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Reds 4 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
May 3, 1939
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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 May 3, 1939 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Reds with a score of 6 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 3, 1939 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 4 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 14
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Winning Pitcher—Jumbo Brown  
Losing Pitcher—Bucky Walters  
Save—Cliff Melton  
Game Winning RBI—Jimmy Ripple 

Game Info

DateMay 3, 1939 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Vander Meer  
Home Starting PitcherHal Schumacher  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance4,652 
Time of Game2 hours 51 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Beans Reardon
1B: Babe Pinelli
2B: (none)
3B: Larry Goetz

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Ival Goodman  Right Fielder 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Ernie Lombardi  Catcher 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Wally Berger  Left Fielder 
Billy Myers  Shortstop 
Johnny Vander Meer  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Mel Ott  Third Baseman 
Zeke Bonura  First Baseman 
Bob Seeds  Center Fielder 
Frank Demaree  Right Fielder 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Hal Schumacher  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Reds 4 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
May 3, 1939

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         Game of 5/3/1939 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Werber B, 3b          4  1  1  0   Moore J, lf           3  0  0  0   
Frey L, 2b            3  1  1  2   Jurges B, ss          3  0  1  1   
Goodman I, rf         1  0  0  0   Danning H, c          5  1  2  0   
McCormick F, 1b       5  0  1  0   Ott M, 3b             2  0  0  0   
Lombardi E, c         4  0  0  0   Bonura Z, 1b          4  2  1  1   
Craft H, cf           5  1  2  0   Seeds B, cf           5  2  2  0   
Berger W, lf          4  0  2  0   Demaree F, rf         3  0  1  1   
Myers B, ss           5  1  2  1   Whitehead B, 2b       4  0  1  1   
Vander Meer J, p      2  0  0  0   Schumacher H, p       2  0  0  0   
Weaver J, p           1  0  0  0   Brown J, p            0  0  0  0   
Scarsella L, ph       1  0  1  1   Ripple J, ph          1  0  1  1   
Walters B, p          0  0  0  0   Myatt G, pr           0  1  0  0   
Bordagaray F, ph      1  0  0  0   Melton C, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  4 10  4                        32  6  9  5

Cincinnati       210 000 100 --  4
New York         000 130 20x --  6

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Vander Meer J         4.1  6  4  3  6  2
Weaver J              1.2  0  0  0  1  2
Walters B (L)         2.0  3  2  2  3  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Schumacher H          6.0  6  3  3  8  2
Brown J (W)           1.0  3  1  1  0  0
Melton C (S)          2.0  1  0  0  1  2

E -- Ott M, Frey L, Jurges B
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 14, New York 14
2B -- Bonura Z, Demaree F, Ripple J
3B -- Danning H
HR -- Frey L, Myers B
CS -- Craft H
SH -- Demaree F, Bonura Z
WP -- Schumacher H 3
Balk -- Vander Meer J
PB -- Danning H, Lombardi E
T -- 2:51
A -- 4652

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