabby Hartnett: 53

Top 4

Ernie Koy: 63
Lonny Frey: HR/9
Ival Goodman: W
Frank McCormick: 7
Chuck Aleno: S8.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: W.2-3;1-2
Harry Craft: S5.3-H;2-H;1-2
Eddie Joost: 8

Bot 4

Jo-Jo Moore: 43
Joe Orengo: K
Burgess Whitehead: K

Top 5

Gene Thompson: K
Ernie Koy: 63
Lonny Frey: 3/L

Bot 5

Bill Lohrman: 5/FL
Johnny Rucker: 8
Billy Jurges: 9

Top 6

Ival Goodman: 3/G
Frank McCormick: S9
Chuck Aleno: 3
Ernie Lombardi: S9.1-3
Harry Craft: 2

Bot 6

Mel Ott: 31
Babe Young: W
Gabby Hartnett: K
Jo-Jo Moore: S7.1-2
Joe Orengo: W.2-3;1-2
Burgess Whitehead: 43

Top 7

Eddie Joost: 53
Gene Thompson: 7
Ernie Koy: 7

Bot 7

Bill Lohrman: 13
Johnny Rucker: S8
Billy Jurges: WP.1-2
Billy Jurges: 3
Mel Ott: 7

Top 8

Lonny Frey: 9/L
Ival Goodman: 8
Frank McCormick: 43

Bot 8

Babe Young: 8
Gabby Hartnett: 8
Jo-Jo Moore: S9
Joe Orengo: 5

Top 9

Chuck Aleno: 7/FL
Ernie Lombardi: 2/FL
Harry Craft: 7

Bot 9

Burgess Whitehead: 63
Ken O'Dea: 5
Johnny Rucker: 63