Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 20, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1938 at Sportsman's Park III. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Frey 2b 4 1 1 0
Berger lf 4 0 1 0
Goodman rf 3 0 0 0
McCormick 1b 4 0 0 1
Hershberger c 4 1 1 0
Craft cf 3 1 2 0
Lang 3b 4 1 2 3
Myers ss 4 0 2 0
Grissom p 3 0 0 0
  Weaver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Moore cf 3 1 0 0
Martin S. 2b 3 0 2 0
Martin P. rf 4 0 0 1
Medwick lf 4 0 1 0
Mize 1b 3 0 1 0
Gutteridge 3b 3 1 0 0
Myers ss 3 0 1 1
Bremer c 3 0 1 0
Macon p 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Henshaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Cincinnati 100 000 102–490
St. Louis 010 000 001–261
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grissom  W(1-3) 8.0 5 2 2 3 1
  Weaver  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Macon  L(1-8) 8.0 8 2 2 0 1
  Henshaw   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
2
  E–Gutteridge (42).  DP–Cincinnati 3. Myers-McCormick, Lang-Frey-McCormick, Frey-Myers-McCormick, St. Louis 2. S. Martin-Myers-Mize, Macon-S. Martin-Mize.  2B–Cincinnati Craft (21); Lang (2); Myers (15), St. Louis Myers (7).  HR–Cincinnati Lang (1,9th inning off Henshaw 1 on).  SH–Goodman (9).  Team LOB–4.  Team–3.  SB–Gutteridge (10).  U–Bill Stewart, George Barr, Dolly Stark.
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