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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1939-09-23 · Day game · Crosley Field · sunny, dry · 2:04

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–5. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 4th. Bucky Walters earned the win. Bill Brubaker went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
CIN	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0		6	13

W: Bucky Walters L: Bill Swift SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bick Campbell · 1B: Tom Dunn · 2B: Bill Klem · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Waner	3	0	0	0	2	0
Arky Vaughan	3	1	2	0	1	0
Bob Elliott	4	2	1	0	1	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	1	2	2	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Brubaker	4	1	1	3	0	2
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Susce	2	0	1	0	1	0
Max Butcher	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Swift	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Bowman	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lloyd Waner	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Klein	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Butcher	4.0	6	3	2
Bill Swift	4.0	7	0	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	9.0	7	5	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Waner: 43
Arky Vaughan: W
Bob Elliott: D7.1-3
Maurice Van Robays: S8.3-H;2-H
Elbie Fletcher: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Billy Werber: HR/7
Lonny Frey: S5
Ival Goodman: W.1-2
Frank McCormick: K/C
Ernie Lombardi: 8
Harry Craft: W.2-3;1-2
Wally Berger: 6

Top 2

Bill Brubaker: 2/FL
Frankie Gustine: E6
George Susce: W.1-2
Max Butcher: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Paul Waner: IW
Arky Vaughan: 9

Bot 2

Billy Myers: 63
Bucky Walters: T8
Billy Werber: 7/SF.3-H
Lonny Frey: 8/L

Top 3

Bob Elliott: W
Maurice Van Robays: S8.1-3
Elbie Fletcher: 4
Bill Brubaker: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Frankie Gustine: 3
George Susce: 63

Bot 3

Ival Goodman: 8
Frank McCormick: 4
Ernie Lombardi: W
Harry Craft: K

Top 4

Max Butcher: 8
Paul Waner: 9
Arky Vaughan: S9
Bob Elliott: 7

Bot 4

Wally Berger: D7
Billy Myers: 53/SH.2-3
Bucky Walters: D8.3-H
Billy Werber: 6
Lonny Frey: S9.2-H
Ival Goodman: 6/L

Top 5

Maurice Van Robays: 7
Elbie Fletcher: 31
Bill Brubaker: K/C

Bot 5

Frank McCormick: S7
Ernie Lombardi: S8.1-2
Harry Craft: K
Wally Berger: D7.2-H;1-3
Billy Myers: K
Bucky Walters: 8

Top 6

Frankie Gustine: 6/L
George Susce: S1
Bill Swift: WP.1-2
Bill Swift: K
Paul Waner: 43

Bot 6

Billy Werber: S8
Lonny Frey: 36(1)3/GDP
Ival Goodman: D8
Frank McCormick: S1.2-3
Ernie Lombardi: 9

Top 7

Arky Vaughan: S7
Bob Elliott: 6
Maurice Van Robays: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Harry Craft: T7
Wally Berger: 7/SF.3-H
Billy Myers: 2/FL
Bucky Walters: 6/L

Top 8

Elbie Fletcher: 43
Bill Brubaker: K
Frankie Gustine: 4/L

Bot 8

Billy Werber: 3
Lonny Frey: 8
Ival Goodman: 43

Top 9

Joe Bowman: HP
Lloyd Waner: K
Paul Waner: W.1-2
Chuck Klein: K
Bob Elliott: 3/G

Notes & reviews

Rizzo ejected by HP umpire Campbell for arguing he had been hit by pitch; umpire changed his mind and ruled hit by pitch but Rizzo had already been ejected
Vaughan ejected by HP umpire Campbell for arguing called second strike; Klein completed strikeout which was charged to him

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