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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1942-05-31 · Day game · Crosley Field · 92°F, sunny, dry · 1:57

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 6 in the 5th. Bucky Walters earned the win.

Line score

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

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

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jimmy Wasdell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	3	0	0	0
Babe Phelps	2	1	1	1	0	1
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	0	1	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Gustine	3	0	0	0	0	2
Pete Coscarart	3	0	1	0	0	1
Rip Sewell	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Baker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Culley Rikard	0	0	0	0	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	1	1	1	0	1
Lonny Frey	3	1	1	0	0	0
Max Marshall	4	1	1	2	0	0
Bert Haas	3	1	0	0	1	1
Gee Walker	2	2	1	2	2	1
Joe Abreu	4	0	1	1	0	1
Dick West	4	0	1	1	0	1
Rollie Hemsley	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bucky Walters	3	1	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	4.0	7	1	4
Johnny Lanning	3.0	1	1	2
Bob Klinger	1.0	0	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	9.0	5	2	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Barrett: 3/G
Jimmy Wasdell: 13
Bob Elliott: S4
Babe Phelps: K

Bot 1

Eddie Joost: 7
Lonny Frey: S5/BG
Max Marshall: 46(1)/FO
Bert Haas: K

Top 2

Maurice Van Robays: 63
Vince DiMaggio: 7
Frankie Gustine: K/C

Bot 2

Gee Walker: K
Joe Abreu: K
Dick West: S6
Rollie Hemsley: CS2(24)

Top 3

Pete Coscarart: 63
Rip Sewell: K
Johnny Barrett: 6

Bot 3

Rollie Hemsley: 53
Bucky Walters: 53
Eddie Joost: K/C

Top 4

Jimmy Wasdell: 43
Bob Elliott: S5
Babe Phelps: T9.1-H
Maurice Van Robays: 7/L.3-H
Vince DiMaggio: K

Bot 4

Lonny Frey: 9/L
Max Marshall: 43
Bert Haas: E6
Gee Walker: W.1-2
Joe Abreu: S7.2-H(UR);1-3
Dick West: 23

Top 5

Frankie Gustine: 53
Pete Coscarart: K
Rip Sewell: 53

Bot 5

Rollie Hemsley: S5.B-2(E5/TH1)
Bucky Walters: S1/BG.2-3
Eddie Joost: S7.3-H;1-2
Lonny Frey: FC1/SH.2-3;1-2
Max Marshall: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bert Haas: W.1-2
Gee Walker: D7.3-H;2-H;1XH(762);B-3(THH)
Joe Abreu: SBH
Joe Abreu: 4
Dick West: K/C

Top 6

Johnny Barrett: K
Jimmy Wasdell: 3/G
Bob Elliott: D9
Bill Baker: 7

Bot 6

Rollie Hemsley: K/C
Bucky Walters: 4
Eddie Joost: 7

Top 7

Maurice Van Robays: 9/L
Vince DiMaggio: 8
Frankie Gustine: K

Bot 7

Lonny Frey: 2/FL
Max Marshall: 8
Bert Haas: 8

Top 8

Pete Coscarart: S7
Culley Rikard: W.1-2
Johnny Barrett: W.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: 12(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: 13

Bot 8

Gee Walker: W
Joe Abreu: WP.1-3
Joe Abreu: 2/FL
Dick West: 9.3-H
Rollie Hemsley: 3/G

Top 9

Bill Baker: 8
Maurice Van Robays: 63
Vince DiMaggio: 53

Notes & reviews

Babe Phelps spiked on play at HP

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