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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1938-06-28 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 12430 · 2:00

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 6th. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win. Ernie Lombardi went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Russ Bauers SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	3	0	1	0	1	2
Lloyd Waner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Waner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Suhr	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Rizzo	3	1	1	0	1	1
Al Todd	4	1	1	1	0	0
Pep Young	4	0	1	1	0	0
Russ Bauers	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mace Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	6	2	6

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Bauers	6.2	12	2	4
Mace Brown	2.1	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lonny Frey: 43
Wally Berger: K
Ival Goodman: S
Frank McCormick: S.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: S.1-2;2-H
Harry Craft: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Lee Handley: W
Lloyd Waner: K
Paul Waner: WP.1-2
Paul Waner: E5.2-3
Arky Vaughan: 2
Gus Suhr: K

Top 2

Lew Riggs: 43
Billy Myers: S
Johnny Vander Meer: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Johnny Rizzo: D
Al Todd: D.2-H
Pep Young: S.2-H
Russ Bauers: 5
Lee Handley: S.1-3
Lloyd Waner: 7(B)2(3)/DP

Top 3

Lonny Frey: 5
Wally Berger: 63
Ival Goodman: K

Bot 3

Paul Waner: D
Arky Vaughan: K23
Gus Suhr: 3
Johnny Rizzo: K

Top 4

Frank McCormick: S
Ernie Lombardi: 54(1)3/GDP
Harry Craft: 6

Bot 4

Al Todd: 9
Pep Young: 7
Russ Bauers: 6

Top 5

Lew Riggs: W
Billy Myers: 23/SH.1-2
Johnny Vander Meer: K
Lonny Frey: 3/G

Bot 5

Lee Handley: K23
Lloyd Waner: 13
Paul Waner: 43

Top 6

Wally Berger: S
Ival Goodman: W.1-2
Frank McCormick: S.1-2;2-3
Ernie Lombardi: 43/NDP.3-H;2X3(5635);1-2
Harry Craft: S.2-3
Lew Riggs: S.1-2;3-H
Billy Myers: 9

Bot 6

Arky Vaughan: 2
Gus Suhr: D
Johnny Rizzo: W
Al Todd: 9
Pep Young: 13

Top 7

Johnny Vander Meer: K
Lonny Frey: S
Wally Berger: 7
Ival Goodman: S.1-2
Frank McCormick: S.1-2;2-H
Ernie Lombardi: S.1-2;2-H
Harry Craft: 53

Bot 7

Mace Brown: 43
Lee Handley: K
Lloyd Waner: 7

Top 8

Lew Riggs: 63
Billy Myers: 63
Johnny Vander Meer: K

Bot 8

Paul Waner: 13
Arky Vaughan: 7
Gus Suhr: 7

Top 9

Lonny Frey: 7
Wally Berger: 9
Ival Goodman: S8
Frank McCormick: 43

Bot 9

Johnny Rizzo: 8
Al Todd: 163
Pep Young: 7