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Reds
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 16, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds, played on August 16, 1940 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 16, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 16, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Whitey Moore |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vern Olsen |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: (none) 3B: Babe Pinelli |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
| Mike McCormick | Left Fielder |
| Lonny Frey | Second Baseman |
| Frank McCormick | First Baseman |
| Ernie Lombardi | Catcher |
| Harry Craft | Center Fielder |
| Morrie Arnovich | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Joost | Shortstop |
| Whitey Moore | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stan Hack | Third Baseman |
| Billy Herman | Second Baseman |
| Jim Gleeson | Left Fielder |
| Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
| Hank Leiber | Center Fielder |
| Zeke Bonura | First Baseman |
| Al Todd | Catcher |
| Rabbit Warstler | Shortstop |
| Vern Olsen | Pitcher |
| Gabby Hartnett | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 16, 1940
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Olsen
Werber strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Olsen
McCormick strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Olsen
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Olsen
McCormick takes first base on ball four. Frey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lombardi vs. Olsen
Lombardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Frey scores. McCormick moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Craft vs. Olsen
Craft is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Moore
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. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Moore
Herman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gleeson vs. Moore
Gleeson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Herman moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nicholson vs. Moore
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out. Herman moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leiber vs. Moore
Leiber hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Olsen
Arnovich is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Olsen
Joost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Olsen
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Joost moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Werber vs. Olsen
Werber takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCormick vs. Olsen
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Joost moves to third. Werber moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Frey vs. Olsen
Frey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Moore
Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Todd vs. Moore
Todd is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Moore
Warstler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Olsen vs. Moore
Olsen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Olsen
McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lombardi vs. Olsen
Lombardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Craft vs. Olsen
Craft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler fields it and throws to second for the out. McCormick moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Arnovich vs. Olsen
Arnovich hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leiber. Arnovich reaches second base with a double. McCormick scores. Craft goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Joost vs. Page
Vance Page now pitching.
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Page fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Page
Moore hits a popup towards the mound. Page settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Moore
Hack hits a fly ball into left field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Moore
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. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gleeson vs. Moore
Gleeson hits a fly ball into right field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Page
Werber hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gleeson. Werber reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCormick vs. Page
McCormick bunts in front of the plate. Todd fields it and throws to first for the out. Werber moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Frey vs. Page
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Frey for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCormick vs. Page
McCormick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lombardi vs. Page
Lombardi takes first base on ball four. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Craft vs. Page
Craft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Moore
Nicholson strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Moore
Leiber strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Moore
Bonura hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Todd vs. Moore
Todd hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bonura moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Warstler vs. Moore
Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Page
Arnovich hits a fly ball into left field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Page
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Page
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Moore
Page hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Moore
Hack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herman vs. Moore
Herman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gleeson vs. Moore
Gleeson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nicholson vs. Moore
Nicholson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Page
Werber hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Page
McCormick hits a fly ball into left field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Page
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura fields the ball and throws to Page covering. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Page
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Moore
Leiber hits a popup towards short. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Moore
Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Todd vs. Moore
Todd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Page
Lombardi hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Page
Craft hits a popup towards short. Warstler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Page
Arnovich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Moore
Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Moore
Page is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Moore
Hack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herman vs. Moore
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. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Page
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler misplays the ball. That's an error on Warstler. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Page
Moore bunts towards the mound. Page fields it and throws to first for the out. Joost moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Werber vs. Page
Werber hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Joost scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Page
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Werber moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Frey vs. Page
Frey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Werber scores. McCormick moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCormick vs. Page
McCormick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gleeson. McCormick reaches second base with a double. McCormick scores. Frey moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lombardi vs. Root
Charlie Root now pitching.
Lombardi is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Craft vs. Root
Craft hits a line drive into left field. Gleeson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gleeson. Frey scores. McCormick scores. Lombardi moves to third. Craft moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Arnovich vs. Root
Arnovich strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Joost vs. Root
Joost is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Moore vs. Root
Moore strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 8 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gleeson vs. Moore
Gleeson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nicholson vs. Moore
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leiber vs. Moore
Leiber hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Moore
Bonura hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Todd vs. Moore
Todd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Root
Werber takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Root
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Werber moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Frey vs. Root
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura fields it and throws to second for the out. Werber moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 8 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCormick vs. Root
McCormick hits a fly ball into left field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Werber scores. Frey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 9 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lombardi vs. Root
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 9 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Warstler vs. Moore
Jimmie Wilson now catching.
Warstler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 9 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dallessandro vs. Moore
Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Charlie Root.
Dallessandro hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Arnovich. Dallessandro reaches second base with a double. Warstler moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 9 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hack vs. Moore
Hack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 9 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Herman vs. Moore
Herman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out. Warstler scores. Dallessandro moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 9 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gleeson vs. Moore
Gleeson hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dallessandro scores. View Play -
Reds, 9 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nicholson vs. Moore
Nicholson strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/16/1940, game 1 -- Cincinnati at Chicago (D)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Werber B, 3b 4 2 2 1 Hack S, 3b 2 0 0 0
McCormick M, lf 5 1 3 0 Herman B, 2b 5 0 1 1
Frey L, 2b 6 2 3 1 Gleeson J, lf 4 0 2 1
McCormick F, 1b 4 2 2 2 Nicholson B, rf 5 1 0 0
Lombardi E, c 4 0 2 1 Leiber H, cf 4 1 1 2
Wilson J, c 0 0 0 0 Bonura Z, 1b 4 0 1 0
Craft H, cf 5 1 1 2 Todd A, c 4 0 1 0
Arnovich M, rf 5 0 1 2 Warstler R, ss 4 1 2 0
Joost E, ss 3 1 0 0 Olsen V, p 1 0 0 0
Moore W, p 4 0 0 0 Page V, p 2 0 0 0
Root C, p 0 0 0 0
Dallessandro D, ph 1 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 9 14 9 36 4 9 4
Cincinnati 102 000 051 -- 9
Chicago 000 000 022 -- 4
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Moore W (W) 9.0 9 4 4 4 5
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Olsen V (L) 2.1 6 3 3 3 5
Page V 5.0 6 5 4 2 0
Root C 1.2 2 1 1 3 2
E -- Warstler R, Gleeson J
LOB -- Cincinnati 14, Chicago 9
2B -- Arnovich M, Werber B, McCormick F, Dallessandro D
HR -- Leiber H
SH -- McCormick M, Moore W
T -- 2:27
A -- 0
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