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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1942-04-23 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 4533 · 73°F, sunny, dry · 2:10

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3. Cincinnati Reds put up 5 in the 7th. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Johnny Lanning SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	5	0	1	2	0	2
Joe Abreu	3	0	1	1	1	0
Ival Goodman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bert Haas	4	1	2	0	0	0
Gee Walker	2	1	0	0	2	0
Frank McCormick	4	1	2	0	0	0
Harry Craft	4	0	0	1	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	4	1	1	1	0	1
Johnny Vander Meer	3	1	0	0	1	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	3
Frankie Gustine	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jimmy Wasdell	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	1	0	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	1	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	2	0	0	0	2	0
Maurice Van Robays	1	0	0	1	3	0
Al Lopez	4	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Lanning	1	0	0	0	1	0
Alf Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Stu Martin	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	5	6	6

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Lanning	6.1	4	4	2
Nick Strincevich	0.2	2	0	0
Bob Klinger	2.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Joost: K/C
Joe Abreu: W
Ival Goodman: 9
Bert Haas: S7.1-2
Gee Walker: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: K
Frankie Gustine: T9
Jimmy Wasdell: 43.3-H
Bob Elliott: K/C

Top 2

Frank McCormick: 63
Harry Craft: 53
Rollie Hemsley: 8

Bot 2

Vince DiMaggio: 7
Elbie Fletcher: W
Maurice Van Robays: 8/L
Al Lopez: 8

Top 3

Johnny Vander Meer: K/C
Eddie Joost: 7
Joe Abreu: 7

Bot 3

Johnny Lanning: W
Pete Coscarart: 13/SH.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 63.2-3
Jimmy Wasdell: 43

Top 4

Ival Goodman: 31
Bert Haas: 7
Gee Walker: W
Frank McCormick: 3/FL

Bot 4

Bob Elliott: D7
Vince DiMaggio: 53/BG
Elbie Fletcher: 9.2-3
Maurice Van Robays: W
Al Lopez: S1.3-H;1-2
Johnny Lanning: 43

Top 5

Harry Craft: 8
Rollie Hemsley: 63
Johnny Vander Meer: 8

Bot 5

Pete Coscarart: K
Frankie Gustine: K
Jimmy Wasdell: 8

Top 6

Eddie Joost: 7
Joe Abreu: 7
Ival Goodman: 9

Bot 6

Bob Elliott: 7
Vince DiMaggio: 8
Elbie Fletcher: 7

Top 7

Bert Haas: D7
Gee Walker: W
Frank McCormick: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Harry Craft: 8.3-H
Rollie Hemsley: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Johnny Vander Meer: W
Eddie Joost: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3;BX2(823)
Joe Abreu: S6.3-H
Ival Goodman: 43

Bot 7

Maurice Van Robays: W
Al Lopez: 16(1)/FO
Alf Anderson: 8
Pete Coscarart: 6(1)/FO

Top 8

Bert Haas: 8
Gee Walker: 43
Frank McCormick: S7
Harry Craft: 9

Bot 8

Frankie Gustine: 63
Jimmy Wasdell: S8
Bob Elliott: 8
Vince DiMaggio: D4.1-3
Elbie Fletcher: W
Maurice Van Robays: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Al Lopez: 13

Top 9

Rollie Hemsley: K/C
Johnny Vander Meer: K/C
Eddie Joost: K/C

Bot 9

Stu Martin: K
Pete Coscarart: K/C
Frankie Gustine: 9

Notes & reviews

the ball struck the 2B bag and caromed away

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