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Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
July 31, 1949
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants, played on July 31, 1949 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 31, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 31, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Adrian Zabala |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ken Raffensberger |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 19,513 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 6 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Barlick 1B: George Barr 2B: (none) 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hank Thompson | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Sid Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | Right Fielder |
| Bill Rigney | Shortstop |
| Ray Mueller | Catcher |
| Adrian Zabala | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harry Walker | Right Fielder |
| Peanuts Lowrey | Left Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Dixie Howell | Catcher |
| Virgil Stallcup | Shortstop |
| Johnny Wyrostek | Center Fielder |
| Jimmy Bloodworth | Third Baseman |
| Claude Corbitt | Second Baseman |
| Ken Raffensberger | Pitcher |
| Bucky Walters | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Reds
Crosley Field
July 31, 1949
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Raffensberger
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Raffensberger
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Corbitt misplays the ball. That's an error on Corbitt. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Raffensberger
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Raffensberger
Mize hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Zabala
Walker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mueller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Zabala
Lowrey hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Zabala
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Zabala
Howell hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Raffensberger
Gordon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Raffensberger
Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Raffensberger
Rigney hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Raffensberger
Mueller hits a line drive into right field. Walker picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Walker. Irvin moves to third. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Zabala vs. Raffensberger
Zabala hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski juggles the ball. That's an error on Kluszewski. Irvin scores. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Raffensberger
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mueller scores. Zabala moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Raffensberger
Lockman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey who is chasing the ball. Lockman reaches third base with a triple. Zabala scores. Thompson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomson vs. Raffensberger
Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lockman scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Vander Meer
Johnny Vander Meer now pitching.
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski juggles the ball. That's an error on Kluszewski. Thomson moves to third. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gordon vs. Vander Meer
Gordon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Vander Meer
Irvin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Vander Meer
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vander Meer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Zabala
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Zabala
Wyrostek hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bloodworth vs. Zabala
Bloodworth hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Vander Meer
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zabala vs. Vander Meer
Zabala hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Vander Meer
Thompson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Vander Meer
Lockman hits a popup towards third. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corbitt vs. Zabala
Corbitt hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vander Meer vs. Zabala
Vander Meer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Zabala
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Vander Meer
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Vander Meer
Mize hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Vander Meer
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Vander Meer
Irvin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Zabala
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rigney fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Rigney. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Zabala
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Zabala
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rigney fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Vander Meer
Rigney hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Vander Meer
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zabala vs. Vander Meer
Zabala hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Vander Meer
There's a wild pitch. Zabala moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Vander Meer
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vander Meer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Zabala
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Zabala
Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bloodworth vs. Zabala
Bloodworth hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Vander Meer
Lockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Corbitt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Vander Meer
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Vander Meer
Mize takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Vander Meer
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bloodworth fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corbitt vs. Zabala
Corbitt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Zabala
Bobby Adams pinch hits for Johnny Vander Meer.
Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Zabala
Walker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Zabala
Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Fanovich
Frank Fanovich now pitching.
Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Fanovich
Rigney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Fanovich
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zabala vs. Fanovich
Zabala strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Zabala
Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Zabala
Howell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stallcup vs. Zabala
Stallcup hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wyrostek vs. Zabala
Wyrostek takes first base on ball four. Kluszewski moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bloodworth vs. Zabala
Bloodworth strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Fanovich
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Corbitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Fanovich
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Corbitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Fanovich
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corbitt vs. Zabala
Corbitt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Litwhiler vs. Zabala
Danny Litwhiler pinch hits for Frank Fanovich.
Litwhiler hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Zabala
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards second. Thompson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Lively
Buddy Lively now pitching.
Mize hits a popup towards third. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Lively
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Lively
Irvin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Lively
Rigney hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Zabala
Don Mueller now playing left field. Joe Lafata now playing first base. Bert Haas now playing third base. Buddy Kerr now playing shortstop.
Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Zabala
Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Zabala
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Thompson fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stallcup vs. Zabala
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards third. Haas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/31/1949, game 2 -- New York at Cincinnati (D)
New York AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Thompson H, 2b 4 1 1 1 Walker H, rf 4 0 1 0
Lockman W, lf 5 1 1 2 Lowrey P, lf 4 0 0 0
Mueller D, lf 0 0 0 0 Kluszewski T, 1b 4 0 3 0
Thomson B, cf 5 1 1 1 Howell D, c 4 0 0 0
Mize J, 1b 4 1 1 0 Stallcup V, ss 4 0 0 0
Lafata J, 1b 0 0 0 0 Wyrostek J, cf 2 0 0 0
Gordon S, 3b 5 2 2 4 Bloodworth J, 3b 3 0 0 0
Haas B, 3b 0 0 0 0 Corbitt C, 2b 3 0 1 0
Irvin M, rf 3 1 1 0 Raffensberger K, p 0 0 0 0
Rigney B, ss 5 0 1 0 Vander Meer J, p 1 0 0 0
Kerr B, ss 0 0 0 0 Adams B, ph 1 0 0 0
Mueller R, c 4 1 1 0 Fanovich F, p 0 0 0 0
Zabala A, p 4 1 1 1 Litwhiler D, ph 1 0 0 0
Lively B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 9 10 9 31 0 5 0
New York 090 000 000 -- 9
Cincinnati 000 000 000 -- 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Zabala A (W) 9.0 5 0 0 1 2
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Raffensberger K (L) 1.1 6 7 5 0 0
Vander Meer J 4.2 3 2 0 3 1
Fanovich F 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Lively B 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
E -- Corbitt C, Walker H, Kluszewski T 2, Rigney B
DP -- New York 2, Cincinnati 1
LOB -- New York 7, Cincinnati 5
3B -- Lockman W
HR -- Gordon S 2
WP -- Vander Meer J
T -- 2:06
A -- 19513
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