The 1940 Cincinnati Reds won their first series of the season, and sent the flailing 1934 St. Louis Cardinals to their third straight series defeat. After the teams split the first two games, the Reds (7-5) won the next two at home.
Ernie Lombardi hit .375 (6-for-16) with six RBI to lead Cincinnati. The Cardinals (3-9) were led by Ripper Collins and Joe Medwick, who both hit .353 (6-for-17). Medwick homered twice and drove in seven runs.
Game #1: Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 4 (12 inn.)
Almost half of the scoring took place in extra innings. It was tied 3-3 after nine innings. The Reds got one in the top of the 11th on Mike McCormick’s RBI single. The Cardinals got one back in the bottom of the 11th on Jack Rothrock’s RBI double to extend the contest. In the top of the 12th, St. Louis got an RBI single from Ivan Goodman and a two-run single from Ernie Lombardi to put the game away. St. Louis went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 12th.
1940 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Billy Werber 5 1 1 1 Pepper Martin 5 2 2 0
Lonny Frey 6 1 3 0 Jack Rothrock 5 0 1 1
Ival Goodman 4 1 1 1 Frankie Frisch 5 0 0 0
Frank McCormick 6 0 0 0 Joe Medwick 5 1 1 2
Ernie Lombardi 6 1 3 2 Ripper Collins 5 0 0 0
Harry Craft 4 1 0 0 Virgil Davis 5 1 1 0
Mike McCormick 6 1 3 2 Ernie Orsatti 4 0 1 0
Billy Myers 5 1 2 0 Leo Durocher 3 0 0 0
Bucky Walters BY 1 0 0 1 Dizzy Dean AKZ 2 0 0 0
Morrie Arnovich 1 0 0 0 Bill DeLancey 1 0 0 0
Willard Hershberger 1 0 0 0 Burgess Whitehead 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 45 7 13 7 TOTALS 41 4 6 3
1940 CINCINNATI REDS 010 010 100 013 -- 7
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 200 010 010 -- 4
LOB--1940 CINCINNATI REDS 9, 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 3.
ERR--Billy Werber (2). 2B--Billy Myers (2), Ernie Lombardi,
Mike McCormick, Lonny Frey, Pepper Martin, Jack Rothrock.
3B--Pepper Martin. HR--Joe Medwick. SACF--Bucky Walters BY.
SACB--Bucky Walters BY, Harry Craft, Ernie Orsatti. SB--Ival
Goodman.
1940 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bucky Walters BY 8.00 4 3 2 1 7 1
Johnny Hutchings C [W] 3.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
Whitey Moore CXW [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Dizzy Dean AKZ 8.00 6 3 3 2 8 0
Jesse Haines CRZ 3.00 4 1 1 0 1 0
Bill Hallahan CYW [L] 1.00 3 3 3 2 1 0
Game #2: St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 4
Ernie Lombardi’s two-run double put the Reds up 3-2 in the top of the fifth, but the Cardinals responded with three runs in the bottom half of the inning. There were four straight hits including an RBI single from Joe Medwick and a two-run double from Ripper Collins. Medwick later homered for the second straight game, a two-run shot in the seventh.
1940 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Billy Werber 4 1 0 0 Pepper Martin 5 1 2 0
Lonny Frey 3 2 1 0 Jack Rothrock 5 1 1 0
Ival Goodman 5 0 1 0 Frankie Frisch 3 2 3 1
Frank McCormick 4 1 3 2 Joe Medwick 4 2 2 3
Ernie Lombardi 4 0 1 2 Ripper Collins 4 0 3 2
Harry Craft 4 0 0 0 Virgil Davis 3 1 1 0
Mike McCormick 4 0 0 0 Ernie Orsatti 4 0 2 0
Billy Myers 4 0 1 0 Leo Durocher 4 0 0 0
Paul Derringer BYZ 3 0 1 0 Paul Dean BKZ 2 0 0 1
Willard Hershberger 1 0 0 0 Burgess Whitehead 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 8 4 TOTALS 35 7 14 7
1940 CINCINNATI REDS 100 020 100 -- 4
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 110 030 20x -- 7
LOB--1940 CINCINNATI REDS 8, 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 7.
