Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 8, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1939 at Forbes Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 5 1 2 0
Frey 2b 4 0 2 0
Goodman rf 4 1 1 0
McCormick 1b 3 1 0 1
Lombardi c 3 0 1 0
Craft cf 5 1 2 0
Gamble lf 5 0 1 2
Myers ss 4 0 1 0
Walters p 5 1 1 1
Totals 38 5 11 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner rf 4 0 1 0
Vaughan ss 2 1 0 0
Elliott cf 3 1 0 0
Van Robays lf 4 0 2 1
Fletcher 1b 3 0 0 1
Brubaker 3b 1 0 0 0
  Handley 3b 3 0 2 0
Young 2b 2 0 0 0
  Klein ph 1 0 0 0
Susce c 2 0 0 0
  Bowman ph 1 0 0 0
Butcher p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Cincinnati 000 010 112–5110
Pittsburgh 000 002 000–252
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Walters  W(23-10) 9.0 5 2 2 4 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Butcher  L(6-16) 9.0 11 5 4 6 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
6
1
  E–Van Robays (1), Handley (17).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Frey-McCormick.  2B–Cincinnati Craft 2 (15).  3B–Cincinnati Goodman (13).  HR–Cincinnati Walters (1,8th inning off Butcher 0 on).  SH–McCormick (12); Vaughan (17); Young (8).  Team LOB–13.  Team–6.  U–George Barr, Charlie Moran, Ziggy Sears.  T–2:00.  A–4,479.
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