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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1939-07-04 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 41937 · sunny, dry · 1:57

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 6th. Mace Brown earned the win. Johnny Rizzo went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mace Brown L: Johnny Vander Meer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Moran · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fern Bell	5	0	2	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	5	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Rizzo	3	2	2	1	1	0
Chuck Klein	3	0	1	0	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	1	0	0	1
Lee Handley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pep Young	3	0	1	2	1	0
Ray Berres	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mace Brown	3	1	1	0	1	2
Bill Brubaker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Mueller	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	8.0	10	4	5

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mace Brown	9.0	9	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Werber: 63
Lonny Frey: 43
Ival Goodman: 3/G

Bot 1

Fern Bell: 8
Arky Vaughan: S7
Johnny Rizzo: 46(1)/FO
Chuck Klein: S9.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: K/C

Top 2

Frank McCormick: 53
Willard Hershberger: 13
Harry Craft: D7
Wally Berger: S8.2-H;BX2(86)

Bot 2

Lee Handley: 63
Pep Young: 63
Ray Berres: 53

Top 3

Billy Myers: K/C
Johnny Vander Meer: K
Billy Werber: S8
Lonny Frey: 3/G

Bot 3

Mace Brown: W
Fern Bell: 3/FL
Arky Vaughan: 7
Johnny Rizzo: W.1-2
Chuck Klein: 2/FL

Top 4

Ival Goodman: D8
Frank McCormick: 9.2-3
Willard Hershberger: 8/SF.3-H
Harry Craft: 63

Bot 4

Elbie Fletcher: S9
Lee Handley: 46(1)3/GDP
Pep Young: 43

Top 5

Wally Berger: S8
Billy Myers: 16(1)/FO
Johnny Vander Meer: 14/SH.1-2
Billy Werber: W
Lonny Frey: 3/G

Bot 5

Ray Berres: 63
Mace Brown: K
Fern Bell: S7
Arky Vaughan: 43

Top 6

Ival Goodman: W
Frank McCormick: 363.1-2
Willard Hershberger: S6.2-2
Harry Craft: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Wally Berger: 8

Bot 6

Johnny Rizzo: S7
Chuck Klein: 9
Elbie Fletcher: E3.1-2
Lee Handley: FC6.2-3;1-2(E6/TH2)
Pep Young: S7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Bill Brubaker: CS3(25)
Bill Brubaker: K

Top 7

Billy Myers: 8
Johnny Vander Meer: 13
Billy Werber: 7

Bot 7

Mace Brown: K
Fern Bell: 53
Arky Vaughan: 6

Top 8

Lonny Frey: HR/9
Ival Goodman: D9
Frank McCormick: 14/SH.2-3
Willard Hershberger: K/C
Harry Craft: 8

Bot 8

Johnny Rizzo: HR/7
Chuck Klein: W
Elbie Fletcher: 164/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: 3
Pep Young: IW
Ray Mueller: K

Top 9

Wally Berger: K/C
Billy Myers: 9
Johnny Vander Meer: S7
Billy Werber: 2

Bot 9

Mace Brown: D7
Fern Bell: S9.2-3
Arky Vaughan: S9.3-H;1-2

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