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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1944-07-29 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 1:38

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–4. New York Giants put up 3 in the 1st. Johnny Allen earned the win and Ace Adams picked up the save. Mel Ott went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Allen L: Ed Heusser SV: Ace Adams

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Williams	4	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Criscola	3	1	1	0	1	0
Gee Walker	4	1	1	2	0	1
Frank McCormick	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ray Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	3	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Mesner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ed Heusser	3	0	0	0	0	2

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Treadway	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Hausmann	3	1	2	0	1	0
Mel Ott	4	1	2	3	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Weintraub	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	1	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	1	1	2	0	0
Hal Luby	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Allen	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ace Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Heusser	8.0	7	1	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Allen	7.2	6	2	4
Ace Adams	1.1	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody Williams: 43
Tony Criscola: W
Gee Walker: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Red Treadway: S8
George Hausmann: S5/BG.1-2
Mel Ott: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Joe Medwick: 53
Phil Weintraub: 8
Ernie Lombardi: 63

Top 2

Frank McCormick: 5/FL
Ray Mueller: 4/P
Eric Tipton: 9

Bot 2

Buddy Kerr: 9
Hal Luby: 9
Johnny Allen: 4/P

Top 3

Steve Mesner: 6/P
Eddie Miller: S8
Ed Heusser: K
Woody Williams: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Red Treadway: 43
George Hausmann: 63
Mel Ott: 3/G

Top 4

Tony Criscola: 31
Gee Walker: 5/P
Frank McCormick: D7
Ray Mueller: 5/FL

Bot 4

Joe Medwick: 31
Phil Weintraub: 8
Ernie Lombardi: 8

Top 5

Eric Tipton: 63
Steve Mesner: S8
Eddie Miller: 3/FL
Ed Heusser: K

Bot 5

Buddy Kerr: 8
Hal Luby: 5/FL
Johnny Allen: K

Top 6

Woody Williams: 5/P
Tony Criscola: 9
Gee Walker: K/C

Bot 6

Red Treadway: 8
George Hausmann: S7
Mel Ott: 3/P
Joe Medwick: CS2(24)

Top 7

Frank McCormick: 5/FL
Ray Mueller: 8
Eric Tipton: W
Steve Mesner: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Joe Medwick: S8
Phil Weintraub: 53.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: FC6.2X3(654);B-1
Buddy Kerr: HR/7.1-H
Hal Luby: K/C

Top 8

Eddie Miller: K
Ed Heusser: 43
Woody Williams: S8
Tony Criscola: S9.1-2
Gee Walker: T/78.2-H;1-H
Frank McCormick: HR/7.3-H
Ray Mueller: 43

Bot 8

Ace Adams: 9
Red Treadway: 9
George Hausmann: W
Mel Ott: S8.1-2
Joe Medwick: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Eric Tipton: 43
Steve Mesner: 5/P
Eddie Miller: 5/FL