Reds @ Cardinals
May 24, 1942

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 3 6 0
Cardinals 2 5 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 3 6 0
Cardinals 2 5 2

Creepy Crespi Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .240
OBP .000 .308
At Bats 2 121
Hits 0 29
• Singles 0 29
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 0 13

Johnny Vander Meer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 0
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Sportsman's Park - May 24, 1942
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Out
Johnny Vander Meer
Rollie Hemsley
Frank McCormick
Lonny Frey
Bert Haas
Eddie Joost
Max Marshall
Harry Craft
Gee Walker
Creepy Crespi
Walker Cooper

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 3 6 0 7
St. Louis Cardinals 2 5 2 5
Winning Pitcher Johnny Vander Meer
Losing Pitcher Johnny Beazley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Johnny Vander Meer
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 4 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Crespi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hopp hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Harry Craft now playing center field. Slaughter hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Joost hits a fly ball into left field. Triplett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Vander Meer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Craft scores. Hemsley moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Harry Craft pinch runs for Ival Goodman. Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopp fields it and throws to home to get Walker. Craft moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Ival Goodman pinch hits for Mike McCormick. Goodman is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blattner fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Blattner. Walker moves to third.
Top 9 Haas hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Triplett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Moore is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 8 Marshall is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Frey is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Joost hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper catches it for the out, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Vander Meer moves to second.
Top 8 Johnny Hopp now playing first base. Buddy Blattner now playing shortstop. Johnny Beazley now pitching. Vander Meer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Stan Musial pinch hits for Mort Cooper. Musial strikes out.
Bottom 7 Whitey Kurowski pinch hits for Marty Marion. Kurowski strikes out.
Bottom 7 Johnny Hopp pinch runs for Ray Sanders. Crespi bunts towards the mound. Vander Meer fields it and throws to first for the out. Hopp moves to third.
Bottom 7 Sanders hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCormick. Sanders reaches second base with a double. Cooper scores.
Bottom 7 Cooper hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCormick. Cooper reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hemsley for the out.
Top 7 McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Triplett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Moore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown 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 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Marshall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Marshall reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Frey hits a fly ball into left field. Triplett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Joost hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Vander Meer bunts towards first. Sanders scoops it up and throws to first, with Crespi covering, for the out. Hemsley moves to second.
Top 6 Hemsley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cooper 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 5 Marion takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Crespi strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sanders for the out.
Top 5 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Triplett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Haas strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cooper hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Triplett strikes out.
Top 4 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Frey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Moore strikes out.
Bottom 3 Brown 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 3 Cooper strikes out.
Top 3 Joost is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Vander Meer strikes out.
Top 3 Hemsley hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Marion hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Crespi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vander Meer fields it and throws to first for the out. Cooper moves to third.
Bottom 2 Sanders strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCormick. Cooper reaches second base with a double. Slaughter goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick fields the ball and throws to Vander Meer covering. Safe.
Top 2 McCormick is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Walker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Haas hits a fly ball into left field. Triplett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Triplett strikes out. There goes Moore. The throw from Hemsley to Frey, and back to McCormick, who tags Moore out.
Bottom 1 Moore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Brown 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 McCormick hits a line drive towards short. Marion reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Marshall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Crespi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Frey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Joost hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out.