Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
August 9, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 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
Werber 3b 5 1 1 0
Frey 2b 5 2 2 0
Goodman rf 4 1 1 1
McCormick 1b 3 1 2 3
Lombardi c 4 0 1 2
Berger cf 4 1 2 1
Gamble lf 3 0 0 0
Myers ss 4 1 1 0
Vander Meer p 1 0 1 0
  Thompson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 3 1 1 2
Herman 2b 5 0 2 1
Galan lf 4 0 1 1
Leiber cf 3 1 1 1
Nicholson rf 2 0 0 0
Hartnett c 3 0 0 0
  Gleeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Garbark c 0 0 0 0
Russell R. 1b 4 1 2 0
Mattick ss 4 2 3 0
Root p 2 0 0 0
  Russell J. p 0 0 0 0
  Cavarretta ph 1 0 0 0
  Whitehill p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Cincinnati 110 010 400–7111
Chicago 003 010 001–5100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Vander Meer   2.2 4 3 3 4 3
  Thompson  W(7-2) 6.1 6 2 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
5
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Root  L(5-6) 6.2 10 7 7 2 2
  Russell   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Whitehill   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
3
4
  E–Frey (14).  DP–Cincinnati 3. Werber-Frey-McCormick, Frey-Myers-McCormick, Chicago 1. Mattick-R. Russell.  2B–Cincinnati McCormick (28); Lombardi (18); Vander Meer (1), Chicago Herman (23); Mattick (3).  3B–Cincinnati Goodman (9).  HR–Cincinnati Berger (8,2nd inning off Root 0 on), Chicago Leiber (11,5th inning off Thompson 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Hack (13); Galan (10).  Team–8.  U–Larry Goetz, Babe Pinelli, Beans Reardon.
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