FIRST ROUND: New York fought off elimination twice to force a winner-take-all seventh game. Game seven brought the drama, with three lead changes, extra innings and a game-winning homer by Cincinnati in the top of the 10th inning. Over the course of seven games, the Reds scored 31 runs to the Giants’ 29.
Pre-Expansion Greats Tournament
Game 1: New York 2, Cincinnati 1
Game 2: Cincinnati 5, New York 3
Game 3: Cincinnati 8, New York 0
Game 4: Cincinnati 7, New York 6
Game 5: New York 9, Cincinnati 3
Game 6: New York 5, Cincinnati 1
Game 7: Cincinnati 6, New York 4 (10 innings)
Series MVP: Edd Roush, Cincinnati
Roush hit a team-high .379 (11-for-29) with seven extra-base hits. He had three doubles and four triples and drove in a team-best six runs while scoring four.
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Game 1: New York 2, Cincinnati 1
The Giants were held in check for the first seven innings, but Willie Mays launched a two-run homer over the left-field wall with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to give San Francisco the win. Christy Mathewson got the win, but gave up seven hits and four walks and was pitching out of trouble for most of the game. The Reds could only push one run across, however, as Edd Roush tripled and Johnny Temple followed with a single in the fifth inning. Johnny Vander Meer was the hard-luck loser, as he only gave up four hits.
00 CINCINNATI REDS (1) AT 00 NEW YORK GIANTS (2) 00 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 00 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI Edd Roush 5 1 2 0 Mike Donlin 2 1 0 0 Johnny Temple 4 0 1 1 Bill Terry 4 0 0 0 Wally Post 3 0 1 0 Willie Mays 4 1 1 2 Ted Kluszewski 4 0 0 0 Mel Ott 4 0 0 0 Frank Robinson 4 0 1 0 Fred Lindstrom 1 0 1 0 Gus Bell 3 0 0 0 Bobby Thomson 3 0 2 0 Ernie Lombardi 3 0 1 0 Frankie Frisch 3 0 0 0 Eddie Kasko 2 0 0 0 Roger Bresnahan 3 0 0 0 Roy McMillan 4 0 1 0 Alvin Dark 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 32 1 7 1 TOTALS 27 2 4 2 00 CINCINNATI REDS 000 010 000 -- 1 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 02x -- 2 LOB--00 CINCINNATI REDS 9, 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 5. 2B--Wally Post. 3B--Edd Roush. HR--Willie Mays. HBP--Eddie Kasko. 00 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR Johnny Vander Meer [L] 8.00 4 2 2 4 3 1 00 NEW YORK GIANTS Christy Mathewson [W] 9.00 7 1 1 4 5 0 SO--Wally Post, Edd Roush, Gus Bell, Frank Robinson (2), Mel Ott (2), Mike Donlin. BB--Wally Post, Gus Bell, Eddie Kasko, Ernie Lombardi, Fred Lindstrom (2), Mike Donlin (2).
Game 2: Cincinnati 5, New York 3
The Reds jumped out to a 4-0 lead. In the fourth inning, Ted Kluszewski hit a solo homer, Eddie Kasko had an RBI double and Roy McMillan knocked an RBI triple. Kasko doubled again in the seventh and scored on a sacrifice fly. The Giants had another comeback in mind and scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Alvin Dark led off with a home run and Fred Lindstrom had a two-out, two-run triple. But the potential tying run ended up stranded on third. Cincinnati added an insurance run in the ninth on an RBI single by Edd Roush.
