Cubs @ Reds
August 17, 1939

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Bottom 7 R H E
Cubs 6 11 3
Reds 4 9 1
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Cubs 6 11 3
Reds 4 9 1

Wally Berger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .226
OBP .333 .313
At Bats 3 243
Hits 1 55
• Singles 1 36
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 0 26

Charlie Root Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 5 1
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Crosley Field - August 17, 1939
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Strikeout
Charlie Root
Gus Mancuso
Rip Russell
Billy Herman
Stan Hack
Bobby Mattick
Augie Galan
Hank Leiber
Bill Nicholson
Wally Berger
Frank McCormick
Ival Goodman
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Berger strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Lombardi hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mancuso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McCormick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodman moves to second.
Bottom 7 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Root fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Joost hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman misplays the ball. That's an error on Herman.
Top 7 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Joost fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Galan takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Herman hits a fly ball into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Werber hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Myers hits a popup towards first. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 6 Root strikes out.
Top 6 Mancuso hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bongiovanni hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Charlie Root now pitching. Berger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to home to get McCormick. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Lombardi hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Galan. Lombardi reaches second base with a double. McCormick moves to third.
Bottom 5 McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Joost scores.
Bottom 5 Goodman 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 third.
Bottom 5 Joost hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Joost reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Mattick hits a fly ball into left field. Bongiovanni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hank Johnson now pitching. Nicholson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Werber hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leiber. Werber reaches second base with a double. Leiber throws the ball in to Herman who relays the ball to Hack who tags Werber trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Bongiovanni scores. Gamble goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Lee Gamble pinch hits for Junior Thompson. Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman fields it and throws to second for the out. Bongiovanni moves to third.
Bottom 4 Myers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bongiovanni moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bongiovanni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Berger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Leiber hits a popup towards short. Myers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Galan hits a popup towards short. Myers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Herman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack moves to third.
Top 4 Hack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Page strikes out.
Bottom 3 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Page fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Goodman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mancuso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Junior Thompson now pitching. There goes Mattick. The throw from Lombardi and he is out, Myers applying the tag.
Top 3 Mattick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nicholson scores.
Top 3 Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nicholson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berger. Nicholson reaches second base with a double. Leiber goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Leiber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Joost hits a popup, foul, towards first. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by Mancuso for a passed ball. Grissom moves to third.
Bottom 2 Werber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Myers scores. Grissom moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick misplays the ball. That's an error on Mattick. Myers moves to second.
Bottom 2 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Bongiovanni hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Berger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack juggles the ball. That's an error on Hack.
Top 2 Galan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 2 Herman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack moves to second.
Top 2 Hack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Page hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Joost reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mancuso hits a popup towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Goodman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Goodman is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Werber hits a fly ball into left field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mattick is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Russell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Joost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 1 Leiber hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Galan hits a line drive into right field. Goodman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Goodman. Hack scores. Herman moves to third. Galan moves to second.
Top 1 Herman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack moves to third.
Top 1 Hack takes first base on ball four.