Cardinals @ Reds
May 12, 1939

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Top 9	R	H	E
Cardinals	8	14	1
Reds	5	10	0

Top 9	R	H	E
Cardinals	8	14	1
Reds	5	10	0

Joe Medwick Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.750	.400
OBP	.750	.457
At Bats	4	60
Hits	3	24
• Singles	3	20
• Doubles	0	3
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	8
RBI’s	0	11

Junior Thompson Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	1	0

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Crosley Field - May 12, 1939

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Out

Junior Thompson

Willard Hershberger

Frank McCormick

Lonny Frey

Billy Werber

Billy Myers

Wally Berger

Harry Craft

Ival Goodman

Joe Medwick

Stu Martin

Curt Davis

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Medwick hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Martin is called out on strikes.

Top 9 Martin takes first base on ball four.

Top 9 Brown bunts towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. Davis moves to second.

Top 9 Willard Hershberger now catching. Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Willard Hershberger pinch runs for Ernie Lombardi. Craft hits a popup towards third. Gutteridge settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Lombardi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 McCormick hits a line drive into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Davis covering, for the out.

Top 8 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 8 Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 8 King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Junior Thompson now pitching. Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 7 Frey hits a popup towards third. Gutteridge settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Werber hits a fly ball into right field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Lee Gamble pinch hits for Pete Naktenis. Gamble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Myers is called out on strikes.

Top 7 There goes Medwick. The throw from Lombardi and he is out, Myers applying the tag.

Top 7 Medwick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 7 Martin hits a line drive into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martin for the out.

Bottom 6 Berger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Craft hits a popup towards third. Gutteridge settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Lombardi hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Goodman moves to third.

Bottom 6 Curt Davis now pitching. McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Frey scores. Goodman moves to second.

Bottom 6 Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Werber scores. Frey moves to third.

Bottom 6 Frey takes first base on ball four. Werber moves to second.

Bottom 6 Lynn King now playing center field. Werber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Brown 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 6 Bowman strikes out.

Top 6 Pete Naktenis now pitching. Owen hits a popup towards short. Myers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Bob Bowman now pitching. Nino Bongiovanni pinch hits for Peaches Davis. Bongiovanni hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bongiovanni for the out.

Bottom 5 Myers takes first base on ball four. Lombardi moves to third. Berger moves to second.

Bottom 5 Berger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCormick scores. Lombardi moves to second.

Bottom 5 Craft hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Lombardi takes first base on ball four. McCormick moves to second.

Bottom 5 McCormick takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Goodman hits a fly ball into right field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Gutteridge hits a fly ball into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Peaches Davis now pitching. Moore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Mize hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Top 5 Medwick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Martin moves to third.

Top 5 Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin scores.

Top 5 Martin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Goodman who is chasing the ball. Martin reaches third base with a triple. Brown goes all the way around to score.

Top 5 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Frey is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Werber hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Derringer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Owen hits a fly ball into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 There goes Moore. The throw from Lombardi and he is safe. Moore steals second.

Top 4 Gutteridge hits a popup, foul, towards third. Werber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Moore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Mize hits a fly ball into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 3 Berger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCormick scores.

Bottom 3 Craft strikes out.

Bottom 3 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCormick moves to third.

Bottom 3 McCormick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Medwick. McCormick reaches second base with a double.

Top 3 Medwick 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 3 Martin hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 3 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Brown bunts towards the mound. Derringer fields it and throws to first for the out. Cooper moves to second.

Top 3 Cooper takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Goodman strikes out.

Bottom 2 Frey takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 The ball gets by Owen for a passed ball. Myers moves to third. Werber moves to second.

Bottom 2 Werber takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Derringer bunts towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. Myers moves to second.

Bottom 2 Myers takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Berger hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Derringer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mize moves to third.

Top 2 Mize hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Craft. Mize reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Craft strikes out.

Bottom 1 Lombardi is walked intentionally.

Bottom 1 McCormick hits a line drive into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Werber tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 1 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Cooper. Werber moves to third. Goodman moves to second.

Bottom 1 Frey hits a fly ball into right field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Werber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Medwick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Martin trying to get to third. Goodman throws the ball in to Werber, who tags Martin for the out.

Top 1 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Martin is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Brown hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Cardinals @ RedsMay 12, 1939

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Joe Medwick Season Stats

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Medwick hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Cardinals @ Reds
May 12, 1939