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Cincinnati Reds @ Boston Braves

1938-06-19 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 30613 · sunny, dry · 2:04

Cincinnati Reds defeated Boston Bees 14–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 1st. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win. Harry Craft went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	4	14	15
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Ira Hutchinson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Moran · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tiny Parker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lonny Frey	5	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Berger	5	2	2	1	0	0
Ival Goodman	3	4	2	0	1	0
Frank McCormick	5	3	4	1	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	5	2	2	3	0	0
Harry Craft	4	2	2	3	1	0
Lew Riggs	5	1	1	1	0	1
Billy Myers	5	0	1	3	0	1
Johnny Vander Meer	5	0	1	0	0	2

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	1	0	1	1
Johnny Cooney	3	0	0	0	0	0
Debs Garms	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gil English	3	1	1	0	1	0
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	2	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Riddle	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rabbit Warstler	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dick Errickson	1	0	0	0	1	0
Harl Maggert	0	0	0	1	1	0
Max West	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Reis	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	4	7	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ira Hutchinson	0.2	4	0	0
Dick Errickson	6.1	7	1	2
Tommy Reis	2.0	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lonny Frey: 43
Wally Berger: S7
Ival Goodman: S8.1-2
Frank McCormick: S7.2-H;1X3(76E5)
Ernie Lombardi: 54(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Harry Craft: HR/7.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Lew Riggs: 13

Bot 1

Elbie Fletcher: W
Johnny Cooney: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Debs Garms: 43

Top 2

Billy Myers: 23/BG
Johnny Vander Meer: 43
Lonny Frey: 6

Bot 2

Gil English: 3/FL
Tony Cuccinello: 43
Vince DiMaggio: 2/FL

Top 3

Wally Berger: 63
Ival Goodman: HP
Frank McCormick: S8.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: S8.2-H;1-2
Harry Craft: S8.2-H;1-2
Lew Riggs: 7
Billy Myers: K

Bot 3

Johnny Riddle: 43
Rabbit Warstler: K/C
Dick Errickson: W
Elbie Fletcher: 9

Top 4

Johnny Vander Meer: S8
Lonny Frey: 9
Wally Berger: 8
Ival Goodman: 9

Bot 4

Johnny Cooney: 63
Debs Garms: S8
Gil English: W.1-2
Tony Cuccinello: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Frank McCormick: D9
Ernie Lombardi: 63
Harry Craft: 3
Lew Riggs: T9.2-H
Billy Myers: WP.3-H
Billy Myers: 8

Bot 5

Vince DiMaggio: 5/FL
Johnny Riddle: 8
Rabbit Warstler: 163

Top 6

Johnny Vander Meer: K
Lonny Frey: 43
Wally Berger: 9

Bot 6

Dick Errickson: 4/L
Elbie Fletcher: S9
Johnny Cooney: 8
Debs Garms: 53

Top 7

Ival Goodman: W
Frank McCormick: S9.1-3
Ernie Lombardi: SB2.3-H(E2/TH2)(UR);1-3
Ernie Lombardi: 8.3-H(UR)
Harry Craft: 63
Lew Riggs: 31

Bot 7

Gil English: S8
Tony Cuccinello: 7
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Johnny Riddle: 3/FL
Rabbit Warstler: W.2-3;1-2
Harl Maggert: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Elbie Fletcher: K/C

Top 8

Billy Myers: 63
Johnny Vander Meer: K
Lonny Frey: 3/G

Bot 8

Max West: 43
Debs Garms: 13
Gil English: 8

Top 9

Wally Berger: HR/7
Ival Goodman: S9
Frank McCormick: 8
Ernie Lombardi: S9.1-3
Harry Craft: W.1-2
Lew Riggs: K
Billy Myers: D8.3-H;2-H;1-H;B-3(E6/TH)
Johnny Vander Meer: 53

Bot 9

Tony Cuccinello: S7
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Johnny Riddle: 2/FL
Rabbit Warstler: 8
Bobby Reis: 63

Notes & reviews

rain started falling
the first hit off Johnny Vander Meer in 21 innings

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