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Cincinnati Reds @ New York Giants

1953-09-02 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 1672 · 2:10

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 4–3. New York Giants put up 3 in the 1st. Ruben Gomez earned the win. Willard Marshall went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ruben Gomez L: Bud Podbielan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Frank Dascoli · 1B: Hal Dixon · 2B: Larry Goetz · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Adams	3	0	0	0	1	1
Roy McMillan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Bell	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ted Kluszewski	4	1	1	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	4	2	3	2	0	0
Jim Greengrass	4	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Seminick	4	0	1	1	0	2
Rocky Bridges	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bud Podbielan	1	0	0	0	0	1
Grady Hatton	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Lerchen	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Borkowski	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Hofman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Dark	2	1	1	0	1	0
Don Mueller	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dusty Rhodes	4	1	1	1	0	1
Daryl Spencer	2	0	1	2	2	0
Tookie Gilbert	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wes Westrum	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ruben Gomez	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bud Podbielan	4.0	4	3	2
Herm Wehmeier	3.0	1	2	1
Frank Smith	1.0	0	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ruben Gomez	9.0	8	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Adams: 8
Roy McMillan: 7
Gus Bell: 13

Bot 1

Bobby Hofman: 3
Al Dark: S4
Don Mueller: S7.1-3
Bobby Thomson: W.1-2
Dusty Rhodes: K
Daryl Spencer: D7.3-H;2-H;1-H(E7)(UR)
Tookie Gilbert: W
Wes Westrum: 7

Top 2

Ted Kluszewski: 8/F8D
Willard Marshall: S9/L
Jim Greengrass: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Ruben Gomez: 4/P
Bobby Hofman: 2/FL
Al Dark: HP
Don Mueller: PO1(14)

Top 3

Andy Seminick: K
Rocky Bridges: 6/P
Bud Podbielan: K

Bot 3

Don Mueller: 31
Bobby Thomson: 4/P
Dusty Rhodes: HR/9
Daryl Spencer: 53

Top 4

Bobby Adams: 7
Roy McMillan: 8
Gus Bell: S9
Ted Kluszewski: 3/G

Bot 4

Tookie Gilbert: 3/G
Wes Westrum: W
Ruben Gomez: 7
Bobby Hofman: K

Top 5

Willard Marshall: D8
Jim Greengrass: 2/FL
Andy Seminick: S8.2-H
Rocky Bridges: W.1-2
Grady Hatton: K/C
Bobby Adams: W.2-3;1-2
Roy McMillan: 31

Bot 5

Al Dark: 43
Don Mueller: 7
Bobby Thomson: 5/FL

Top 6

Gus Bell: 9/F9D
Ted Kluszewski: 6/P
Willard Marshall: 7

Bot 6

Dusty Rhodes: 7
Daryl Spencer: W
Tookie Gilbert: 4/P
Wes Westrum: K

Top 7

Jim Greengrass: 3/FL
Andy Seminick: 43
Rocky Bridges: 53

Bot 7

Ruben Gomez: 63
Bobby Hofman: 8
Al Dark: W
Don Mueller: S9.1-3
Bobby Thomson: 7

Top 8

George Lerchen: S9
Bobby Adams: K
Roy McMillan: S9.1X3(85)
Gus Bell: K

Bot 8

Dusty Rhodes: 8
Daryl Spencer: W
Tookie Gilbert: 4
Wes Westrum: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Ted Kluszewski: S9
Willard Marshall: HR/9.1-H
Jim Greengrass: 9
Andy Seminick: K
Bob Borkowski: 6/P

Notes & reviews

Grady Hatton ejected by HP umpire Frank Dascoli
Gus Bell, Joe Nuxhall and Bud Podbielan ejected by HP umpire Frank Dascoli for bench jockeying

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