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Reds 4 @ Pirates 5
Forbes Field
September 6, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds, played on September 6, 1939 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Reds with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 6, 1939 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 4 H: 14 E: 5 LOB: 13
Runs: 4
Hits: 14
Errors: 5
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 5 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherBill Swift  
Losing PitcherHank Johnson  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateSeptember 6, 1939 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherJunior Thompson  
Home Starting PitcherMace Brown  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 18 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Barr
1B: Charlie Moran
2B: (none)
3B: Ziggy Sears

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Eddie Joost  Shortstop 
Ival Goodman  Right Fielder 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Willard Hershberger  Catcher 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Frenchy Bordagaray  Left Fielder 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Junior Thompson  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Paul Waner  Right Fielder 
Arky Vaughan  Shortstop 
Bob Elliott  Center Fielder 
Johnny Rizzo  Left Fielder 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Lee Handley  Third Baseman 
Pep Young  Second Baseman 
George Susce  Catcher 
Mace Brown  Pitcher 
Pie Traynor  Manager 

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Reds 4 @ Pirates 5
Forbes Field
September 6, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/6/1939, game 1 -- Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Werber B, 3b          6  2  3  0   Waner P, rf           6  1  3  0   
Joost E, ss           5  1  2  1   Vaughan A, ss         4  0  2  0   
Goodman I, rf         6  0  2  0   Elliott B, cf         5  0  1  0   
McCormick F, 1b       5  1  1  1   Rizzo J, lf           4  1  0  0   
Hershberger W, c      4  0  2  0   Fletcher E, 1b        4  1  3  1   
Gamble L, pr          0  0  0  0   Handley L, 3b         4  0  1  2   
Moore W, p            0  0  0  0   Young P, 2b           5  0  0  0   
Bongiovanni N, ph     1  0  0  0   Susce G, c            3  0  1  0   
Johnson H, p          0  0  0  0   Klein C, ph           1  1  1  0   
Craft H, cf           5  0  2  1   Mueller R, c          0  1  0  0   
Bordagaray F, lf      4  0  0  0   Brown M, p            1  0  0  0   
Frey L, 2b            4  0  0  0   Sewell R, p           2  0  0  0   
Thompson J, p         4  0  2  0   Waner L, ph           0  0  0  0   
Niggeling J, p        0  0  0  0   Swift B, p            1  0  0  0   
Lombardi E, ph-c      1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  4 14  3                        40  5 12  3

Cincinnati       103 000 000 00 --  4
Pittsburgh       300 000 001 01 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Thompson J            8.1 10  4  1  2  5
Niggeling J           0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Moore W               1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Johnson H (L)         0.1  1  1  0  1  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Brown M               2.2  6  4  2  0  1
Sewell R              6.1  5  0  0  1  2
Swift B (W)           2.0  3  0  0  1  1

E -- Hershberger W, Handley L, Joost E 2, Thompson J, Frey L
DP -- Cincinnati 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 13, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Fletcher E, Werber B, Susce G, McCormick F, Klein C, Vaughan A
CS -- Handley L, Joost E
SH -- Handley L, Waner L, Bordagaray F
SF -- McCormick F
HBP -- by Thompson J (Vaughan A), by Sewell R (Hershberger W)
T -- 2:18
A -- 0

    

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