ERR--Frankie Frisch. 2B--Ernie Lombardi, Paul Derringer BYZ,
Frank McCormick, Pepper Martin, Ripper Collins, Ernie
Orsatti. HR--Joe Medwick. SACF--Paul Dean BKZ. SB--Pepper
Martin.
1940 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Derringer BYZ [L] 7.00 14 7 7 2 4 1
Johnny Vander Meer C 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Paul Dean BKZ [W] 8.00 8 4 4 3 7 0
Dazzy Vance DX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #3: Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 2
The Cardinals scored two quick runs on Joe Medwick’s RBI double and Ripper Collins’ RBI triple in the top of the first, but that would be it. The Reds tied the game on Ernie Lombardi’s solo home run in the seventh. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Harry Craft hit a walk-off two-run homer.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1940 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Pepper Martin 4 0 0 0 Billy Werber 4 0 0 0
Jack Rothrock 3 1 1 0 Lonny Frey 4 0 1 0
Frankie Frisch 4 0 0 0 Ival Goodman 4 1 1 0
Joe Medwick 4 1 2 1 Frank McCormick 4 0 1 1
Ripper Collins 4 0 1 1 Ernie Lombardi 2 2 1 1
Virgil Davis 2 0 0 0 Harry Craft 4 1 1 2
Ernie Orsatti 4 0 0 0 Mike McCormick 3 0 2 0
Leo Durocher 3 0 1 0 Billy Myers 3 0 0 0
Bill Walker BYW 2 0 0 0 Gene Thompson BX 2 0 0 0
Morrie Arnovich 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 2 5 2 TOTALS 31 4 7 4
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 200 000 000 -- 2
1940 CINCINNATI REDS 000 100 102 -- 4
LOB--1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 5, 1940 CINCINNATI REDS 3.
ERR--Billy Myers. 2B--Joe Medwick, Frank McCormick.
3B--Ripper Collins. HR--Ernie Lombardi, Harry Craft.
HBP--Ernie Lombardi. SACB--Bill Walker BYW.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Walker BYW [L] 8.67 7 4 4 1 4 2
1940 CINCINNATI REDS
Gene Thompson BX 8.00 5 2 2 3 6 0
Joe Beggs BZ [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #4: Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 3
The Reds scored five times in the first three innings, then held on to win the series. Ival Goodman and Frank McCormick had back-to-back home runs in the first inning. In the third, McCormick provided an RBI triple, followed by a run-scoring single from Ernie Lombardi. St. Louis got three runs back in the sixth and seventh, but then went down 1-2-3 in both the eighth and ninth innings.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1940 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Pepper Martin 4 1 1 0 Billy Werber 4 1 2 0
Jack Rothrock 4 1 1 1 Lonny Frey 4 0 0 0
Frankie Frisch 4 0 0 0 Ival Goodman 3 2 1 2
Joe Medwick 4 0 1 1 Frank McCormick 4 2 2 2
Ripper Collins 4 0 2 0 Ernie Lombardi 4 0 1 1
Virgil Davis 4 1 1 0 Harry Craft 4 0 1 0
Ernie Orsatti 4 0 0 0 Mike McCormick 3 0 0 0
Leo Durocher 2 0 0 0 Billy Myers 3 0 0 0
Tex Carleton CYZ 1 0 0 0 Jim Turner BZ 3 0 1 0
Bill DeLancey 1 0 0 0
Burgess Whitehead 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 32 3 6 3 TOTALS 32 5 8 5
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 002 100 -- 3
1940 CINCINNATI REDS 302 000 00x -- 5
LOB--1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4, 1940 CINCINNATI REDS 4.
2B--Ripper Collins (2), Billy Werber. 3B--Frank McCormick.
HR--Frank McCormick, Ival Goodman. SACF--Burgess Whitehead.
SB--Pepper Martin.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tex Carleton CYZ [L] 5.00 8 5 5 1 1 2
Bill Hallahan CYW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jesse Haines CRZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dazzy Vance DX 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1940 CINCINNATI REDS
Jim Turner BZ [W] 8.00 6 3 3 1 1 0
Joe Beggs BZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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