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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1939-08-21 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1000 · 1:57

Cincinnati Reds defeated Philadelphia Phillies 7–0. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 5th. Johnny Niggeling earned the win. Willard Hershberger went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Niggeling L: Ike Pearson SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Myers	3	1	1	2	1	1
Eddie Joost	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ival Goodman	3	1	0	0	2	0
Frank McCormick	5	1	3	2	0	0
Willard Hershberger	5	1	3	2	0	0
Harry Craft	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dick West	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lew Riggs	3	1	0	0	1	0
Johnny Niggeling	3	1	1	1	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Joe Marty	4	2	0	0
Roy Hughes	2	0	1	0
Gibby Brack	3	0	1	3
Morrie Arnovich	4	2	0	0
Gus Suhr	3	1	0	0
Pinky May	4	0	0	0
George Scharein	4	2	0	0
Spud Davis	2	0	2	1
Ike Pearson	1	0	0	1
Ray Harrell	2	0	0	2
Heinie Mueller	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Niggeling	9.0	7	4	7

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ike Pearson	4.1	7	3	0
Ray Harrell	4.2	2	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Myers: W
Eddie Joost: 16(1)3/GDP
Ival Goodman: W
Frank McCormick: S9.1-3
Willard Hershberger: 4

Bot 1

Joe Marty: S7
Roy Hughes: 13/SH.1-2
Gibby Brack: K
Morrie Arnovich: 63

Top 2

Harry Craft: 63
Dick West: 53
Lew Riggs: 63

Bot 2

Gus Suhr: 7
Pinky May: 8
George Scharein: D7
Spud Davis: W#
Ike Pearson: K

Top 3

Johnny Niggeling: 4
Billy Myers: 6
Eddie Joost: S9
Ival Goodman: 43

Bot 3

Joe Marty: 9
Roy Hughes: 8
Gibby Brack: K

Top 4

Frank McCormick: S7
Willard Hershberger: S7.1-2
Harry Craft: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Dick West: 1
Lew Riggs: 43

Bot 4

Morrie Arnovich: S
Gus Suhr: S8.1-3
Pinky May: FC5.3XH(52);1-2
George Scharein: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Johnny Niggeling: S
Billy Myers: E1/SH.1-2
Eddie Joost: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Ival Goodman: W
Frank McCormick: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Willard Hershberger: S8.3-H;2-H
Harry Craft: 53.1-2
Dick West: 9

Bot 5

Spud Davis: K
Ray Harrell: K
Joe Marty: S8.BX2(86)

Top 6

Lew Riggs: 2
Johnny Niggeling: K
Billy Myers: K

Bot 6

Roy Hughes: W
Gibby Brack: K
Morrie Arnovich: S7.1-2
Gus Suhr: 7
Pinky May: 143

Top 7

Eddie Joost: 43
Ival Goodman: 5
Frank McCormick: 2

Bot 7

George Scharein: 7
Spud Davis: W
Ray Harrell: K
Joe Marty: 46(1)/FO

Top 8

Willard Hershberger: D8
Harry Craft: W
Dick West: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Lew Riggs: W#
Johnny Niggeling: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Billy Myers: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Eddie Joost: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Roy Hughes: 53
Gibby Brack: W
Morrie Arnovich: 3
Gus Suhr: HP.1-2
Pinky May: 9

Top 9

Ival Goodman: 7
Frank McCormick: 7
Willard Hershberger: 63

Bot 9

George Scharein: S9
Spud Davis: 16(1)3/GDP
Heinie Mueller: 4

Notes & reviews

This may have been an intentional walk.
This may have been an intentional walk.

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