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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1945-05-11 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2862 · 2:02

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 4–3. New York Giants put up 3 in the 8th. Van Mungo earned the win and Ace Adams picked up the save. Phil Weintraub went 1-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	1	0	0	2	3	9
NY1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3		4	7

W: Van Mungo L: Frank Dasso SV: Ace Adams

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: Butch Henline · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dain Clay	5	0	0	1	0	1
Eric Tipton	4	1	0	0	1	1
Al Libke	3	0	1	0	0	1
Frank McCormick	4	0	3	1	0	1
Steve Mesner	3	1	0	0	1	0
Woody Williams	4	1	1	0	0	0
Wally Flager	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Riddle	4	0	2	0	0	0
Frank Dasso	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gee Walker	1	0	1	1	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Hausmann	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	0	1	0
Steve Filipowicz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Weintraub	4	1	1	3	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	2	0	1	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	2	0	0	0	1	1
Nap Reyes	2	1	2	0	1	0
Van Mungo	3	0	0	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Berres	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Dasso	8.0	7	4	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Van Mungo	8.0	8	2	5
Ace Adams	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dain Clay: K/C
Eric Tipton: K
Al Libke: 13

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: K23
George Hausmann: S8
Mel Ott: 8
Steve Filipowicz: 13

Top 2

Frank McCormick: S5/BG
Steve Mesner: 46(1)3/GDP
Woody Williams: 13

Bot 2

Phil Weintraub: 9
Ernie Lombardi: W
Buddy Kerr: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 3

Wally Flager: 43
Johnny Riddle: S8
Frank Dasso: 1/FL
Dain Clay: 53

Bot 3

Nap Reyes: T9
Van Mungo: 63.3-H
Johnny Rucker: 3/G
George Hausmann: 3/FL

Top 4

Eric Tipton: 63
Al Libke: K
Frank McCormick: S7
Steve Mesner: 8

Bot 4

Mel Ott: D9
Steve Filipowicz: 13/SH.2-3
Phil Weintraub: 9(B)2(3)/DP

Top 5

Woody Williams: E6.B-1
Wally Flager: 8
Johnny Riddle: S7.1-3
Frank Dasso: K
Dain Clay: 9

Bot 5

Ernie Lombardi: 63
Buddy Kerr: 6/P
Nap Reyes: D9
Van Mungo: 63

Top 6

Eric Tipton: W
Al Libke: 13/SH.1-2
Frank McCormick: S7.2-H
Steve Mesner: PB.1-2
Steve Mesner: 63.2-3
Woody Williams: 7

Bot 6

Johnny Rucker: 63
George Hausmann: 13
Mel Ott: 8

Top 7

Wally Flager: 8
Johnny Riddle: 7
Frank Dasso: 6/P

Bot 7

Steve Filipowicz: 43
Phil Weintraub: 7
Ernie Lombardi: S8
Buddy Kerr: W.1-2
Nap Reyes: WP.2-3;1-2
Nap Reyes: IW
Van Mungo: 53

Top 8

Dain Clay: 43
Eric Tipton: 43
Al Libke: S8
Frank McCormick: K

Bot 8

Johnny Rucker: 53
George Hausmann: S9
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Joe Medwick: 4/P
Phil Weintraub: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Ray Berres: 6/L

Top 9

Steve Mesner: W
Woody Williams: S9.1-2
Wally Flager: S7.2-3;1-2
Johnny Riddle: 3/P
Gee Walker: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dain Clay: 9/9D.3-H
Eric Tipton: 43

Notes & reviews

only fourth ball intentional

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