Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
July 2, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1939 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 4 1 1 0
Frey 2b 4 1 1 0
Goodman rf 4 2 2 1
McCormick 1b 5 2 4 2
Hershberger c 4 2 1 1
Craft cf 5 0 2 3
Berger lf 5 0 1 1
Myers ss 4 0 0 0
Grissom p 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Meer p 1 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Livengood p 0 0 0 0
  Walters p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 3 3 2 0
Herman 2b 5 1 2 2
Gleeson rf 6 1 2 2
Leiber cf 3 1 1 2
  Galan lf 0 0 0 0
Reynolds lf,cf 3 0 0 1
Russell 1b 2 0 0 1
Bartell ss 2 2 1 1
Mancuso c 4 0 0 0
Dean p 3 1 0 0
  Lillard p 0 0 0 0
  Passeau p 0 0 0 0
  Hartnett ph 0 0 0 0
  Bryant pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 8 9
Cincinnati 004 000 004–8121
Chicago 006 100 011–981
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grissom   2.1 3 5 5 3 1
  Moore   0.0 0 1 1 3 0
  Vander Meer   2.2 1 1 1 3 4
  Thompson   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Livengood   1.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Walters  L(11-6) 0.2 1 1 1 3 1
Totals
8.2
8
9
9
13
11
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Dean   8.1 10 6 6 4 2
  Lillard   0.0 1 2 2 1 2
  Passeau  W(6-7) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
5
4
  E–Werber (15), Bartell (19).  DP–Cincinnati 3. Grissom-Myers-McCormick, Chicago 1. Mancuso-Herman.  2B–Cincinnati Werber (14); McCormick 2 (18), Chicago Herman (15); Bartell (18).  3B–Cincinnati Craft (6).  Team LOB–9.  SH–R. Russell (9); Bartell (6); Mancuso (2).  HBP–Bartell (5).  Team–13.  SB–Gleeson 2 (6).  U–Ziggy Sears, Lee Ballanfant, George Magerkurth.  T–2:45.  A–42,094.
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