Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
October 1, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1938 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Cincinnati Reds 9

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 4 1 1 0
Waner P. rf 4 1 1 0
Rizzo lf 4 2 2 3
Vaughan ss 3 1 0 0
Suhr 1b 4 1 1 0
Thevenow 2b 2 0 0 0
  Jensen ph 1 0 0 0
Handley 3b 3 0 0 0
Todd c 4 0 0 0
Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Klinger p 0 0 0 0
  Blanton p 1 0 0 0
  Manush ph 1 0 1 2
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Swift p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 6 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Myers 2b 6 1 4 3
Berger lf 4 0 1 0
Goodman rf 5 0 1 0
McCormick 1b 5 2 1 0
Lombardi c 5 2 4 1
Riggs 3b 4 2 1 0
Craft cf 4 2 3 1
Richardson ss 4 0 2 2
Walters p 2 0 0 0
  Weaver p 3 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 17 7
Pittsburgh 000 510 000663
Cincinnati 031 210 02x9171
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lucas   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Klinger   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Blanton   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Brown  L(15-9) 1.2 4 3 1 0 2
  Swift   3.1 6 2 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
17
9
6
3
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Walters   3.2 4 5 2 2 2
  Weaver  W(6-4) 5.1 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
6
3
2
4

  E–Rizzo (15), Todd (10), Swift (2), Lombardi (9).  2B–Pittsburgh Manush (4), Cincinnati Myers (18); Berger (23); McCormick (39).  3B–Pittsburgh Rizzo (9), Cincinnati Myers (6); Craft (8).  HR–Pittsburgh Rizzo (22,4th inning off Walters 2 on).  SH–Thevenow (3); Riggs (13).  Team LOB–2.  Team–13.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Babe Pinelli.  T–2:09.  A–13,396.
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