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Reds 6 @ Giants 3
Polo Grounds
July 30, 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 July 30, 1940 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 6 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJuly 30, 1940 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 6 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 3 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Winning PitcherPaul Derringer  
Losing PitcherHal Schumacher  
SaveJoe Beggs  
Game Winning RBIBilly Werber 

Game Info

DateJuly 30, 1940 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherPaul Derringer  
Home Starting PitcherHal Schumacher  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance5,887 
Time of Game2 hours 20 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Magerkurth
1B: Bill Stewart
2B: (none)
3B: George Barr

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Willard Hershberger  Catcher 
Ival Goodman  Right Fielder 
Morrie Arnovich  Left Fielder 
Billy Myers  Shortstop 
Paul Derringer  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bob Seeds  Left Fielder 
Burgess Whitehead  Second Baseman 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Frank Demaree  Center Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Third Baseman 
Mickey Witek  Shortstop 
Hal Schumacher  Pitcher 
Bill Terry  Manager 

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Reds 6 @ Giants 3
Polo Grounds
July 30, 1940

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         Game of 7/30/1940 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Werber B, 3b          5  1  1  2   Seeds B, lf           4  1  2  0   
Craft H, cf           4  1  2  2   Whitehead B, 2b       4  1  1  2   
Frey L, 2b            5  0  2  1   Ott M, rf             4  1  1  0   
McCormick F, 1b       5  0  2  0   Danning H, c          4  0  1  1   
Hershberger W, c      4  0  3  1   Young B, 1b           4  0  0  0   
Gamble L, pr          0  0  0  0   Demaree F, cf         4  0  2  0   
Joost E, ss           1  0  0  0   Cuccinello T, 3b      3  0  0  0   
Goodman I, rf         3  1  0  0   Witek M, ss           3  0  0  0   
Arnovich M, lf        5  1  1  0   Schumacher H, p       2  0  1  0   
Myers B, ss           2  1  0  0   Melton C, p           0  0  0  0   
Dejan M, ph           1  0  0  0   Brown J, p            0  0  0  0   
Beggs J, p            0  0  0  0   Lynn R, p             0  0  0  0   
Derringer P, p        3  0  2  0   McCarthy J, ph        1  0  0  0   
Baker B, ph-c         1  1  0  0   Joiner R, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  6 13  6                        33  3  8  3

Cincinnati       100 000 140 --  6
New York         000 002 001 --  3

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Derringer P (W)       7.0  6  2  2  0  3
Beggs J (S)           2.0  2  1  1  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Schumacher H (L)*     7.0  9  3  3  3  5
Melton C+             0.0  1  2  2  0  0
Brown J               0.2  1  1  1  0  1
Lynn R                0.1  2  0  0  0  0
Joiner R              1.0  0  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

DP -- Cincinnati 1, New York 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 10, New York 3
2B -- McCormick F, Ott M
3B -- Seeds B
HR -- Whitehead B
SB -- Whitehead B
SH -- Goodman I
T -- 2:20
A -- 5887

    

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