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Pirates 2 @ Reds 3
Crosley Field
September 4, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 4, 1940 at Crosley Field. The home team Reds beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 4, 1940 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 2 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 2
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 3 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherJoe Beggs  
Losing PitcherDick Lanahan  
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Game Winning RBIBilly Werber 

Game Info

DateSeptember 4, 1940 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamCincinnati Reds 
Visiting Starting PitcherMax Butcher  
Home Starting PitcherBucky Walters  
BallparkCrosley Field 
CityCincinnati 
StateOH 
Attendance30,543 
Time of Game2 hours 48 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Tom Dunn
1B: George Magerkurth
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Stewart

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Debs Garms  Third Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Right Fielder 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Arky Vaughan  Shortstop 
Maurice Van Robays  Left Fielder 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Frankie Gustine  Second Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Max Butcher  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Mike McCormick  Center Fielder 
Ival Goodman  Right Fielder 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Jimmy Ripple  Left Fielder 
Jimmie Wilson  Catcher 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Billy Myers  Shortstop 
Bucky Walters  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

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Pirates 2 @ Reds 3
Crosley Field
September 4, 1940

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         Game of 9/4/1940 -- Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI
Garms D, 3b           4  1  2  0   Werber B, 3b          6  1  2  1   
Elliott B, rf         5  1  2  0   McCormick M, cf       5  1  2  0   
Fletcher E, 1b        4  0  0  0   Goodman I, rf         3  0  0  0   
Vaughan A, ss         5  0  1  1   McCormick F, 1b       4  0  1  1   
Van Robays M, lf      5  0  0  1   Ripple J, lf          4  0  0  1   
DiMaggio V, cf        5  0  3  0   Wilson J, c           5  0  1  0   
Gustine F, 2b         5  0  0  0   Frey L, 2b            4  0  1  0   
Lopez A, c            4  0  2  0   Myers B, ss           3  0  0  0   
Butcher M, p          4  0  0  0   Riggs L, ph           1  0  0  0   
MacFayden D, p        0  0  0  0   Joost E, ss           1  1  1  0   
Brown M, p            1  0  0  0   Walters B, p          3  0  0  0   
Lanahan D, p          0  0  0  0   Lombardi E, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Beggs J, p            1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  2 10  2                        41  3  8  3

Pittsburgh       000 000 000 020 --  2
Cincinnati       000 000 000 021 --  3
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Butcher M            10.2  6  2  2  2  3
MacFayden D*          0.0  0  0  0  1  0
Brown M+              0.1  0  1  1  1  0
Lanahan D (L)         0.1  2  0  0  0  0

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Walters B            11.0 10  2  0  3  4
Beggs J (W)           1.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 11th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 12th

E -- Walters B, Frey L
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 3
LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 9
SB -- DiMaggio V, Lopez A
CS -- Garms D 2
HBP -- by Brown M (Ripple J)
T -- 2:48
A -- 30543

    

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