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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1946-09-12 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 1960 · 70°F, cloudy, dry · 1:40

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 4–1. New York Giants put up 2 in the 5th. Monty Kennedy earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
NY1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0		4	10

W: Monty Kennedy L: Bucky Walters SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Jorda · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Claude Corbitt	4	0	1	0	0
Benny Zientara	4	1	1	0	0
Bobby Adams	4	0	0	0	1
Bert Haas	4	0	0	0	0
Ray Lamanno	3	0	0	0	0
Clyde Vollmer	3	0	0	0	0
Dain Clay	2	0	0	1	1
Bob Usher	3	0	0	0	0
Bucky Walters	2	0	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	1	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	1	2	1	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	3	1	0	0	1	0
Walker Cooper	4	1	2	1	0	0
Babe Young	4	0	2	1	0	0
Sid Gordon	2	0	0	1	2	0
Bobby Thomson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Kerr	4	1	1	0	0	2
Monty Kennedy	3	0	3	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	4.0	8	2	1
Ed Heusser	3.0	1	0	1
Bob Malloy	1.0	1	1	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monty Kennedy	9.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Claude Corbitt: 6
Benny Zientara: 63
Bobby Adams: 8

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: S1
Mickey Witek: 63.1-2
Willard Marshall: WP.2-3
Willard Marshall: 2/FL
Walker Cooper: S7.3-H
Babe Young: S9.1-3
Sid Gordon: W.1-2
Bobby Thomson: K/C

Top 2

Bert Haas: 53
Ray Lamanno: 9
Clyde Vollmer: 4

Bot 2

Buddy Kerr: S1
Monty Kennedy: S1.1-2
Johnny Rucker: FC4.2XH(21);1-3(E4/TH);B-2
Mickey Witek: 63
Willard Marshall: 4

Top 3

Dain Clay: 63
Bob Usher: 53
Bucky Walters: 43

Bot 3

Walker Cooper: 8
Babe Young: 4
Sid Gordon: 9

Top 4

Claude Corbitt: 53
Benny Zientara: D7
Bobby Adams: 63
Bert Haas: E5/G.2-H(NR)(UR)
Ray Lamanno: 43

Bot 4

Bobby Thomson: 7
Buddy Kerr: E4
Monty Kennedy: 14/SH.1-2
Johnny Rucker: S8.2-H(UR)
Mickey Witek: 43

Top 5

Clyde Vollmer: 3/L
Dain Clay: W
Bob Usher: 143.1-2
Bucky Walters: 9

Bot 5

Willard Marshall: W
Walker Cooper: S6.1-3(E6/TH)
Babe Young: S9.3-H;1-3
Sid Gordon: 36(1)/FO.3-H
Bobby Thomson: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Claude Corbitt: S7
Benny Zientara: 54(1)/FO
Bobby Adams: K/C
Bert Haas: 7

Bot 6

Buddy Kerr: K/C
Monty Kennedy: D7
Johnny Rucker: 3/G.2-3
Mickey Witek: 13

Top 7

Ray Lamanno: 6
Clyde Vollmer: 9
Dain Clay: K

Bot 7

Willard Marshall: 8
Walker Cooper: 5/FL
Babe Young: 43

Top 8

Bob Usher: 63
Ray Mueller: 7
Claude Corbitt: 9

Bot 8

Sid Gordon: W
Bobby Thomson: 3/FL
Buddy Kerr: K
Monty Kennedy: S4.1X2(4)

Top 9

Benny Zientara: 3/G
Bobby Adams: 8
Bert Haas: 7

Notes & reviews

Sid Gordon rounded 2B too far

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