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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1941-09-20 · Day game · Crosley Field · 1:40

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

Line score

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

W: Bucky Walters L: Max Butcher SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	3	0	1	0	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bud Stewart	4	0	0	0	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	1	1	0	1
Debs Garms	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stu Martin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Lopez	2	0	0	0	1	1
Billy Cox	4	0	2	0	0	0
Max Butcher	3	0	1	0	0	1
Maurice Van Robays	0	0	0	0	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Butcher	8.0	6	1	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	9.0	5	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Gustine: 4
Elbie Fletcher: 9
Bud Stewart: 8

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: 7
Eddie Lukon: S
Billy Werber: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Vince DiMaggio: HR
Debs Garms: 43
Stu Martin: 8
Al Lopez: 13

Bot 2

Frank McCormick: HR
Ernie Lombardi: 7
Mike McCormick: 63
Jim Gleeson: 8

Top 3

Billy Cox: S
Max Butcher: K+CS2(26)/DP
Frankie Gustine: W
Elbie Fletcher: 5

Bot 3

Lonny Frey: 41
Bucky Walters: S
Eddie Joost: S.1-2
Eddie Lukon: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Billy Werber: 8

Top 4

Bud Stewart: 63
Vince DiMaggio: K
Debs Garms: 8

Bot 4

Frank McCormick: 8/L
Ernie Lombardi: S
Mike McCormick: E8/F.1-2
Jim Gleeson: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Lonny Frey: S.1-2;3-H(UR)
Bucky Walters: 8

Top 5

Stu Martin: 43
Al Lopez: K
Billy Cox: D
Max Butcher: 2

Bot 5

Eddie Joost: 53
Eddie Lukon: 13
Billy Werber: 6

Top 6

Frankie Gustine: 5/L
Elbie Fletcher: W
Bud Stewart: K
Vince DiMaggio: 8

Bot 6

Frank McCormick: 63
Ernie Lombardi: 8
Mike McCormick: 7

Top 7

Debs Garms: 6
Stu Martin: K
Al Lopez: W
Billy Cox: 9

Bot 7

Jim Gleeson: 8
Lonny Frey: 2
Bucky Walters: W
Eddie Joost: K

Top 8

Max Butcher: S
Frankie Gustine: S.1-3(E6)
Elbie Fletcher: 6
Bud Stewart: 9
Vince DiMaggio: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Eddie Lukon: 8
Billy Werber: 63
Frank McCormick: 63

Top 9

Debs Garms: 8
Stu Martin: 3/L
Maurice Van Robays: W
Billy Cox: 6