Philadelphia Phillies vs Cincinnati Reds
July 8, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1928 at Redland Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Sothern cf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 3 2 2 0
Hurst 1b 3 2 2 2
Whitney 3b 4 0 1 1
Leach rf 4 0 1 2
Deitrick lf 4 0 0 0
Sand ss 4 0 1 0
Lerian c 2 1 0 0
  Schulte c 1 0 0 0
Miller p 3 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Callaghan lf 4 0 1 3
Critz 2b 4 0 1 0
Kelly 1b 4 0 1 0
Dressen 3b 3 1 1 0
Picinich c 4 0 1 1
Walker rf 3 1 1 0
Allen cf 3 2 2 0
Ford ss 3 1 0 0
Rixey p 2 0 1 1
  Pipp ph 1 0 1 1
  Zitzmann pr 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Stripp ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Philadelphia 000 003 020570
Cincinnati 011 000 1036100
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   6.1 8 3 3 2 1
  McGraw  L(2-2) 2.0 2 3 3 3 0
Totals
8.1
10
6
6
5
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rixey   7.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Lucas  W(9-2) 2.0 1 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 2. Whitney-Lerian-Whitney, Sand-Whitney-Sand, Thompson-Sand-Hurst.  2B–Philadelphia Thompson (22); Whitney (19); Leach (12); Sand (11), Cincinnati Dressen (15); Allen (13); Rixey (2).  3B–Philadelphia Hurst (4), Cincinnati Callaghan (3).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Ford (9).  Team–6.  SB–Thompson (10).  U–Barry McCormick, Bill Klem.
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