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Miley BB CD 1939 Cardinals-Reds 9/26 (G1)
Called by Roger Baker (NBC) and HL by Red Barber

Reds Clinch a tie for the pennant, plus bonus coverage of the Reds and Yankees at Spring Training, narrated by Red Barber.  In the featured game, Billy Myers hits a three-run homer in the 2nd, and rookie pitcher Junior Thompson goes the distance to nail down the game for Cincinnati.

Game box score below provided by Retrosheet.org
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Cincinnati Reds 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1 (1)

Game Played on Tuesday, September 26, 1939 (D) at Crosley Field

STL N    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  1
CIN N 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 12 1
BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Brown ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Gutteridge 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Slaughter rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
Medwick lf 5 1 3 0 0 0 3 1
Mize 1b 4 0 2 0 1 0 6 1
Lake pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Padgett c 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Moore cf 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0
S. Martin 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Davis p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Shoun p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hopp ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bowman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
King ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Warneke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
P. Martin ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Weiland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 36 1 9 1 6 4 24 11
FIELDING - 
DP: 3. Medwick-Padgett, Gutteridge-S. Martin-Mize, Warneke-Brown-Mize.
E: Gutteridge (22).
BATTING - 
2B: Medwick 2 (46,off Thompson 2); Mize (44,off Thompson).
GDP: Gutteridge (6,off Thompson).
IBB: Mize (10,by Thompson); Padgett (3,by Thompson).
Team LOB: 14.
Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Werber 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Frey 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 5 4
Goodman rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
McCormick 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 11 2
Lombardi c 2 1 2 0 2 0 6 1
Craft cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Berger lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
DiMaggio pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Myers ss 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 6
Thompson p 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 32 3 12 3 4 2 27 14
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Myers-Frey-McCormick.
E: Frey (18).
BATTING - 
2B: Lombardi (26,off Davis); McCormick (41,off Warneke).
HR: Myers (9,2nd inning off Davis 2 on 1 out).
SH: Frey (25,off Davis); Goodman (22,off Bowman).
GDP: Werber (12,off Bowman); Goodman (6,off Warneke).
IBB: Lombardi 2 (19,by Bowman,by Warneke); Werber (2,by Weiland).
Team LOB: 11.
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Davis L(22-15) 1.2 5 3 3 0 0 1 11
Shoun 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bowman 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 12
Warneke 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 9
Weiland 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Totals 8 12 3 3 4 2 1 38
IBB: Bowman (3,Lombardi); Warneke (2,Lombardi); Weiland (7,Werber).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Shoun 2-0.
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Cincinnati Reds              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Thompson W(12-5) 9 9 1 1 6 4 0 42
IBB: Thompson 2 (6,Mize,Padgett).
Umpires: HP - Larry Goetz, 1B - Babe Pinelli, 2B - Beans Reardon, 3B - Bick Campbell