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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1940-09-22 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 14865 · sunny, dry · 1:59

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 8–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 4th. Johnny Lanning earned the win. Maurice Van Robays went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Lanning L: Johnny Vander Meer 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
Eddie Joost	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike McCormick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Craft	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank McCormick	4	0	2	1	0	0
Morrie Arnovich	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Baker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lew Riggs	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Myers	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Vander Meer	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ival Goodman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Milt Shoffner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	4	1	1	1	1	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	1	1	0
Arky Vaughan	4	2	2	0	1	1
Maurice Van Robays	3	2	1	2	1	1
Elbie Fletcher	2	1	0	0	1	1
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	3
Spud Davis	3	1	3	1	1	0
Johnny Lanning	2	0	0	1	1	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	4.0	2	7	6
Milt Shoffner	4.0	6	1	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Lanning	9.0	7	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Joost: 63
Mike McCormick: 31
Harry Craft: 9/L

Bot 1

Lee Handley: 2/FL
Frankie Gustine: K
Bob Elliott: 9/L

Top 2

Frank McCormick: S7
Morrie Arnovich: 54(1)3/GDP
Bill Baker: 3/FL

Bot 2

Arky Vaughan: W
Maurice Van Robays: K
Elbie Fletcher: SB2
Elbie Fletcher: W
Vince DiMaggio: K+SB3;SB2
Spud Davis: IW
Johnny Lanning: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Lee Handley: 43

Top 3

Lew Riggs: 9
Billy Myers: K
Johnny Vander Meer: W
Eddie Joost: 8

Bot 3

Frankie Gustine: 2/FL
Bob Elliott: 43
Arky Vaughan: S9
Maurice Van Robays: CS2(26)

Top 4

Mike McCormick: 7
Harry Craft: E6
Frank McCormick: 8
Morrie Arnovich: 63

Bot 4

Maurice Van Robays: W
Elbie Fletcher: HP.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: K
Spud Davis: S9.2-H;1-3
Johnny Lanning: K
Lee Handley: E6.3-H(UR)(NR);1-2
Frankie Gustine: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Arky Vaughan: K

Top 5

Bill Baker: 13
Lew Riggs: 9
Billy Myers: D8
Ival Goodman: W
Eddie Joost: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Maurice Van Robays: 53
Elbie Fletcher: 53
Vince DiMaggio: 7

Top 6

Mike McCormick: 63
Harry Craft: D9
Frank McCormick: S8.2-H
Morrie Arnovich: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Spud Davis: S9
Johnny Lanning: 3
Lee Handley: W.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Bill Baker: 53
Lew Riggs: D7
Billy Myers: 23
Milt Shoffner: 3/G

Bot 7

Bob Elliott: 2/FL
Arky Vaughan: D8
Maurice Van Robays: HR/9.2-H
Elbie Fletcher: K
Vince DiMaggio: K

Top 8

Eddie Joost: 9
Mike McCormick: S8
Harry Craft: 8
Frank McCormick: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Spud Davis: S6
Johnny Lanning: 34/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: T9.2-H
Frankie Gustine: PB.3-H
Frankie Gustine: 3/G
Bob Elliott: S9
Arky Vaughan: 9

Top 9

Morrie Arnovich: S7
Bill Baker: 9
Lew Riggs: 46(1)/FO
Billy Myers: 8