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Philadelphia Phillies @ Cincinnati Reds

1941-09-17 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 2199 · 84°F, sunny, dry · 1:51

Cincinnati Reds defeated Philadelphia Phillies 3–2. Junior Thompson earned the win. Gene Thompson went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Junior Thompson L: Boom-Boom Beck SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny Murtaugh	3	0	0	0	1	0
Stan Benjamin	4	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Marty	2	1	1	1	1	1
Nick Etten	4	0	2	0	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pinky May	2	0	0	1	1	0
Bobby Bragan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bennie Warren	4	0	1	0	0	1
Boom-Boom Beck	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	0	1	0	1	1
Eddie Lukon	5	1	3	0	0	0
Chuck Aleno	3	0	0	0	1	0
Frank McCormick	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dick West	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Sauer	4	1	1	0	0	1
Harry Craft	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Mattick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Thompson	4	0	3	1	0	0
Mike McCormick	0	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Werber	0	0	0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boom-Boom Beck	8.0	10	4	2
Ike Pearson	0.0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gene Thompson	9.0	6	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Danny Murtaugh: 63
Stan Benjamin: 7
Joe Marty: W
Nick Etten: 3/FL

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: K/C
Eddie Lukon: S8
Chuck Aleno: W.1-2
Frank McCormick: D8.2-H;1-3
Dick West: 6
Hank Sauer: 2/FL

Top 2

Danny Litwhiler: 43
Pinky May: W
Bobby Bragan: 2/FL
Bennie Warren: K

Bot 2

Harry Craft: 7/L
Bobby Mattick: 63
Gene Thompson: S9
Eddie Joost: 31

Top 3

Boom-Boom Beck: 53
Danny Murtaugh: W
Stan Benjamin: S9.1-3
Joe Marty: CSH(242).1-2
Joe Marty: S8.2-H
Nick Etten: 3/L

Bot 3

Eddie Lukon: 7/L
Chuck Aleno: 63
Frank McCormick: 8/L

Top 4

Danny Litwhiler: K
Pinky May: 53
Bobby Bragan: 9/L

Bot 4

Dick West: S7
Hank Sauer: K
Harry Craft: SB2
Harry Craft: 7
Bobby Mattick: 9

Top 5

Bennie Warren: S7
Boom-Boom Beck: 8
Danny Murtaugh: 6
Stan Benjamin: 13

Bot 5

Gene Thompson: 53
Eddie Joost: S7
Eddie Lukon: D9.1-3
Chuck Aleno: 2/FL
Frank McCormick: IW
Dick West: 164(1)/FO

Top 6

Joe Marty: HP
Nick Etten: S8.1-3
Danny Litwhiler: 4
Pinky May: 13/SH.3-H;1-2
Bobby Bragan: 63

Bot 6

Hank Sauer: S7
Harry Craft: HP.1-2
Bobby Mattick: 56(1)3/GDP.2-3
Gene Thompson: D8.3-H
Eddie Joost: 5

Top 7

Bennie Warren: 8
Boom-Boom Beck: 3/FL
Danny Murtaugh: 7

Bot 7

Eddie Lukon: 9
Chuck Aleno: 6
Frank McCormick: 53

Top 8

Stan Benjamin: 4
Joe Marty: K/C
Nick Etten: S3
Danny Litwhiler: 2/FL

Bot 8

Dick West: 3/G
Hank Sauer: 7
Mike McCormick: W
Bobby Mattick: 2/FL

Top 9

Pinky May: 9
Bobby Bragan: S8
Bennie Warren: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Gene Thompson: D7
Eddie Joost: IW
Eddie Lukon: S5.2-3;1-2
Billy Werber: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Harry Craft struck just below the left ear

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