1949 NL Game: Cin. @ NY

July 21, 1949

 Cincinnati's Walker Cooper hit 3 homeruns and drove in 8 runs in the Reds 14-7 victory over the New York Giants today. Cooper (pictured) was 4 for 5 on the day and the 8 RBI tied him with Pittsburgh's Ralph Kiner for the most in 1 game in the NL this season.

BOXSCORE: 1949 Cincinnati Reds At 1949 New York Giants              7/21/1949
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  H.Walker RF         4  2  2  1 .277     H.Thompson 2B       5  2  3  2 .333  
  P.Lowrey LF         5  2  2  1 .276     W.Lockman LF        4  1  1  1 .269  
  G.Hatton 3B         3  3  1  2 .278     B.Thomson CF        5  2  2  2 .326  
  W.Cooper C          5  3  4  8 .272     J.Mize 1B           4  0  1  0 .216  
  V.Stallcup SS       6  0  2  1 .240     W.Marshall RF       5  0  1  1 .270  
  J.Wyrostek CF       5  0  0  0 .239     M.Irvin 3B          4  0  0  0 .167  
  E.Erautt P          0  0  0  0 .083     B.Rigney SS         3  0  1  0 .309  
  J.Bloodworth 1B     5  0  0  0 .295     R.Mueller C         4  1  1  1 .220  
  B.Adams 2B          5  2  2  0 .253     C.Hartung P         1  1  0  0 .216  
  H.Wehmeier P        4  1  1  0 .138     H.Behrman P         1  0  1  0 .200  
A-L.Merriman CF       1  1  0  0 .162     K.Higbe P           0  0  0  0 .250  
                                        B-B.Kerr PH           1  0  0  0 .243  
                                          A.Hansen P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43 14 14 13                 Totals      37  7 11  7
 
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Wehmeier In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Higbe In 8th Inning
 
Reds............ 0 0 0  3 3 1  0 3 4  - 14 14  0
Giants.......... 1 0 2  1 2 0  0 0 1  -  7 11  5
 
Reds (33-52)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
H.Wehmeier WIN(5-5)       7 1/3   9   6   6   3   4   3   5.63
E.Erautt SAVE(1st)        1 2/3   2   1   1   1   1   0   3.36
Totals                    9      11   7   7   4   5   3
 
Giants (45-39)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Hartung                 4 1/3   5   6   5   2   2   1   4.95
H.Behrman LOSS(3-3)       2 2/3   4   4   4   3   0   0   4.50
K.Higbe                   1       3   0   0   0   0   0   6.11
A.Hansen                  1       2   4   0   1   0   1   3.10
Totals                    9      14  14   9   6   2   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,044 DATE- Thursday, July 21st 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:04
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 9  Giants: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0  Giants: 1
ERRORS- H.Thompson, B.Thomson, B.Rigney-3
DOUBLES- W.Cooper(9th), J.Mize(12th)
TRIPLES- H.Thompson(1st)
HOME RUNS- W.Cooper-2(15th), H.Thompson(3rd), B.Thomson(13th), R.Mueller(2nd)
RBIs- H.Walker(14th), P.Lowrey(22nd), G.Hatton-2(25th), W.Cooper-8(58th),
      V.Stallcup(27th), H.Thompson-2(8th), W.Lockman(45th), B.Thomson-2(59th),
      W.Marshall(36th), R.Mueller(13th)
STOLEN BASES- H.Walker-2(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Lockman
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Walker
WALKS- H.Walker, P.Lowrey, G.Hatton-3, W.Cooper, J.Mize, M.Irvin, B.Rigney,
       C.Hartung
STRIKE OUTS- H.Wehmeier-2, W.Lockman, M.Irvin, B.Rigney, R.Mueller, C.Hartung
GIDP- J.Bloodworth
2-out RBI- R.Mueller, G.Hatton, W.Cooper-3, W.Marshall
RLISP 2-out- W.Marshall, H.Wehmeier-2, W.Cooper-2, B.Adams, J.Mize-2, B.Kerr,
             M.Irvin
TEAM RISP- Reds: 8 for 19  Giants: 1 for 8
 
Walker Cooper smacked 2 homeruns and had 8 RBI as the Cincinnati Reds defeated
the New York Giants by the score of 14 to 7 at Polo Grounds.
 
Cooper propelled Cincinnati to victory.  He doubled which was good for two
runs in the 4th inning, cleared the fences for a two-run home run in the 5th
inning, laced a single knocking in a run in the 8th inning and lofted a
three-run bomb in the 9th inning.  Despite scoring in 5 separate innings, New
York could not get the win.  
 
Herm Wehmeier(5-5) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 and 1/3 innings and
allowing 6 runs. Eddie Erautt got the save, his 1st.  Hank Behrman(3-3) was
the loser in relief.  He was knocked around, surrendering 4 runs in 2 and 2/3
innings.  
 
'Everything seemed to click today,' Cooper said 'if it could only be this easy
all the time!'