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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 3, 1928
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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 3, 1928 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 3, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 3, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dolf Luque |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Benton |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Charlie Moran 2B: (none) 3B: Sherry Magee |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hughie Critz | Second Baseman |
| Billy Zitzmann | Left Fielder |
| Curt Walker | Right Fielder |
| High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
| Joe Stripp | Third Baseman |
| Ethan Allen | Center Fielder |
| Val Picinich | Catcher |
| Hod Ford | Shortstop |
| Dolf Luque | Pitcher |
| Jack Hendricks | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Welsh | Center Fielder |
| Lefty O'Doul | Left Fielder |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Freddie Lindstrom | Third Baseman |
| Bill Terry | First Baseman |
| Travis Jackson | Shortstop |
| Andy Cohen | Second Baseman |
| Shanty Hogan | Catcher |
| Larry Benton | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 3, 1928
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Critz vs. Benton
Critz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zitzmann vs. Benton
Zitzmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. Critz moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Benton
Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Critz tags and moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kelly vs. Benton
Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Critz scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stripp vs. Benton
Stripp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Kelly moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allen vs. Benton
Allen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelly scores. Stripp moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Picinich vs. Benton
Picinich strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Welsh vs. Luque
Welsh hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Doul vs. Luque
O'Doul hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Welsh moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Luque
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Critz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Welsh moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lindstrom vs. Luque
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Benton
Ford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luque vs. Benton
Luque hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Critz vs. Benton
Critz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Benton, and towards Jackson, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Luque
Terry hits a fly ball into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Luque
Jackson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cohen vs. Luque
Cohen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp can't make a play. That's a base hit. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hogan vs. Luque
Hogan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zitzmann. Hogan reaches second base with a double. Jackson scores. Cohen moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Benton vs. Luque
Benton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Critz has Cohen trapped. There's the throw to Picinich and over to Stripp, who tags Cohen for the out. Hogan moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Welsh vs. Luque
Welsh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Critz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zitzmann vs. Benton
Zitzmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Benton
Walker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lindstrom settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Benton
There goes Zitzmann. The throw from Hogan and he is safe. Zitzmann steals second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelly vs. Benton
Kelly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of O'Doul. Kelly reaches second base with a double. Zitzmann scores. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stripp vs. Benton
Stripp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly scores. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allen vs. Benton
Allen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cohen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picinich vs. Benton
Picinich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stripp moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ford vs. Benton
Ford hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cohen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Doul vs. Luque
O'Doul hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Doul for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Luque
Ott hits a line drive into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Luque
Lindstrom bunts towards third. Stripp fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Luque
Terry hits a fly ball into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luque vs. Benton
Luque hits a fly ball into center field. Welsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Critz vs. Benton
Critz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zitzmann vs. Benton
Zitzmann hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Luque
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Zitzmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cohen vs. Luque
Cohen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hogan vs. Luque
Hogan hits a fly ball into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Benton
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Terry scoops it up and throws to first, with Benton covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Benton
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stripp vs. Benton
Stripp hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cohen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benton vs. Luque
Benton hits a line drive into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Welsh vs. Luque
Welsh hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Doul vs. Luque
O'Doul hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Luque
Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Allen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Benton
Allen hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picinich vs. Benton
Picinich bunts towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. Allen moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ford vs. Benton
Ford hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Allen tags and moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Luque vs. Benton
Luque hits a fly ball into center field. Welsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Luque
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Luque
Terry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Picinich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Luque
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Critz fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cohen vs. Luque
Cohen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ford fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Critz vs. Benton
Critz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zitzmann vs. Benton
Zitzmann hits a fly ball into center field. Welsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Benton
Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hogan vs. Luque
Hogan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Luque fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roush vs. Luque
Edd Roush pinch hits for Larry Benton.
Roush hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Welsh vs. Luque
Welsh hits a fly ball into left field. Zitzmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Doul vs. Luque
O'Doul hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Walker
Bill Walker now pitching.
Kelly strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stripp vs. Walker
Stripp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allen vs. Walker
Allen hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Luque
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Luque
Lindstrom takes first base on ball four. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terry vs. Luque
Terry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ott scores. Lindstrom moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Luque
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp fields it and throws to second for the out. Lindstrom moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cohen vs. Luque
Cohen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp can't make a play. That's a base hit. Zitzmann throws the ball in to Ford who tags Cohen trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Lindstrom scores. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hogan vs. Luque
Hogan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Luque
Walker is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picinich vs. Walker
Picinich hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Welsh. Picinich reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ford vs. Walker
Ford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of O'Doul. Ford reaches second base with a double. Picinich scores. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Callaghan vs. Fitzsimmons
Freddie Fitzsimmons now pitching. Marty Callaghan pinch hits for Dolf Luque.
Callaghan strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Critz vs. Fitzsimmons
Critz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cohen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ford moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Zitzmann vs. Fitzsimmons
Zitzmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. May
Jakie May now pitching. Les Mann pinch hits for Jimmy Welsh.
Mann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mann for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. May
Andy Reese pinch hits for Lefty O'Doul.
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. May
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly fields the ball and throws to May covering. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. May
Lindstrom hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/3/1928 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Critz H, 2b 5 1 1 0 Welsh J, cf 4 0 2 0
Zitzmann B, lf 5 1 1 0 Mann L, ph 1 0 0 0
Walker C, rf 3 0 0 0 O'Doul L, lf 4 0 1 0
Kelly H, 1b 4 2 2 2 Reese A, ph 1 0 0 0
Stripp J, 3b 4 0 1 1 Ott M, rf 5 2 2 0
Allen E, cf 4 0 2 1 Lindstrom F, 3b 4 2 3 2
Picinich V, c 3 1 2 0 Terry B, 1b 4 0 1 1
Ford H, ss 3 0 2 1 Jackson T, ss 3 2 0 0
Luque D, p 3 0 0 0 Cohen A, 2b 4 0 2 1
Callaghan M, ph 1 0 0 0 Hogan S, c 4 1 2 3
May J, p 0 0 0 0 Benton L, p 2 0 0 0
Roush E, ph 1 0 1 0
Walker B, p 1 0 0 0
Fitzsimmons F, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 11 5 38 7 14 7
Cincinnati 202 000 001 -- 5
New York 010 000 042 -- 7
2 outs when winning run was scored.
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Luque D 8.0 12 5 5 2 1
May J (L) 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Benton L 7.0 9 4 3 0 1
Walker B* 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Fitzsimmons F (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
DP -- Cincinnati 1, New York 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 6, New York 7
2B -- Hogan S, Kelly H, Picinich V, Ford H
HR -- Hogan S, Lindstrom F
SB -- Zitzmann B
SH -- Picinich V
SF -- Walker C, Ford H
T -- 1:55
A -- 0
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