Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
May 30, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1940 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 9, Chicago Cubs 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Craft cf 6 2 1 0
Frey 2b 6 3 4 1
Goodman rf 3 1 1 2
McCormick 1b 5 2 1 1
Hershberger c 6 0 2 1
Werber 3b 6 1 2 2
Rizzo lf 6 0 2 1
Myers ss 6 0 2 1
Moore p 2 0 1 0
  Shoffner p 1 0 0 0
  Lombardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Beggs p 1 0 0 0
Totals 49 9 16 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 5 3 3 0
Herman 2b 4 2 1 2
Gleeson cf 5 1 2 2
Leiber rf 4 0 2 2
Nicholson lf 3 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 1
  Galan lf 2 0 0 0
Russell 1b 6 0 2 0
  Bryant pr 0 0 0 0
Todd c 5 1 1 0
  Dallessandro ph 1 0 0 0
Mattick ss 5 0 1 0
Root p 3 1 1 1
  Passeau p 2 0 1 0
Totals 46 8 14 8
Cincinnati 201 020 030 001–9161
Chicago 200 030 300 000–8140
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   4.1 6 5 5 2 1
  Shoffner   2.2 4 3 3 2 0
  Beggs  W(3-1) 5.0 4 0 0 1 3
Totals
12.0
14
8
8
5
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Root   7.0 10 8 8 2 8
  Passeau  L(3-5) 5.0 6 1 1 1 1
Totals
12.0
16
9
9
3
9
  E–Hershberger (2).  DP–Cincinnati 2. Frey-Myers-F. McCormick, Frey-Myers-F. McCormick, Chicago 1. Todd-Herman.  2B–Cincinnati Frey (4); Myers (4), Chicago Hack 2 (8); Gleeson 2 (8); Todd (5).  3B–Cincinnati Frey (2).  SH–Goodman (3); Gleeson (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U–Larry Goetz, Beans Reardon, Bill Klem.  T–3:00.  A–30,828.
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