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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1941-04-27 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 19114 · 1:45

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. Bucky Walters earned the win. Elbie Fletcher went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bucky Walters L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alf Anderson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Debs Garms	4	1	1	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	1	2	2	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	0	0	1	1
Frankie Gustine	3	0	1	0	1	1
Al Lopez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ripper Collins	1	0	0	0	0	1
Arky Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	3	1	1	1	1	0
Lonny Frey	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank McCormick	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jim Gleeson	3	1	1	0	1	1
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Craft	2	1	1	0	1	0
Eddie Joost	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bucky Walters	3	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	8.0	6	4	4

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	9.0	6	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alf Anderson: 163
Debs Garms: S8
Elbie Fletcher: HR/9.1-H
Maurice Van Robays: W
Bob Elliott: 46(1)/FO
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Frankie Gustine: K

Bot 1

Billy Werber: W
Lonny Frey: SB2
Lonny Frey: S9.2-H
Jimmy Ripple: 3/FL
Frank McCormick: S9.1-3
Jim Gleeson: W.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Al Lopez: 1/L
Rip Sewell: 43
Alf Anderson: 2/FL

Bot 2

Harry Craft: S8
Eddie Joost: K/C
Bucky Walters: 63.1-2
Billy Werber: D7.2-H
Lonny Frey: 8

Top 3

Debs Garms: 8
Elbie Fletcher: S8
Maurice Van Robays: 13.1-2
Bob Elliott: 4/P

Bot 3

Jimmy Ripple: K23
Frank McCormick: 63
Jim Gleeson: 9

Top 4

Vince DiMaggio: 53
Frankie Gustine: 53
Al Lopez: S9
Rip Sewell: 63

Bot 4

Ernie Lombardi: 7
Harry Craft: 6/P
Eddie Joost: 8

Top 5

Alf Anderson: 53
Debs Garms: 31
Elbie Fletcher: 63

Bot 5

Bucky Walters: 63
Billy Werber: 63
Lonny Frey: 43

Top 6

Maurice Van Robays: W
Bob Elliott: S9.1-3
Vince DiMaggio: FC6.3XH(625);1-2
Frankie Gustine: W.2-3;1-2
Al Lopez: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Jimmy Ripple: 9
Frank McCormick: K
Jim Gleeson: S8
Ernie Lombardi: S8.1-2
Harry Craft: W+WP.2-H(NR);1-3;B-2
Eddie Joost: 23

Top 7

Rip Sewell: 7/L
Alf Anderson: 53
Debs Garms: 63

Bot 7

Bucky Walters: 53
Billy Werber: 63
Lonny Frey: 9

Top 8

Elbie Fletcher: 8
Maurice Van Robays: 8
Bob Elliott: 63

Bot 8

Jimmy Ripple: 3/P
Frank McCormick: W
Jim Gleeson: K
Ernie Lombardi: 9

Top 9

Vince DiMaggio: K
Frankie Gustine: S9
Ripper Collins: K
Arky Vaughan: 43