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July 8, 1939

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 7 10 0
Reds 6 14 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 7 10 0
Reds 6 14 1

Ernie Lombardi Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .310
OBP .250 .359
At Bats 4 213
Hits 1 66
• Singles 0 39
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 0 53

Charlie Root Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 1
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Crosley Field - July 8, 1939
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Charlie Root
Gabby Hartnett
Rip Russell
Billy Herman
Stan Hack
Dick Bartell
Augie Galan
Hank Leiber
Jim Gleeson
Ernie Lombardi

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 7 10 0 6
Cincinnati Reds 6 14 1 8
Winning Pitcher Charlie Root
Losing Pitcher Hank Johnson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Charlie Root
Attendance 9,229
Time of Game 2 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McCormick hits a fly ball into right field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hank Leiber now playing center field. Bongiovanni hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hartnett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Galan hits a line drive into right field. Bongiovanni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Herman bunts towards first. McCormick scoops it up and throws to first, with Frey covering, for the out. Hack moves to second.
Top 9 Hack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Frenchy Bordagaray now playing left field. Hank Johnson now pitching. Root hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Frey hits a fly ball into right field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Werber hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Goodman scores. Myers moves to second.
Bottom 8 Willard Hershberger pinch hits for Junior Thompson. Hershberger hits a fly ball into center field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Myers bunts towards the mound. Root fields it and throws to third for the out. Goodman moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ival Goodman pinch hits for Bud Hafey. Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Craft moves to second.
Bottom 8 Craft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lombardi scores.
Bottom 8 Charlie Root now pitching. Lombardi hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Reynolds. Lombardi reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 McCormick hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Bongiovanni hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Frey scores.
Bottom 8 Frey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gleeson who is chasing the ball. Frey reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Bartell hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers misplays the ball. That's an error on Myers.
Top 8 Gleeson hits a fly ball into right field. Bongiovanni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Werber hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hafey moves to third.
Bottom 7 Myers is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Hafey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Craft is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Hartnett strikes out.
Top 7 Galan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 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.
Bottom 6 Lombardi hits a line drive into right field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McCormick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Werber scores. Bongiovanni moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bongiovanni hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Werber moves to third.
Bottom 6 Frey hits a fly ball into right field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Werber hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Bartell. The throw from Lombardi and he is safe. Bartell steals second.
Top 6 Passeau is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Bartell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Junior Thompson now pitching. Russell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Myers hits a fly ball into right field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hafey strikes out.
Bottom 5 Craft hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Galan. Craft reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Reynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gleeson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hartnett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bongiovanni. Hartnett reaches second base with a double. Herman scores. Galan goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Galan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Herman moves to third.
Top 5 Whitey Moore now pitching. Herman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack scores.
Top 5 Hack hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bongiovanni who is chasing the ball. Hack reaches third base with a triple. Bartell scores. Passeau goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Passeau bunts towards first. McCormick fields it and throws to third for the out. Bartell moves to second.
Top 5 Bartell takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Russell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hafey. Russell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bongiovanni hits a fly ball into right field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Frey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Werber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Reynolds hits a line drive towards first. McCormick catches it and throws to second to double up Galan.
Top 4 Gleeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hartnett hits a fly ball into left field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Galan. The throw from Lombardi and he is safe. Galan steals second.
Top 4 Galan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Myers hits a line drive into center field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hafey hits a fly ball into center field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Herman. The throw from Lombardi and he is out, Myers applying the tag.
Top 3 Herman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hack hits a line drive into left field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Passeau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Craft hits a popup, foul, towards first. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lombardi hits a fly ball into right field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCormick hits a fly ball into left field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Reynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Bongiovanni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gleeson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Bongiovanni hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Frey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Werber hits a line drive into center field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hartnett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Galan strikes out.
Top 1 Herman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hack hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.