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Scores
Standings
NYY
@CHW		8
6
BOS
@SLB		10
8		 
(10)
STL
@BRO		13
1
CHC
@NYG		11
7
CIN
@PHI		8
4
Tuesday, May 9, 1939,
, Shibe Park
Attendance: 1,500, Time of Game: 1:50
Reds
8
10-6
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Phillies
4
8-10
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
W: Lee Grissom (1-1)
L: Hugh Mulcahy (1-3)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Reds            1  3  1   0  1  2   0  0  0    8 12  2
Phillies        0  0  3   0  1  0   0  0  0    4 10  1

Cincinnati Reds

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Billy Werber 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .274 .801 1 5
Eddie Joost 2B 5 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 2 5
Frenchy Bordagaray RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 .143 .286 3 0
Frank McCormick 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 .373 1.029 13 0 HR,GDP
Willard Hershberger C 5 1 4 1 0 0 .667 1.333 3 0
Harry Craft CF 5 2 2 1 0 0 .273 .729 2 0 3B
Wally Berger LF 3 2 2 4 1 0 .226 .746 2 0 2·HR
Billy Myers SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .345 .983 1 5
Lee Grissom P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 1 SH
   Nino Bongiovanni 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .750
   Peaches Davis P 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.000 0 0
Team Totals 38 8 12 8 3 1 .316 .971 27 16
3B: H Craft (2).
HR: F McCormick (4); W Berger 2 (4).
SH: L Grissom (1).
TB: W Berger 8; W Hershberger 4; H Craft 4; F McCormick 4; B Werber; P Davis; F Bordagaray.
GIDP: F McCormick (4).
RBI: W Berger 4 (8); H Craft (12); F Bordagaray (1); F McCormick (16); W Hershberger (1).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 3. E Joost-F McCormick; B Myers-F McCormick; E Joost-B Myers-F McCormick.
E: B Myers (5); B Werber (7).

Philadelphia Phillies

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Heinie Mueller 2B 0 1 0 0 2 0 .308 .844 2 1
   Del Young 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .325 3 2
LeGrant Scott RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 .539 3 0 SH,GDP
Gibby Brack CF 4 2 2 0 1 1 .333 .978 5 0
Morrie Arnovich LF 4 1 2 3 0 0 .378 .973 2 0 2·2B
Pinky May 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .873 2 1 GDP
Pinky Whitney 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .667 7 1
George Scharein SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .177 .457 2 4
Spud Davis C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .237 .630 1 0 GDP
   Wally Millies C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .558 0 0
   Chuck Klein 1 0 1 0 0 0 .194 .714
Hugh Mulcahy P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .071 .143 0 0
   Hersh Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 .687
   Jennings Poindexter P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
Team Totals 35 4 10 3 3 3 .286 .685 27 9
2B: M Arnovich 2 (6).
SH: L Scott (1).
TB: M Arnovich 4; G Brack 2; S Davis; D Young; P Whitney; C Klein; G Scharein; L Scott.
GIDP: L Scott (2); S Davis (1); P May (3).
RBI: M Arnovich 3 (16).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
DP: 1. G Scharein-H Mueller-P Whitney.
E: G Brack (2).

Cincinnati Reds

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Lee Grissom, W (1-1) 5 5 4 3 3 2 0 3.94 24 42
Peaches Davis, S (1) 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 2.25 15
Team Totals 9 10 4 3 3 3 0 3.00 39 42

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Hugh Mulcahy, L (1-3) 6 9 8 7 2 1 3 6.26 29 23
Jennings Poindexter 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 5.25 13
Team Totals 9 12 8 7 3 1 3 7.00 42 23
Balks: None.
WP: H Mulcahy 2 (4).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill Klem, 1B - Bick Campbell, 2B - (none), 3B - Lee Ballanfant.
Time of Game: 1:50.
Attendance: 1,500.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Cincinnati Reds         Philadelphia Phillies
1 Billy Werber 3B 1 Heinie Mueller 2B
2 Eddie Joost 2B 2 LeGrant Scott RF
3 Frenchy Bordagaray RF 3 Gibby Brack CF
4 Frank McCormick 1B 4 Morrie Arnovich LF
5 Willard Hershberge 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 Lee Grissom P 9 Hugh Mulcahy P

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