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New York Giants @ Cincinnati Reds

1946-06-11 · Night game · Crosley Field · Att: 18911 · 2:13

Cincinnati Reds defeated New York Giants 3–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 1st. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win. Al Libke went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Junior Thompson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Dusty Boggess · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mickey Witek	5	0	2	2	0	0
Buddy Blattner	5	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Mize	4	0	1	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	1	0	0	1
Sid Gordon	3	0	1	0	0	0
Goody Rosen	3	0	0	0	1	1
Buddy Kerr	2	1	1	0	2	0
Gene Thompson	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bennie Warren	1	0	0	0	0	1
Garland Lawing	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Rigney	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dain Clay	3	1	0	0	1	0
Eddie Lukon	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Adams	4	0	2	2	0	0
Grady Hatton	3	0	0	0	1	3
Al Libke	3	1	1	1	1	0
Ray Lamanno	3	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Shokes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	3	0	0	0	0	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gene Thompson	4.0	3	1	3
Monty Kennedy	2.0	0	0	2
Bob Joyce	2.0	2	2	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	8	5	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rucker: 5
Mickey Witek: 43
Buddy Blattner: K/C

Bot 1

Dain Clay: W
Eddie Lukon: D7.1-3
Bobby Adams: T8.3-H;2-H
Grady Hatton: K/C
Al Libke: 43
Ray Lamanno: 8

Top 2

Johnny Mize: 3
Walker Cooper: K
Sid Gordon: S8
Goody Rosen: 9

Bot 2

Eddie Shokes: 43
Eddie Miller: 13
Johnny Vander Meer: K

Top 3

Buddy Kerr: S8
Gene Thompson: W.1-2
Johnny Rucker: PO2(E2).2-3;1-2
Johnny Rucker: K
Mickey Witek: FC1.3XH(125)
Buddy Blattner: 13

Bot 3

Dain Clay: 53
Eddie Lukon: 9
Bobby Adams: 53

Top 4

Johnny Mize: 63
Walker Cooper: 3
Sid Gordon: 63

Bot 4

Grady Hatton: K
Al Libke: HR/8
Ray Lamanno: 6
Eddie Shokes: 3

Top 5

Goody Rosen: W
Buddy Kerr: W.1-2
Bennie Warren: K/C
Johnny Rucker: K
Mickey Witek: S6.2-3;1-2
Buddy Blattner: 3

Bot 5

Eddie Miller: 43
Johnny Vander Meer: K
Dain Clay: 2/FL

Top 6

Johnny Mize: 8
Walker Cooper: S7
Sid Gordon: 53/SH.1-2
Goody Rosen: K/C

Bot 6

Eddie Lukon: 3
Bobby Adams: 7
Grady Hatton: K/C

Top 7

Buddy Kerr: 8
Garland Lawing: S8
Johnny Rucker: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 7

Al Libke: W
Ray Lamanno: S8.1-2
Eddie Shokes: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Eddie Miller: 8
Johnny Vander Meer: 4

Top 8

Mickey Witek: 9
Buddy Blattner: S7
Johnny Mize: S9.1-2
Walker Cooper: 2/FL
Sid Gordon: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Dain Clay: 9
Eddie Lukon: 8
Bobby Adams: S8
Grady Hatton: W.1-2
Al Libke: 9

Top 9

Goody Rosen: 13
Buddy Kerr: W
Bill Rigney: W.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: K
Mickey Witek: D9.2-H;1-H
Buddy Blattner: 8

Notes & reviews

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