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Philadelphia Phillies @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1940-05-12 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 14505 · 2:11

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–3. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 2 in the 3rd. Freddie Fitzsimmons earned the win and Tot Pressnell picked up the save. Chuck Klein 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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	7
BRO	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0		5	8

W: Freddie Fitzsimmons L: Si Johnson SV: Tot Pressnell

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hersh Martin	5	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Bragan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Art Mahan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	3	2	2	1	1	0
Heinie Mueller	3	0	1	0	1	0
Morrie Arnovich	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky May	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bennie Warren	3	1	1	0	1	0
Si Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Smoll	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Suhr	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Marty	0	0	0	0	1	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Gilbert	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	0	0	1	1	0
Dixie Walker	3	0	1	1	1	1
Babe Phelps	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dolph Camilli	3	2	1	0	1	1
Cookie Lavagetto	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Moore	4	1	2	2	0	0
Leo Durocher	4	0	1	0	0	0
Freddie Fitzsimmons	2	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Si Johnson	3.1	5	2	1
Lefty Smoll	3.2	3	1	1
Lefty Hoerst	1.0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Freddie Fitzsimmons	8.2	7	4	2
Tot Pressnell	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hersh Martin: K
Bobby Bragan: 63
Art Mahan: 53

Bot 1

Charlie Gilbert: 53
Pete Coscarart: W
Dixie Walker: PO1(16)
Dixie Walker: W
Babe Phelps: S.1-2
Dolph Camilli: K

Top 2

Chuck Klein: HR
Heinie Mueller: S
Morrie Arnovich: 63.1-2
Pinky May: 63
Bennie Warren: W
Si Johnson: 3/FL

Bot 2

Cookie Lavagetto: 53
Gene Moore: 7
Leo Durocher: 63

Top 3

Hersh Martin: S
Bobby Bragan: 8
Art Mahan: CS2(26)
Art Mahan: 63

Bot 3

Freddie Fitzsimmons: HP
Charlie Gilbert: D.1-3
Pete Coscarart: 7/L.3-H;2-3
Dixie Walker: 7.3-H
Babe Phelps: 63

Top 4

Chuck Klein: S
Heinie Mueller: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Morrie Arnovich: 8

Bot 4

Dolph Camilli: D
Cookie Lavagetto: 9
Gene Moore: S.2-H;B-H(E8)(UR)
Leo Durocher: S
Freddie Fitzsimmons: PO1(13)
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 53

Top 5

Pinky May: D
Bennie Warren: 53
Lefty Smoll: K
Hersh Martin: 5/L

Bot 5

Charlie Gilbert: 3/G
Pete Coscarart: 63
Dixie Walker: K

Top 6

Bobby Bragan: 8/L
Art Mahan: 8
Chuck Klein: 43

Bot 6

Babe Phelps: 43
Dolph Camilli: W
Cookie Lavagetto: S.1-2
Gene Moore: S.2-H;1-2
Leo Durocher: 643.2-3;1-2
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 53

Top 7

Heinie Mueller: 3/G
Morrie Arnovich: 7
Pinky May: 53

Bot 7

Charlie Gilbert: 8
Pete Coscarart: 63
Dixie Walker: D
Babe Phelps: 43

Top 8

Bennie Warren: D
Gus Suhr: 4
Hersh Martin: 31.2-3
Bobby Bragan: E4.3-H(NR)(UR)
Art Mahan: 8

Bot 8

Dolph Camilli: E4
Cookie Lavagetto: 63.1-2
Gene Moore: 13
Leo Durocher: 63

Top 9

Chuck Klein: W
Heinie Mueller: W.1-2
Morrie Arnovich: 7/L
Pinky May: S.2-H;1-2
Bennie Warren: 4
Joe Marty: W.2-3;1-2
Hersh Martin: 46(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

arbitrary 53 to 63

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