Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
August 8, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1939 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 7, Chicago Cubs 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Gamble lf 4 3 1 0
Frey 2b 5 2 3 0
Werber 3b 2 1 0 1
McCormick 1b 4 1 3 4
Hershberger c 4 0 0 0
  Lombardi c 1 0 0 0
Berger cf 5 0 0 1
Bordagaray rf 5 0 0 0
Myers ss 4 0 1 0
Grissom p 2 0 1 0
  Joost ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Derringer p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 9 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 1 1 2
Herman 2b 5 0 1 1
Galan lf 5 1 0 0
Leiber cf 4 0 0 0
Nicholson rf 4 0 0 0
Russell R. 1b 4 1 2 2
Mattick ss 4 1 2 0
Mancuso c 3 1 1 0
French p 2 0 0 0
  Russell J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 5
Cincinnati 100 200 020 2–792
Chicago 003 000 110 0–572
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grissom   7.0 6 4 4 2 2
  Davis   0.2 0 1 0 0 0
  Derringer  W(15-6) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
7
5
4
2
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
French  L(7-6) 9.0 8 7 5 4 4
  Russell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
7
5
4
5
  E–Frey (13), Werber (22), Hack (9), Mattick (4).  DP–Chicago 2. Mancuso-Herman, Mattick-Herman-R. Russell.  PB–Hershberger (3).  2B–Cincinnati Frey (23); McCormick (27), Chicago Hack (19).  3B–Cincinnati McCormick (3).  HR–Chicago R. Russell (5,7th inning off Grissom 0 on).  SH–Werber (7); French 2 (4).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Babe Pinelli.  T–2:16.  A–28,478.
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