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Reds 5 @ Braves 4
Braves Field
May 5, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, played on May 5, 1939 at Braves Field. The home team Braves were bested by the visiting Reds with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 5, 1939 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 5 H: 10 E: 4 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Boston Braves
R: 4 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 17
Runs: 4
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 17
Winning PitcherWhitey Moore  
Losing PitcherDick Errickson  
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Game Winning RBIHarry Craft 

Game Info

DateMay 5, 1939 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamBoston Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherLee Grissom  
Home Starting PitcherJim Turner  
BallparkBraves Field 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance8,050 
Time of Game3 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Stewart
1B: George Magerkurth
2B: (none)
3B: (none)

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Lonny Frey  Second Baseman 
Ival Goodman  Right Fielder 
Frank McCormick  First Baseman 
Ernie Lombardi  Catcher 
Harry Craft  Center Fielder 
Wally Berger  Left Fielder 
Billy Myers  Shortstop 
Lee Grissom  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Debs Garms  Right Fielder 
Johnny Cooney  Center Fielder 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Al Simmons  Left Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Second Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Rabbit Warstler  Third Baseman 
Jim Turner  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

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Reds 5 @ Braves 4
Braves Field
May 5, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/5/1939 -- Cincinnati at Boston (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Werber B, 3b          3  1  1  1   Garms D, rf-3b        5  1  1  0   
Frey L, 2b            5  0  1  1   Cooney J, cf          5  1  1  0   
Goodman I, rf         6  1  2  0   Hodgin R, ph          1  0  0  0   
McCormick F, 1b       5  2  1  0   Outlaw J, cf          0  0  0  0   
Lombardi E, c         5  0  1  1   Miller E, ss          6  1  3  0   
Craft H, cf           6  0  2  2   Simmons A, lf         6  1  2  2   
Berger W, lf          6  0  0  0   Cuccinello T, 2b      5  0  1  0   
Myers B, ss           5  1  2  0   Lopez A, c            6  0  1  1   
Grissom L, p          2  0  0  0   Fletcher E, 1b        5  0  1  0   
Moore W, p            4  0  0  0   Warstler R, 3b        4  0  1  0   
                                   West M, ph-rf         2  0  0  0   
                                   Turner J, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Errickson D, p        6  0  3  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     47  5 10  5                        51  4 14  3

Cincinnati       210 000 001 000 1 --  5
Boston           102 000 001 000 0 --  4

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Grissom L             4.0  5  3  2  2  1
Moore W (W)           9.0  9  1  1  5  7

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Turner J              1.0  4  2  2  1  1
Errickson D (L)      12.0  6  3  3  5  4

E -- Werber B 3, McCormick F, Errickson D
DP -- Cincinnati 2, Boston 1
LOB -- Cincinnati 10, Boston 17
2B -- Frey L, Miller E 2
3B -- Goodman I, Myers B
HR -- Simmons A
SB -- Miller E, Fletcher E
CS -- Miller E
SH -- Frey L, Cuccinello T, Cooney J
WP -- Grissom L
PB -- Lombardi E
T -- 3:10
A -- 8050

    

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