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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1948-05-20 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 8722 · 1:56

Cincinnati Reds defeated New York Giants 3–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 5th. Howie Fox earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Howie Fox L: Dave Koslo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Claude Corbitt	4	1	0	0	0	0
Benny Zientara	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Wyrostek	4	0	2	2	1	1
Hank Sauer	3	0	0	0	1	2
Danny Litwhiler	3	1	1	0	1	0
Babe Young	4	0	0	0	0	0
Virgil Stallcup	3	0	3	0	1	0
Ray Lamanno	3	0	1	1	0	0
Howie Fox	4	1	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Rigney	3	0	0	0	1	1
Whitey Lockman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Mize	4	0	2	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	3	0	0	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Lohrke	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mickey Livingston	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Koslo	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny McCarthy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howie Fox	9.0	6	3	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Koslo	7.0	7	3	4
Ken Trinkle	2.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Claude Corbitt: 8
Benny Zientara: FLE3#
Benny Zientara: K
Johnny Wyrostek: S
Hank Sauer: K

Bot 1

Bill Rigney: 4
Whitey Lockman: 3/G
Bobby Thomson: 13

Top 2

Danny Litwhiler: W
Babe Young: 2/FL
Virgil Stallcup: S.1-2#
Ray Lamanno: S.2-H;1-2
Howie Fox: 15(2)3(B)/GDP

Bot 2

Johnny Mize: 6
Willard Marshall: 43
Buddy Kerr: 8

Top 3

Claude Corbitt: 53
Benny Zientara: 4
Johnny Wyrostek: W
Hank Sauer: 2

Bot 3

Jack Lohrke: 43
Mickey Livingston: 9
Dave Koslo: 63

Top 4

Danny Litwhiler: 8
Babe Young: 9
Virgil Stallcup: S
Ray Lamanno: 8

Bot 4

Bill Rigney: 7
Whitey Lockman: 5
Bobby Thomson: S
Johnny Mize: S.1-3
Willard Marshall: SB2
Willard Marshall: IW
Buddy Kerr: S/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jack Lohrke: 8

Top 5

Howie Fox: S
Claude Corbitt: FC1/SH.1-2
Benny Zientara: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Johnny Wyrostek: D9/9L.3-H;2-H
Hank Sauer: W
Danny Litwhiler: 63.2-3;1-2
Babe Young: 31

Bot 5

Mickey Livingston: 9
Dave Koslo: 53
Bill Rigney: W
Whitey Lockman: 6(1)/G/FO

Top 6

Virgil Stallcup: S
Ray Lamanno: 9
Howie Fox: 1
Claude Corbitt: 4

Bot 6

Bobby Thomson: K
Johnny Mize: S
Willard Marshall: 1(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 7

Benny Zientara: 53
Johnny Wyrostek: K
Hank Sauer: K

Bot 7

Buddy Kerr: 43
Jack Lohrke: W
Johnny McCarthy: S/G.1-2
Sid Gordon: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Bill Rigney: FLE2
Bill Rigney: K

Top 8

Danny Litwhiler: S
Babe Young: 3/G.1-2
Virgil Stallcup: W
Ray Lamanno: HP.2-3;1-2
Howie Fox: 62(3)4(B)/BG/GDP

Bot 8

Whitey Lockman: S
Bobby Thomson: 64(1)3/GDP
Johnny Mize: 6

Top 9

Claude Corbitt: 3
Benny Zientara: 43
Johnny Wyrostek: 13

Bot 9

Willard Marshall: 5
Buddy Kerr: 8
Jack Lohrke: 63

Notes & reviews

Reds Peterson ejected by HP umpire Goetz for benchjockeying sometime in seventh

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