Reds @ Giants
June 23, 1940

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Reds	7	13	2
Giants	4	9	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Reds	7	13	2
Giants	4	9	0

Bob Seeds Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.250	.296
OBP	.250	.296
At Bats	4	27
Hits	1	8
• Singles	1	8
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	1	2

Joe Beggs Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	2	0

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Polo Grounds - June 23, 1940

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Out

Joe Beggs

Ernie Lombardi

Frank McCormick

Lonny Frey

Billy Werber

Eddie Joost

Morrie Arnovich

Harry Craft

Mike McCormick

Bob Seeds

Burgess Whitehead

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Cincinnati Reds	7	13	2	7
New York Giants	4	9	0	8
Winning Pitcher	Milt Shoffner
Losing Pitcher	Carl Hubbell
Save	Joe Beggs
Game Winning RBI	Morrie Arnovich
Attendance
Time of Game	2 hours 5 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Seeds hits a line drive into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops it up and throws to first, with Beggs covering, for the out. Whitehead moves to second.

Bottom 9 Whitehead hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 9 Joe Beggs now pitching. Ken O'Dea pinch hits for Jumbo Brown. O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beggs fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Jumbo Brown now pitching. Lombardi hits a line drive into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 McCormick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Arnovich scores. Frey moves to third.

Top 9 Frey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Werber scores. Arnovich moves to third.

Top 9 Arnovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gamble scores. Werber moves to second.

Top 9 Lee Gamble pinch runs for Willard Hershberger. Werber is walked intentionally.

Top 9 Willard Hershberger pinch hits for Milt Shoffner. Hershberger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Seeds who is chasing the ball. Hershberger reaches third base with a triple. Craft scores. McCormick goes all the way around to score.

Top 9 Joost hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Craft moves to second.

Top 9 Craft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 9 Lombardi hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Bottom 8 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shoffner fields it and throws to third for the out. Ott moves to second.

Bottom 8 Ott bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Danning moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 8 Danning hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Frey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 8 Arnovich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Tony Cuccinello now playing second base. Mickey Witek now playing shortstop. Werber hits a popup, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Milt Shoffner now pitching. Young hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Seeds hits a line drive into right field. McCormick picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on McCormick. Hubbell scores. Whitehead moves to third. Seeds moves to second. That run is unearned.

Bottom 7 Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Whitehead hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hubbell moves to second.

Bottom 7 Hubbell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rucker scores.

Bottom 7 Johnny Rucker pinch runs for Billy Jurges. Witek bunts towards first. McCormick scoops it up and throws to first, with Frey covering, for the out. Rucker moves to second.

Bottom 7 Jurges is hit by the pitch.

Top 7 Walters strikes out.

Top 7 Joost hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Danning settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Ott hits a line drive into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Danning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Young hits a fly ball into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Craft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops it up and throws to first, with Walters covering, for the out.

Bottom 5 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Joost trying to get to third. Jurges throws to Whitehead who tags Joost for the out. Arnovich moves to second.

Top 5 Arnovich is walked intentionally.

Top 5 Werber hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Walters bunts in front of the plate. Danning fields it and throws to first for the out. Joost moves to second.

Top 5 Joost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Hubbell hits a fly ball into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Witek is walked intentionally. Ott moves to second.

Bottom 4 Jurges hits a fly ball into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Young scores. Danning moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 4 Ott is walked intentionally.

Bottom 4 Danning hits a line drive into right field. McCormick picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on McCormick. Young moves to third. Danning moves to second.

Bottom 4 Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Seeds hits a fly ball into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 McCormick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Seeds throws the ball in to Jurges who tags McCormick trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Top 4 Craft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Lombardi strikes out.

Bottom 3 Moore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Whitehead hits a popup towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Hubbell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 McCormick strikes out.

Top 3 Frey hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Joost scores.

Top 3 Arnovich is walked intentionally.

Top 3 Werber hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Werber reaches second base with a double. Joost moves to third.

Top 3 Walters strikes out.

Top 3 Joost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Jurges hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Ott hits a fly ball into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Craft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Lombardi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 2 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Danning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Young hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Craft. Young reaches second base with a double. Moore scores.

Bottom 1 Seeds strikes out.

Bottom 1 Moore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Arnovich. Moore reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Frey is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Arnovich is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Werber hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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