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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Philadelphia Phillies

1940-04-26 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1500 · 1:59

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Philadelphia Phillies 6–0. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 4 in the 7th. Freddie Fitzsimmons earned the win. Cookie Lavagetto went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Freddie Fitzsimmons L: Lefty Smoll SV: (none)

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Gilbert	4	1	1	0	1	0
Pete Coscarart	4	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Vosmik	4	2	1	0	1	0
Cookie Lavagetto	4	2	3	4	1	0
Dolph Camilli	5	0	0	0	0	3
Roy Cullenbine	3	0	2	1	2	0
Pee Wee Reese	3	0	0	0	2	2
Gus Mancuso	5	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Fitzsimmons	4	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Pinky May	4	1	0	0
Hersh Martin	4	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	3	0	1	0
Chuck Klein	4	1	0	1
Morrie Arnovich	4	1	0	0
Bennie Warren	3	0	0	0
Ham Schulte	4	3	0	0
George Scharein	3	0	0	1
Lefty Smoll	2	0	0	1
Heinie Mueller	1	1	0	0
Wally Millies	1	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Freddie Fitzsimmons	9.0	7	1	3

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Smoll	6.0	6	2	3
Roy Bruner	1.0	1	2	1
Lefty Hoerst	2.0	1	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Gilbert: 63
Pete Coscarart: 5
Joe Vosmik: S
Cookie Lavagetto: S.1-2
Dolph Camilli: K/C

Bot 1

Pinky May: 63
Hersh Martin: 63
Gus Suhr: W
Chuck Klein: 13

Top 2

Roy Cullenbine: S.B-2(E7)
Pee Wee Reese: K/C
Gus Mancuso: 63
Freddie Fitzsimmons: E1.2-3
Charlie Gilbert: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Morrie Arnovich: 8
Bennie Warren: 2/FL
Ham Schulte: S
George Scharein: K

Top 3

Pete Coscarart: 9
Joe Vosmik: 7
Cookie Lavagetto: 53

Bot 3

Lefty Smoll: K
Pinky May: S
Hersh Martin: 46(1)/FO
Gus Suhr: 9

Top 4

Dolph Camilli: 9
Roy Cullenbine: W
Pee Wee Reese: 7
Gus Mancuso: 4

Bot 4

Chuck Klein: S
Morrie Arnovich: 6
Bennie Warren: 64(1)/FO
Ham Schulte: S.1-2
George Scharein: WP.2-3;1-2
George Scharein: 31

Top 5

Freddie Fitzsimmons: 4/L
Charlie Gilbert: 43
Pete Coscarart: 8

Bot 5

Lefty Smoll: 7
Pinky May: 6
Hersh Martin: 7

Top 6

Joe Vosmik: E6.B-2
Cookie Lavagetto: S.2-3
Dolph Camilli: K.3-H(UR)(E6);1-2
Roy Cullenbine: S.2-H(UR)
Pee Wee Reese: W.1-2
Gus Mancuso: 63.2-3;1-2
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 5

Bot 6

Gus Suhr: 3/FL
Chuck Klein: K
Morrie Arnovich: 8

Top 7

Charlie Gilbert: D
Pete Coscarart: FC/SH.2-3
Joe Vosmik: W.1-2
Cookie Lavagetto: HR.3-H;2-H;1-H
Dolph Camilli: 8
Roy Cullenbine: W
Pee Wee Reese: K
Gus Mancuso: 4/L

Bot 7

Bennie Warren: 63
Ham Schulte: D
George Scharein: 8
Heinie Mueller: S.2-3
Pinky May: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Freddie Fitzsimmons: 8
Charlie Gilbert: W
Pete Coscarart: S.1-2
Joe Vosmik: 4
Cookie Lavagetto: W.2-3;1-2
Dolph Camilli: K

Bot 8

Hersh Martin: 43
Gus Suhr: 7/L
Chuck Klein: 3/G

Top 9

Roy Cullenbine: 3
Pee Wee Reese: W
Gus Mancuso: 9(B)3(1)/DP

Bot 9

Morrie Arnovich: S
Wally Millies: 46(1)3/GDP
Ham Schulte: 7