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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1941-06-06 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 7044 · night, dry · 2:00

Cincinnati Reds defeated Philadelphia Phillies 7–0. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 3rd. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win. Chuck Aleno went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Si Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ernie Koy	4	1	2	1	1	0
Lonny Frey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ival Goodman	4	1	2	0	1	0
Frank McCormick	5	1	1	2	0	1
Chuck Aleno	4	2	2	1	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	2	3	0	0
Jim Gleeson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Joost	4	1	1	0	0	2
Johnny Vander Meer	3	1	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Stan Benjamin	3	0	1	3
Pinky May	3	0	0	1
Heinie Mueller	3	0	0	1
Nick Etten	3	0	0	1
Danny Litwhiler	3	1	0	0
Bobby Bragan	3	0	0	0
Mickey Livingston	3	0	0	3
Hal Marnie	3	0	0	1
Bill Crouch	1	0	0	1
Johnny Rizzo	1	0	0	0
Bennie Warren	1	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	1	1	12

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Si Johnson	2.2	5	3	1
Bill Crouch	3.1	5	0	2
Boom-Boom Beck	3.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ernie Koy: S9
Lonny Frey: SB2
Lonny Frey: 9
Ival Goodman: 43.2-3
Frank McCormick: 63

Bot 1

Stan Benjamin: W
Pinky May: K
Heinie Mueller: CS2(26)
Heinie Mueller: 7

Top 2

Chuck Aleno: HR/7
Ernie Lombardi: 43
Jim Gleeson: 8
Eddie Joost: K

Bot 2

Nick Etten: 8
Danny Litwhiler: S6
Bobby Bragan: 8
Mickey Livingston: K

Top 3

Johnny Vander Meer: S7
Ernie Koy: W.1-2
Lonny Frey: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Ival Goodman: IW
Frank McCormick: S7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Chuck Aleno: 4
Ernie Lombardi: D9.3-H;1-H
Jim Gleeson: W
Eddie Joost: K

Bot 3

Hal Marnie: K
Bill Crouch: K
Stan Benjamin: K

Top 4

Johnny Vander Meer: 4
Ernie Koy: 53
Lonny Frey: 2/FL

Bot 4

Pinky May: 3/G
Heinie Mueller: 63
Nick Etten: K

Top 5

Ival Goodman: S4
Frank McCormick: K+CS2(24)/DP
Chuck Aleno: S7
Ernie Lombardi: D7.1-H
Jim Gleeson: 43

Bot 5

Danny Litwhiler: 2/FL
Bobby Bragan: 43
Mickey Livingston: K/C

Top 6

Eddie Joost: S7
Johnny Vander Meer: 14/SH.1-2
Ernie Koy: S9.2-H
Lonny Frey: 41.1-2
Ival Goodman: 7

Bot 6

Hal Marnie: 8
Johnny Rizzo: 63
Stan Benjamin: K

Top 7

Frank McCormick: 8
Chuck Aleno: 8
Ernie Lombardi: 5

Bot 7

Pinky May: 63
Heinie Mueller: K
Nick Etten: 43

Top 8

Jim Gleeson: 9
Eddie Joost: 43
Johnny Vander Meer: 53

Bot 8

Danny Litwhiler: 53
Bobby Bragan: 9
Mickey Livingston: K

Top 9

Ernie Koy: 4
Lonny Frey: 4
Ival Goodman: D7
Frank McCormick: 6

Bot 9

Hal Marnie: 63
Bennie Warren: K/C
Stan Benjamin: K

Notes & reviews

onto the LF roof
the only hit of the game for the Phillies

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