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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1945-08-12 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:07

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 8th. Van Mungo earned the win and Ace Adams picked up the save. Danny Gardella 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	0	1	2	8
NY1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		3	6

W: Van Mungo L: Vern Kennedy SV: Ace Adams

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dain Clay	2	1	1	0	1	0
Woody Williams	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Sipek	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank McCormick	4	1	1	1	0	0
Al Libke	4	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Mesner	3	0	0	0	0	1
Al Unser	3	0	1	0	0	0
Vern Kennedy	3	0	1	0	0	2
Gee Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Hausmann	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	2	2	1	1	2	0
Danny Gardella	4	1	2	2	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Schemer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Kerr	3	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	2	0	0	0
Van Mungo	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	8.0	6	3	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Van Mungo	8.0	7	1	4
Ace Adams	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dain Clay: S6
Woody Williams: 53.1-2
Dick Sipek: E1/TH.2-3;B-1
Frank McCormick: 54(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Al Libke: 7

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 3/G
George Hausmann: 43
Mel Ott: HR/9
Danny Gardella: S8
Ernie Lombardi: W.1-2
Mike Schemer: 43

Top 2

Eddie Miller: 5/L
Steve Mesner: 7
Al Unser: 3/FL

Bot 2

Buddy Kerr: 63
Billy Jurges: 143
Van Mungo: 8

Top 3

Vern Kennedy: K/C
Dain Clay: 3/FL
Woody Williams: 9

Bot 3

Johnny Rucker: 4/L
George Hausmann: 63
Mel Ott: 9

Top 4

Dick Sipek: 2/FL
Frank McCormick: E4.B-1
Al Libke: S8.1-2
Eddie Miller: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Steve Mesner: 6(1)/FO

Bot 4

Danny Gardella: K
Ernie Lombardi: 63
Mike Schemer: K

Top 5

Al Unser: 63
Vern Kennedy: K
Dain Clay: W
Woody Williams: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Buddy Kerr: S5
Billy Jurges: S5.1-2
Van Mungo: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 46(1)/FO.2-3
George Hausmann: 43

Top 6

Woody Williams: S7
Dick Sipek: K+SB2
Frank McCormick: 7
Al Libke: 4/P

Bot 6

Mel Ott: W
Danny Gardella: 4/L
Ernie Lombardi: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Eddie Miller: 6/P
Steve Mesner: K
Al Unser: S8
Vern Kennedy: WP.1-3
Vern Kennedy: CSH(2)

Bot 7

Mike Schemer: 43
Buddy Kerr: 7
Billy Jurges: S9
Van Mungo: WP.1-2
Van Mungo: 53

Top 8

Vern Kennedy: S8
Dain Clay: 34/SH.1-2
Woody Williams: 63.2-3
Dick Sipek: 13

Bot 8

Johnny Rucker: 31
George Hausmann: 6/P
Mel Ott: W
Danny Gardella: HR/9.1-H
Ernie Lombardi: 53

Top 9

Frank McCormick: S9
Al Libke: S9.1-2
Eddie Miller: S1.2-3;1-2
Gee Walker: 5/P
Eric Tipton: PB.3-H;2-3;1-2
Eric Tipton: 9
Joe Bowman: 8/P