Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
July 8, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1939 at Crosley 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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Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati Reds 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 5 1 2 2
Herman 2b 4 1 3 1
Galan lf 4 1 1 0
Hartnett c 5 0 1 2
Gleeson rf 3 1 1 1
Reynolds cf 4 0 0 0
  Leiber cf 0 0 0 0
Russell 1b 4 0 1 0
Bartell ss 2 1 0 0
Passeau p 3 1 0 0
  Root p 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 7 10 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 5 1 2 1
Frey 2b 5 1 2 0
Bongiovanni rf 5 1 2 1
McCormick 1b 5 1 2 3
Lombardi c 5 1 1 0
Craft cf 4 0 2 1
Hafey lf 3 0 1 0
  Goodman ph 1 1 1 0
  Bordagaray lf 0 0 0 0
Myers ss 4 0 0 0
Grissom p 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 2 0 1 0
  Hershberger ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 14 6
Chicago 010 050 001–7100
Cincinnati 000 001 050–6141
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Passeau   7.0 10 4 4 0 3
  Root  W(2-3) 2.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
0
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grissom   4.1 5 4 4 3 1
  Moore   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Thompson   3.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Johnson  L(0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
4
  E–Myers (20).  DP–Cincinnati 1. McCormick-Myers.  2B–Chicago Hartnett (7); R. Russell (11), Cincinnati Lombardi (12); Craft (7).  3B–Chicago Hack (5), Cincinnati Frey (7).  HR–Chicago Gleeson (4,2nd inning off Grissom 0 on); Root (1,9th inning off Johnson 0 on), Cincinnati McCormick (13,8th inning off Passeau 1 on).  SH–Herman (10).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  U–Bill Stewart, George Barr, Charlie Moran.  T–2:05.  A–9,229.
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