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Philadelphia Phillies @ Cincinnati Reds

1938-05-08 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 11116 · cloudy, dry · 2:09

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Cincinnati Reds 2–0. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 8th. Bucky Walters earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bucky Walters L: Johnny Vander Meer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Dolly Stark · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Heinie Mueller	5	1	0	0	0	2
Chuck Klein	2	1	0	0	2	0
Hersh Martin	4	0	1	1	0	1
Earl Browne	3	0	1	0	1	1
George Scharein	4	0	1	1	0	0
Pinky Whitney	2	0	0	0	2	0
Morrie Arnovich	1	0	0	0	2	0
Bill Atwood	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bucky Walters	4	0	2	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Ival Goodman	5	2	0	0
Lew Riggs	5	1	0	0
Dusty Cooke	4	1	0	0
Willard Hershberger	4	2	0	0
Frank McCormick	4	1	0	0
Harry Craft	4	0	0	1
Lonny Frey	3	0	1	0
Billy Myers	3	1	1	0
Johnny Vander Meer	3	0	0	0
Buck Jordan	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	9.0	8	2	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	5	7	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Heinie Mueller: K
Chuck Klein: 5
Hersh Martin: S8
Earl Browne: PO1(23)

Bot 1

Ival Goodman: 2/FL
Lew Riggs: 3/G
Dusty Cooke: 7

Top 2

Earl Browne: S7
George Scharein: 3/FL
Pinky Whitney: 14(1)/FO
Morrie Arnovich: W.1-2
Bill Atwood: K/C

Bot 2

Willard Hershberger: S7
Frank McCormick: S9.1-2
Harry Craft: PO2(16541).1-2
Harry Craft: K
Lonny Frey: W
Billy Myers: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Vander Meer: 5(2)/FO

Top 3

Bucky Walters: K/C
Heinie Mueller: 7/FL
Chuck Klein: 31

Bot 3

Ival Goodman: S9
Lew Riggs: 46(1)/FO
Dusty Cooke: 9
Willard Hershberger: S8.1-3
Frank McCormick: 5/L

Top 4

Hersh Martin: 63
Earl Browne: K/C
George Scharein: 8/L

Bot 4

Harry Craft: 6/L
Lonny Frey: 13
Billy Myers: S8
Johnny Vander Meer: 23

Top 5

Pinky Whitney: W
Morrie Arnovich: 34/SH.1-2
Bill Atwood: 2/FL
Bucky Walters: FC5.2X3(5)

Bot 5

Ival Goodman: 13
Lew Riggs: 8
Dusty Cooke: D8
Willard Hershberger: E6.2-3
Frank McCormick: 5

Top 6

Heinie Mueller: 2/FL
Chuck Klein: W
Hersh Martin: CS2(26)
Hersh Martin: K/C

Bot 6

Harry Craft: 53
Lonny Frey: 9
Billy Myers: 63

Top 7

Earl Browne: 3/G
George Scharein: 2/FL
Pinky Whitney: W
Morrie Arnovich: W.1-2
Bill Atwood: 6/L

Bot 7

Johnny Vander Meer: 63
Ival Goodman: 3/G
Lew Riggs: S8
Dusty Cooke: 7/L

Top 8

Bucky Walters: S7
Heinie Mueller: 56(1)/FO
Chuck Klein: W.1-2
Hersh Martin: WP.2-3;1-2
Hersh Martin: 8.3-H;2-3
Earl Browne: W
George Scharein: S9.3-H;1-2
Pinky Whitney: 9/L

Bot 8

Willard Hershberger: 8
Frank McCormick: 53
Harry Craft: 63

Top 9

Morrie Arnovich: 9
Bill Atwood: 4
Bucky Walters: S9
Heinie Mueller: K/C

Bot 9

Lonny Frey: E6
Billy Myers: 64(1)/FO
Buck Jordan: 5
Ival Goodman: S4.1-2
Lew Riggs: 6

Notes & reviews

Ernie Lombardi left with an injured right index finger after being struck by a bouncing pitch
48 minute rain delay

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