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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 30, 1954
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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, 1954 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 30, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 30, 1954 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Fred Baczewski |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ruben Gomez |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 13,153 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Barlick 1B: Hal Dixon 2B: Lee Ballanfant 3B: Bill Jackowski |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Harmon | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Jim Greengrass | Left Fielder |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| Ed Bailey | Catcher |
| Rocky Bridges | Second Baseman |
| Fred Baczewski | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Davey Williams | Second Baseman |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Ruben Gomez | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 30, 1954
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Gomez
Harmon hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Gomez
McMillan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Baczewski
Mueller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Bell 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: ---
Greengrass vs. Gomez
Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Gomez
Post hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Westrum scoops up the ball and tags Post for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Gomez
Bailey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Baczewski
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Baczewski
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first, with Baczewski covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it 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: ---
Bridges vs. Gomez
Bridges strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baczewski vs. Gomez
Baczewski strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Gomez
Harmon hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it 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: ---
Westrum vs. Baczewski
Westrum hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Baczewski
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Gomez
McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell 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, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greengrass vs. Gomez
Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Baczewski
Mueller hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Baczewski
Mays hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Gomez
Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Gomez
Bailey hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Gomez
Bridges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baczewski vs. Gomez
Baczewski hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Baczewski
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Baczewski
Westrum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Baczewski
Gomez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Baczewski
Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Baczewski
Dark hits a popup towards third. Harmon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Gomez
Harmon hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Gomez
McMillan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski 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
Bottom 6
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Baczewski
Mueller hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Baczewski
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Baczewski
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Baczewski
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Baczewski
Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Collum
Jackie Collum now pitching.
Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greengrass vs. Gomez
Greengrass hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Greengrass reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Post vs. Gomez
Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Greengrass scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Gomez
Bailey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Gomez
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Collum
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Collum
Lockman hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Collum
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Escalera vs. Gomez
Nino Escalera pinch hits for Jackie Collum.
Escalera hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Gomez
Harmon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Gomez
McMillan strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Nuxhall
Joe Nuxhall now pitching.
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Nuxhall
Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Nuxhall
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mays is thrown out after the base hit. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Gomez
Kluszewski 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, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greengrass vs. Gomez
Greengrass hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Gomez
Post hits a fly ball towards left. Irvin settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Irvin. Greengrass moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bailey vs. Gomez
Bailey strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Merriman vs. Gomez
Lloyd Merriman pinch hits for Rocky Bridges.
Merriman hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin 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 7/30/1954 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Harmon C, 3b 4 0 1 0 Lockman W, 1b 3 0 1 0
McMillan R, ss 3 0 1 0 Dark A, ss 4 0 0 0
Bell G, cf 4 0 0 0 Mueller D, rf 3 1 1 1
Kluszewski T, 1b 4 0 1 0 Irvin M, lf 4 0 0 0
Greengrass J, lf 4 1 2 0 Mays W, cf 4 0 1 0
Post W, rf 4 0 0 1 Williams D, 2b 2 1 0 0
Bailey E, c 4 0 0 0 Thompson H, 3b 3 1 1 2
Bridges R, 2b 2 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 2 2 1 1
Merriman L, ph 1 0 0 0 Gomez R, p 3 1 1 2
Baczewski F, p 2 0 0 0
Collum J, p 0 0 0 0
Escalera N, ph 1 0 0 0
Nuxhall J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 1 5 1 28 6 6 6
Cincinnati 000 000 100 -- 1
New York 001 023 00x -- 6
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Baczewski F (L) 5.2 5 6 6 4 0
Collum J 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Nuxhall J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez R (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 6
E -- Irvin M
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, New York 2
3B -- Greengrass J
HR -- Westrum W, Gomez R, Mueller D, Thompson H
T -- 1:54
A -- 13153
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