00 CINCINNATI REDS (5) AT 00 NEW YORK GIANTS (3) 00 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 00 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI Edd Roush 4 0 1 2 Mike Donlin 4 1 1 0 Johnny Temple 4 0 2 0 Bill Terry 4 0 1 0 Wally Post 4 0 1 0 Willie Mays 4 1 1 0 Ted Kluszewski 4 1 1 1 Mel Ott 3 0 0 0 Frank Robinson 4 0 0 0 Fred Lindstrom 3 0 1 2 Gus Bell 4 0 1 0 Bobby Thomson 3 0 0 0 Ernie Lombardi 3 2 1 0 Frankie Frisch 4 0 1 0 Eddie Kasko 3 2 2 1 Roger Bresnahan 3 0 0 0 Roy McMillan 4 0 1 1 Alvin Dark 4 1 1 1 TOTALS 34 5 10 5 TOTALS 32 3 6 3 00 CINCINNATI REDS 000 300 101 -- 5 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 030 -- 3 LOB--00 CINCINNATI REDS 7, 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 6. 2B--Johnny Temple, Wally Post, Gus Bell, Eddie Kasko (2). 3B--Roy McMillan, Fred Lindstrom. HR--Ted Kluszewski, Alvin Dark. SACF--Edd Roush. SACB--Eddie Kasko. SB--Johnny Temple, Frankie Frisch. 00 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR Dolf Luque [W] 9.00 6 3 3 4 6 1 00 NEW YORK GIANTS Carl Hubbell [L] 8.00 7 4 4 3 2 1 Amos Rusie 1.00 3 1 1 0 0 0 PB--Ernie Lombardi. SO--Wally Post, Ernie Lombardi, Frankie Frisch, Bill Terry, Alvin Dark, Bobby Thomson, Mike Donlin, Roger Bresnahan. BB--Johnny Temple, Wally Post, Ernie Lombardi, Fred Lindstrom, Mel Ott, Bobby Thomson, Roger Bresnahan.
Game 3: Cincinnati 8, New York 0
This one was all Reds as Ewell Blackwell tossed a two-hit shutout while giving up just one walk and striking out eight. Cincinnati got a solo homer from Frank Robinson in the second and two-run homers from Ted Kluszweski and Gus Bell in the fourth and sixth innings, respectively. Johnny Temple went 3-for-4 with a triple and Ernie Lombardi hit two doubles. The Giants never got a runner to third base.
00 NEW YORK GIANTS (0) AT 00 CINCINNATI REDS (8) 00 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 00 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI Mike Donlin 4 0 0 0 Edd Roush 4 0 1 0 Bill Terry 4 0 0 0 Johnny Temple 4 2 3 0 Willie Mays 4 0 1 0 Wally Post 4 1 1 1 Mel Ott 4 0 0 0 Ted Kluszewski 4 2 1 2 Fred Lindstrom 3 0 0 0 Frank Robinson 4 1 2 2 Bobby Thomson 3 0 0 0 Gus Bell 4 2 2 2 Frankie Frisch 3 0 0 0 Ernie Lombardi 4 0 2 1 Roger Bresnahan 2 0 1 0 Eddie Kasko 4 0 0 0 Alvin Dark 3 0 0 0 Roy McMillan 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 0 2 0 TOTALS 36 8 12 8 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 000 -- 0 00 CINCINNATI REDS 010 302 20x -- 8 LOB--00 NEW YORK GIANTS 4, 00 CINCINNATI REDS 4. ERR--Fred Lindstrom, Johnny Temple, Eddie Kasko, Roy McMillan. 2B--Roger Bresnahan, Wally Post, Ernie Lombardi (2). 3B--Johnny Temple. HR--Gus Bell, Ted Kluszewski, Frank Robinson. SB--Willie Mays, Frank Robinson. 00 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Joe McGinnity [L] 5.33 9 6 5 0 6 3 Rube Marquard 2.67 3 2 2 0 2 0 00 CINCINNATI REDS Ewell Blackwell [W] 9.00 2 0 0 1 8 0 SO--Frankie Frisch (2), Alvin Dark, Bobby Thomson, Mike Donlin (3), Roger Bresnahan, Wally Post (2), Edd Roush, Gus Bell, Ted Kluszewski, Eddie Kasko, Roy McMillan (2). BB--Roger Bresnahan.
Game 4: Cincinnati 7, New York 6
After falling behind 4-1 after two innings, the Giants tied the game at four in the top of the sixth inning. But Cincinnati came back with a Frank Robinson solo homer in the bottom of the sixth, and a two-run single by Johnny Temple in the bottom of the seventh, making it 7-4. The Giants threatened in the ninth, getting three straight hits with one out, including an RBI triple by Bill Terry and a run-scoring single by Willie Mays. But Mays, the potential tying run, didn’t get past first base.
