Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 12, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1939 at Sportsman's Park III. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 8, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 4 1 1 2
Frey 2b 4 0 1 0
Goodman rf 5 1 2 1
McCormick 1b 5 1 1 0
Lombardi c 5 2 2 3
Berger cf 4 2 1 1
Gamble lf 3 0 1 0
  Bordagaray lf 1 0 0 0
Myers ss 1 1 0 0
Walters p 4 0 1 1
Totals 36 8 10 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 4 1 2 0
Martin S. 2b 5 0 2 0
Slaughter rf 5 1 2 1
Mize 1b 4 1 2 0
Medwick lf 4 1 1 2
Moore cf 4 0 1 1
Gutteridge 3b 2 0 0 0
  Padgett ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers 3b 0 0 0 0
  Martin P. 3b 1 0 1 0
Owen c 4 0 0 0
Warneke p 1 0 0 0
  Shoun p 1 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
Cincinnati 010 331 000–8103
St. Louis 300 000 001–4112
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Walters  W(20-7) 9.0 11 4 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
11
4
1
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Warneke  L(10-7) 3.2 4 4 4 4 3
  Shoun   3.1 5 4 3 1 1
  McGee   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
7
6
4
  E–Werber (24), Berger (4), Myers (24), Brown (26), Owen (7).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Myers-McCormick.  PB–Owen (6).  2B–St. Louis Brown (27); Mize (31).  3B–St. Louis Medwick (3).  HR–Cincinnati Lombardi (15,5th inning off Shoun 2 on); Berger (11,2nd inning off Warneke 0 on).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  U–Bill Stewart, George Magerkurth, George Barr.  T–2:21.  A–9,847.
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