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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1939-05-09 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1500 · cloudy, dry · 1:50

Cincinnati Reds defeated Philadelphia Phillies 8–4. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 2nd. Lee Grissom earned the win and Peaches Davis picked up the save. Wally Berger went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	8	12
PHI	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	10

W: Lee Grissom L: Hugh Mulcahy SV: Peaches Davis

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	4	1	1	0	1	0
Eddie Joost	5	1	0	0	0	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	5	0	1	1	0	0
Frank McCormick	4	1	1	1	1	0
Willard Hershberger	5	1	4	1	0	0
Harry Craft	5	2	2	1	0	0
Wally Berger	3	2	2	4	1	0
Billy Myers	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lee Grissom	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nino Bongiovanni	1	0	0	0	0	0
Peaches Davis	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Heinie Mueller	0	1	0	0	2	0
LeGrant Scott	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gibby Brack	4	2	2	0	1	1
Morrie Arnovich	4	1	2	3	0	0
Pinky May	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky Whitney	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Scharein	4	0	1	0	0	0
Spud Davis	3	0	1	0	0	0
Hugh Mulcahy	2	0	0	0	0	1
Del Young	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jennings Poindexter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hersh Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	1	0	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lee Grissom	5.0	5	3	2
Peaches Davis	4.0	5	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hugh Mulcahy	6.0	9	2	1
Jennings Poindexter	3.0	3	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Werber: S7
Eddie Joost: WP.1-2
Eddie Joost: 53.2-3
Frenchy Bordagaray: S9.3-H
Frank McCormick: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Heinie Mueller: W
LeGrant Scott: 53/SH.1-2
Gibby Brack: W
Morrie Arnovich: E5.2-3;1-2
Pinky May: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Willard Hershberger: S9
Harry Craft: T8.1-H
Wally Berger: HR/7.3-H
Billy Myers: K
Lee Grissom: 5/FL
Billy Werber: 7

Bot 2

Pinky Whitney: 53
George Scharein: 7
Spud Davis: S8
Hugh Mulcahy: 9

Top 3

Eddie Joost: E8/F.B-2
Frenchy Bordagaray: 8.2-3
Frank McCormick: 3/FL
Willard Hershberger: S8.3-H(UR)
Harry Craft: 4

Bot 3

Heinie Mueller: W
LeGrant Scott: K
Gibby Brack: S6.1-2
Morrie Arnovich: D7.2-H;1-H
Pinky May: 8
Pinky Whitney: E6.2-H(NR)(UR)
George Scharein: 8

Top 4

Wally Berger: W
Billy Myers: 46(1)/FO
Lee Grissom: 34/SH.1-2
Billy Werber: 6/L

Bot 4

Spud Davis: 7/FL
Hugh Mulcahy: K
Del Young: 9

Top 5

Eddie Joost: 63
Frenchy Bordagaray: 8
Frank McCormick: HR/7
Willard Hershberger: 9

Bot 5

LeGrant Scott: 63
Gibby Brack: S8
Morrie Arnovich: D8.1-H
Pinky May: 53
Pinky Whitney: 143

Top 6

Harry Craft: S7
Wally Berger: HR/7.1-H
Billy Myers: 9
Nino Bongiovanni: 63
Billy Werber: W
Eddie Joost: WP.1-2
Eddie Joost: 9

Bot 6

George Scharein: S9
Spud Davis: 46(1)3/GDP
Jennings Poindexter: 53

Top 7

Frenchy Bordagaray: 3/G
Frank McCormick: 4
Willard Hershberger: S8
Harry Craft: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Del Young: S1
LeGrant Scott: 6(1)3/GDP
Gibby Brack: 63

Top 8

Wally Berger: 43
Billy Myers: 7
Peaches Davis: S9
Billy Werber: 5

Bot 8

Morrie Arnovich: 63
Pinky May: 9
Pinky Whitney: S7
George Scharein: 53

Top 9

Eddie Joost: 8/L
Frenchy Bordagaray: 8
Frank McCormick: W
Willard Hershberger: S9.1-2
Harry Craft: 8

Bot 9

Hersh Martin: 43
Chuck Klein: S8
Del Young: 5/FL
LeGrant Scott: S8.1-2
Gibby Brack: K