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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1942-09-18 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 5154 · night, dry · 2:16

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 9th. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Jack Hallett SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	0	1	0	1	1
Gee Walker	4	0	1	0	0	2
Max Marshall	5	0	1	2	0	2
Frank McCormick	4	0	0	0	1	0
Eric Tipton	3	2	0	0	1	0
Ray Lamanno	4	1	1	0	0	2
Bert Haas	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dee Phillips	2	0	1	1	1	1
Johnny Vander Meer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lonny Frey	1	1	1	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Wasdell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	2	1	0	0	2	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	0	0	1	2
Alf Anderson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Al Lopez	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jack Hallett	3	0	0	0	0	3

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	4	4	9

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Hallett	9.0	8	4	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Joost: 4
Gee Walker: K
Max Marshall: K

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: K
Jimmy Wasdell: 7
Maurice Van Robays: D9
Bob Elliott: 53

Top 2

Frank McCormick: W
Eric Tipton: 4(1)/FO
Ray Lamanno: 2/FL
Bert Haas: S5.1-3
Dee Phillips: S8.3-H;1-3
Johnny Vander Meer: 43

Bot 2

Elbie Fletcher: W
Vince DiMaggio: K
Alf Anderson: S5.1-2
Al Lopez: S8.2-H;1-3(E8);B-2
Jack Hallett: K
Pete Coscarart: 13

Top 3

Eddie Joost: E3/G
Gee Walker: 53/SH.1-2
Max Marshall: K/C
Frank McCormick: 5/FL

Bot 3

Jimmy Wasdell: K
Maurice Van Robays: K/C
Bob Elliott: 13

Top 4

Eric Tipton: 9
Ray Lamanno: K
Bert Haas: 43

Bot 4

Elbie Fletcher: W
Vince DiMaggio: E8.1-2
Alf Anderson: K
Al Lopez: W.2-3;1-2
Jack Hallett: K
Pete Coscarart: 8/L

Top 5

Dee Phillips: W
Johnny Vander Meer: K
Eddie Joost: K
Gee Walker: S7.1-2
Max Marshall: 2

Bot 5

Jimmy Wasdell: 43
Maurice Van Robays: 43
Bob Elliott: 9

Top 6

Frank McCormick: 6
Eric Tipton: 4
Ray Lamanno: K/C

Bot 6

Elbie Fletcher: 4
Vince DiMaggio: K
Alf Anderson: 63

Top 7

Bert Haas: 6
Dee Phillips: K/C
Johnny Vander Meer: 4

Bot 7

Al Lopez: 9
Jack Hallett: K/C
Pete Coscarart: E6/G
Jimmy Wasdell: CS2(26)

Top 8

Eddie Joost: S7
Gee Walker: 13.1-2
Max Marshall: 8
Frank McCormick: 6

Bot 8

Jimmy Wasdell: 9
Maurice Van Robays: D8.BX3(865)
Bob Elliott: 3

Top 9

Eric Tipton: W
Ray Lamanno: S7.1-2
Bert Haas: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Lonny Frey: D8/78.3-H;2-H;1-3
Johnny Vander Meer: 8
Eddie Joost: IW
Gee Walker: K
Max Marshall: D8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Frank McCormick: 6/FL

Bot 9

Elbie Fletcher: 43
Vince DiMaggio: W
Alf Anderson: 5/FL
Al Lopez: 13