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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1943-07-03 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · sunny, dry · 2:09

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 7–3. New York Giants put up 3 in the 8th. Johnnie Wittig earned the win and Ace Adams 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	10
NY1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3		7	14

W: Johnnie Wittig L: Ray Starr SV: Ace Adams

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lonny Frey	5	0	0	0	0	0
Max Marshall	5	2	2	0	0	1
Gee Walker	4	1	1	1	0	0
Frank McCormick	3	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Mesner	4	0	2	1	0	1
Eric Tipton	4	0	3	1	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Starr	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bert Haas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Estel Crabtree	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	2	2	2	0	2	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	2	2	0	0
Johnny Rucker	5	0	1	1	0	0
Mel Ott	4	2	2	2	1	1
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	1	0	0	1
Sid Gordon	4	1	1	2	0	0
Buster Maynard	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Orengo	4	1	2	0	0	1
Johnnie Wittig	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ace Adams	1	1	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Starr	7.0	9	3	2
Clyde Shoun	1.0	5	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnnie Wittig	7.2	8	1	4
Ace Adams	1.1	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lonny Frey: 43
Max Marshall: T9
Gee Walker: 53
Frank McCormick: W
Steve Mesner: S8.3-H;1-2
Eric Tipton: S1.2-3;1-2
Eddie Miller: 6

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: S5
Mickey Witek: S9.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 7
Mel Ott: CS3(25).1-2
Mel Ott: 5/FL

Top 2

Ray Mueller: S9
Ray Starr: 31/SH.1-2
Lonny Frey: 9/L
Max Marshall: K/C

Bot 2

Ernie Lombardi: S8
Sid Gordon: 9
Buster Maynard: 36(1)/FO
Joe Orengo: K

Top 3

Gee Walker: 53
Frank McCormick: 31
Steve Mesner: 53

Bot 3

Johnnie Wittig: 7/FL
Dick Bartell: W
Mickey Witek: 4
Johnny Rucker: 6/L

Top 4

Eric Tipton: S7
Eddie Miller: 2/FL
Ray Mueller: 4
Ray Starr: K/C

Bot 4

Mel Ott: W
Ernie Lombardi: 8
Sid Gordon: HR/7.1-H
Buster Maynard: 2/FL
Joe Orengo: 6/FL

Top 5

Lonny Frey: 9
Max Marshall: 3/G
Gee Walker: 9

Bot 5

Johnnie Wittig: S8
Dick Bartell: 14/SH.1-2
Mickey Witek: FC6.2X3(65)
Johnny Rucker: 8

Top 6

Frank McCormick: 9
Steve Mesner: K/C
Eric Tipton: 43

Bot 6

Mel Ott: HR/9
Ernie Lombardi: K
Sid Gordon: 5
Buster Maynard: S7
Joe Orengo: S7.1-3;B-2(E7)
Johnnie Wittig: 63

Top 7

Eddie Miller: 6/FL
Ray Mueller: 63
Ray Starr: K

Bot 7

Dick Bartell: W
Mickey Witek: 14/SH.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 63.2-3
Mel Ott: S9.3-H
Ernie Lombardi: 53

Top 8

Lonny Frey: 63
Max Marshall: D9
Gee Walker: S5.2-H;B-2(THH)
Frank McCormick: 2/FL
Steve Mesner: S6.2-3
Eric Tipton: S9.3-H;1-2
Eddie Miller: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Sid Gordon: 9
Buster Maynard: 63
Joe Orengo: S8
Ace Adams: S8.1-2
Dick Bartell: S5.2-3;1-2
Mickey Witek: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(E9)
Johnny Rucker: S4.3-H;2-3
Mel Ott: K/C

Top 9

Bert Haas: 43
Estel Crabtree: S7
Lonny Frey: 43.1-2
Max Marshall: 9