Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 6, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1939 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 6 2 3 0
Joost ss 5 1 2 1
Goodman rf 6 0 2 0
McCormick 1b 5 1 1 1
Hershberger c 4 0 2 0
  Gamble pr 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Bongiovanni ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Craft cf 5 0 2 1
Bordagaray lf 4 0 0 0
Frey 2b 4 0 0 0
Thompson p 4 0 2 0
  Niggeling p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardi c 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 4 14 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner P. rf 6 1 3 0
Vaughan ss 4 0 2 0
Elliott cf 5 0 1 0
Rizzo lf 4 1 0 0
Fletcher 1b 4 1 3 1
Handley 3b 4 0 1 2
Young 2b 5 0 0 0
Susce c 3 0 1 0
  Klein ph 1 1 1 0
  Mueller c 0 1 0 0
Brown p 1 0 0 0
  Sewell p 2 0 0 0
  Waner L. ph 0 0 0 0
  Swift p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 12 3
Cincinnati 103 000 000 00–4145
Pittsburgh 300 000 001 01–5121
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson   8.1 10 4 1 2 5
  Niggeling   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Moore   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Johnson  L(0-2) 0.1 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
10.1
12
5
1
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   2.2 6 4 2 0 1
  Sewell   6.1 5 0 0 1 2
  Swift  W(5-4) 2.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
14
4
2
2
4
  E–Joost 2 (7), Hershberger (3), Frey (16), Thompson (3), Handley (16).  DP–Cincinnati 2. Joost-Frey-McCormick, Joost-Frey-McCormick.  2B–Cincinnati Werber (25); McCormick (33), Pittsburgh Vaughan (26); Fletcher (20); Susce (3); Klein (16).  SH–McCormick (11); Bordagaray (4); Handley (13); L. Waner (9).  HBP–Hershberger (2); Vaughan (6).  Team LOB–13.  Team–10.  U–George Barr, Charlie Moran, Ziggy Sears.
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