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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 27, 1948
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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 27, 1948 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 27, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 27, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ewell Blackwell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Clint Hartung |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 27,183 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: (none) 3B: Jocko Conlan |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Wyrostek | Center Fielder |
| Benny Zientara | Second Baseman |
| Grady Hatton | Third Baseman |
| Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Danny Litwhiler | Right Fielder |
| Virgil Stallcup | Shortstop |
| Dewey Williams | Catcher |
| Ewell Blackwell | Pitcher |
| Johnny Neun | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Walker Cooper | Catcher |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Sid Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Bill Rigney | Second Baseman |
| Clint Hartung | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 27, 1948
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Hartung
Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize juggles the ball. That's an error on Mize. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zientara vs. Hartung
Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Hartung
Hatton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zientara moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sauer vs. Hartung
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr. Zientara scores. Hatton moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Hartung
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney fields it and throws to second for the out. Hatton moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Litwhiler vs. Hartung
Litwhiler hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Blackwell
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Blackwell
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Blackwell
Thomson is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Hartung
Stallcup hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Hartung
Williams hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Hartung
Blackwell hits a line drive into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Blackwell
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup misplays the ball. That's an error on Stallcup. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Blackwell
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Blackwell
Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Blackwell
Gordon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer who is chasing the ball. Gordon reaches third base with a triple. Cooper goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rigney vs. Blackwell
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wyrostek vs. Hartung
Wyrostek hits a line drive to right field. Marshall throws towards Rigney. Rigney fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rigney. Marshall throws the ball in to Rigney who tags Wyrostek trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Wyrostek moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zientara vs. Hartung
Jack Conway now playing second base.
Zientara hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hatton vs. Hartung
Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conway scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wyrostek moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sauer vs. Hartung
Sauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wyrostek scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Hartung
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conway scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hartung vs. Blackwell
Hartung hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Blackwell
Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Blackwell
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Blackwell
Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mize vs. Blackwell
Mize is hit by the pitch. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cooper vs. Blackwell
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Hartung
Litwhiler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Conway settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Hartung
Stallcup hits a line drive towards short. Kerr reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Hartung
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Blackwell
Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Blackwell
Gordon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zientara settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conway vs. Blackwell
Conway hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hartung vs. Blackwell
Hartung hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kerr vs. Blackwell
Kerr hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Hartung
Blackwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wyrostek vs. Hartung
Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zientara vs. Hartung
Zientara takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Hartung
Hatton hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Blackwell
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Blackwell
Thomson bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Blackwell
Mize hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wyrostek. Mize reaches second base with a double. Lockman goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Blackwell
Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mize scores. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Blackwell
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Cooper for the double play. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Hartung
Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Hartung
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Conway fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Hartung
Litwhiler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Conway settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Blackwell
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conway vs. Blackwell
Conway hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hartung vs. Blackwell
Hartung hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stallcup vs. Hartung
Stallcup hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Hartung
Williams hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Hartung
Babe Young pinch hits for Ewell Blackwell.
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wyrostek vs. Hartung
Wyrostek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Galan vs. Hartung
Augie Galan pinch hits for Benny Zientara.
Galan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Young scores. Wyrostek moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hatton vs. Hartung
Hatton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wyrostek scores. Galan moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sauer vs. Jones
Sheldon Jones now pitching.
Sauer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Gumbert
Harry Gumbert now pitching. Augie Galan now playing right field. Grady Hatton now playing second base. Danny Litwhiler now playing third base.
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Gumbert, and towards Litwhiler, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Gumbert
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Gumbert
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Jones
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Jones
Litwhiler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stallcup vs. Jones
Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards second. Conway scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Gumbert
Mize strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Gumbert
Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Gumbert
Bobby Rhawn pinch runs for Walker Cooper.
Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Gumbert
Gordon hits a line drive into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Jones
Mickey Livingston now catching.
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gumbert vs. Jones
Gumbert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wyrostek vs. Jones
Wyrostek hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Conway settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Galan vs. Jones
Galan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gumbert moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hatton vs. Jones
Hatton is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Gumbert
Johnny McCarthy pinch hits for Jack Conway.
McCarthy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCarthy for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Layton vs. Gumbert
Les Layton pinch hits for Sheldon Jones.
Layton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Gumbert
Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Gumbert
Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Gumbert
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/27/1948 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Wyrostek J, cf 5 2 2 0 Kerr B, ss 5 0 1 0
Zientara B, 2b 2 1 0 0 Lockman W, lf 3 1 1 0
Galan A, ph-rf 2 0 2 1 Thomson B, cf 5 0 1 0
Hatton G, 3b-2b 5 0 2 1 Mize J, 1b 3 1 1 1
Sauer H, lf 4 0 2 2 Cooper W, c 4 1 2 1
Kluszewski T, 1b 4 0 0 0 Rhawn B, pr 0 0 0 0
Litwhiler D, rf-3b 3 0 0 0 Livingston M, c 0 0 0 0
Stallcup V, ss 4 0 0 0 Marshall W, rf 4 0 1 0
Williams D, c 4 0 1 0 Gordon S, 3b 4 0 1 1
Blackwell E, p 2 0 1 0 Rigney B, 2b 1 0 0 0
Young B, ph 1 1 1 0 Conway J, 2b 2 0 0 0
Gumbert H, p 1 0 0 0 McCarthy J, ph 1 0 0 0
Hartung C, p 3 0 1 0
Jones S, p 0 0 0 0
Layton L, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 4 11 4 36 3 9 3
Cincinnati 101 000 200 -- 4
New York 010 020 000 -- 3
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Blackwell E (W) 6.0 6 3 2 2 1
Gumbert H (S) 3.0 3 0 0 0 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hartung C (L) 6.2 9 4 2 1 0
Jones S 2.1 2 0 0 1 1
E -- Mize J, Kerr B, Stallcup V, Rigney B
DP -- Cincinnati 1, New York 3
LOB -- Cincinnati 8, New York 9
2B -- Mize J
3B -- Gordon S
HBP -- by Blackwell E (Mize J)
T -- 2:24
A -- 27183
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