Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – 8 Cincinnati Reds

31 May 1942 · CIN07

The three rarest things in this game

Rarity	What	Who	Rate
24	final score 8–2		1 in 85 games
9	7 strikeouts	Bucky Walters	1 in 20 pitcher-games
4	1 triple	Babe Phelps	1 in 39 player-games

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2
Cincinnati Reds	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	–	8	8	0

Box score

Pittsburgh Pirates batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jimmy Wasdell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	3	0	0	0	2B
Babe Phelps	2	1	1	1	0	1	3B
Bill Baker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	0	1	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Gustine	3	0	0	0	0	2
Pete Coscarart	3	0	1	0	0	1
Rip Sewell	2	0	0	0	0	1
Culley Rikard	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	31	2	5	2	2	7

Pittsburgh Pirates pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	4.0	7	6	5	1	4
Johnny Lanning	3.0	1	1	1	1	2
Bob Klinger	1.0	0	1	1	1	0

Cincinnati Reds batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	1	1	1	0	1
Lonny Frey	3	1	1	0	0	0
Max Marshall	4	1	1	2	0	0
Bert Haas	3	1	0	0	1	1
Gee Walker	2	2	1	2	2	1	2B
Joe Abreu	4	0	1	1	0	1
Dick West	4	0	1	1	0	1
Rollie Hemsley	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bucky Walters	3	1	1	0	0	0
Totals	31	8	8	7	3	6

Cincinnati Reds pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	9.0	5	2	2	2	7

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