Cincinnati Reds vs Brooklyn Dodgers
June 15, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1940 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 11

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 4 0 0 0
Frey 2b 4 1 2 1
Goodman rf 4 0 0 0
McCormick F. 1b 4 1 1 1
Lombardi c 4 2 2 2
  Hershberger c 0 0 0 0
Craft cf 4 1 2 0
Rizzo lf 4 1 1 0
Joost ss 4 0 0 1
Walters p 1 0 0 0
  Riggs ph 1 0 0 1
  Shoffner p 1 0 0 0
  Hutchings p 0 0 0 0
  McCormick M. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 8 6
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Walker cf 5 2 2 0
Lavagetto 3b 3 0 0 0
Vosmik rf 5 2 3 1
Medwick lf 3 3 2 1
Phelps c 4 3 3 4
Camilli 1b 4 0 1 1
Coscarart 2b 4 1 2 3
Durocher ss 4 0 1 1
Carleton p 1 0 0 0
  Pressnell p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 14 11
Cincinnati 001 400 010680
Brooklyn 303 000 50x11141
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Walters  L(9-3) 3.0 7 6 6 1 2
  Shoffner   4.0 7 5 5 0 2
  Hutchings   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
11
1
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Carleton   3.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Pressnell  W(3-2) 6.0 2 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
2
6

  E–Durocher (5).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Walters-Joost-F. McCormick.  2B–Cincinnati Craft (9); Rizzo (7), Brooklyn Walker (8); Vosmik (5); Medwick (13); Phelps (9); Camilli (11); Coscarart (6).  3B–Brooklyn Coscarart (1).  HR–Cincinnati Frey (4,3rd inning off Carleton 0 on); F. McCormick (7,4th inning off Carleton 0 on); Lombardi 2 (5,4th inning off Carleton 0 on,8th inning off Pressnell 0 on), Brooklyn Phelps (3,1st inning off Walters 1 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Lavagetto (1).  HBP–Lavagetto (2).  Team–4.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Babe Pinelli.  T–2:00.  A–6,155.
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