Cincinnati Reds vs New York Giants
May 18, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1948 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 5, New York Giants 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Wyrostek cf 5 0 1 1
Zientara 2b 4 0 0 0
  Poland ph 1 0 1 0
  Corbitt pr 0 0 0 0
Galan rf 1 2 0 0
Sauer lf 5 1 1 2
Young 1b 5 1 3 1
Hatton 3b 4 0 1 1
Stallcup ss 4 0 1 0
Lamanno c 2 1 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams c 0 0 0 0
Vander Meer p 2 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 1 0 0 0
  Raffensberger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rigney 2b 3 1 1 0
Lockman lf 3 1 0 0
Thomson cf 4 1 1 3
Mize 1b 3 1 1 1
Marshall rf 4 0 0 0
Kerr ss 3 1 1 0
Livingston c 2 0 0 0
Lohrke 3b 3 1 2 1
Poat p 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon ph 1 0 0 0
  Trinkle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 6 5
Cincinnati 000 202 001–581
New York 020 000 40x–661
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Vander Meer  L(1-5) 7.0 6 6 5 6 5
  Raffensberger   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
6
5
6
5
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Poat   5.2 5 4 4 5 3
  Jones  W(3-1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Trinkle  SV(4) 2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
7
5
  E–Lamanno (4), Lohrke (7).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Stallcup-Zientara-Young.  PB–Lamanno (5).  2B–Cincinnati Young (5), New York Thomson (2).  HR–Cincinnati Sauer (9,4th inning off Poat 1 on 1 out); Young (1,6th inning off Poat 0 on 0 out), New York Mize (5,2nd inning off Vander Meer 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  U–Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.  T–2:21.  A–38,023.
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