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August 4, 1940

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Top 9 R H E
Reds 11 16 0
Braves 8 15 2
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Reds 12 17 0
Braves 8 15 2

Billy Werber Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .251
OBP .400 .342
At Bats 4 378
Hits 1 95
• Singles 1 60
• Doubles 0 25
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 47
RBI’s 0 37

Nick Strincevich Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 0
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Braves Field - August 4, 1940
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Home Run
Nick Strincevich
Phil Masi
Buddy Hassett
Bama Rowell
Sibby Sisti
Eddie Miller
Chet Ross
Johnny Cooney
Max West
Billy Werber
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Werber hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Turner hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. West fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on West. Lombardi goes all the way around to score. Turner moves all the way to home.
Top 9 Myers hits a fly ball into right field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McCormick hits a popup in front of the plate. Masi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lombardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 West hits a fly ball into left field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rowell hits a fly ball into left field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Harry Craft now playing center field. Mike McCormick now playing left field. Cooney 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 8 Dejan strikes out.
Top 8 McCormick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ross. McCormick reaches second base with a double. Frey goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hassett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Phil Masi now catching. Werber takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Strincevich bunts towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. Glossop moves to second.
Bottom 7 Al Glossop pinch hits for Ray Berres. Glossop hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick fields the ball and throws to Turner covering. Safe. Miller scores.
Bottom 7 Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to third.
Bottom 7 Miller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dejan. Miller reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Turner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Myers takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Nick Strincevich now pitching. McCormick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berres settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Turner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 West hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rowell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Ernie Lombardi now catching. Cooney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Ernie Lombardi pinch hits for Bill Baker. Lombardi hits a line drive towards short. Miller catches it and throws to first to double up Dejan.
Top 6 Dejan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Goodman moves to third.
Top 6 McCormick hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Frey scores. Goodman moves to second.
Top 6 Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Frey moves to third.
Top 6 Dick Coffman now pitching. Frey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Sisti hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gene Moore pinch hits for Al Javery. Moore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Berres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to second.
Bottom 5 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Werber hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Turner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Myers hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCormick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Jim Turner now pitching. Ross hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 West hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rowell scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Rowell. The throw from Baker and he is safe. Rowell steals second.
Bottom 4 Rowell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sisti scores. Cooney scores.
Bottom 4 Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick has Berres trapped. There's the throw to Baker and over to Werber, who tags Berres for the out. Sisti moves to third. Cooney moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out. Berres moves to third.
Bottom 4 Javery hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berres moves to second.
Bottom 4 Berres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Baker is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Dejan hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Berres fields it and throws to first for the out. McCormick moves to second.
Top 4 McCormick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Werber scores. Frey scores.
Top 4 Al Javery now pitching. Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Frey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cooney. Frey reaches second base with a double. Myers scores. Shoffner scores. Werber moves to third.
Top 4 Werber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tobin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Myers moves to third. Shoffner moves to second.
Top 4 Shoffner bunts towards third. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Myers moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Myers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Milt Shoffner now pitching. Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Miller takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Ross hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCormick. Ross reaches second base with a double. McCormick throws the ball in to Frey who relays the ball to Werber who tags Ross trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Rowell scores. West goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 West takes first base on ball four. Rowell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out. Sisti scores.
Bottom 3 Cooney takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Sisti hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCormick who is chasing the ball. Sisti reaches third base with a triple. Tobin scores.
Bottom 3 Tobin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Goodman. Tobin reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sisti fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Baker takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Dejan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cooney who is chasing the ball. Dejan reaches third base with a triple. McCormick scores.
Top 3 McCormick hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Ross chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Miller. Miller fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Miller. Goodman goes all the way around to score. McCormick moves to third.
Top 3 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hassett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Frey for the out.
Top 3 Werber hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Berres hits a fly ball into left field. Dejan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hassett for the out. Ross moves to second.
Bottom 2 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Dejan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Beggs hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Myers hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tobin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Baker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 West hits a fly ball towards center. McCormick catches it and throws to second to double up Cooney.
Bottom 1 Rowell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cooney moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beggs fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Dejan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McCormick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodman scores.
Top 1 Goodman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ross. Goodman reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Werber hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.