00 NEW YORK GIANTS (6) AT 00 CINCINNATI REDS (7) 00 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 00 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI Mike Donlin 5 2 3 1 Edd Roush 4 2 2 2 Bill Terry 4 1 1 1 Johnny Temple 3 1 1 2 Willie Mays 5 0 2 1 Wally Post 4 0 1 1 Mel Ott 5 0 1 1 Ted Kluszewski 4 0 0 0 Fred Lindstrom 5 0 0 0 Frank Robinson 4 1 2 1 Bobby Thomson 4 2 2 0 Gus Bell 4 0 0 0 Frankie Frisch 4 1 2 2 Ernie Lombardi 3 1 2 0 Roger Bresnahan 3 0 1 0 Eddie Kasko 3 1 1 0 Alvin Dark 4 0 0 0 Roy McMillan 3 1 0 0 TOTALS 39 6 12 6 TOTALS 32 7 9 6 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 011 002 002 -- 6 00 CINCINNATI REDS 130 001 20x -- 7 LOB--00 NEW YORK GIANTS 8, 00 CINCINNATI REDS 2. ERR--Mike Donlin. 2B--Frankie Frisch, Bobby Thomson, Wally Post, Edd Roush. 3B--Willie Mays, Bill Terry, Edd Roush. HR--Frank Robinson. SB--Roger Bresnahan, Eddie Kasko. 00 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Christy Mathewson [L] 6.33 9 7 6 1 2 1 Sal Maglie 1.67 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 CINCINNATI REDS Johnny Vander Meer [W] 8.33 11 6 6 2 9 0 Hershell Freeman [S] 0.67 1 0 0 0 0 0 WP--Christy Mathewson. SO--Willie Mays, Bill Terry, Fred Lindstrom, Alvin Dark (2), Mel Ott (2), Mike Donlin, Roger Bresnahan, Edd Roush, Gus Bell, Eddie Kasko. BB--Bill Terry, Roger Bresnahan, Johnny Temple.
Game 5: New York 9, Cincinnati 3
New York finally got strong hitting and pitching in the same game to end the three-game slide. All nine Giant runs came as a result of four homers: Fred Lindstrom with a grand slam in the first inning, Bobby Thomson with a two-run shot in the third, Willie Mays with a solo blast in the fifth and Frankie Frisch with a two-RBI homer in the eighth. Carl Hubbell only gave up one run in the first eight innings before the Reds tagged on a couple more in the bottom of the ninth.
00 NEW YORK GIANTS (9) AT 00 CINCINNATI REDS (3) 00 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 00 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI Mike Donlin 5 0 1 0 Edd Roush 4 0 3 2 Bill Terry 4 1 1 0 Johnny Temple 5 0 0 0 Willie Mays 4 2 1 1 Wally Post 4 0 1 0 Mel Ott 4 2 1 0 Ted Kluszewski 3 0 0 0 Fred Lindstrom 4 1 2 4 Frank Robinson 4 0 1 0 Bobby Thomson 4 2 2 2 Gus Bell 3 1 1 0 Frankie Frisch 4 1 2 2 Ernie Lombardi 4 0 0 0 Roger Bresnahan 4 0 0 0 Eddie Kasko 4 0 0 0 Alvin Dark 3 0 0 0 Roy McMillan 4 2 2 1 TOTALS 36 9 10 9 TOTALS 35 3 8 3 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 402 010 020 -- 9 00 CINCINNATI REDS 001 000 002 -- 3 LOB--00 NEW YORK GIANTS 3, 00 CINCINNATI REDS 8. ERR--Alvin Dark, Dolf Luque. 2B--Bill Terry, Mel Ott, Mike Donlin, Wally Post, Edd Roush, Gus Bell, Roy McMillan. 3B--Edd Roush. HR--Frankie Frisch, Willie Mays, Fred Lindstrom, Bobby Thomson. SB--Frankie Frisch. 00 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Carl Hubbell [W] 9.00 8 3 3 3 8 0 00 CINCINNATI REDS Dolf Luque [L] 5.00 6 7 6 3 3 3 Paul Derringer 4.00 4 2 2 0 1 1 WP--Carl Hubbell. SO--Frankie Frisch, Willie Mays (2), Bill Terry, Johnny Temple, Wally Post, Gus Bell (2), Ted Kluszewski, Roy McMillan (2), Frank Robinson. BB--Willie Mays, Bill Terry, Alvin Dark, Edd Roush, Gus Bell, Ted Kluszewski.
Game 6: New York 5, Cincinnati 1
The Giants staved off elimination again as Joe McGinnity threw a three-hit complete game and Mel Ott went 4-for-4. Bill Terry started the scoring with an RBI single in the top of the third and two batters later Ott smacked a two-run homer. Willie Mays added a two-run shot in the fifth inning. Cincinnati finally plated an unearned run in the top of the ninth on a RBI double by Wally Post, but then hit into a game-ending double play.
