New York Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
July 31, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1949 at Crosley Field. 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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New York Giants 9, Cincinnati Reds 0
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thompson 2b 4 1 1 1
Lockman lf 5 1 1 2
  Mueller D. lf 0 0 0 0
Thomson cf 5 1 1 1
Mize 1b 4 1 1 0
  Lafata 1b 0 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 5 2 2 4
  Haas 3b 0 0 0 0
Irvin rf 3 1 1 0
Rigney ss 5 0 1 0
  Kerr ss 0 0 0 0
Mueller R. c 4 1 1 0
Zabala p 4 1 1 1
Totals 39 9 10 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Walker rf 4 0 1 0
Lowrey lf 4 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 3 0
Howell c 4 0 0 0
Stallcup ss 4 0 0 0
Wyrostek cf 2 0 0 0
Bloodworth 3b 3 0 0 0
Corbitt 2b 3 0 1 0
Raffensberger p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Meer p 1 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
  Fanovich p 0 0 0 0
  Litwhiler ph 1 0 0 0
  Lively p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
New York 090 000 000–9101
Cincinnati 000 000 000–054
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Zabala  W(1-0) 9.0 5 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Raffensberger  L(10-11) 1.1 6 7 5 0 0
  Vander Meer   4.2 3 2 1 3 1
  Fanovich   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lively   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
6
4
3
  E–Rigney (17), Walker (10), Kluszewski 2 (7), Corbitt (4).  DP–New York 2. Rigney-Thompson-Mize, Thompson-Mize, Cincinnati 1. Vander Meer-Stallcup-Kluszewski.  3B–New York Lockman (5).  HR–New York Gordon 2 (23,2nd inning off Vander Meer 2 on,2nd inning off Raffensberger 0 on).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  U–Al Barlick, George Barr, Lee Ballanfant.
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