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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 5, 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 June 5, 1939 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 5, 1939 |
|---|---|
| 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 | June 5, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bucky Walters |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hal Schumacher |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 7,297 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dolly Stark 1B: George Magerkurth 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Stewart |
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 |
| Bucky Walters | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Billy Jurges | Shortstop |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Zeke Bonura | First Baseman |
| Frank Demaree | Center Fielder |
| Tony Lazzeri | Third Baseman |
| Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
| Hal Schumacher | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 5, 1939
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Schumacher
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lazzeri fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Schumacher
Frey hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Schumacher
Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Schumacher
McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Goodman moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lombardi vs. Schumacher
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lazzeri fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Walters
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moore for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Walters
Jurges hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Walters
Danning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Walters
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Schumacher
Craft strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Schumacher
Berger strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Schumacher
Myers hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Walters
Bonura hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Walters
Demaree hits a line drive towards first. McCormick catches it and steps on first to double up Bonura. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Walters
Lazzeri is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Schumacher
Walters hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Schumacher
Werber hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Werber reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frey vs. Schumacher
Frey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Danning settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodman vs. Schumacher
Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Walters
Whitehead hits a fly ball into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schumacher vs. Walters
Schumacher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Walters
Moore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurges vs. Walters
There goes Moore. The throw from Lombardi and he is safe. Moore steals second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jurges vs. Walters
Jurges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Danning vs. Walters
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Schumacher
McCormick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore who is chasing the ball. McCormick reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lombardi vs. Schumacher
Lombardi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Schumacher
Craft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berger vs. Schumacher
Berger hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Craft moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Myers vs. Schumacher
Myers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Walters vs. Schumacher
Walters strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Werber vs. Schumacher
Werber strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Frey vs. Schumacher
Frey hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball 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: ---
Ott vs. Walters
Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Walters
Bonura hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Berger. Bonura reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Demaree vs. Walters
Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bonura moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lazzeri vs. Walters
There's a wild pitch. Bonura scores. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Walters
Lazzeri takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Walters
Whitehead hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lazzeri moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schumacher vs. Walters
Schumacher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Schumacher
Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Schumacher
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lazzeri juggles the ball. That's an error on Lazzeri. Goodman moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lombardi vs. Schumacher
Lombardi hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Craft vs. Schumacher
Craft strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berger vs. Schumacher
Berger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lazzeri fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Walters
Moore hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Craft who is chasing the ball. Moore reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Jurges vs. Walters
Jurges hits a line drive into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moore tags and scores. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Walters
Danning hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Frey reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Walters
Ott hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Schumacher
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lazzeri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walters vs. Schumacher
Walters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lazzeri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Myers moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Werber vs. Schumacher
Werber takes first base on ball four. Myers moves to third. Walters moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Frey vs. Schumacher
Frey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Demaree who is chasing the ball. Frey reaches third base with a triple. Myers scores. Walters scores. Werber goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Goodman vs. Brown
Jumbo Brown now pitching.
Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Frey tags and scores. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Brown
McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lombardi vs. Brown
Lombardi hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ott. Lombardi reaches second base with a double. McCormick moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Craft vs. Brown
Craft hits a line drive to right field. Ott throws towards Jurges. Jurges fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jurges. Ott throws the ball in to Jurges who tags Craft trying to catch an extra base, for the out. McCormick scores. Lombardi moves to third. Craft moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Berger vs. Brown
Berger strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Myers vs. Brown
Myers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Walters vs. Brown
Walters hits a line drive into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Walters
Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walters fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Walters
Demaree hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lazzeri vs. Walters
Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Brown
Werber hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Brown
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Brown
Goodman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Walters
Whitehead hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripple vs. Walters
Jimmy Ripple pinch hits for Jumbo Brown.
Ripple hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Walters
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops it up and throws to first, with Walters covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Castleman
Slick Castleman now pitching.
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Castleman
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lazzeri fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Castleman
Craft strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Walters
Jurges hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Walters
Danning takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Walters
Ott strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonura vs. Walters
Bonura strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Castleman
Berger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myers vs. Castleman
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Berger moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walters vs. Castleman
Walters hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berger scores. Myers moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Werber vs. Castleman
Werber hits a line drive towards short. Jurges catches it and throws to second to double up Myers. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frey vs. Castleman
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Walters
Demaree hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Walters
Lazzeri takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Walters
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/5/1939 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Werber B, 3b 5 1 1 0 Moore J, lf 4 1 2 0
Frey L, 2b 6 1 1 3 Jurges B, ss 2 0 0 1
Goodman I, rf 4 0 2 1 Danning H, c 3 0 1 0
McCormick F, 1b 5 2 3 0 Ott M, rf 4 0 0 0
Lombardi E, c 5 1 2 2 Bonura Z, 1b 4 1 3 0
Craft H, cf 5 0 2 1 Demaree F, cf 4 0 0 0
Berger W, lf 4 1 1 0 Lazzeri T, 3b 2 0 0 0
Myers B, ss 3 1 2 0 Whitehead B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Walters B, p 5 1 2 1 Schumacher H, p 2 0 0 0
Brown J, p 0 0 0 0
Ripple J, ph 1 0 0 0
Castleman S, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
42 8 16 8 30 2 7 1
Cincinnati 000 205 001 -- 8
New York 000 110 000 -- 2
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Walters B (W) 9.0 7 2 2 4 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Schumacher H (L)* 5.0 11 6 6 2 5
Brown J 2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Castleman S 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
* Pitched to 4 batters in 6th
E -- Lazzeri T, Jurges B
DP -- Cincinnati 3, New York 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 12, New York 6
2B -- Werber B, Berger W, Bonura Z, Lombardi E
3B -- McCormick F, Moore J, Frey L
HR -- Lombardi E
SB -- Moore J
SF -- Jurges B, Goodman I
WP -- Walters B
T -- 2:15
A -- 7297
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