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Cincinnati Reds @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1944-05-28 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 29556 · 1:46

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 2 in the 6th. Rube Melton earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Rube Melton L: Tommy de la Cruz SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Dusty Boggess · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Williams	3	1	1	0	1	0
Max Marshall	4	0	2	0	0	0
Gee Walker	3	0	0	1	1	0
Frank McCormick	3	1	1	0	1	0
Eric Tipton	3	0	1	0	1	1
Eddie Miller	4	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Mesner	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy de la Cruz	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Criscola	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dain Clay	1	0	0	0	0	0
Estel Crabtree	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frenchy Bordagaray	4	1	2	0	0	0
Paul Waner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Augie Galan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	4	1	3	1	0	1
Howie Schultz	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gil English	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Owen	2	0	0	0	2	0
Eddie Basinski	3	0	2	2	1	0
Rube Melton	3	0	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy de la Cruz	7.0	8	2	1
Bob Ferguson	1.0	1	2	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Melton	9.0	6	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody Williams: 63
Max Marshall: 43
Gee Walker: 63

Bot 1

Frenchy Bordagaray: D
Paul Waner: W
Augie Galan: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Dixie Walker: S.3-H
Howie Schultz: 8

Top 2

Frank McCormick: D
Eric Tipton: K
Eddie Miller: S.2-H
Steve Mesner: 1
Ray Mueller: 2/FL

Bot 2

Gil English: 5/FL
Mickey Owen: 5/L
Eddie Basinski: 5/FL

Top 3

Tommy de la Cruz: K
Woody Williams: W
Max Marshall: 8
Gee Walker: 3/FL

Bot 3

Rube Melton: D
Frenchy Bordagaray: S.2-3
Paul Waner: FC.3XH(162);1-2
Augie Galan: 2/FL
Dixie Walker: K

Top 4

Frank McCormick: 63
Eric Tipton: 6
Eddie Miller: 3/FL

Bot 4

Howie Schultz: 63
Gil English: 9
Mickey Owen: 53

Top 5

Steve Mesner: 63
Ray Mueller: 63
Tommy de la Cruz: 4

Bot 5

Eddie Basinski: S
Rube Melton: 34/SH.1-2
Frenchy Bordagaray: 7
Paul Waner: 6/L

Top 6

Woody Williams: 8
Max Marshall: S
Gee Walker: SB2
Gee Walker: W
Frank McCormick: 5(2)3/GDP

Bot 6

Augie Galan: S
Dixie Walker: S.1-3
Howie Schultz: 4
Gil English: SB2
Gil English: 43
Mickey Owen: IW
Eddie Basinski: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Rube Melton: 5

Top 7

Eric Tipton: S
Eddie Miller: 3/FL
Steve Mesner: K
Ray Mueller: 8

Bot 7

Frenchy Bordagaray: 53
Paul Waner: 43
Augie Galan: 2

Top 8

Tony Criscola: 43
Woody Williams: S
Max Marshall: D.1-3
Gee Walker: 9.3-H
Frank McCormick: W
Eric Tipton: W.2-3;1-2
Eddie Miller: 8

Bot 8

Dixie Walker: D
Howie Schultz: 3/SH.2-3
Gil English: 63
Mickey Owen: W
Eddie Basinski: SB2
Eddie Basinski: IW
Rube Melton: 5/L

Top 9

Dain Clay: 3/G
Ray Mueller: 8
Estel Crabtree: 4/L