Boston Bees vs Cincinnati Reds
September 17, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1939 at Crosley Field. The Boston Bees defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Bees 5, Cincinnati Reds 3
Boston Bees ab   r   h rbi
Garms lf 5 1 3 0
Cooney cf 4 0 0 0
Hassett 1b 4 1 2 2
West rf 3 1 0 0
Majeski 3b 3 1 2 2
  Barkley 3b 0 0 0 0
Lopez c 3 0 1 0
Sisti 2b 4 0 1 1
Wietelmann ss 4 0 0 0
Errickson p 3 1 2 0
  Lanning p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 3 0 1 0
Joost 2b 3 0 0 0
Goodman rf 4 1 2 0
McCormick 1b 5 1 2 0
Lombardi c 3 0 1 1
  Riggs pr 0 1 0 0
  Hershberger c 1 0 1 1
Craft cf 4 0 1 0
Berger lf 4 0 1 1
Myers ss 2 0 0 0
Thompson p 2 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Niggeling p 0 0 0 0
  Bongiovanni ph 1 0 0 0
  Vander Meer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Boston 000 003 200–5110
Cincinnati 000 001 011–393
  Boston Bees IP H R ER BB SO
Errickson  W(5-8) 7.0 7 2 2 5 5
  Lanning  SV(4) 2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
7
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  L(10-5) 6.0 7 3 2 2 2
  Niggeling   2.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Vander Meer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
2
2
  E–Joost (12), Myers 2 (33).  DP–Boston 2. Barkley-Sisti-Hassett, Hassett-Wietelmann-Hassett, Cincinnati 3. Niggeling-Myers-McCormick, Vander Meer-Myers-McCormick.  2B–Boston Majeski (15), Cincinnati Goodman (33); McCormick (37); Hershberger (8); Berger (9).  SH–Cooney (11); Lopez (9); Joost (8); Lombardi (6).  Team LOB–6.  Team–12.  SB–Werber 2 (14).  U–Larry Goetz, Babe Pinelli, Beans Reardon.  T–2:11.  A–28,282.
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