Brooklyn Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 18, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1942 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Brooklyn Dodgers 1, Philadelphia Phillies 3

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Walker rf 3 0 2 0
Vaughan 3b 4 0 0 0
Reiser cf 4 0 0 0
Medwick lf 4 0 0 0
Camilli 1b 4 0 0 0
Herman 2b 3 1 2 0
Owen c 2 0 0 0
  Riggs ph 1 0 1 0
  Sullivan c 1 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 0 2 1
Macon p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
May 3b 3 1 1 0
Murtaugh ss 3 0 0 0
Glossop 2b 4 0 1 1
Litwhiler lf 4 0 2 1
Etten 1b 3 0 0 0
Naylor rf 4 0 2 0
Koy cf 4 1 1 0
Livingston c 4 0 0 0
Melton p 3 1 2 1
Totals 32 3 9 3
Brooklyn 010 000 000173
Philadelphia 000 021 00x390
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Macon  L(3-1) 8.0 9 3 3 2 4
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
2
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Melton  W(8-13) 9.0 7 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
2

  E–Reiser (5), Camilli (10), Herman (15).  2B–Brooklyn Walker (19); Reese (18), Philadelphia Naylor (1); Koy (7); Melton (3).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Murtaugh (17).  Team–8.  SB–Herman (5).  U–Babe Pinelli, Al Barlick, Lee Ballanfant.  T–2:13.  A–7,560.
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