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Reds 9 @ Pirates 12
Forbes Field
September 23, 1940

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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 23, 1940 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Reds with a score of 12 to 9.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 23, 1940 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 9 H: 17 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 9
Hits: 17
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 12 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 12
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherKen Heintzelman  
Losing PitcherJoe Beggs  
SaveMace Brown  
Game Winning RBIPep Young 

Game Info

DateSeptember 23, 1940 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherPaul Derringer  
Home Starting PitcherJoe Bowman  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance2,098 
Time of Game2 hours 19 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Beans Reardon
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: (none)
3B: Babe Pinelli

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Ival Goodman  Right Fielder 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Jimmy Ripple  Left Fielder 
Jimmie Wilson  Catcher 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Billy Myers  Shortstop 
Paul Derringer  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pep Young  Second Baseman 
Debs Garms  Third Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Right Fielder 
Arky Vaughan  Shortstop 
Maurice Van Robays  Left Fielder 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Joe Schultz  Catcher 
Joe Bowman  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

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Reds 9 @ Pirates 12
Forbes Field
September 23, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/23/1940 -- Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Werber B, 3b          4  1  2  0   Young P, 2b           5  1  4  4   
Frey L, 2b            5  3  3  0   Garms D, 3b           5  0  0  1   
Goodman I, rf         5  1  2  2   Elliott B, rf         5  2  3  0   
McCormick F, 1b       5  0  1  1   Vaughan A, ss         2  3  0  0   
Ripple J, lf          1  1  1  1   Van Robays M, lf      5  2  2  1   
Arnovich M, ph-lf     4  1  1  0   Fletcher E, 1b        2  2  2  2   
Wilson J, c           2  0  0  0   DiMaggio V, cf        5  0  2  4   
Beggs J, p            2  0  1  0   Schultz J, c          4  1  0  0   
Hutchings J, p        0  0  0  0   Leip E, pr            0  1  0  0   
Riddle E, p           0  0  0  0   Davis S, c            1  0  1  0   
Riggs L, ph           1  0  1  1   Bowman J, p           0  0  0  0   
Craft H, cf           5  1  3  1   Rambert P, p          0  0  0  0   
Myers B, ss           4  1  1  2   Waner L, ph           1  0  0  0   
Derringer P, p        1  0  1  0   Heintzelman K, p      1  0  0  0   
West D, ph-c          3  0  0  0   Waner P, ph           0  0  0  0   
                                   Brown M, p            1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  9 17  8                        37 12 14 12

Cincinnati       400 301 001 --  9
Pittsburgh       205 000 23x -- 12

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Derringer P           3.0  6  7  2  2  1
Beggs J (L)           4.0  4  2  2  2  1
Hutchings J*          0.0  2  3  3  1  0
Riddle E              1.0  2  0  0  0  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bowman J              0.1  4  4  4  0  0
Rambert P             1.2  2  0  0  0  0
Heintzelman K (W)     5.0  9  4  4  0  1
Brown M (S)           2.0  2  1  1  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 8th

E -- Schultz J, Frey L, Derringer P, Werber B
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 9
2B -- Ripple J, Young P
3B -- Young P
HR -- Myers B
SH -- Vaughan A, Heintzelman K, Fletcher E
HBP -- by Rambert P (Werber B)
WP -- Heintzelman K
T -- 2:19
A -- 2098

    

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