Crosley Field greatest games – Society for American Baseball Research

April 12, 1912: Cincinnati’s Redland Field hosts its first game

April 26, 1915: Reds blow big lead, come back to beat Cubs, 13-12

June 11, 1915: Reds’ Rube Benton fans 14 in extra-inning shutout

July 1, 1917: Reds’ Fred Toney goes the distance twice in one day

April 16, 1918: Reds’ Pete Schneider tosses one-hitter on Opening Day

May 11, 1919: Hod Eller tosses first no-hitter at Crosley Field

October 1, 1919: Favored White Sox, Cicotte pummeled by Reds in World Series opener

October 2, 1919: Reds take advantage of Lefty Williams’s wildness in Game 2

October 7, 1919: Rookie Dickey Kerr keeps White Sox alive in Game 6

October 8, 1919: Eddie Cicotte returns to form in Game 7

June 2, 1921: Pat Duncan becomes first National Leaguer to clear fences at Cincinnati’s Redland Field

July 8, 1924: Reds’ Rixey wrecks Phillies in 16-inning gem

August 18, 1924: Tom Sheehan throws 15-plus innings in relief as Reds overcome 6-run deficit in thriller

June 21, 1926: Reds’ Wally Pipp ends the longest day of 1926 in 16th inning

April 25, 1928: Red Lucas goes the distance for Reds in 17 innings

May 7, 1932: Bombardi! Ernie Lombardi’s walk-off triple helps Reds sink Braves

June 18, 1933: Rixey, Reds up-end Cardinals long before Cooperstown comes calling

July 16, 1933: Roy Parmelee, Red Lucas battle all the way in extra-inning tilt

April 17, 1934: Cubs’ Lon Warneke makes history with Opening Day one-hitter

July 1, 1934: Dizzy and Ducky lead Cardinals to marathon victory in Cincinnati

May 24, 1935: Reds fans see the lights in first night game in MLB history

June 11, 1938: Reds’ Johnny Vander Meer tosses first no-hitter

July 6, 1938: The summer of Vander Meer continues with All-Star win at Crosley Field

September 28, 1939: A trifecta for McKechnie, a pennant for Cincinnati