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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1944-09-26 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2734 · sunny, dry · 1:45

Cincinnati Reds defeated New York Giants 6–4. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 4th. Tommy de la Cruz earned the win and Arnold Carter picked up the save. Frank McCormick went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tommy de la Cruz L: Whitey Miller SV: Arnold Carter

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	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dain Clay	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jo-Jo White	3	1	0	0	1	0
Frank McCormick	2	1	1	2	2	1
Ray Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	3	2	1	0	1	0
Steve Mesner	4	1	2	1	0	0
Eddie Miller	3	1	0	0	1	0
Tommy de la Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	0	0	1	0	1
George Hausmann	4	0	1	2	0	0
Bruce Sloan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nap Reyes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Mead	3	1	0	0	1	0
Hal Luby	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Berres	3	3	3	1	0	0
Rube Fischer	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	0	0	0	0	1	0
Red Treadway	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy de la Cruz	8.2	7	2	1
Arnold Carter	0.1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Fischer	5.0	3	2	0
Whitey Miller	2.0	1	3	1
Ace Adams	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody Williams: 13
Dain Clay: 2/FL
Jo-Jo White: 43

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 43
George Hausmann: 13
Bruce Sloan: 2/FL

Top 2

Frank McCormick: W
Ray Mueller: 8
Eric Tipton: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Nap Reyes: 13
Buddy Kerr: 7
Charlie Mead: 8

Top 3

Steve Mesner: 7
Eddie Miller: 8
Tommy de la Cruz: 63

Bot 3

Hal Luby: 63
Ray Berres: HP
Rube Fischer: S5.1-3
Johnny Rucker: 46(1)/FO.3-H
George Hausmann: 13

Top 4

Woody Williams: 53
Dain Clay: 63
Jo-Jo White: W
Frank McCormick: HR/7.1-H
Ray Mueller: 8

Bot 4

Bruce Sloan: 7
Nap Reyes: 63
Buddy Kerr: 53

Top 5

Eric Tipton: D8
Steve Mesner: S9.2-H;BX2(94)
Eddie Miller: 63
Tommy de la Cruz: 4

Bot 5

Charlie Mead: W
Hal Luby: 8
Ray Berres: S8.1-2
Mel Ott: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Rucker: K
George Hausmann: D9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bruce Sloan: 5

Top 6

Woody Williams: 63
Dain Clay: S5
Jo-Jo White: PO1(E1).1-3
Jo-Jo White: 143
Frank McCormick: IW
Ray Mueller: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Nap Reyes: 53
Buddy Kerr: D7
Charlie Mead: 3
Hal Luby: 13

Top 7

Eric Tipton: W
Steve Mesner: SB2
Steve Mesner: 43.2-3
Eddie Miller: IW
Tommy de la Cruz: FC4.3XH(425E3)(NR)(UR);1-3(THH);B-2(THH)
Woody Williams: E6.3-H(UR)(NR);2-3;B-2
Dain Clay: K/C
Jo-Jo White: 31

Bot 7

Ray Berres: S7
Red Treadway: 7
Johnny Rucker: 5/FL
George Hausmann: 8

Top 8

Frank McCormick: K/C
Ray Mueller: 63
Eric Tipton: 9

Bot 8

Bruce Sloan: 31
Nap Reyes: 13
Buddy Kerr: 2/FL

Top 9

Steve Mesner: D7
Eddie Miller: 7.2-3
Tommy de la Cruz: E6.3-H(NR)(UR)
Woody Williams: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Charlie Mead: 7
Hal Luby: 63
Ray Berres: HR/7
Ernie Lombardi: S7
Johnny Rucker: 4