Cincinnati Reds vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 18, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1940 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 3, Philadelphia Phillies 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 4 0 1 0
Frey 2b 2 1 0 0
Goodman rf 4 1 1 0
McCormick F. 1b 3 1 0 0
Hershberger c 4 0 1 1
Rizzo lf 4 0 2 2
McCormick M. cf 4 0 0 0
Joost ss 3 0 0 0
  Riggs ph 1 0 1 0
Derringer p 2 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 1 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardi ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Marty cf 5 1 2 1
Bragan ss 4 1 2 1
Mahan 1b 4 0 1 0
Arnovich lf 4 2 2 0
Klein rf 4 1 2 0
May 3b 3 1 2 1
Mueller 2b 3 1 0 0
Atwood c 3 0 2 3
Mulcahy p 4 1 1 0
Totals 34 8 14 6
Cincinnati 300 000 000–371
Philadelphia 022 004 00x–8140
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Derringer  L(3-3) 6.0 12 8 8 2 0
  Moore   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
2
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Mulcahy  W(4-1) 9.0 7 3 3 4 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
4
  E–Werber (5).  DP–Cincinnati 2. F. McCormick, Joost-Frey-F. McCormick, Philadelphia 1. Bragan-Mueller-Mahan.  2B–Philadelphia Marty (1); Arnovich (2).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Atwood (1).  Team–5.  U–George Magerkurth, Bill Stewart, George Barr.  T–1:48.  A–8,000.
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