Braves @ Reds
May 8, 1940

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

Willard Hershberger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 1.000
OBP .000 1.000
At Bats 0 1
Hits 0 1
• Singles 0 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 1

Bill Posedel Season Stats

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

Hershberger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
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.