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Philadelphia Phillies @ Cincinnati Reds

1939-07-30 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 30298 · 2:26

Cincinnati Reds defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 9th. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win. Billy Myers went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Boom-Boom Beck SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hersh Martin	3	1	1	0	1	1
Del Young	3	0	1	0	1	1
LeGrant Scott	3	0	1	1	1	1
Morrie Arnovich	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gibby Brack	2	0	0	0	2	0
Heinie Mueller	3	0	0	0	1	2
Roy Hughes	2	0	0	0	2	1
Spud Davis	3	0	2	0	0	0
Boom-Boom Beck	4	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	3	0	1	1	1	0
Lonny Frey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lee Gamble	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank McCormick	3	1	1	0	1	0
Willard Hershberger	4	1	2	0	0	0
Harry Craft	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nino Bongiovanni	3	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Myers	4	1	1	4	0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	0	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boom-Boom Beck	8.2	7	3	3

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	5	8	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hersh Martin: W
Del Young: W.1-2
LeGrant Scott: S6.2-H;1-2#
Morrie Arnovich: 7
Gibby Brack: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Heinie Mueller: K

Bot 1

Billy Werber: 7
Lonny Frey: 3
Lee Gamble: S8.BX2(84)

Top 2

Roy Hughes: K
Spud Davis: S
Boom-Boom Beck: 9
Hersh Martin: K

Bot 2

Frank McCormick: 8
Willard Hershberger: 8
Harry Craft: 7

Top 3

Del Young: S
LeGrant Scott: K
Morrie Arnovich: K
Gibby Brack: 53

Bot 3

Nino Bongiovanni: S
Billy Myers: 9
Johnny Vander Meer: E1/SH.1-3(E4)
Billy Werber: S.3-H(UR);1-2#
Lonny Frey: K
Lee Gamble: 7

Top 4

Heinie Mueller: W
Roy Hughes: 7
Spud Davis: S.1-2#
Boom-Boom Beck: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Frank McCormick: 43
Willard Hershberger: S
Harry Craft: 8
Nino Bongiovanni: 4

Top 5

Hersh Martin: S
Del Young: 56(1)/FO/BG
LeGrant Scott: 54(1)/FO
Morrie Arnovich: 53

Bot 5

Billy Myers: 13
Johnny Vander Meer: K
Billy Werber: W
Lonny Frey: PO1(16)#

Top 6

Gibby Brack: W
Heinie Mueller: CS2(26)#
Heinie Mueller: 2
Roy Hughes: W
Spud Davis: 4

Bot 6

Lonny Frey: 5
Lee Gamble: K
Frank McCormick: D
Willard Hershberger: 43

Top 7

Boom-Boom Beck: 3
Hersh Martin: 53#
Del Young: K

Bot 7

Harry Craft: 6
Nino Bongiovanni: 3
Billy Myers: 7

Top 8

LeGrant Scott: W
Morrie Arnovich: 3/LDP.1X1(31)#
Gibby Brack: W
Heinie Mueller: WP.1-2#
Heinie Mueller: K

Bot 8

Johnny Vander Meer: 13
Billy Werber: 4
Lonny Frey: 8

Top 9

Roy Hughes: W
Spud Davis: 13/SH.1-2
Boom-Boom Beck: 13.2-3
Hersh Martin: CSH(2)#

Bot 9

Lee Gamble: 9
Frank McCormick: W
Willard Hershberger: S5/BG.1-3
Harry Craft: 7/FL
Ernie Lombardi: W.1-2
Billy Myers: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H

Notes & reviews

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