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Phillies
@ Reds
Crosley Field
May 8, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on May 8, 1938 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 8, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 8, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bucky Walters |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Vander Meer |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 11,116 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 9 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Stewart 1B: Dolly Stark 2B: (none) 3B: George Barr |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Heinie Mueller | Second Baseman |
| Chuck Klein | Right Fielder |
| Hersh Martin | Center Fielder |
| Earl Browne | First Baseman |
| George Scharein | Shortstop |
| Pinky Whitney | Third Baseman |
| Morrie Arnovich | Left Fielder |
| Bill Atwood | Catcher |
| Bucky Walters | Pitcher |
| Jimmie Wilson | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ival Goodman | Right Fielder |
| Lew Riggs | Third Baseman |
| Dusty Cooke | Left Fielder |
| Ernie Lombardi | Catcher |
| Frank McCormick | First Baseman |
| Harry Craft | Center Fielder |
| Lonny Frey | Second Baseman |
| Billy Myers | Shortstop |
| Johnny Vander Meer | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Phillies
@ Reds
Crosley Field
May 8, 1938
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Vander Meer
Mueller strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Vander Meer
Klein hits a popup towards third. Riggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Vander Meer
Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Browne vs. Vander Meer
Lombardi fires to first and picks off Martin. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Walters
Goodman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Atwood settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Riggs vs. Walters
Riggs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Browne scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Riggs for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooke vs. Walters
Cooke hits a fly ball into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Vander Meer
Browne hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scharein vs. Vander Meer
Scharein hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitney vs. Vander Meer
Willard Hershberger now catching.
Whitney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vander Meer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Arnovich vs. Vander Meer
Arnovich takes first base on ball four. Whitney moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Atwood vs. Vander Meer
Atwood is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hershberger vs. Walters
Hershberger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCormick vs. Walters
McCormick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hershberger moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Craft vs. Walters
Walters spins and fires to second, with Scharein covering, and has Hershberger trapped. There's the throw to Whitney who tags Hershberger for the out. McCormick moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Craft vs. Walters
Craft strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frey vs. Walters
Frey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Myers vs. Walters
Myers takes first base on ball four. McCormick moves to third. Frey moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Vander Meer vs. Walters
Vander Meer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitney fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Vander Meer
Walters is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Vander Meer
Mueller hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Cooke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Vander Meer
Klein hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops it up and throws to first, with Vander Meer covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Walters
Goodman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Riggs vs. Walters
Riggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mueller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooke vs. Walters
Cooke hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hershberger vs. Walters
Hershberger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Riggs moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCormick vs. Walters
McCormick hits a line drive towards third. Whitney reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Vander Meer
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Vander Meer
Browne is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scharein vs. Vander Meer
Scharein hits a line drive into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Walters
Craft hits a line drive towards short. Scharein reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Walters
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walters fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Walters
Myers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vander Meer vs. Walters
Vander Meer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Atwood fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitney vs. Vander Meer
Whitney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Arnovich vs. Vander Meer
Arnovich bunts towards first. McCormick scoops it up and throws to first, with Frey covering, for the out. Whitney moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Atwood vs. Vander Meer
Atwood hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hershberger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walters vs. Vander Meer
Walters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Riggs fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Walters
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walters fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Riggs vs. Walters
Riggs hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooke vs. Walters
Cooke hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin. Cooke reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hershberger vs. Walters
Hershberger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scharein misplays the ball. That's an error on Scharein. Cooke moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCormick vs. Walters
McCormick hits a popup towards third. Whitney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Vander Meer
Mueller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hershberger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Vander Meer
Klein takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Vander Meer
There goes Klein. The throw from Hershberger and he is out, Myers applying the tag. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Vander Meer
Martin is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Walters
Craft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Walters
Frey hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Walters
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scharein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Browne vs. Vander Meer
Browne hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Browne for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scharein vs. Vander Meer
Scharein hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hershberger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitney vs. Vander Meer
Whitney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Arnovich vs. Vander Meer
Arnovich takes first base on ball four. Whitney moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Atwood vs. Vander Meer
Atwood hits a line drive towards short. Myers reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vander Meer vs. Walters
Vander Meer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scharein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Walters
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Browne scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodman for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Riggs vs. Walters
Riggs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooke vs. Walters
Cooke hits a line drive into left field. Arnovich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Vander Meer
Walters hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Vander Meer
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Riggs fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klein vs. Vander Meer
Klein takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Vander Meer
There's a wild pitch. Mueller moves to third. Klein moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Martin vs. Vander Meer
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mueller scores. Klein moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Browne vs. Vander Meer
Browne takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Scharein vs. Vander Meer
Scharein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Klein scores. Browne moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitney vs. Vander Meer
Whitney hits a line drive into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hershberger vs. Walters
Hershberger hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Walters
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Craft vs. Walters
Craft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scharein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arnovich vs. Vander Meer
Arnovich hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Atwood vs. Vander Meer
Atwood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Vander Meer
Walters hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Vander Meer
Mueller is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Walters
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scharein misplays the ball. That's an error on Scharein. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myers vs. Walters
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scharein fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jordan vs. Walters
Buck Jordan pinch hits for Johnny Vander Meer.
Jordan hits a popup towards third. Whitney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Walters
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mueller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Myers moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Riggs vs. Walters
Riggs hits a popup towards short. Scharein settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/8/1938 -- Philadelphia at Cincinnati (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Mueller H, 2b 5 1 0 0 Goodman I, rf 5 0 2 0
Klein C, rf 2 1 0 0 Riggs L, 3b 5 0 1 0
Martin H, cf 4 0 1 1 Cooke D, lf 4 0 1 0
Browne E, 1b 3 0 1 0 Lombardi E, c 0 0 0 0
Scharein G, ss 4 0 1 1 Hershberger W, c 4 0 2 0
Whitney P, 3b 2 0 0 0 McCormick F, 1b 4 0 1 0
Arnovich M, lf 1 0 0 0 Craft H, cf 4 0 0 0
Atwood B, c 4 0 0 0 Frey L, 2b 3 0 0 0
Walters B, p 4 0 2 0 Myers B, ss 3 0 1 0
Vander Meer J, p 3 0 0 0
Jordan B, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 2 5 2 36 0 8 0
Philadelphia 000 000 020 -- 2
Cincinnati 000 000 000 -- 0
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Walters B (W) 9.0 8 0 0 2 1
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Vander Meer J (L) 9.0 5 2 2 7 6
E -- Scharein G 2
LOB -- Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 11
2B -- Cooke D
CS -- Klein C
SH -- Arnovich M
WP -- Vander Meer J
T -- 2:09
A -- 11116
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