Cincinnati Reds vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 16, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1940 at Ebbets Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 5 1 1 0
McCormick M. cf 5 1 2 2
Goodman rf 4 0 2 0
McCormick F. 1b 5 0 0 0
Ripple lf 4 0 1 0
  Vander Meer pr 0 1 0 0
  Baker c 1 0 0 1
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
  Riggs ph 1 0 1 1
  Beggs p 1 0 0 0
Frey 2b 4 0 1 0
Myers ss 3 0 0 0
Thompson p 3 1 1 0
  Arnovich lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 9 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reiser 3b 5 1 3 1
Walker cf 5 0 2 0
Medwick lf 5 0 0 0
Camilli 1b 3 1 2 0
Vosmik rf 3 0 0 0
Franks c 3 0 0 1
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
Coscarart 2b 4 1 2 1
Hudson ss 4 0 1 0
Davis p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 3
Cincinnati 002 000 001 1–490
Brooklyn 200 001 000 0–3101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson   8.0 9 3 3 4 4
  Beggs  W(12-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
10
3
3
4
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L(7-11) 10.0 9 4 3 2 5
Totals
10.0
9
4
3
2
5
  E–Coscarart (30).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Beggs-Myers-F. McCormick.  2B–Cincinnati Werber (34); M. McCormick (19); Goodman (18); Ripple (7); Frey (23), Brooklyn Reiser (10); Coscarart (22).  3B–Cincinnati Goodman (5); Riggs (1), Brooklyn Camilli (12).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Vosmik (4).  Team–9.  U–Tom Dunn, Bill Stewart, George Magerkurth.  T–2:22.  A–6,782.
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