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Philadelphia Phillies @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1940-05-28 · Night game · Ebbets Field · Att: 28918 · night · 1:41

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–2. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 2 in the 2nd. Freddie Fitzsimmons earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6
BRO	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0		4	11

W: Freddie Fitzsimmons L: Hugh Mulcahy SV: (none)

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
Art Mahan	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Marty	4	1	1	1	0	0
Heinie Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	0	1	1	0	0
Morrie Arnovich	3	0	0	0	0	1
Pinky May	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bobby Bragan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Atwood	3	0	1	0	0	0
Hugh Mulcahy	2	0	0	0	0	1
Hersh Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Berger	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pee Wee Reese	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Vosmik	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dolph Camilli	4	1	1	0	0	0
Babe Phelps	4	2	3	1	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Hudson	4	0	2	2	0	0
Freddie Fitzsimmons	4	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hugh Mulcahy	6.0	9	1	1
Lloyd Brown	2.0	2	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Freddie Fitzsimmons	9.0	6	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Art Mahan: D7
Joe Marty: 63
Heinie Mueller: 13
Chuck Klein: 43

Bot 1

Pee Wee Reese: 5/FL
Dixie Walker: 43
Joe Vosmik: T8
Cookie Lavagetto: 43

Top 2

Morrie Arnovich: 63
Pinky May: 63
Bobby Bragan: 9

Bot 2

Dolph Camilli: S9.B-3(E9)
Babe Phelps: D7.3-H
Jimmy Wasdell: 63.2-3
Johnny Hudson: S5.3-H
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 56(1)/FO
Pee Wee Reese: W.1-2
Dixie Walker: 13

Top 3

Bill Atwood: D9
Hugh Mulcahy: 4
Art Mahan: 13.2-3
Joe Marty: 6

Bot 3

Joe Vosmik: 53
Cookie Lavagetto: S8
Dolph Camilli: 64(1)/FO
Babe Phelps: 3/G

Top 4

Heinie Mueller: 43
Chuck Klein: 8
Morrie Arnovich: K

Bot 4

Jimmy Wasdell: S8
Johnny Hudson: 8
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 26(1)/FO
Pee Wee Reese: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Pinky May: S7
Bobby Bragan: 54(1)/FO
Bill Atwood: 8
Hugh Mulcahy: K

Bot 5

Dixie Walker: 43
Joe Vosmik: 8
Cookie Lavagetto: 2/FL

Top 6

Art Mahan: S5.B-2(E5)
Joe Marty: D7.2-H
Heinie Mueller: E6
Chuck Klein: S7.2-H;1-3
Morrie Arnovich: 34/SH.1-2
Pinky May: IW
Bobby Bragan: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Dolph Camilli: 43
Babe Phelps: S8
Jimmy Wasdell: S.1-2
Johnny Hudson: S8.2-H;1-H(E3/TH)(UR);B-3(E6/TH)
Freddie Fitzsimmons: CSH(2525)
Freddie Fitzsimmons: K

Top 7

Bill Atwood: 43
Hersh Martin: 3/G
Art Mahan: 8

Bot 7

Pee Wee Reese: 9
Dixie Walker: 43
Joe Vosmik: S7
Cookie Lavagetto: E5.1-2
Dolph Camilli: 6

Top 8

Joe Marty: 143
Heinie Mueller: 3
Chuck Klein: 9

Bot 8

Babe Phelps: D7
Jimmy Wasdell: 1
Johnny Hudson: 63.2-3
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 4

Top 9

Morrie Arnovich: 63
Pinky May: 13
Bobby Bragan: E6
Wally Berger: 8