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New York Giants @ Cincinnati Reds

1939-08-01 · Day game · Crosley Field · 10 innings · Att: 11794 · sunny, dry · 2:11

New York Giants defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–4. New York Giants put up 4 in the 6th. Cliff Melton earned the win. Wally Berger went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	5	11
CIN	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	8

W: Cliff Melton L: Paul Derringer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	5	1	2	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	5	2	1	0	0	1
Harry Danning	5	1	3	3	0	0
Mel Ott	4	1	1	0	1	1
Zeke Bonura	3	0	2	1	1	0
Frank Demaree	3	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Hafey	3	0	0	0	0	1
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	1	0	0	0
Manny Salvo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Melton	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	5	0	2	1	0	0
Lonny Frey	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lee Gamble	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frank McCormick	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Berger	3	2	1	1	1	0
Nino Bongiovanni	3	1	2	1	0	0
Billy Myers	3	1	1	1	1	1
Paul Derringer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frenchy Bordagaray	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bud Hafey	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Manny Salvo	5.0	4	2	1
Cliff Melton	5.0	4	1	3

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Derringer	10.0	11	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 5/FL
Billy Jurges: 43
Harry Danning: 9

Bot 1

Billy Werber: 13
Lonny Frey: 9/L
Lee Gamble: 7

Top 2

Mel Ott: 2/FL
Zeke Bonura: S8
Frank Demaree: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Frank McCormick: 53
Ernie Lombardi: 8/L
Wally Berger: 5

Top 3

Tom Hafey: 8
Burgess Whitehead: 43
Manny Salvo: 9

Bot 3

Nino Bongiovanni: S9
Billy Myers: 16(1)/FO
Paul Derringer: K/C
Billy Werber: PB.1-2
Billy Werber: S8.2-H(UR)
Lonny Frey: W.1-2
Lee Gamble: 7/L

Top 4

Jo-Jo Moore: 43
Billy Jurges: K
Harry Danning: S8
Mel Ott: 5

Bot 4

Frank McCormick: 2/FL
Ernie Lombardi: 8/L
Wally Berger: W
Nino Bongiovanni: D9.1-H
Billy Myers: S8.2-H
Paul Derringer: 4(1)/FO

Top 5

Zeke Bonura: 7
Frank Demaree: 63
Tom Hafey: K

Bot 5

Billy Werber: 13/BG
Lonny Frey: 43
Lee Gamble: 43

Top 6

Burgess Whitehead: S3/BG
Jimmy Ripple: 36(1)3/GDP
Jo-Jo Moore: S8
Billy Jurges: S7.1-2
Harry Danning: T9.2-H;1-H
Mel Ott: W
Zeke Bonura: S8.3-H;1-2
Frank Demaree: S8.2-H;1-3
Tom Hafey: CSH(12)

Bot 6

Frank McCormick: S8
Ernie Lombardi: 46(1)3/GDP
Wally Berger: HR/7
Nino Bongiovanni: 13

Top 7

Tom Hafey: 2/FL
Burgess Whitehead: 7
Cliff Melton: 5/FL

Bot 7

Billy Myers: W
Paul Derringer: 2/FL
Billy Werber: 43.1-2
Lonny Frey: 3/G

Top 8

Jo-Jo Moore: 8
Billy Jurges: 8
Harry Danning: 6/L

Bot 8

Frenchy Bordagaray: K/C
Frank McCormick: 63
Ernie Lombardi: S8
Wally Berger: 9

Top 9

Mel Ott: D8
Zeke Bonura: W
Frank Demaree: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Ken O'Dea: K
Burgess Whitehead: 9

Bot 9

Bud Hafey: K
Billy Myers: K
Paul Derringer: 3/G

Top 10

Cliff Melton: 9
Jo-Jo Moore: D9
Billy Jurges: FC1.2X3(1561);B-2
Harry Danning: S7.2-H
Mel Ott: K

Bot 10

Billy Werber: S3
Lonny Frey: 14/SH.1-2
Frenchy Bordagaray: 9
Frank McCormick: 8