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Scores
Standings
PHA
@BOS		5
7
DET
@CLE		4
5
PIT
@CIN		0
6
PIT
@CIN		9
10
CHC
@STL		2
3
Friday, September 22, 1939,
, Crosley Field
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 1:56
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Pirates
0
67-77
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Reds
6
89-54
⇐ Won 3 ⇒
W: Junior Thompson (11-5)
L: Mace Brown (9-13)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  7  1
Reds            0  0  3   1  0  2   0  0  X    6 11  0

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Paul Waner RF 2 0 1 0 2 0 .334 .819 1 0
Arky Vaughan SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 .309 .813 3 2 2B
Lloyd Waner CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283 .657 1 0
Chuck Klein LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .847 3 0
Elbie Fletcher 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .293 .829 12 0 GDP
Bill Brubaker 3B-2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .233 .670 1 3
Pep Young 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 .280 .718 0 1
   Frankie Gustine 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .205 .582 0 3
George Susce C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .188 .577 2 0 GDP
   Joe Bowman PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .341 .820
   Ray Mueller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .631 1 0
   Maurice Van Robays PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .304 .780
Mace Brown P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .109 .248 0 1
   Rip Sewell P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .204 .523 0 1
   Bob Elliott PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .376 .979
   Bill Clemensen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 1.667 0 2
   Johnny Rizzo PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .751
Team Totals 32 0 7 0 4 6 .219 .556 24 13
2B: A Vaughan (29).
TB: A Vaughan 3; L Waner; B Brubaker; E Fletcher; P Young; P Waner.
GIDP: E Fletcher (11); G Susce (6).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
DP: 1. B Brubaker-A Vaughan-E Fletcher.
E: A Vaughan (32).

Cincinnati Reds

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Billy Werber 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .286 .753 0 2 SB
Lonny Frey 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 .297 .862 4 5 2·SH
Ival Goodman RF 4 2 2 2 1 2 .324 .922 2 0 2·3B
Frank McCormick 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 .327 .868 8 1 SH
Ernie Lombardi C 4 1 2 1 0 0 .289 .834 6 0 HR
Harry Craft CF 4 0 3 0 0 0 .257 .690 3 0 2B
Wally Berger LF 1 0 0 0 2 0 .246 .735 2 0 SH
Billy Myers SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .761 2 3 GDP
Junior Thompson P 4 1 1 0 0 0 .220 .463 0 0
Team Totals 32 6 11 5 4 2 .344 1.010 27 11
2B: H Craft (18).
3B: I Goodman 2 (16).
HR: E Lombardi (20).
SH: F McCormick (16); L Frey 2 (22); W Berger (3).
TB: I Goodman 6; E Lombardi 5; H Craft 4; J Thompson; L Frey; B Werber; F McCormick.
GIDP: B Myers (2).
RBI: F McCormick 2 (121); I Goodman 2 (81); E Lombardi (82).
Team LOB: 10.
Fielding
DP: 2. B Werber-L Frey-F McCormick; L Frey-B Myers-F McCormick.
Baserunning
SB: B Werber (15, -1st base off  POCS).

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Mace Brown, L (9-13) 2.2 6 3 3 2 1 1 3.48 16 33
Rip Sewell 3.1 5 3 3 2 0 0 4.10 17
Bill Clemensen 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.91 7
Team Totals 8 11 6 6 4 2 1 6.75 40 33

Cincinnati Reds

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Junior Thompson, W (11-5) 9 7 0 0 4 6 0 2.75 36 75
Team Totals 9 7 0 0 4 6 0 0.00 36 75
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill Klem, 1B - Lee Ballanfant, 2B - Bick Campbell, 3B - Tom Dunn.
Time of Game: 1:56.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Pittsburgh Pirates         Cincinnati Reds
1 Paul Waner RF 1 Billy Werber 3B
2 Arky Vaughan SS 2 Lonny Frey 2B
3 Lloyd Waner CF 3 Ival Goodman RF
4 Chuck Klein LF 4 Frank McCormick 1B
5 Elbie Fletcher 1B 5 Ernie Lombardi C
6 Bill Brubaker 3B 6 Harry Craft CF
7 Pep Young 2B 7 Wally Berger LF
8 George Susce C 8 Billy Myers SS
9 Mace Brown P 9 Junior Thompson P

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