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New York Giants @ Cincinnati Reds

1940-05-05 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 25390 · 73°F, sunny, dry · 1:49

Cincinnati Reds defeated New York Giants 3–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 7th. Bucky Walters earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bucky Walters L: Hal Schumacher SV: (none)

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Demaree	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	1	2	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	1	2	0	0	1
Babe Young	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	0	1	0	0
Mickey Witek	3	0	2	1	0	0
Hal Schumacher	3	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	3	1	0	0	1	2
Lonny Frey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ival Goodman	3	0	1	0	1	1
Frank McCormick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	1	3	0	1	0
Harry Craft	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McCormick	2	0	1	0	1	0
Eddie Joost	3	0	1	1	0	1
Bucky Walters	3	1	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	8.0	7	4	4

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	9.0	7	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Burgess Whitehead: 3/FL
Jo-Jo Moore: 63
Frank Demaree: 8

Bot 1

Billy Werber: K
Lonny Frey: 13
Ival Goodman: W
Frank McCormick: 3

Top 2

Mel Ott: S7
Harry Danning: S6.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Babe Young: IW
Billy Jurges: 8.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mickey Witek: S7.3-H;2-3
Hal Schumacher: K/C
Burgess Whitehead: 8

Bot 2

Ernie Lombardi: D8
Harry Craft: 8.2-3
Mike McCormick: W
Eddie Joost: S7.3-H;1-2
Bucky Walters: 9
Billy Werber: K/C

Top 3

Jo-Jo Moore: 7
Frank Demaree: 13
Mel Ott: 2/FL

Bot 3

Lonny Frey: 3/FL
Ival Goodman: S8
Frank McCormick: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Harry Danning: 63
Babe Young: 7/L
Billy Jurges: 8

Bot 4

Ernie Lombardi: S8
Harry Craft: 9(B)3(1)/FDP
Mike McCormick: 53

Top 5

Mickey Witek: 63
Hal Schumacher: 63
Burgess Whitehead: S6
Jo-Jo Moore: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Eddie Joost: 13
Bucky Walters: D7
Billy Werber: 53
Lonny Frey: 8/L

Top 6

Jo-Jo Moore: 31
Frank Demaree: 43
Mel Ott: D9
Harry Danning: K/C

Bot 6

Ival Goodman: 63
Frank McCormick: 7/L
Ernie Lombardi: S8
Harry Craft: 13

Top 7

Babe Young: 13
Billy Jurges: 7
Mickey Witek: S4
Hal Schumacher: 46(1)/FO

Bot 7

Mike McCormick: S1
Eddie Joost: K
Bucky Walters: 64(1)/FO
Billy Werber: SB2
Billy Werber: IW
Lonny Frey: 4E3.2-H(NR)(UR);1XH(326E2)(NR)(UR);BXH(252)

Top 8

Burgess Whitehead: 13
Jo-Jo Moore: 63
Frank Demaree: 9

Bot 8

Ival Goodman: K
Frank McCormick: 6
Ernie Lombardi: W
Harry Craft: 9

Top 9

Mel Ott: 7
Harry Danning: S7
Babe Young: 8
Billy Jurges: 8

Notes & reviews

Lonny Frey knocked the ball out of Babe Young's glove; Young's throw to HP was late to get Bucky Walters; Harry Danning threw late to 2B to get Frey and Danning dropped the return throw in a collision at HP; Danning threw to 3B to catch Frey but the ball struck 3B umpire Larry Goetz; Frey made the third out trying to score

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