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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 25, 1944
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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 September 25, 1944 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 25, 1944 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 25, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Heusser |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Harry Feldman |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 982 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: (none) 3B: Babe Pinelli |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Woody Williams | Second Baseman |
| Dain Clay | Center Fielder |
| Gee Walker | Right Fielder |
| Frank McCormick | First Baseman |
| Ray Mueller | Catcher |
| Eric Tipton | Left Fielder |
| Steve Mesner | Third Baseman |
| Eddie Miller | Shortstop |
| Ed Heusser | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Rucker | Center Fielder |
| George Hausmann | Second Baseman |
| Bruce Sloan | Right Fielder |
| Nap Reyes | First Baseman |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Charlie Mead | Left Fielder |
| Hal Luby | Third Baseman |
| Gus Mancuso | Catcher |
| Harry Feldman | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 25, 1944
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Feldman
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clay vs. Feldman
Clay hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Feldman
Walker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Luby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Heusser
Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Heusser
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sloan vs. Heusser
Sloan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heusser fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reyes vs. Heusser
Reyes hits a fly ball into left field. Tipton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Feldman
McCormick hits a popup towards first. Reyes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Feldman
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tipton vs. Feldman
Tipton hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it 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: ---
Kerr vs. Heusser
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner juggles the ball. That's an error on Mesner. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mead vs. Heusser
Mead hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luby vs. Heusser
Luby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mancuso vs. Heusser
There goes Luby. The throw from Mueller and he is safe. Luby steals second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mancuso vs. Heusser
Mancuso hits a line drive towards first. McCormick reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mesner vs. Feldman
Mesner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Feldman
Miller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heusser vs. Feldman
Heusser strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Feldman
Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sloan. Williams reaches second base with a double. Miller moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Clay vs. Feldman
Clay is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feldman vs. Heusser
Feldman strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Heusser
Rucker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hausmann vs. Heusser
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rucker moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sloan vs. Heusser
Sloan hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops it up and throws to first, with Heusser covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Feldman
Walker hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Feldman
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Luby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Feldman
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Mead settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reyes vs. Heusser
Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Heusser
Kerr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mead vs. Heusser
Mead hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tipton vs. Feldman
Tipton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mead. Tipton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mesner vs. Feldman
Mesner bunts towards the mound. Feldman fields it and throws to first for the out. Tipton moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Miller vs. Feldman
Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Mead settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tipton scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heusser vs. Feldman
Heusser strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luby vs. Heusser
Luby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mancuso vs. Heusser
Mancuso takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Feldman vs. Heusser
Feldman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rucker vs. Heusser
Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Feldman
Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clay vs. Feldman
Clay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Luby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Feldman
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Feldman
McCormick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Luby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Heusser
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sloan vs. Heusser
Sloan hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reyes vs. Heusser
Reyes hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Feldman
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Mead settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tipton vs. Feldman
Tipton hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mesner vs. Feldman
Mesner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mead. Mesner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Miller vs. Feldman
Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Mead settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Heusser
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mead vs. Heusser
Mead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luby vs. Heusser
Luby 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, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heusser vs. Feldman
Heusser strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Feldman
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clay vs. Feldman
Clay takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Feldman
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Luby fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Clay moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCormick vs. Feldman
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feldman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Treadway vs. Heusser
Red Treadway pinch hits for Gus Mancuso.
Treadway hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Heusser
Roy Nichols pinch runs for Red Treadway. Mel Ott pinch hits for Harry Feldman.
Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nichols moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rucker vs. Heusser
Steve Filipowicz pinch runs for Mel Ott.
Rucker bunts towards the mound. Heusser fields it and throws to first for the out. Nichols moves to third. Filipowicz moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hausmann vs. Heusser
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nichols scores. Filipowicz moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sloan vs. Heusser
Sloan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Filipowicz scores. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reyes vs. Heusser
Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Adams
Ray Berres now catching. Ace Adams now pitching.
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tipton vs. Adams
Tipton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mesner vs. Adams
Mesner hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Sloan fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Sloan. Mesner moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Miller vs. Adams
Miller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heusser vs. Adams
There goes Miller. The throw from Berres and he is safe. Miller steals second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Heusser vs. Adams
Heusser strikes out. Berres drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Heusser out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Heusser
Kerr hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/25/1944 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Williams W, 2b 4 1 2 1 Rucker J, cf 3 0 1 0
Clay D, cf 3 0 0 0 Hausmann G, 2b 4 0 1 1
Walker G, rf 4 0 1 0 Sloan B, rf 4 0 1 1
McCormick F, 1b 4 0 0 0 Reyes N, 1b 4 0 0 0
Mueller R, c 4 0 1 0 Kerr B, ss 4 1 1 1
Tipton E, lf 4 1 1 0 Mead C, lf 3 0 0 0
Mesner S, 3b 3 0 2 0 Luby H, 3b 3 0 0 0
Miller E, ss 2 0 0 1 Mancuso G, c 1 0 0 0
Heusser E, p 4 0 0 0 Treadway R, ph 1 0 1 0
Nichols R, pr 0 1 0 0
Berres R, c 0 0 0 0
Feldman H, p 2 0 0 0
Ott M, ph 1 0 1 0
Filipowicz S, pr 0 1 0 0
Adams A, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 2 7 2 30 3 6 3
Cincinnati 000 011 000 -- 2
New York 000 000 021 -- 3
0 outs when winning run was scored.
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Heusser E (L) 8.0 6 3 3 1 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Feldman H 8.0 5 2 2 2 4
Adams A (W) 1.0 2 0 0 1 1
E -- Mesner S, Sloan B
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, New York 5
2B -- Williams W, Tipton E, Mesner S 2
HR -- Williams W, Kerr B
SB -- Luby H, Miller E
SH -- Mesner S, Rucker J
T -- 1:21
A -- 982
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