Cincinnati Reds vs Brooklyn Dodgers
July 4, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1945 at Ebbets Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Clay cf 5 1 1 0
Tipton lf 3 1 0 0
Libke rf 5 0 4 4
McCormick 1b 3 0 2 0
Mesner 3b 5 0 0 0
Wahl ss 5 0 0 0
Williams 2b 4 0 2 0
Unser c 3 1 0 0
Walters p 4 1 2 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 5 0 0 0
Rosen cf 5 0 1 0
Galan lf 4 2 1 0
Walker rf 3 1 1 2
Olmo 3b 4 0 1 1
  Hart 3b 0 0 0 0
  Bordagaray 3b 0 0 0 0
Peacock c 4 0 1 0
Basinski ss 3 0 0 0
Schultz 1b 3 0 2 0
Herring p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
Cincinnati 000 000 301–4113
Brooklyn 200 010 000–370
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Walters  W(6-7) 9.0 7 3 2 3 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
3
2
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Herring  L(2-1) 9.0 11 4 4 4 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
2
  E–Williams (11), Unser 2 (3).  2B–Cincinnati Libke 2 (8).  3B–Brooklyn Schultz (2).  HR–Brooklyn Walker (3,1st inning off Walters 1 on).  SH–Tipton (7); Schultz (3).  Team LOB–11.  Team–9.  U–Dusty Boggess, Babe Pinelli, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:18.  A–23,810.
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