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Cincinnati Reds @ Boston Braves

1940-08-03 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 7895 · sunny, dry · 1:41

Boston Bees defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–2. Boston Bees put up 4 in the 2nd. Joe Sullivan earned the win. Sibby Sisti went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Joe Sullivan L: Johnny Hutchings SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	3	1	1	0	2	0
Lonny Frey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ival Goodman	4	1	0	0	0	0
Frank McCormick	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bill Baker	4	0	3	1	0	0
Harry Craft	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mike McCormick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	3	0	0	0	1	1
Johnny Hutchings	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Riddle	2	0	0	0	0	1
Morrie Arnovich	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sibby Sisti	3	2	2	3	1	0
Johnny Cooney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bama Rowell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Max West	2	0	0	1	2	0
Chet Ross	4	1	2	0	0	2
Eddie Miller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Hassett	3	1	0	0	0	0
Ray Berres	3	1	1	1	0	0
Al Piechota	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Sullivan	2	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Hutchings	1.2	4	0	1
Elmer Riddle	6.1	4	3	3

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Piechota	3.1	5	2	1
Joe Sullivan	5.2	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Werber: S7
Lonny Frey: SB2
Lonny Frey: 7
Ival Goodman: 9.2-3
Frank McCormick: S8.3-H
Bill Baker: S8.1-3
Harry Craft: K

Bot 1

Sibby Sisti: D7
Johnny Cooney: 43.2-3
Bama Rowell: FC4.3XH(42)
Max West: 43

Top 2

Mike McCormick: 7
Eddie Joost: 9
Johnny Hutchings: 43

Bot 2

Chet Ross: S8
Eddie Miller: FC.1-2(E6)
Buddy Hassett: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Ray Berres: S7.3-H;1-2
Al Piechota: K
Sibby Sisti: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Johnny Cooney: 63

Top 3

Billy Werber: W
Lonny Frey: 8
Ival Goodman: 46(1)/FO
Frank McCormick: S7.1-2
Bill Baker: S8.2-H;1-3
Harry Craft: 8/L

Bot 3

Bama Rowell: 7
Max West: W
Chet Ross: S8.1-2
Eddie Miller: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Mike McCormick: 6
Eddie Joost: W
Elmer Riddle: FC4.1X2(4E6)
Billy Werber: W.2-3;1-2
Lonny Frey: K/C
Ival Goodman: 5

Bot 4

Buddy Hassett: 8/L
Ray Berres: 53
Joe Sullivan: K

Top 5

Frank McCormick: 7
Bill Baker: 43
Harry Craft: 6

Bot 5

Sibby Sisti: W
Johnny Cooney: 9
Bama Rowell: S9.1-3(E9)
Max West: 8.3-H
Chet Ross: K

Top 6

Mike McCormick: 53
Eddie Joost: K/C
Elmer Riddle: K

Bot 6

Eddie Miller: S7
Buddy Hassett: 16(1)3/GDP
Ray Berres: 7/L

Top 7

Billy Werber: 8
Lonny Frey: 3/G
Ival Goodman: 8

Bot 7

Joe Sullivan: 13
Sibby Sisti: 6
Johnny Cooney: S9
Bama Rowell: 7/L

Top 8

Frank McCormick: 63
Bill Baker: S1
Harry Craft: 13/SH.1-2
Mike McCormick: 7/L

Bot 8

Max West: W
Chet Ross: K
Eddie Miller: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Eddie Joost: 9
Morrie Arnovich: 43
Billy Werber: 63