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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1937-06-02 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 1000 · sunny, dry · 2:40

Cincinnati Reds defeated Philadelphia Phillies 8–4. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 1st. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win and Lee Grissom picked up the save. Ernie Lombardi went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	8	12
PHI	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	7

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Leon Pettit SV: Lee Grissom

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hub Walker	4	1	2	1	1	0
Kiki Cuyler	5	2	2	1	0	0
Ival Goodman	4	1	1	1	1	0
Buck Jordan	3	2	2	0	2	0
Ernie Lombardi	5	1	2	4	0	2
Alex Kampouris	4	0	0	1	0	1
Lew Riggs	3	0	2	0	1	0
Billy Myers	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Vander Meer	3	1	1	0	0	1
Lee Grissom	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pinky Whitney	3	0	1	0	2	1
Hersh Martin	4	0	1	0	1	0
Chuck Klein	4	1	1	0	0	1
Morrie Arnovich	4	0	1	0	1	1
Dolph Camilli	3	1	0	0	1	1
Earl Grace	3	1	0	0	2	0
Del Young	3	1	1	0	2	1
George Scharein	3	0	1	2	2	0
Syl Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Browne	1	0	1	2	0	0
Fred Tauby	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bucky Walters	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	5.0	3	8	5
Gene Schott	0.1	1	1	0
Lee Grissom	3.2	3	2	3

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Leon Pettit	0.1	1	2	0
Syl Johnson	5.2	9	2	3
Hal Kelleher	2.0	0	2	0
Orville Jorgens	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hub Walker: 3/L
Kiki Cuyler: S7
Ival Goodman: W.1-2
Buck Jordan: W.2-3;1-2
Ernie Lombardi: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Alex Kampouris: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Lew Riggs: S9.1-3
Billy Myers: 6

Bot 1

Pinky Whitney: K
Hersh Martin: 9
Chuck Klein: 8

Top 2

Johnny Vander Meer: 13
Hub Walker: W
Kiki Cuyler: T9.1-H
Ival Goodman: 7/FDP.3XH(72)

Bot 2

Morrie Arnovich: W
Dolph Camilli: K
Earl Grace: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Buck Jordan: S8
Ernie Lombardi: K
Alex Kampouris: 5/FL
Lew Riggs: S9.1-2
Billy Myers: 7/L

Bot 3

Del Young: E4
George Scharein: D9.1-3
Syl Johnson: K
Pinky Whitney: W
Hersh Martin: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Johnny Vander Meer: T8
Hub Walker: D8.3-H
Kiki Cuyler: 9/FDP.2X3(95)
Ival Goodman: 9/L

Bot 4

Chuck Klein: D7
Morrie Arnovich: S8.2-3
Dolph Camilli: HP.1-2
Earl Grace: 5/FL
Del Young: K
George Scharein: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Syl Johnson: 9

Top 5

Buck Jordan: S7
Ernie Lombardi: HR/7.1-H
Alex Kampouris: K
Lew Riggs: W
Billy Myers: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Pinky Whitney: W
Hersh Martin: W.1-2
Chuck Klein: K
Morrie Arnovich: 5(2)4(1)/GDP

Top 6

Johnny Vander Meer: K/C
Hub Walker: 9
Kiki Cuyler: 63

Bot 6

Dolph Camilli: W
Earl Grace: PB.1-2
Earl Grace: W
Del Young: W.2-3;1-2
George Scharein: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Earl Browne: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Pinky Whitney: 8
Hersh Martin: 2/FL
Chuck Klein: 4/FL

Top 7

Ival Goodman: 3/FL
Buck Jordan: W
Ernie Lombardi: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Morrie Arnovich: K/C
Dolph Camilli: 143
Earl Grace: W
Del Young: D9.1-3
George Scharein: 4/L

Top 8

Alex Kampouris: 43
Lew Riggs: 43
Billy Myers: W
Lee Grissom: 13

Bot 8

Fred Tauby: K/C
Pinky Whitney: S9
Hersh Martin: S7.1-2
Bucky Walters: K/C
Morrie Arnovich: 9

Top 9

Hub Walker: S9
Kiki Cuyler: 16(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH1)
Ival Goodman: S8.2-H(UR)
Buck Jordan: 7/L
Ernie Lombardi: K

Bot 9

Dolph Camilli: 9
Earl Grace: 53
Del Young: W
George Scharein: 64(1)/FO