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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1940-06-20 · Day game · Shibe Park · 12 innings · Att: 7421 · 2:31

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Cincinnati Reds 4–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 8th. Kirby Higbe earned the win. Chuck Klein went 3-for-6 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
PHI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	11

W: Kirby Higbe L: Joe Beggs SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ziggy Sears · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	4	1	2	0	1	1
Lonny Frey	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ival Goodman	4	0	0	0	1	0
Frank McCormick	5	0	0	1	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	2	1	0	0
Harry Craft	4	0	0	0	1	1
Morrie Arnovich	5	1	1	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	5	0	1	1	0	0
Gene Thompson	3	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Beggs	2	0	0	0	0	1
Willard Hershberger	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ham Schulte	4	3	2	0	2	1
Joe Marty	6	0	2	0	0	1
Chuck Klein	6	1	3	4	0	0
Johnny Rizzo	5	0	2	0	0	1
Pinky May	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Bragan	4	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Atwood	3	0	1	0	1	0
Art Mahan	4	0	0	0	1	0
Kirby Higbe	5	0	0	0	0	1
Heinie Mueller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gene Thompson	7.1	6	4	4
Joe Beggs	4.0	5	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	12.0	8	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Werber: D7
Lonny Frey: 43.2-3
Ival Goodman: W
Frank McCormick: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Ernie Lombardi: 9

Bot 1

Ham Schulte: W
Joe Marty: S1.1-3;B-2(E1)
Chuck Klein: 63.2-3;3-H(UR)
Johnny Rizzo: K/C
Pinky May: 63

Top 2

Harry Craft: 9
Morrie Arnovich: D8
Eddie Joost: S7.2-H
Gene Thompson: CS2(24)
Gene Thompson: K/C

Bot 2

Bobby Bragan: 53
Bill Atwood: 8
Art Mahan: W
Kirby Higbe: 9

Top 3

Billy Werber: 8
Lonny Frey: 7
Ival Goodman: 8

Bot 3

Ham Schulte: K
Joe Marty: 53
Chuck Klein: S8
Johnny Rizzo: 53

Top 4

Frank McCormick: 8
Ernie Lombardi: 63
Harry Craft: 7

Bot 4

Pinky May: 9
Bobby Bragan: 5
Bill Atwood: S8
Art Mahan: 36(1)/FO

Top 5

Morrie Arnovich: 5/FL
Eddie Joost: 7
Gene Thompson: 8

Bot 5

Kirby Higbe: 6
Ham Schulte: S5
Joe Marty: WP.1-2
Joe Marty: 643
Chuck Klein: 43

Top 6

Billy Werber: S7
Lonny Frey: CS2(26)
Lonny Frey: 8
Ival Goodman: 1

Bot 6

Johnny Rizzo: 63
Pinky May: 4
Bobby Bragan: K

Top 7

Frank McCormick: 63
Ernie Lombardi: HR/7
Harry Craft: 8
Morrie Arnovich: 4

Bot 7

Bill Atwood: W
Art Mahan: 46(1)3/GDP
Kirby Higbe: 63

Top 8

Eddie Joost: 6
Gene Thompson: S7
Billy Werber: PB.1-2
Billy Werber: K
Lonny Frey: 43

Bot 8

Ham Schulte: W
Joe Marty: K/C
Chuck Klein: HR/9.1-H
Johnny Rizzo: S7
Pinky May: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Ival Goodman: 9
Frank McCormick: 53
Ernie Lombardi: D8
Harry Craft: W
Morrie Arnovich: 6/FL

Bot 9

Bobby Bragan: 53
Bill Atwood: 13
Art Mahan: 31

Top 10

Eddie Joost: 2/FL
Joe Beggs: K
Billy Werber: W
Lonny Frey: 43

Bot 10

Kirby Higbe: 3/FL
Ham Schulte: 53
Joe Marty: 43

Top 11

Ival Goodman: 8
Frank McCormick: 43
Willard Hershberger: D7
Harry Craft: K/C

Bot 11

Chuck Klein: 53
Johnny Rizzo: S9
Pinky May: S8.1-2
Bobby Bragan: W.2-3;1-2
Heinie Mueller: 32(3)/FO.1-2;2-3
Art Mahan: 43

Top 12

Morrie Arnovich: 7
Eddie Joost: 8
Joe Beggs: 31

Bot 12

Kirby Higbe: K
Ham Schulte: S8
Joe Marty: S9.1-2
Chuck Klein: S9.1-2;2-H