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New York Giants @ Cincinnati Reds

1942-08-25 · Night game · Crosley Field · Att: 6010 · 72°F, night, dry · 2:13

Cincinnati Reds defeated New York Giants 3–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 3rd. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win. Harry Danning went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Carl Hubbell SV: (none)

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	4	0	1	0	1	2
Mickey Witek	5	0	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0	0	2
Johnny Mize	3	0	1	0	1	0
Babe Young	3	1	0	0	1	1
Babe Barna	4	0	1	0	0	2
Harry Danning	4	0	3	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	0	0	0	1
Carl Hubbell	3	0	0	0	0	3
Buster Maynard	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	0	2	0	0	0
Lonny Frey	3	1	1	0	1	0
Max Marshall	4	0	2	0	0	0
Frank McCormick	3	1	0	1	1	0
Eric Tipton	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gee Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bert Haas	4	0	1	1	0	1
Ray Lamanno	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Vander Meer	3	1	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Hubbell	8.0	8	2	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	8	3	11

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Werber: K/C
Mickey Witek: S6
Mel Ott: K
Johnny Mize: 43

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: S7
Lonny Frey: S2.1-2
Max Marshall: 2/FL
Frank McCormick: 6
Eric Tipton: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Babe Young: W
Babe Barna: K/C
Harry Danning: S7.1-2
Billy Jurges: 9
Carl Hubbell: K

Bot 2

Gee Walker: 6
Bert Haas: 3/L
Ray Lamanno: 7

Top 3

Billy Werber: K/C
Mickey Witek: 9
Mel Ott: K

Bot 3

Johnny Vander Meer: S4
Eddie Joost: 9
Lonny Frey: E1.1-2
Max Marshall: S9.2-H(E5)(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Frank McCormick: 8.3-H(UR);2-3
Eric Tipton: 2/FL

Top 4

Johnny Mize: S7
Babe Young: 46(1)/FO
Babe Barna: S8.1-3
Harry Danning: S7.3-H;1-2
Billy Jurges: K
Carl Hubbell: K

Bot 4

Gee Walker: 63
Bert Haas: K
Ray Lamanno: K

Top 5

Billy Werber: S3
Mickey Witek: S8.1-2
Mel Ott: 8
Johnny Mize: W.2-3;1-2
Babe Young: K/C
Babe Barna: 6

Bot 5

Johnny Vander Meer: 5
Eddie Joost: S5
Lonny Frey: 9
Max Marshall: S9.1-3
Frank McCormick: 3/FL

Top 6

Harry Danning: S7
Billy Jurges: 34/SH.1-2
Carl Hubbell: K
Billy Werber: W
Mickey Witek: WP.2-3;1-2
Mickey Witek: 63

Bot 6

Eric Tipton: 9
Gee Walker: 8
Bert Haas: 43

Top 7

Mel Ott: 7
Johnny Mize: 7
Babe Young: 43

Bot 7

Ray Lamanno: D7
Johnny Vander Meer: FC1.2X3(15)
Eddie Joost: 8
Lonny Frey: W.1-2
Max Marshall: 13

Top 8

Babe Barna: K
Harry Danning: 53
Billy Jurges: 7

Bot 8

Frank McCormick: W
Eric Tipton: 14/SH.1-2
Gee Walker: 7
Bert Haas: S8.2-H
Ray Lamanno: 3/FL

Top 9

Buster Maynard: 3/FL
Billy Werber: 63
Mickey Witek: 6