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Braves 1 @ Reds 6
Crosley Field
May 17, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Braves, played on May 17, 1939 at Crosley Field. The home team Reds beat the visiting Braves with a score of 6 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 17, 1939 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 1 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 1
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 6 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Winning Pitcher—Bucky Walters  
Losing Pitcher—Bill Posedel  
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Game Winning RBI—Ival Goodman 

Game Info

DateMay 17, 1939 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamCincinnati Reds 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Posedel  
Home Starting PitcherBucky Walters  
BallparkCrosley Field 
CityCincinnati 
StateOH 
Attendance5,848 
Time of Game2 hours 11 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Goetz
1B: Beans Reardon
2B: (none)
3B: Babe Pinelli

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rabbit Warstler  Second Baseman 
Johnny Cooney  Center Fielder 
Debs Garms  Third Baseman 
Buddy Hassett  Right Fielder 
Al Simmons  Left Fielder 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Bill Posedel  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Ival Goodman  Right Fielder 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Ernie Lombardi  Catcher 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Wally Berger  Left Fielder 
Billy Myers  Shortstop 
Bucky Walters  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

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Braves 1 @ Reds 6
Crosley Field
May 17, 1939

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         Game of 5/17/1939 -- Boston at Cincinnati (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI
Warstler R, 2b        4  0  1  0   Werber B, 3b          4  1  1  0   
Cooney J, cf          3  0  1  0   Frey L, 2b            3  1  0  0   
Garms D, 3b-rf        4  0  1  0   Goodman I, rf         5  1  1  3   
Hassett B, rf-1b      3  0  0  0   McCormick F, 1b       5  0  2  0   
Simmons A, lf         4  1  1  0   Lombardi E, c         4  0  2  0   
Miller E, ss          2  0  1  0   Craft H, cf           3  1  0  0   
Fletcher E, 1b        1  0  0  0   Gamble L, pr-cf       0  0  0  0   
Hodgin R, ph          1  0  0  0   Berger W, lf          4  1  1  0   
Majeski H, 3b         1  0  1  1   Myers B, ss           3  1  2  1   
Lopez A, c            2  0  0  0   Walters B, p          4  0  3  1   
Masi P, ph-c          2  0  0  0                                      
Posedel B, p          2  0  0  0                                      
Sullivan J, p         0  0  0  0                                      
West M, ph            1  0  1  0                                      
Frankhouse F, p       0  0  0  0                                      
Outlaw J, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  1  7  1                        35  6 12  5

Boston           000 000 001 --  1
Cincinnati       002 101 02x --  6

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Posedel B (L)         5.2  8  4  4  4  2
Sullivan J            0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Frankhouse F          2.0  4  2  2  0  1

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Walters B (W)         9.0  7  1  1  4  6

DP -- Cincinnati 2
LOB -- Boston 8, Cincinnati 11
2B -- Miller E, McCormick F
3B -- Simmons A
HR -- Goodman I
SH -- Myers B
HBP -- by Walters B (Miller E), by Frankhouse F (Craft H)
WP -- Frankhouse F
PB -- Lombardi E
T -- 2:11
A -- 5848

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