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Scores
Standings
NYY
@CHW		8
7
NYY
@CHW		7
5		 
(8)
BOS
@CLE		1
2		 
(11)
PHA
@DET		4
6
WSH
@SLB		13
2
WSH
@SLB		3
4
PIT
@BRO		0
9
STL
@BSN		9
7
STL
@BSN		7
1
CIN
@NYG		10
3
CIN
@NYG		2
4		 
(8)
CHC
@PHI		7
4
CHC
@PHI		2
8
Sunday, August 28, 1949,
, Polo Grounds V
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:30
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Reds
10
50-72
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Giants
3
60-62
⇐ Lost 3 ⇒
W: Herm Wehmeier (8-8)
L: Adrian Zabala (2-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Reds            0  1  5   2  0  0   0  2  0   10 12  0
Giants          0  0  0   1  1  0   0  1  0    3  4  3

Cincinnati Reds

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Bobby Adams 2B 5 3 3 0 0 0 .221 .571 1 9
Peanuts Lowrey LF 3 2 2 0 2 0 .272 .705 3 0 2B
Grady Hatton 3B 4 1 3 3 1 0 .277 .798 1 1 2B
Walker Cooper C 5 1 1 2 0 1 .263 .761 1 1
Danny Litwhiler RF 5 1 1 2 0 0 .286 .805 3 0 HR
Virgil Stallcup SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 .255 .603 4 1 3B
Ted Kluszewski 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 .286 .698 10 0
Johnny Wyrostek CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .255 .717 4 0
Herm Wehmeier P 3 1 0 0 0 1 .241 .495 0 1 HBP
Team Totals 38 10 12 8 4 4 .316 .895 27 13
2B: G Hatton (31); P Lowrey (20).
3B: V Stallcup (4).
HR: D Litwhiler (7).
HBP: H Wehmeier (1).
TB: G Hatton 4; D Litwhiler 4; P Lowrey 3; B Adams 3; V Stallcup 3; T Kluszewski; W Cooper.
RBI: G Hatton 3 (55); W Cooper 2 (70); D Litwhiler 2 (32); T Kluszewski (48).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
DP: 1. B Adams-V Stallcup-T Kluszewski.

New York Giants

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Hank Thompson 2B 3 0 0 1 1 0 .259 .751 1 2
Whitey Lockman LF 4 1 0 0 0 0 .303 .787 4 0
Bobby Thomson CF 4 1 2 2 0 0 .303 .843 2 0 HR,SB
Willard Marshall RF 2 0 0 0 2 0 .308 .869 3 1
Joe Lafata 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 .744 10 1
Bill Rigney 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 .770 1 2
Wes Westrum C 2 1 0 0 1 0 .224 .705 4 0 HBP
Buddy Kerr SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .220 .539 1 8
Adrian Zabala P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .282 0 0
   Hank Behrman P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .167 0 0
   Andy Hansen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .214 0 0
   Bert Haas PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .467
   Kirby Higbe P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .063 .180 1 0
Team Totals 30 3 4 3 4 1 .133 .490 27 14
HR: B Thomson (20).
HBP: W Westrum (1).
TB: B Thomson 5; B Kerr; B Rigney.
RBI: B Thomson 2 (80); H Thompson (22).
Team LOB: 5.
Fielding
E: B Thomson 2 (7); J Lafata (3).
Baserunning
SB: B Thomson (8, -1st base off  POCS).

Cincinnati Reds

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Herm Wehmeier, W (8-8) 9 4 3 3 4 1 1 4.86 35 64
Team Totals 9 4 3 3 4 1 1 3.00 35 64

New York Giants

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Adrian Zabala, L (2-1) 2 7 5 5 1 1 0 5.04 14 22
Hank Behrman 1 3 3 3 2 1 1 4.13 8
Andy Hansen 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.26 6
Kirby Higbe 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 6.01 16
Team Totals 9 12 10 10 4 4 1 10.00 44 22
Balks: None.
WP: H Wehmeier (5).
HBP: K Higbe (1); H Wehmeier (5).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - George Barr, 1B - Lee Ballanfant, 2B - (none), 3B - Al Barlick.
Time of Game: 2:30.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Cincinnati Reds         New York Giants
1 Bobby Adams 2B 1 Hank Thompson 2B
2 Peanuts Lowrey LF 2 Whitey Lockman LF
3 Grady Hatton 3B 3 Bobby Thomson CF
4 Walker Cooper C 4 Willard Marshall RF
5 Danny Litwhiler RF 5 Joe Lafata 1B
6 Virgil Stallcup SS 6 Bill Rigney 3B
7 Ted Kluszewski 1B 7 Wes Westrum C
8 Johnny Wyrostek CF 8 Buddy Kerr SS
9 Herm Wehmeier P 9 Adrian Zabala P

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