Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 13, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1939 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 4 0 0 0
Frey 2b 4 1 2 0
Goodman rf 4 1 3 1
McCormick 1b 4 0 0 0
Lombardi c 4 0 1 1
Berger cf 4 0 0 0
Gamble lf 4 0 1 0
Myers ss 4 0 0 0
Grissom p 2 0 0 0
  Bongiovanni ph 1 0 1 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 3 1 1 0
Martin 2b 4 0 1 1
Slaughter rf 3 1 1 2
Medwick lf 4 1 1 0
Mize 1b 4 0 2 1
Moore cf 3 0 0 0
Gutteridge 3b 3 0 1 0
Owen c 2 0 0 0
Davis p 3 1 2 0
Totals 29 4 9 4
Cincinnati 001 001 000280
St. Louis 000 102 01x490
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grissom  L(7-5) 6.0 6 3 3 1 4
  Thompson   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W(16-11) 9.0 8 2 2 0 6
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
6

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2. Frey-Myers-McCormick, Frey-Myers-McCormick.  2B–Cincinnati Frey (25); Goodman 3 (22), St. Louis Brown (28); Medwick (28); Mize (32).  HR–St. Louis Slaughter (7,6th inning off Grissom 1 on).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Brown (11).  Team–4.  U–George Magerkurth, George Barr, Bill Stewart.
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