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Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

1925-09-05 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 10000 · 1:44

Cincinnati Reds defeated Chicago Cubs 4–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 9th. Rube Benton earned the win. Howard Freigau went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	10
CHN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7

W: Rube Benton L: Vic Keen SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Rigler · 1B: Bob Hart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Frank Wilson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Elmer Smith	3	0	0	0	0
Babe Pinelli	4	0	1	0	0
Edd Roush	4	0	0	0	1
Curt Walker	3	0	1	1	1
Walter Holke	4	0	1	0	0
Hughie Critz	2	0	0	0	1
Sam Bohne	4	1	2	1	0
Ernie Krueger	4	1	2	1	0
Rube Benton	4	0	1	0	0
Rube Bressler	1	0	1	0	0
Billy Zitzmann	1	1	1	1	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Sparky Adams	4	0	1	0	0
Cliff Heathcote	4	0	0	0	0
Howard Freigau	4	1	1	1	1
Art Jahn	4	0	1	0	0
Mandy Brooks	4	0	1	0	1
Mike Gonzalez	4	0	1	0	0
Pinky Pittenger	3	0	1	0	1
Gabby Hartnett	3	0	1	0	0
Vic Keen	3	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Benton	9.0	7	0	3

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Keen	9.0	10	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Elmer Smith: 43
Babe Pinelli: 43
Edd Roush: W
Curt Walker: 3/G

Bot 1

Sparky Adams: 53
Cliff Heathcote: 6/P
Howard Freigau: HR/F9D
Art Jahn: 43

Top 2

Walter Holke: 13
Hughie Critz: 9/L
Sam Bohne: S7
Ernie Krueger: S1/G.1-2
Rube Benton: 46(1)/FO

Bot 2

Mandy Brooks: 63
Mike Gonzalez: 9/F
Pinky Pittenger: K/C

Top 3

Elmer Smith: 8/F
Babe Pinelli: 63
Edd Roush: 13

Bot 3

Gabby Hartnett: D7/7DW
Vic Keen: 3/G.2-3
Sparky Adams: 7/F7S
Cliff Heathcote: 8/F

Top 4

Curt Walker: W
Walter Holke: 13.1-2
Hughie Critz: 43.2-3
Sam Bohne: 9/L

Bot 4

Howard Freigau: K
Art Jahn: S8
Mandy Brooks: S5/G5S.1-2
Mike Gonzalez: 9/L.2-3
Pinky Pittenger: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Ernie Krueger: 53/G5L
Rube Benton: 9/F
Elmer Smith: 3E1
Babe Pinelli: S5/G.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Edd Roush: 43

Bot 5

Gabby Hartnett: 43
Vic Keen: 43
Sparky Adams: 7/F7D

Top 6

Curt Walker: 63
Walter Holke: 3/G
Hughie Critz: W
Sam Bohne: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Cliff Heathcote: 53
Howard Freigau: 63
Art Jahn: 13

Top 7

Sam Bohne: 7/L
Ernie Krueger: 7/F7D
Rube Benton: 9/F9DW

Bot 7

Mandy Brooks: K/C
Mike Gonzalez: S8
Pinky Pittenger: S7/7L.1-3
Gabby Hartnett: 9/F9S
Vic Keen: 13

Top 8

Rube Bressler: S7
Babe Pinelli: 13/SH.1-2
Edd Roush: 4/P
Curt Walker: S9.2-H
Walter Holke: CS2(26)

Bot 8

Sparky Adams: D7/7L
Cliff Heathcote: 9/F
Howard Freigau: 6/P/DP.2X2(64)

Top 9

Walter Holke: D8
Hughie Critz: 54/SH.2-3
Sam Bohne: D9.3-H
Ernie Krueger: S7.2-H
Rube Benton: S7.1-2
Billy Zitzmann: S7.2-H;1-2
Babe Pinelli: 8/F8XD
Edd Roush: 43

Bot 9

Art Jahn: E6/G
Mandy Brooks: 16(1)3/GDP
Mike Gonzalez: 8/L

Notes & reviews

Into RF bleachers
Pretty leaping catch
Off Keen's shins
Rain began to fall during Roush's AB; fans rushed for cover
Off Freigau's knee
Heathcote had the wind knocked out of him when Holke tagged him in the stomach.
source 127: D8
Nice backhanded catch
Holke hurt himself sliding into 2B
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