Brooklyn Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
May 23, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1939 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Brooklyn Dodgers 2, Cincinnati Reds 3
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Stainback cf 4 1 1 1
Durocher ss 4 0 1 0
Lavagetto 3b 3 0 0 1
Camilli 1b 4 0 1 0
Sington rf 4 0 0 0
  Rosen pr 0 0 0 0
Koy lf 3 0 1 0
Coscarart 2b 3 0 1 0
Hayworth c 3 0 1 0
Mungo p 3 0 0 0
  Hudson ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 3 0 0 0
Frey 2b 3 0 0 1
Goodman rf 4 0 0 0
McCormick 1b 4 1 2 1
Lombardi c 4 0 2 0
Craft cf 4 0 0 0
Gamble lf 4 1 2 0
Myers ss 3 1 0 0
Vander Meer p 2 0 1 1
Totals 31 3 7 3
Brooklyn 001 000 001–271
Cincinnati 001 100 10x–370
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Mungo  L(2-3) 8.0 7 3 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
2
2
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Vander Meer  W(3-1) 9.0 7 2 2 8 8
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
8
8
  E–Koy (2).  PB–Hayworth (1).  2B–Brooklyn Koy (7).  HR–Brooklyn Stainback (2,3rd inning off Vander Meer 0 on), Cincinnati McCormick (7,4th inning off Mungo 0 on).  SH–Durocher (1); Hayworth (3).  Team LOB–13.  HBP–Frey (1).  Team–7.  U–Bill Klem, Bick Campbell, Lee Ballanfant.  T–2:09.  A–5,236.
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