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Scores
Standings
NYY
@CHW		3
5
WSH
@CLE		2
6
PHA
@DET		6
5
STL
@BRO		1
0
PIT
@BSN		3
2
CHC
@NYG		4
2
CIN
@PHI		7
8
Monday, May 8, 1939,
, Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,000, Time of Game: 2:17
Reds
7
9-6
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Phillies
8
8-9
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Reds            0  0  1   2  1  0   1  1  1    7 12  0
Phillies        0  0  3   0  0  0   0  5  X    8  8  0

Cincinnati Reds

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Billy Werber 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 .276 .812 0 1 2B
Lonny Frey 2B 5 2 3 1 0 0 .382 1.129 1 1 HR,2B
Ival Goodman RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 .328 1.062 1 0
Frank McCormick 1B 4 2 2 2 1 0 .381 1.005 10 0 HR,2B
Ernie Lombardi C 5 0 2 1 0 0 .250 .705 7 0 2B
Harry Craft CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 .262 .690 1 0
Wally Berger LF 4 1 1 2 1 0 .203 .605 2 0 HR
Billy Myers SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 .373 1.056 1 5 3B
Johnny Vander Meer P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 1 1 SH
   Jim Weaver P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
   Junior Thompson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
Team Totals 38 7 12 7 4 2 .316 1.091 24 8
2B: F McCormick (4); E Lombardi (2); L Frey (6); B Werber (4).
3B: B Myers (2).
HR: F McCormick (3); L Frey (2); W Berger (2).
SH: J Vander Meer (1).
TB: L Frey 7; F McCormick 6; W Berger 4; B Myers 3; E Lombardi 3; B Werber 2; I Goodman; H Craft.
RBI: F McCormick 2 (15); W Berger 2 (4); L Frey (8); B Werber (7); E Lombardi (9).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
DP: 1. J Vander Meer-F McCormick.

Philadelphia Phillies

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Heinie Mueller 2B 4 1 1 1 1 2 .308 .829 1 0 HR
LeGrant Scott RF 4 1 1 1 1 1 .194 .544 2 0 2B
Gibby Brack CF 3 1 0 0 2 0 .308 .956 3 0
Morrie Arnovich LF 3 0 1 1 1 0 .371 .943 3 0
Pinky May 3B 3 1 0 0 1 0 .385 .934 0 2
Pinky Whitney 1B 3 1 2 1 0 1 .375 .750 11 1 SH
George Scharein SS 3 1 0 0 1 2 .172 .454 1 5
Spud Davis C 3 0 2 1 1 0 .229 .627 4 0 2B
   Eddie Feinberg 0 1 0 0 0 0
   Wally Millies C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .558 1 0
Max Butcher P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .727 1 2
   Chuck Klein 1 1 1 3 0 0 .171 .681 3B
   Boom-Boom Beck P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .667 0 0
Team Totals 30 8 8 8 8 6 .267 .921 27 10
2B: L Scott (2); S Davis (2).
3B: C Klein (1).
HR: H Mueller (2).
SH: P Whitney (1).
TB: H Mueller 4; C Klein 3; S Davis 3; P Whitney 2; L Scott 2; M Arnovich.
RBI: C Klein 3 (8); H Mueller (11); P Whitney (1); M Arnovich (13); S Davis (2); L Scott (3).
Team LOB: 7.

Cincinnati Reds

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Johnny Vander Meer, L (0-1) 7.1 6 7 7 8 5 1 7.23 35 35
Jim Weaver 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.00 3
Junior Thompson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.79 1
Team Totals 8 8 8 8 8 6 1 9.00 39 35

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Max Butcher, W (2-3) 8 11 6 6 4 1 2 5.97 39 33
Boom-Boom Beck, S (2) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2.70 4
Team Totals 9 12 7 7 4 2 3 7.00 43 33
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Lee Ballanfant, 1B - Bill Klem, 2B - (none), 3B - Bick Campbell.
Time of Game: 2:17.
Attendance: 2,000.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Cincinnati Reds         Philadelphia Phillies
1 Billy Werber 3B 1 Heinie Mueller 2B
2 Lonny Frey 2B 2 LeGrant Scott RF
3 Ival Goodman RF 3 Gibby Brack CF
4 Frank McCormick 1B 4 Morrie Arnovich LF
5 Ernie Lombardi C 5 Pinky May 3B
6 Harry Craft CF 6 Pinky Whitney 1B
7 Wally Berger LF 7 George Scharein SS
8 Billy Myers SS 8 Spud Davis C
9 Johnny Vander Meer P 9 Max Butcher P

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