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Cincinnati Reds @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1939-08-24 · Night game · Ebbets Field · Att: 34162 · night, dry · 1:48

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Cincinnati Reds 4–2. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 3 in the 5th. Tot Pressnell earned the win. Al Todd went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tot Pressnell L: Milt Shoffner SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bick Campbell · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Billy Myers	4	1	3	1	0
Eddie Joost	3	0	0	1	1
Ival Goodman	4	0	2	0	0
Frank McCormick	4	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	2	0	0
Harry Craft	4	0	0	0	1
Frenchy Bordagaray	4	0	0	0	0
Lew Riggs	3	0	0	0	0
Milt Shoffner	2	0	0	0	2
Nino Bongiovanni	1	1	1	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	2	0	0	1	1	0
Cookie Lavagetto	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ernie Koy	4	0	0	0	0	0
Art Parks	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dolph Camilli	4	1	1	0	0	1
Al Todd	4	2	2	1	0	0
Tuck Stainback	3	1	1	1	0	0
Leo Durocher	1	0	1	0	2	0
Tot Pressnell	3	0	0	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Milt Shoffner	7.0	6	4	1
Lee Grissom	1.0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tot Pressnell	9.0	8	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Myers: 13
Eddie Joost: K/C
Ival Goodman: S7
Frank McCormick: 2/FL

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: W
Cookie Lavagetto: 64(1)3/GDP
Ernie Koy: 13

Top 2

Ernie Lombardi: D9
Harry Craft: 63
Frenchy Bordagaray: 43.2-3
Lew Riggs: 43

Bot 2

Art Parks: 7
Dolph Camilli: K
Al Todd: 53

Top 3

Milt Shoffner: K/C
Billy Myers: S6
Eddie Joost: 13/SH.1-2
Ival Goodman: 5/FL

Bot 3

Tuck Stainback: 13
Leo Durocher: S7
Tot Pressnell: 3/FL
Pete Coscarart: 3/FL

Top 4

Frank McCormick: 63
Ernie Lombardi: 8
Harry Craft: 63

Bot 4

Cookie Lavagetto: 9/L
Ernie Koy: 8
Art Parks: 8

Top 5

Frenchy Bordagaray: 3/FL
Lew Riggs: 3/G
Milt Shoffner: K/C

Bot 5

Dolph Camilli: S5
Al Todd: S8.1-3
Tuck Stainback: S8.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH3)
Leo Durocher: IW
Tot Pressnell: 13.3-H;2-3;1-2
Pete Coscarart: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Cookie Lavagetto: W
Ernie Koy: 8/L

Top 6

Billy Myers: S8
Eddie Joost: 46(1)3/GDP
Ival Goodman: S9
Frank McCormick: 7

Bot 6

Art Parks: 8
Dolph Camilli: 9
Al Todd: HR/7
Tuck Stainback: 53

Top 7

Ernie Lombardi: 5
Harry Craft: K/C
Frenchy Bordagaray: 13

Bot 7

Leo Durocher: W
Tot Pressnell: 26(1)/FO
Pete Coscarart: 8
Cookie Lavagetto: S8.1-2
Ernie Koy: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Lew Riggs: 6
Nino Bongiovanni: S7
Billy Myers: D8.1-H;B-3(THH)
Eddie Joost: 43.3-H
Ival Goodman: 6

Bot 8

Art Parks: 7/L
Dolph Camilli: 7
Al Todd: 8/L

Top 9

Frank McCormick: 63
Ernie Lombardi: S8
Harry Craft: 9
Frenchy Bordagaray: 4