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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1945-08-14 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 3038 · 1:35

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 3rd. Sal Maglie earned the win. Ernie Lombardi went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Sal Maglie L: Mike Modak SV: (none)

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	4	0	2	0	1	0
Woody Williams	5	0	0	0	0	1
Gee Walker	4	0	0	0	1	1
Frank McCormick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Libke	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Lakeman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Eddie Miller	4	1	1	0	0	0
Steve Mesner	3	1	1	1	1	0
Mike Modak	1	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Tipton	1	0	1	1	0	0
Hod Lisenbee	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Sipek	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	3	1	0	0	1	0
George Hausmann	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mel Ott	3	2	0	0	1	1
Danny Gardella	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	3	2	0	0
Mike Schemer	4	0	2	2	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hudson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sal Maglie	3	0	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Modak	3.0	5	3	0
Hod Lisenbee	5.0	3	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sal Maglie	9.0	8	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dain Clay: 8/L
Woody Williams: 63
Gee Walker: 53

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: W
George Hausmann: W.1-2
Mel Ott: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Danny Gardella: S8.3-H;1-2
Ernie Lombardi: S7.2-H;1-2
Mike Schemer: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Frank McCormick: 6/P
Al Libke: 7
Al Lakeman: S5
Eddie Miller: 8

Bot 2

Buddy Kerr: 8
Johnny Hudson: 63
Sal Maglie: 53

Top 3

Steve Mesner: W
Mike Modak: K/C
Dain Clay: W.1-2
Woody Williams: K
Gee Walker: W.2-3;1-2
Frank McCormick: 9/P

Bot 3

Johnny Rucker: 43
George Hausmann: 43
Mel Ott: W
Danny Gardella: S9.1-3
Ernie Lombardi: S9.3-H;1-3
Mike Schemer: D7.3-H;1-H;B-3(TH)
Buddy Kerr: 53

Top 4

Al Libke: 13
Al Lakeman: 8
Eddie Miller: S7
Steve Mesner: D8.1-H;B-3(E6)
Eric Tipton: S7.3-H
Dain Clay: 5/L

Bot 4

Johnny Hudson: 13
Sal Maglie: 8
Johnny Rucker: 5/FL

Top 5

Woody Williams: 8
Gee Walker: 6/P
Frank McCormick: 5/FL

Bot 5

George Hausmann: 63
Mel Ott: K/C
Danny Gardella: 41

Top 6

Al Libke: S8
Al Lakeman: W.1-2
Eddie Miller: 7
Steve Mesner: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Ernie Lombardi: 53
Mike Schemer: S3
Buddy Kerr: 7
Johnny Hudson: 6/L

Top 7

Hod Lisenbee: K
Dain Clay: S7
Woody Williams: 5/FL
Gee Walker: K

Bot 7

Sal Maglie: S8
Johnny Rucker: 9
George Hausmann: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Frank McCormick: S7
Al Libke: 46(1)/FO
Al Lakeman: E5.1-2;B-1
Eddie Miller: 5/FL
Steve Mesner: 46(1)/FO

Bot 8

Mel Ott: 9
Danny Gardella: 53
Ernie Lombardi: S7
Mike Schemer: 9

Top 9

Dick Sipek: 6/P
Dain Clay: S8
Woody Williams: 46(1)/FO
Gee Walker: 9/9D