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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1943-08-16 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2142 · 1:58

Cincinnati Reds defeated New York Giants 5–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 1st. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win. Joe Medwick went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Johnnie Wittig SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Tom Dunn · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lonny Frey	3	0	0	1	2	0
Max Marshall	4	0	0	1	1	0
Bert Haas	5	1	1	0	0	0
Frank McCormick	5	1	1	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	3	1	0	0	1	0
Steve Mesner	4	0	2	3	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	2	1	1	0	1	1
Johnny Vander Meer	3	0	1	0	1	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Rucker	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Medwick	4	2	2	1	0	2
Mel Ott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	4	0	2	1	0	0
Buster Maynard	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gus Mancuso	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Feldman	3	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	8	3	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnnie Wittig	1.0	5	1	0
Harry Feldman	8.0	3	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lonny Frey: 7/L
Max Marshall: 3/L
Bert Haas: S
Frank McCormick: S.1-2
Eric Tipton: W.2-3;1-2
Steve Mesner: D7.3-H;2-H;1-H;BX3(865)

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 53
Mickey Witek: 9/L
Johnny Rucker: 53

Top 2

Eddie Miller: D7
Ray Mueller: S.2-3
Johnny Vander Meer: K
Lonny Frey: 7.3-H
Max Marshall: W.1-2
Bert Haas: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: HR
Mel Ott: 63
Sid Gordon: 63
Buster Maynard: W
Gus Mancuso: W.1-2
Harry Feldman: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Frank McCormick: 53
Eric Tipton: 7
Steve Mesner: 4/P

Bot 3

Dick Bartell: S7
Mickey Witek: 6(1)3/GDP
Johnny Rucker: 43

Top 4

Eddie Miller: S
Ray Mueller: W.1-2
Johnny Vander Meer: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Lonny Frey: W.2-3;1-2
Max Marshall: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Bert Haas: 7

Bot 4

Joe Medwick: D7
Mel Ott: 2/FL
Sid Gordon: S8.2-H
Buster Maynard: 9/L
Gus Mancuso: 13

Top 5

Frank McCormick: 53
Eric Tipton: 8
Steve Mesner: S
Eddie Miller: 9/L

Bot 5

Harry Feldman: S
Dick Bartell: 6(B)3(1)/LDP
Mickey Witek: K

Top 6

Ray Mueller: K
Johnny Vander Meer: S
Lonny Frey: W.1-2
Max Marshall: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Johnny Rucker: S
Joe Medwick: K
Mel Ott: 2/FL
Sid Gordon: S.1-2
Buster Maynard: 7

Top 7

Bert Haas: 9
Frank McCormick: 6/P
Eric Tipton: 8

Bot 7

Gus Mancuso: 8
Harry Feldman: 2/FL
Dick Bartell: W
Mickey Witek: 8

Top 8

Steve Mesner: 53
Eddie Miller: 63
Ray Mueller: HP
Johnny Vander Meer: W.1-2
Lonny Frey: 43

Bot 8

Johnny Rucker: K
Joe Medwick: K
Mel Ott: S9/G3
Sid Gordon: 9

Top 9

Max Marshall: 9
Bert Haas: 63
Frank McCormick: 7/L

Bot 9

Buster Maynard: 2/FL
Gus Mancuso: 7
Billy Jurges: 9