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Reds 3 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
June 21, 1940

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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 21, 1940 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Reds with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJune 21, 1940 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 3 H: 6 E: 2 LOB: 4
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 7 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 7
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherHarry Gumbert  
Losing PitcherPaul Derringer  
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Game Winning RBIBilly Jurges 

Game Info

DateJune 21, 1940 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherPaul Derringer  
Home Starting PitcherHarry Gumbert  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance7,481 
Time of Game1 hour 37 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Magerkurth
1B: Bill Stewart
2B: (none)
3B: George Barr

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Lee Gamble  Right Fielder 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Ernie Lombardi  Catcher 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Mike McCormick  Left Fielder 
Eddie Joost  Shortstop 
Paul Derringer  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Burgess Whitehead  Third Baseman 
Jo-Jo Moore  Left Fielder 
Bob Seeds  Center Fielder 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Mickey Witek  Second Baseman 
Harry Gumbert  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Reds 3 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
June 21, 1940

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         Game of 6/21/1940 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Werber B, 3b          4  0  2  0   Whitehead B, 3b       4  0  1  0   
Gamble L, rf          3  1  0  0   Moore J, lf           4  0  0  0   
Frey L, 2b            4  0  1  1   Seeds B, cf           4  1  1  0   
McCormick F, 1b       4  1  1  0   Young B, 1b           3  1  1  0   
Lombardi E, c         4  0  0  0   Danning H, c          4  1  1  0   
Craft H, cf           4  0  1  1   Ott M, rf             2  1  1  2   
McCormick M, lf       3  0  0  0   Jurges B, ss          4  0  2  2   
Riggs L, ph           1  0  0  0   Witek M, 2b           4  0  0  0   
Joost E, ss           3  0  0  0   Gumbert H, p          3  0  0  0   
Derringer P, p        3  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  3  6  2                        32  4  7  4

Cincinnati       010 020 000 --  3
New York         000 003 01x --  4

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Derringer P (L)       8.0  7  4  3  2  3

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gumbert H (W)         9.0  6  3  2  0  3

E -- Whitehead B, Jurges B, Frey L, McCormick F
LOB -- Cincinnati 4, New York 7
2B -- Werber B, Frey L, Ott M
SB -- Ott M
SH -- Gamble L, Young B
WP -- Gumbert H
T -- 1:37
A -- 7481

    

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