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Reds 7 @ Pirates 8
Forbes Field
September 21, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds, played on September 21, 1940 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Reds with a score of 8 to 7.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 21, 1940 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 7 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 8 H: 15 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 8
Hits: 15
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherDanny MacFayden  
Losing PitcherElmer Riddle  
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Game Winning RBIDebs Garms 

Game Info

DateSeptember 21, 1940 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherJunior Thompson  
Home Starting PitcherDutch Dietz  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance6,395 
Time of Game2 hours 33 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Beans Reardon
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: (none)
3B: Babe Pinelli

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Joost  Second Baseman 
Mike McCormick  Center Fielder 
Harry Craft  Right Fielder 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Morrie Arnovich  Left Fielder 
Bill Baker  Catcher 
Lew Riggs  Third Baseman 
Billy Myers  Shortstop 
Junior Thompson  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Gustine  Second Baseman 
Debs Garms  Third Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Right Fielder 
Arky Vaughan  Shortstop 
Maurice Van Robays  Left Fielder 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Joe Schultz  Catcher 
Dutch Dietz  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

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Reds 7 @ Pirates 8
Forbes Field
September 21, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/21/1940, game 2 -- Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Joost E, 2b-ss        5  0  1  0   Gustine F, 2b         6  1  2  0   
McCormick M, cf       5  3  3  1   Garms D, 3b           6  3  5  2   
Craft H, rf           4  1  1  1   Elliott B, rf         5  2  3  1   
McCormick F, 1b       4  0  1  2   Vaughan A, ss         3  1  2  3   
Arnovich M, lf        5  0  3  3   Van Robays M, lf      5  0  1  0   
Baker B, c            5  0  0  0   Fletcher E, 1b        4  0  2  2   
Riggs L, 3b           5  0  1  0   DiMaggio V, cf        3  1  0  0   
Myers B, ss           4  1  1  0   Schultz J, c          4  0  0  0   
Frey L, ph-2b         1  0  0  0   Dietz D, p            3  0  0  0   
Thompson J, p         1  0  0  0   Klinger B, p          0  0  0  0   
Hutchings J, p        0  1  0  0   Brown M, p            0  0  0  0   
Ripple J, ph          1  1  1  0   Waner P, ph           1  0  0  0   
Riddle E, p           1  0  0  0   MacFayden D, p        0  0  0  0   
                                   Bowman J, ph          1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  7 12  7                        41  8 15  8

Cincinnati       100 002 400 0 --  7
Pittsburgh       103 300 000 1 --  8
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Thompson J            3.2  9  7  7  2  2
Hutchings J           2.1  2  0  0  0  2
Riddle E (L)          3.2  4  1  1  4  1

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dietz D               6.1  8  5  4  2  3
Klinger B             0.1  2  2  0  1  1
Brown M               1.1  0  0  0  0  2
MacFayden D (W)       2.0  2  0  0  0  1

E -- Vaughan A, Schultz J, Garms D
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- McCormick M, Gustine F, Garms D
3B -- Vaughan A, Fletcher E
SB -- McCormick M, Elliott B
CS -- Joost E, Gustine F, Garms D
T -- 2:33
A -- 6395

    

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