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Philadelphia Phillies @ Cincinnati Reds

1939-09-20 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 3581 · sunny, dry · 1:48

Cincinnati Reds defeated Philadelphia Phillies 3–2. Bucky Walters earned the win. Lonny Frey went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bucky Walters L: Boom-Boom Beck SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: (none) · 3B: Larry Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Hughes	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bud Bates	2	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Marty	3	0	1	1	0	1
Morrie Arnovich	3	1	1	1	0	0
Gus Suhr	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pinky May	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Scharein	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bennie Warren	3	0	0	0	1	1
Boom-Boom Beck	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gibby Brack	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lonny Frey	3	2	2	1	2	0
Ival Goodman	5	0	1	1	0	0
Frank McCormick	3	0	1	0	1	0
Willard Hershberger	3	0	0	1	0	0
Harry Craft	4	0	1	0	0	1
Wally Berger	4	0	3	0	0	0
Billy Myers	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bucky Walters	3	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boom-Boom Beck	8.1	9	4	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	9.0	6	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Hughes: S4
Bud Bates: 3/SH.1-2
Joe Marty: S7.2-H
Morrie Arnovich: 8
Gus Suhr: S8.1-3
Pinky May: 6

Bot 1

Billy Werber: 53
Lonny Frey: 3/G
Ival Goodman: 13

Top 2

George Scharein: 6
Bennie Warren: 8
Boom-Boom Beck: 43

Bot 2

Frank McCormick: 8
Willard Hershberger: 63
Harry Craft: S1
Wally Berger: S6.1-2
Billy Myers: W.2-3;1-2
Bucky Walters: 5(2)/FO

Top 3

Roy Hughes: 63
Bud Bates: 53
Joe Marty: K/C

Bot 3

Billy Werber: 4
Lonny Frey: W
Ival Goodman: FC3.1-3(E3/TH2)
Frank McCormick: W.1-2
Willard Hershberger: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Harry Craft: 5

Top 4

Morrie Arnovich: HR/7
Gus Suhr: 53
Pinky May: 53
George Scharein: D7
Bennie Warren: IW
Boom-Boom Beck: 6(1)/FO

Bot 4

Wally Berger: 6
Billy Myers: K
Bucky Walters: 9

Top 5

Roy Hughes: 63
Bud Bates: D7
Joe Marty: 63
Morrie Arnovich: 53

Bot 5

Billy Werber: 53
Lonny Frey: HR/9
Ival Goodman: 43
Frank McCormick: S9
Willard Hershberger: 7/FL

Top 6

Gus Suhr: 13
Pinky May: 43
George Scharein: 6

Bot 6

Harry Craft: 53
Wally Berger: D8
Billy Myers: 7
Bucky Walters: 3/FL

Top 7

Bennie Warren: 8
Boom-Boom Beck: 43
Roy Hughes: 8

Bot 7

Billy Werber: S4
Lonny Frey: S9.1-3
Ival Goodman: 5/FL
Frank McCormick: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Bud Bates: W
Joe Marty: 34/SH.1-2
Gibby Brack: 43.2-3
Gus Suhr: 8

Bot 8

Willard Hershberger: 9
Harry Craft: K
Wally Berger: S7
Billy Myers: 3/FL

Top 9

Pinky May: 5/FL
George Scharein: W
Bennie Warren: K
Boom-Boom Beck: 13

Bot 9

Bucky Walters: HP
Billy Werber: 14/SH.1-2
Lonny Frey: IW
Ival Goodman: S8.2-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

Morrie Arnovich left after being struck on the face by the ball

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