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Reds 6 @ Dodgers 5
Ebbets Field
May 23, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds, played on May 23, 1948 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 23, 1948 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 6 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 15
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 15
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 5 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherKen Raffensberger  
Losing PitcherErv Palica  
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Game Winning RBIGrady Hatton 

Game Info

DateMay 23, 1948 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Vander Meer  
Home Starting PitcherJoe Hatten  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance21,521 
Time of Game3 hours 7 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Al Barlick
2B: (none)
3B: George Barr

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Claude Corbitt  Third Baseman 
Benny Zientara  Second Baseman 
Johnny Wyrostek  Center Fielder 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Danny Litwhiler  Right Fielder 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Virgil Stallcup  Shortstop 
Ray Lamanno  Catcher 
Johnny Vander Meer  Pitcher 
Johnny Neun  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Miksis  Second Baseman 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Jackie Robinson  First Baseman 
Carl Furillo  Center Fielder 
Bruce Edwards  Catcher 
Don Lund  Left Fielder 
Billy Cox  Third Baseman 
Dick Whitman  Right Fielder 
Joe Hatten  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Reds 6 @ Dodgers 5
Ebbets Field
May 23, 1948

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/23/1948 -- Cincinnati at Brooklyn (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Corbitt C, 3b-2b      4  0  1  1   Miksis E, 2b          4  0  1  1   
Zientara B, 2b        3  1  1  0   Reese P, ss           3  1  1  1   
Hatton G, ph-3b       2  1  1  2   Robinson J, 1b        4  1  1  0   
Wyrostek J, cf        5  1  1  0   Furillo C, cf         5  0  1  0   
Sauer H, lf           4  0  0  0   Edwards B, c          4  1  1  1   
Litwhiler D, rf       4  0  2  0   Lund D, lf            3  1  1  1   
Baumholtz F, pr-rf    0  1  0  0   Cox B, 3b             4  1  1  0   
Young B, 1b           3  0  1  1   Whitman D, rf         2  0  1  1   
Stallcup V, ss        4  0  2  0   Hatten J, p           3  0  0  0   
Lamanno R, c          3  1  2  0   Palica E, p           0  0  0  0   
Galan A, ph           1  0  0  0   Brown T, ph           1  0  0  0   
Williams D, c         1  0  0  0   King C, p             0  0  0  0   
Vander Meer J, p      1  0  0  0                                      
Lively B, p           1  0  0  0                                      
Adams B, ph           1  0  1  0                                      
Wehmeier H, pr        0  1  0  0                                      
Walters B, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Kluszewski T, ph      1  0  1  1                                      
Raffensberger K, p    1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  6 13  5                        33  5  8  5

Cincinnati       000 022 110 --  6
Brooklyn         032 000 000 --  5

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Vander Meer J*        2.0  7  5  5  1  1
Lively B              3.0  1  0  0  4  3
Walters B             1.0  0  0  0  2  0
Raffensberger K (W)   3.0  0  0  0  1  3

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hatten J+             5.0 10  4  2  4  0
Palica E (L)          3.0  3  2  2  4  2
King C                1.0  0  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 3rd
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 6th

E -- Miksis E 2, Stallcup V
DP -- Cincinnati 2, Brooklyn 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 15, Brooklyn 9
2B -- Furillo C, Litwhiler D 2, Cox B, Robinson J, Corbitt C
HR -- Edwards B, Reese P, Hatton G
SB -- Reese P, Lund D, Baumholtz F
WP -- Palica E
T -- 3:07
A -- 21521

    

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