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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 8, 1918
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, played on August 8, 1918 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 8, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 8, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dolf Luque |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Red Causey |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Moran 1B: Cy Rigler 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Heinie Groh | Third Baseman |
| Greasy Neale | Left Fielder |
| Edd Roush | Center Fielder |
| Sherry Magee | First Baseman |
| Tommy Griffith | Right Fielder |
| Manuel Cueto | Second Baseman |
| Lena Blackburne | Shortstop |
| Ivey Wingo | Catcher |
| Dolf Luque | Pitcher |
| Christy Mathewson | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Compton | Right Fielder |
| Jim Thorpe | Center Fielder |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Jay Kirke | First Baseman |
| Joe Wilhoit | Left Fielder |
| Ed Sicking | Third Baseman |
| Lew McCarty | Catcher |
| Red Causey | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 8, 1918
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groh vs. Causey
Groh strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neale vs. Causey
Neale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roush vs. Causey
Roush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Compton vs. Luque
Compton strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thorpe vs. Luque
Thorpe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Luque fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Luque
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Magee vs. Causey
Magee hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffith vs. Causey
Griffith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cueto vs. Causey
Cueto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Griffith moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blackburne vs. Causey
Blackburne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Luque
Doyle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirke vs. Luque
Kirke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out. Doyle moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilhoit vs. Luque
Wilhoit hits a popup towards short. Blackburne settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sicking vs. Luque
There's a wild pitch. Doyle moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sicking vs. Luque
Sicking hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wingo vs. Causey
Wingo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilhoit. Wingo reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Luque vs. Causey
Luque bunts towards the mound. The ball bounces off Causey, and towards Sicking, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Wingo moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Groh vs. Causey
Groh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to home to get Wingo. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Neale vs. Causey
There goes Groh. The throw from McCarty and he is safe. Groh steals second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Neale vs. Causey
Neale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Luque
McCarty hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Causey vs. Luque
Causey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Luque fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Compton vs. Luque
Compton hits a fly ball into left field. Neale settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thorpe vs. Luque
Thorpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Causey moves to third. Thorpe moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fletcher vs. Luque
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blackburne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roush vs. Causey
Roush hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilhoit. Roush reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Magee vs. Causey
Magee bunts towards the mound. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. Roush moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Griffith vs. Causey
Griffith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roush scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cueto vs. Causey
Cueto hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Compton. Cueto reaches second base with a double. Griffith goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blackburne vs. Causey
Blackburne hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wingo vs. Causey
Wingo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Luque
Doyle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirke vs. Luque
Kirke strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilhoit vs. Luque
Wilhoit hits a line drive into right field. Griffith picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Griffith. Doyle goes all the way around to score. Wilhoit moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sicking vs. Luque
Sicking hits a popup, foul, towards first. Magee races for the ball and makes the catch. There goes Wilhoit. The throw to the plate, AND Wilhoit is out, for the double play. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luque vs. Causey
Luque hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groh vs. Causey
Groh hits a fly ball into left field. Wilhoit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Neale vs. Causey
Neale strikes out. There goes Luque. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roush vs. Causey
Roush is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Magee vs. Causey
Magee hits a fly ball into center field. Thorpe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Luque
McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blackburne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Luque
Causey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blackburne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Compton vs. Luque
Compton hits a fly ball into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffith vs. Causey
Griffith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cueto vs. Causey
Cueto hits a fly ball into left field. Wilhoit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blackburne vs. Causey
Blackburne hits a fly ball into center field. Thorpe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thorpe vs. Luque
Thorpe hits a fly ball into right field. Griffith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Luque
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Magee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fletcher for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Luque
Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Griffith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wingo vs. Causey
Wingo hits a fly ball into center field. Thorpe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luque vs. Causey
Luque takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groh vs. Causey
Groh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sicking fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sicking. Luque moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Neale vs. Causey
Neale hits a fly ball into center field. Thorpe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Luque tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roush vs. Causey
There goes Groh. The throw from McCarty and he is out, Fletcher applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirke vs. Luque
Kirke hits a line drive towards short. Blackburne reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilhoit vs. Luque
Wilhoit hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wingo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sicking vs. Luque
Sicking hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarty vs. Luque
McCarty hits a fly ball into left field. Neale settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roush vs. Causey
Roush hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doyle reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Magee vs. Causey
Magee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffith vs. Causey
Griffith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kirke scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Griffith for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Luque
Ross Youngs pinch hits for Red Causey.
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Magee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Youngs for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Compton vs. Luque
Compton hits a fly ball into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thorpe vs. Luque
Thorpe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cueto vs. Steele
Bob Steele now pitching.
Cueto hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blackburne vs. Steele
Blackburne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wingo vs. Steele
Wingo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Blackburne moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Luque vs. Steele
Luque hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thorpe. Luque reaches second base with a double. Blackburne scores. Wingo moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Groh vs. Steele
Groh hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kirke fields it and throws to home to get Wingo. Luque moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Neale vs. Steele
Neale hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Luque scores. Groh moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Roush vs. Steele
McCarty fires to third and picks off Groh. Neale moves to second. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Luque
Fletcher is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Luque
Doyle takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirke vs. Luque
Kirke hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wingo fields it and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to third. Doyle moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wilhoit vs. Luque
Wilhoit strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sicking vs. Luque
Sicking hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. Doyle moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCarty vs. Luque
McCarty hits a popup, foul, towards first. Magee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/8/1918 -- CIN at NY1 (D)
CIN AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Heinie Groh, 3b 5 0 0 0 Pete Compton, rf 4 0 0 0
Greasy Neale, lf 4 0 1 2 Jim Thorpe, cf 4 0 1 0
Edd Roush, cf 3 1 1 0 Art Fletcher, ss 3 1 0 0
Sherry Magee, 1b 3 0 0 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 1 1 0 0
Tommy Griffith, rf 4 1 1 1 Jay Kirke, 1b 4 0 0 0
Manuel Cueto, 2b 4 0 3 1 Joe Wilhoit, lf 4 0 1 0
Lena Blackburne, ss 4 1 0 0 Ed Sicking, 3b 4 0 2 1
Ivey Wingo, c 4 0 2 0 Lew McCarty, c 4 0 0 0
Dolf Luque, p 2 2 2 1 Red Causey, p 2 0 0 0
Ross Youngs, ph 1 0 0 0
Bob Steele, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 5 10 5 31 2 4 1
CIN 000 200 102 -- 5
NY1 000 100 001 -- 2
CIN IP H R ER BB SO
Dolf Luque (W) 9.0 4 2 1 3 3
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Red Causey (L) 8.0 6 3 2 2 2
Bob Steele 1.0 4 2 2 0 0
E -- Jay Kirke, Sherry Magee, Tommy Griffith, Ed Sicking
DP -- CIN 1, NY1 1
LOB -- CIN 6, NY1 6
2B -- Ivey Wingo, Edd Roush, Manuel Cueto, Dolf Luque
SB -- Heinie Groh, Dolf Luque
CS -- Heinie Groh
SH -- Dolf Luque, Sherry Magee
SF -- Greasy Neale
HBP -- by Dolf Luque (Art Fletcher)
WP -- Dolf Luque
T -- 1:58
A -- 0
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