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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1943-05-19 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2331 · sunny, dry · 2:05

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 1st. Bill Lohrman earned the win and Van Mungo picked up the save. Mel Ott went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	12
NY1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	5

W: Bill Lohrman L: Johnny Vander Meer SV: Van Mungo

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lonny Frey	4	1	0	0	1	0
Max Marshall	5	0	4	1	0	0
Gee Walker	5	0	2	0	0	0
Frank McCormick	4	0	1	1	1	0
Eric Tipton	5	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Mesner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Eddie Miller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	4	0	2	0	0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	0	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Brewster	1	0	0	0	0	0
Estel Crabtree	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Kelleher	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Jurges	3	1	0	0	1	1
Buster Maynard	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Barna	4	0	1	0	0	1
Sid Gordon	2	1	1	0	1	0
Joe Orengo	2	0	0	1	1	0
Bill Lohrman	2	0	0	0	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	4.0	2	5	0
Ed Heusser	1.0	1	0	0
Clyde Shoun	3.0	2	0	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lohrman	8.1	11	4	2
Van Mungo	0.2	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lonny Frey: W
Max Marshall: 8
Gee Walker: S7.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Frank McCormick: IW
Eric Tipton: 12(3)3/GDP

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: W
Billy Jurges: 54(1)/FO
Buster Maynard: 8
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Ernie Lombardi: 53

Top 2

Steve Mesner: K
Eddie Miller: S7
Ray Mueller: 8
Johnny Vander Meer: W.1-2
Lonny Frey: 3/G

Bot 2

Babe Barna: 2/FL
Sid Gordon: W
Joe Orengo: 16(1)/FO
Bill Lohrman: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Max Marshall: S9
Gee Walker: 54(1)3/GDP
Frank McCormick: 43

Bot 3

Dick Bartell: 53
Billy Jurges: W
Buster Maynard: 13.1-2
Mel Ott: 9

Top 4

Eric Tipton: 13
Steve Mesner: D8
Eddie Miller: 23.2-3
Ray Mueller: 13

Bot 4

Ernie Lombardi: 3/G
Babe Barna: S8
Sid Gordon: 64(1)/FO
Joe Orengo: WP.1-2
Joe Orengo: W
Bill Lohrman: W.2-3;1-2
Dick Bartell: 5

Top 5

Charlie Brewster: 53
Lonny Frey: 4
Max Marshall: S8
Gee Walker: S9.1-3
Frank McCormick: SB2
Frank McCormick: 53

Bot 5

Billy Jurges: 63
Buster Maynard: S5
Mel Ott: 36(1)/FO
Ernie Lombardi: 5/FL

Top 6

Eric Tipton: S6
Steve Mesner: 16(1)/FO
Eddie Miller: 54(1)/FO
Ray Mueller: S8.1-2
Estel Crabtree: K

Bot 6

Babe Barna: 13
Sid Gordon: T8
Joe Orengo: 7.3-H
Bill Lohrman: 5

Top 7

Lonny Frey: 43
Max Marshall: D7
Gee Walker: 63.2-3
Frank McCormick: 53

Bot 7

Dick Bartell: 7
Billy Jurges: K
Buster Maynard: 5

Top 8

Eric Tipton: 63
Steve Mesner: 5/FL
Eddie Miller: 6

Bot 8

Mel Ott: S7
Ernie Lombardi: 54(1)3/GDP
Babe Barna: K

Top 9

Ray Mueller: S7
Frankie Kelleher: W.1-2
Lonny Frey: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Max Marshall: S9.3-H;1-2
Gee Walker: 3/FL
Frank McCormick: S7.2-H;1-2
Eric Tipton: 3/FL

Notes & reviews

Nap Reyes left with injured leg after chasing foul ball

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