Braves @ Reds
May 8, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 10 13 1
Reds 4 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 10 13 1
Reds 4 10 0

Eddie Joost Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .229
OBP .667 .270
At Bats 3 35
Hits 2 8
• Singles 2 8
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 2

Bill Posedel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Crosley Field - May 8, 1940
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Out
Bill Posedel
Al Lopez
Les Scarsella
Rabbit Warstler
Tony Cuccinello
Eddie Miller
Chet Ross
Johnny Cooney
Max West
Eddie Joost
Willard Hershberger

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Braves 10 13 1 6
Cincinnati Reds 4 10 0 4
Winning Pitcher Bill Posedel
Losing Pitcher Paul Derringer
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Buddy Hassett
Attendance 4,301
Time of Game 1 hour 49 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Joost hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McCormick hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Craft hits a popup towards first. Scarsella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Hershberger moves to third.
Bottom 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Hershberger moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hershberger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Scarsella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Cuccinello is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scarsella scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Frey for the out.
Top 8 West hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cooney hits a popup towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Werber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Hutchings hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Joost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Posedel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hutchings fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Miller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Willard Hershberger now catching. Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 6 McCormick hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Willard Hershberger pinch runs for Ernie Lombardi. Craft hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Goodman scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 McCormick hits a fly ball into right field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Goodman moves to third.
Bottom 6 Goodman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of West. Goodman reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Scarsella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cooney moves to third.
Top 6 Cuccinello strikes out.
Top 6 West hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cooney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Werber hits a line drive into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hutchings hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Johnny Hutchings now pitching. Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Posedel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Miller scores.
Top 5 Miller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McCormick. Miller reaches second base with a double. Cuccinello scores. Scarsella scores. Lopez moves to third.
Top 5 Lopez takes first base on ball four. Cuccinello moves to third. Scarsella moves to second.
Top 5 Scarsella is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Whitey Moore now pitching. Ross hits a line drive into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cuccinello hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McCormick. Cuccinello reaches second base with a double. West goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 West takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Joost hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Posedel, and towards Warstler, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McCormick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cooney. McCormick reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Craft hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lombardi hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Warstler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Posedel 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 4 Miller hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 3 McCormick hits a popup in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Frey hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Scarsella hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Frey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ross is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Werber hits a line drive towards short. Miller reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Derringer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 West hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Cooney hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Warstler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Posedel hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Craft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Rabbit Warstler now playing second base. Johnny Cooney now playing center field. Max West now playing right field. Lombardi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCormick scores.
Bottom 1 McCormick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hassett who is chasing the ball. McCormick reaches third base with a triple. Frey goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scarsella juggles the ball. That's an error on Scarsella. Werber scores.
Bottom 1 Werber hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of West. Werber reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Miller strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Lopez. The throw from Lombardi and he is safe. Lopez steals second.
Top 1 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cuccinello scores. Ross scores.
Top 1 Scarsella is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Ross hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McCormick. Ross reaches second base with a double. West scores. Cuccinello moves to third.
Top 1 Cuccinello hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. West moves to second.
Top 1 West takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hassett hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rowell scores.
Top 1 Rowell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Craft who is chasing the ball. Rowell reaches third base with a triple.