00 CINCINNATI REDS (1) AT 00 NEW YORK GIANTS (5) 00 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 00 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI Edd Roush 4 0 0 0 Mike Donlin 4 1 3 0 Johnny Temple 4 1 0 0 Bill Terry 4 2 2 1 Wally Post 4 0 1 1 Willie Mays 4 1 1 2 Ted Kluszewski 4 0 1 0 Mel Ott 4 1 4 2 Frank Robinson 2 0 0 0 Fred Lindstrom 4 0 0 0 Gus Bell 3 0 0 0 Bobby Thomson 4 0 1 0 Ernie Lombardi 2 0 1 0 Frankie Frisch 4 0 1 0 Eddie Kasko 3 0 0 0 Roger Bresnahan 3 0 1 0 Roy McMillan 1 0 0 0 Alvin Dark 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 27 1 3 1 TOTALS 34 5 13 5 00 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 001 -- 1 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 003 020 00x -- 5 LOB--00 CINCINNATI REDS 3, 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 5. ERR--Alvin Dark. 2B--Wally Post, Ted Kluszewski, Ernie Lombardi, Bill Terry, Mike Donlin. 3B--Mike Donlin, Roger Bresnahan. HR--Willie Mays, Mel Ott. HBP--Frank Robinson. SB--Frankie Frisch. 00 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR Ewell Blackwell [L] 5.00 11 5 5 0 3 2 Noodles Hahn 3.00 2 0 0 0 1 0 00 NEW YORK GIANTS Joe McGinnity [W] 9.00 3 1 0 3 7 0 SO--Johnny Temple, Wally Post (3), Gus Bell, Ted Kluszewski, Roy McMillan, Frankie Frisch, Bobby Thomson, Mike Donlin, Roger Bresnahan. BB--Roy McMillan (2), Ernie Lombardi.
Game 7: Cincinnati 6, New York 4 (10 innings)
Frank Robinson hit a two-run homer with two outs in the top of the 10th inning to enable the Reds to advance. Cincinnati led 3-1 after Gus Bell hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning. Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to put the Giants up 4-3. The Reds tied it up in the top of the seventh on Johnny Temple’s RBI single.
00 CINCINNATI REDS (6) AT 00 NEW YORK GIANTS (4) 00 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 00 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI Edd Roush 4 1 2 0 Mike Donlin 4 0 0 0 Johnny Temple 3 0 1 2 Bill Terry 4 1 1 1 Wally Post 5 1 0 0 Willie Mays 4 1 1 0 Ted Kluszewski 3 0 1 0 Mel Ott 5 1 1 0 Frank Robinson 4 2 2 2 Fred Lindstrom 4 0 1 0 Gus Bell 5 1 2 2 Bobby Thomson 4 1 2 3 Ernie Lombardi 4 0 0 0 Frankie Frisch 4 0 2 0 Eddie Kasko 3 1 0 0 Roger Bresnahan 4 0 1 0 Roy McMillan 3 0 0 0 Alvin Dark 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 6 8 6 TOTALS 37 4 9 4 00 CINCINNATI REDS 001 200 100 2 -- 6 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 003 000 0 -- 4 LOB--00 CINCINNATI REDS 6, 00 NEW YORK GIANTS 6. ERR--Alvin Dark. 2B--Edd Roush, Ted Kluszewski, Willie Mays. 3B--Edd Roush. HR--Gus Bell, Frank Robinson, Bill Terry, Bobby Thomson. SACF--Johnny Temple. SACB--Roy McMillan. SB--Frankie Frisch. 00 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR Johnny Vander Meer 8.00 7 4 4 3 8 2 Bucky Walters [W] 2.00 2 0 0 0 1 0 00 NEW YORK GIANTS Christy Mathewson 9.00 7 4 4 6 4 1 Marv Grissom [L] 1.00 1 2 0 0 1 1 SO--Wally Post, Edd Roush (2), Ted Kluszewski, Eddie Kasko, Frankie Frisch, Willie Mays, Bill Terry, Fred Lindstrom, Mel Ott (2), Bobby Thomson, Mike Donlin (2). BB--Johnny Temple, Edd Roush, Ted Kluszewski (2), Eddie Kasko, Frank Robinson, Willie Mays, Bill Terry, Mike Donlin.
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