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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1945-07-01 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7111 · sunny, dry · 2:18

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Cincinnati Reds 8–6. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 4th. Charlie Sproull earned the win and Andy Karl picked up the save. Al Lakeman went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	6	9
PHI	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	1		8	10

W: Charlie Sproull L: Vern Kennedy SV: Andy Karl

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dain Clay	4	1	0	0	1	0
Dick Sipek	4	1	1	0	1	0
Al Libke	4	1	2	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	5	1	1	3	0	1
Steve Mesner	4	0	2	1	1	0
Kermit Wahl	3	0	0	0	0	0
Woody Williams	4	1	0	0	0	0
Al Lakeman	3	1	1	2	1	1
Vern Kennedy	4	0	2	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bitsy Mott	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Antonelli	4	2	2	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	3	2	1	0	1	1
Glenn Crawford	4	3	3	2	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	1	3	0	1
Vance Dinges	3	1	2	1	0	0
Wally Flager	3	0	0	1	0	0
Hal Spindel	3	0	0	0	0	1
Whit Wyatt	2	0	0	0	0	1
Andy Karl	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	8.0	10	1	5

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Whit Wyatt	5.0	7	0	1
Charlie Sproull	1.0	1	3	0
Andy Karl	3.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dain Clay: 8
Dick Sipek: 5/FL
Al Libke: T9
Eric Tipton: 8

Bot 1

Bitsy Mott: 53
John Antonelli: 13
Jimmie Foxx: 5/FL

Top 2

Steve Mesner: 9
Kermit Wahl: 63
Woody Williams: 8

Bot 2

Glenn Crawford: 5
Vince DiMaggio: K/C
Vance Dinges: 63

Top 3

Al Lakeman: K/C
Vern Kennedy: 8
Dain Clay: 5/FL

Bot 3

Wally Flager: 2/FL
Hal Spindel: K
Whit Wyatt: 7

Top 4

Dick Sipek: 7
Al Libke: 7
Eric Tipton: 8

Bot 4

Bitsy Mott: 9
John Antonelli: S9
Jimmie Foxx: S7.1-3;B-2(E7)
Glenn Crawford: S7.3-H;2-H;B-3(E7)
Vince DiMaggio: 53.3-H
Vance Dinges: S8
Wally Flager: SB2
Wally Flager: WP.2-H
Wally Flager: 6

Top 5

Steve Mesner: D9
Kermit Wahl: 31.2-3
Woody Williams: FC1.3X3(15)
Al Lakeman: HR/7.1-H
Vern Kennedy: D7
Dain Clay: FC6.2X3(65)

Bot 5

Hal Spindel: 8
Whit Wyatt: K
Bitsy Mott: 6

Top 6

Dick Sipek: D8
Al Libke: S1.2-3
Eric Tipton: T8.3-H;1-H
Steve Mesner: S8.3-H
Kermit Wahl: 14/SH.1-2
Woody Williams: 9
Al Lakeman: IW
Vern Kennedy: 43

Bot 6

John Antonelli: S7
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
Glenn Crawford: S6.2-3;1-2
Vince DiMaggio: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Vance Dinges: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Wally Flager: 43.3-H;2-3
Hal Spindel: 13

Top 7

Dain Clay: W
Dick Sipek: W.1-2
Al Libke: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Eric Tipton: 7.3-H
Steve Mesner: W
Kermit Wahl: 7

Bot 7

Andy Karl: K/C
Bitsy Mott: S8
John Antonelli: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 8

Woody Williams: 63
Al Lakeman: 6
Vern Kennedy: S8
Dain Clay: 4

Bot 8

Jimmie Foxx: K/C
Glenn Crawford: S8
Vince DiMaggio: 53.1-2
Vance Dinges: S7.2-H
Wally Flager: CS2(26)

Top 9

Dick Sipek: 9
Al Libke: 43
Eric Tipton: K.B-1(E2)
Steve Mesner: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

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