Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 5, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 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 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 5 0 0 1
Joost ss 5 1 3 0
Goodman rf 3 0 1 1
McCormick 1b 4 0 1 0
Lombardi c 3 0 0 0
Craft cf 4 0 0 0
Bordagaray lf 4 1 1 0
Frey 2b 2 1 0 0
Walters p 3 0 1 1
Totals 33 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 5 0 1 0
Martin S. 2b 5 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 4 1 3 0
Medwick lf 5 0 0 0
Mize 1b 5 0 3 1
Moore cf 3 0 0 0
  Padgett ph 1 0 0 0
  Lary 3b 0 0 0 0
  Martin P. ph 1 0 0 0
Gutteridge 3b 3 0 0 0
  King cf 0 0 0 0
Owen c 2 0 0 0
Lanier p 2 0 0 0
  Andrews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 7 1
Cincinnati 100 000 000 2372
St. Louis 000 001 000 0171
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Walters  W(22-10) 10.0 7 1 1 5 6
Totals
10.0
7
1
1
5
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lanier  L(0-1) 9.1 7 3 3 4 2
  Andrews   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
7
3
3
4
2

  E–Joost 2 (5), King (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Walters-Joost-McCormick, St. Louis 4. S. Martin-Mize, Brown-S. Martin-Mize, Gutteridge-S. Martin-Mize, Brown-S. Martin-Mize.  2B–St. Louis Slaughter (40).  3B–Cincinnati Joost (2).  SH–Goodman (20); Lanier (1).  Team LOB–5.  Team–11.  SB–Moore (6).  U-HP–Tom Dunn, 1B–Dolly Stark, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Bill Klem.  T–2:16.  A–4,548.
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