| Show yankees win series american league team takes four straight from the cincinnati reds the new york yanks took four straight games from the cincinnati reds to win the 1939 wor world d series title when they won the 4 ath t h game of the series at crosley fie field I 1 d in cincinnati sunday by a score r e of 7 to 4 the yankees came from behind to tie the score in the ninth at 4 all in the tenth the reds went to pieces and on four hits and three errors the new york team scored three runs to take th the lead elead in the last of the ninth the reds failed to score although threatening with two out and two men in scoring position berger lined out to crosetti ending the game following is the box score NEW YORK AB R H OA 0 A crosetti ss 4 1 0 2 3 rolfe ab 4 0 0 1 3 keller rf 5 3 2 2 0 dimaggio cf 5 2 2 3 0 dickey c 4 1 0 selkirk it if 4 0 1 1 0 gordon ab 4 0 1 0 T 1 dahlgren lb 4 0 0 11 0 hildebrand p 1 0 0 0 0 sundra P 0 0 0 0 0 0 murphy p 2 0 0 0 3 totals 38 7 7 30 12 cincinnati AB R H aa 0 A werber ab 6 5 0 2 0 1 trey frey ab 5 0 0 3 4 goodman if 6 1 2 3 1 mccormick lb 4 1 2 7 1 lombardi I c 5 0 1 5 0 craft ef cf 1 0 0 0 0 Si nimons mons if 4 1 1 3 0 berger if cf 6 5 0 0 4 0 myers ss 3 1 1 4 1 derringer p 2 0 1 1 0 hershberger 1 0 1 0 0 walters P 1 0 0 0 0 totals 41 4 11 30 8 batted for derringer in ath score by innings newyork New York COO 3 7 cincinnati coo C 4 1 batteries hildebrand sundra murphy and dickey derringer walters and lombardi in the second game of the world series monte pearson of the yankees held the cincinnati reds helpless by allowing the national league team only two hits to win the game by a score of 4 to 0 dahlgren the yanks first baseman was the outstanding star and contributed greatly with his hitting he lead the attack in hitting by slamming out two hits in three trips to the plate both being two and paved the way for new yorks runs following is the box score for the second game cincinnati AB R H 0 A werber ab 3 0 1 0 1 prey frey ab p 4 0 0 2 2 goodman rf 3 0 0 1 0 mccormick lb 3 0 0 7 0 lombard 4 c 3 0 1 5 1 craft ci cf 3 0 0 3 1 berger 33 erger if 3 0 0 1 0 myers ss 3 0 0 5 3 walters p 2 0 0 0 3 totals 28 0 2 24 11 NEW YORK AB R 11 0 A crosetti ss 4 0 1 1 2 rolfe ab 4 1 1 1 1 keller rf 4 1 2 0 0 dimaggio cf 4 0 1 4 0 dickey c e 3 0 1 8 1 selkirk if 3 0 1 3 0 gordon ab 3 0 0 2 0 dahlgren lb 3 2 2 8 0 pearson p 2 0 0 0 5 totals 30 4 9 2 27 7 9 score by innings it H E cincinnati 0 2 0 new york boox 4 4 9 0 batteries walters and lombardi lombard ashberger pearson and dickey after playing the first two games earnes in the yankee stadium at new york the teams were idle friday when they journeyed to cincinnati to resume series play on saturday at crosley field cincinnati started the third game in the lead when they scored one run in in the first and two in the fhe second innings but the yanks A in the third and fifth to score five runs which put them in the lead faar home runs were hit by the yankees keller hitting for the circuit twice and dimaggio and dickey both getting one the yanks won the game 7 to 3 making all their runs on five hits while the reds were able to make only 3 runs on 10 hits following ische is the box score NEW YORK AB R H 0 A crobett Croset tt ss 4 1 0 2 2 rolfe ab 4 1 1 0 2 keller rf 3 3 2 2 0 dimaggio cf 4 1 1 2 0 dickey c 3 1 1 5 1 selkirk if 2 0 0 3 0 gordon ab 4 0 0 3 5 dahlgren lb ib 4 0 0 9 2 gomez p 1 0 0 0 0 hadley p 3 0 0 1 1 totals 32 7 5 27 13 AB R H 0 0 A cincinnati werber ab 4 1 1 3 2 frey ab 4 0 0 2 2 goodman rf 5 1 I 3 2 0 mccormick lb 5 0 2 9 01 0 hershberger c 1 0 0 1 01 0 craft ef cf 4 0 0 2 0 berger if 4 0 0 2 0 myers ss 3 1 2 1 4 thompson P 1 0 1 0 0 moore P 1 I 1 0 0 0 2 totals 36 3 10 27 10 score by innings R H E new york 7 5 1 cincinnati 3 10 0 batteries gomez hadley and dickey thompson grisson agn ason moore and hershberger |