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Reds
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 8, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds, played on August 8, 1939 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | August 8, 1939 |
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Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 8, 1939 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lee Grissom |
Home Starting Pitcher | Larry French |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 28,478 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: (none) 3B: Babe Pinelli |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lee Gamble | Left Fielder |
Lonny Frey | Second Baseman |
Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
Frank McCormick | First Baseman |
Willard Hershberger | Catcher |
Wally Berger | Center Fielder |
Frenchy Bordagaray | Right Fielder |
Billy Myers | Shortstop |
Lee Grissom | Pitcher |
Bill McKechnie | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Stan Hack | Third Baseman |
Billy Herman | Second Baseman |
Augie Galan | Left Fielder |
Hank Leiber | Center Fielder |
Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
Rip Russell | First Baseman |
Bobby Mattick | Shortstop |
Gus Mancuso | Catcher |
Larry French | Pitcher |
Gabby Hartnett | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Reds
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 8, 1939
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. French
Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Mattick. Gamble moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frey vs. French
Frey hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gamble moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Werber vs. French
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards first. Russell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Werber for the out. Gamble scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. French
McCormick hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Grissom
Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Grissom
Herman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Galan vs. Grissom
Galan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hershberger vs. French
Hershberger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. French
Berger hits a line drive towards third. Hack reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. French
Bordagaray hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Grissom
Leiber hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Grissom
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Grissom
Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. French
Myers hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. French
Grissom hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gamble vs. French
Gamble is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frey vs. French
Frey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mattick vs. Grissom
Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mancuso vs. Grissom
Mancuso takes first base on ball four. Mattick moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
French vs. Grissom
French bunts towards the mound. Grissom fields it and throws to first for the out. Mattick moves to third. Mancuso moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hack vs. Grissom
Hack hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bordagaray. Hack reaches second base with a double. Mattick scores. Mancuso scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Herman vs. Grissom
Herman hits a line drive to left field. Gamble throws towards third. Werber fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Werber. Hack scores. Herman moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Galan vs. Grissom
Galan hits a fly ball into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leiber vs. Grissom
Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. French
Werber takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. French
McCormick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. McCormick reaches second base with a double. Werber moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hershberger vs. French
Hershberger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack juggles the ball. That's an error on Hack. Werber scores. McCormick moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Berger vs. French
Berger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick fields it and throws to second for the out. McCormick scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bordagaray vs. French
Bordagaray strikes out. There goes Berger. The throw from Mancuso to second, and Berger is out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Grissom
Nicholson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Grissom
Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mattick vs. Grissom
Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. French
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. French fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. French
Grissom strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. French
Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mancuso vs. Grissom
Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
French vs. Grissom
French hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hershberger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Grissom
Hack is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. French
Frey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leiber. Frey reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Werber vs. French
Werber bunts towards the mound. French fields it and throws to first for the out. Frey moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCormick vs. French
McCormick is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hershberger vs. French
Hershberger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Grissom
Herman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Grissom, and towards Myers, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Galan vs. Grissom
Galan hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Grissom
Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. French
Berger hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. French
Bordagaray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. French
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Grissom
Nicholson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Grissom
Russell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mattick vs. Grissom
Mattick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mancuso vs. Grissom
Mancuso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mattick moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
French vs. Grissom
French bunts towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats French for the out. Mattick moves to third. Mancuso moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hack vs. Grissom
Hack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Herman vs. Grissom
Herman hits a fly ball into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. French
Eddie Joost pinch hits for Lee Grissom.
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. French fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. French
Gamble takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frey vs. French
Frey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gamble moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Werber vs. French
Werber hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCormick vs. French
McCormick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson who is chasing the ball. McCormick reaches third base with a triple. Gamble scores. Frey goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hershberger vs. French
Hershberger hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Galan vs. Davis
Peaches Davis now pitching.
Galan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey misplays the ball. That's an error on Frey. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leiber vs. Davis
The ball gets by Hershberger for a passed ball. Galan moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leiber vs. Davis
Leiber hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nicholson vs. Davis
Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Russell vs. Derringer
Paul Derringer now pitching.
Russell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gamble throws the ball in to Werber who relays the ball to Frey who tags Russell trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Galan scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. French
Berger hits a fly ball into left field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. French
Bordagaray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. French
Myers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Derringer vs. French
Derringer hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mattick vs. Derringer
Mattick strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mancuso vs. Derringer
Mancuso hits a line drive towards first. McCormick reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
French vs. Derringer
French strikes out. View Play
Top 10
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Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. French
Gamble hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frey vs. French
Frey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gamble moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Werber vs. French
Werber takes first base on ball four. Frey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCormick vs. Russell
Jack Russell now pitching.
McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gamble scores. Frey scores. Werber moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lombardi vs. Russell
Ernie Lombardi pinch hits for Willard Hershberger.
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack has Werber trapped. There's the throw to Mancuso and back to Hack, who tags Werber for the out. McCormick moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Berger vs. Russell
Berger strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bordagaray vs. Russell
Bordagaray hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Reds, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Derringer
Ernie Lombardi now catching.
Hack hits a fly ball into right field. Bordagaray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Derringer
Herman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Galan vs. Derringer
Galan hits a fly ball into right field. Bordagaray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/8/1939, game 2 -- Cincinnati at Chicago (D) Cincinnati AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Gamble L, lf 4 3 1 0 Hack S, 3b 4 1 1 2 Frey L, 2b 5 2 3 0 Herman B, 2b 5 0 1 1 Werber B, 3b 2 1 0 1 Galan A, lf 5 1 0 0 McCormick F, 1b 4 1 3 4 Leiber H, cf 4 0 0 0 Hershberger W, c 4 0 0 0 Nicholson B, rf 4 0 0 0 Lombardi E, ph-c 1 0 0 0 Russell R, 1b 4 1 2 2 Berger W, cf 5 0 0 1 Mattick B, ss 4 1 2 0 Bordagaray F, rf 5 0 0 0 Mancuso G, c 3 1 1 0 Myers B, ss 4 0 1 0 French L, p 2 0 0 0 Grissom L, p 2 0 1 0 Russell J, p 0 0 0 0 Joost E, ph 1 0 0 0 Davis P, p 0 0 0 0 Derringer P, p 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 7 9 6 35 5 7 5 Cincinnati 100 200 020 2 -- 7 Chicago 003 000 110 0 -- 5 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO Grissom L 7.0 6 4 4 2 2 Davis P 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 Derringer P (W) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO French L (L)* 9.0 8 7 5 4 4 Russell J 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 3 batters in 10th E -- Mattick B, Werber B, Hack S, Frey L DP -- Chicago 2 LOB -- Cincinnati 6, Chicago 4 2B -- Hack S, McCormick F, Frey L 3B -- McCormick F HR -- Russell R CS -- Berger W SH -- French L 2, Werber B PB -- Hershberger W T -- 2:16 A -- 28478
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