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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1927-05-16 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 4000 · 2:08

Brooklyn Robins defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 9–5. Brooklyn Robins put up 3 in the 1st. Jesse Petty earned the win. George Grantham went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	13
BRO	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	0		9	11

W: Jesse Petty L: Emil Yde SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Jorda · 1B: Cy Rigler · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cy Pfirman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	0	0	0	0
Kiki Cuyler	5	1	1	0	1
Paul Waner	5	2	3	0	0
Glenn Wright	2	0	0	1	0
George Grantham	4	1	2	3	1
Pie Traynor	4	0	2	0	0
Joe Harris	4	1	2	0	0
Roy Spencer	4	0	2	0	0
Emil Yde	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Cvengros	1	0	0	0	0
Clyde Barnhart	1	0	0	1	0
Bullet Joe Bush	1	0	1	0	0
Herman Layne	1	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Carey	5	0	4	0	0	0
Jay Partridge	5	2	1	1	0	2
Irish Meusel	4	2	1	0	1	0
Babe Herman	3	2	1	2	1	0
Gus Felix	3	2	2	1	1	0
Jake Flowers	2	0	0	1	1	0
Johnny Butler	2	0	1	3	1	0
Butch Henline	2	1	1	1	1	0
Jesse Petty	4	0	0	0	0	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Emil Yde	3.0	6	3	0
Mike Cvengros	3.0	1	1	3
Chet Nichols	2.0	4	2	2

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Petty	9.0	13	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: 7/L
Kiki Cuyler: 31
Paul Waner: T8/8D
Glenn Wright: 53

Bot 1

Max Carey: S9
Jay Partridge: 36(1)/FO
Irish Meusel: D9/9LDW.1-3
Babe Herman: 23/G2
Gus Felix: W
Jake Flowers: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Johnny Butler: S8.3-H;2-H;1XH(862)

Top 2

George Grantham: K
Pie Traynor: S8
Joe Harris: 53.1-2
Roy Spencer: S5/G5S.2-3
Emil Yde: 6/P56D

Bot 2

Butch Henline: HP
Jesse Petty: 8
Max Carey: S7.1-3
Jay Partridge: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Irish Meusel: 8

Top 3

Lloyd Waner: 53
Kiki Cuyler: 53
Paul Waner: 23/G

Bot 3

Babe Herman: W
Gus Felix: S/G46.1-2
Jake Flowers: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Johnny Butler: 8/SF.3-H
Butch Henline: D8.2-H;BX3(865)

Top 4

Glenn Wright: 43
George Grantham: 7
Pie Traynor: S7
Joe Harris: 8/F8XD

Bot 4

Jesse Petty: K
Max Carey: D7
Jay Partridge: PO2(15)
Jay Partridge: K23

Top 5

Roy Spencer: 43
Mike Cvengros: 6/P
Lloyd Waner: 13

Bot 5

Irish Meusel: 9/L
Babe Herman: 3/G
Gus Felix: 9

Top 6

Kiki Cuyler: 13
Paul Waner: S7
Glenn Wright: 8/SF/8D.1-2
George Grantham: D7.2-H
Pie Traynor: 63

Bot 6

Jake Flowers: 7/F78XDW
Johnny Butler: 53
Butch Henline: W
Jesse Petty: K

Top 7

Joe Harris: S8
Roy Spencer: S9.1-3
Clyde Barnhart: 16(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Lloyd Waner: 13

Bot 7

Max Carey: 5/FL
Jay Partridge: S9
Irish Meusel: W.1-2
Babe Herman: D7.2-H;1-H;B-3(THH)
Gus Felix: S8.3-H
Jake Flowers: 6/P
Johnny Butler: CS2(2E4)
Johnny Butler: W
Butch Henline: 7/F7S

Top 8

Kiki Cuyler: S8/89
Paul Waner: S9.1-3
Glenn Wright: 9/SF/9D.3-H
George Grantham: HR/F9D.1-H
Pie Traynor: 5/P
Joe Harris: D9/9DW
Roy Spencer: 6/P

Bot 8

Jesse Petty: K
Max Carey: S9
Jay Partridge: K+SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Irish Meusel: 2/FL

Top 9

Bullet Joe Bush: S/78
Herman Layne: 16(1)/FO
Kiki Cuyler: K
Paul Waner: DI.1-2
Paul Waner: DI.2-3
Paul Waner: 63

Notes & reviews

Smart play
To the CF exit gate
Nice pickup by Herman of low throw
NYEW reported Flowers tried to score when Cuyler fumbled; however, none of the box scores charged him with an error.
Nice stop
Beautiful catch of Texas Leaguer
Peach of a stop; knocked down wicked liner
Another fast play
Felix singled off Yde's glove
NYEW: BX3(845)
To the CF gate
Only PPG reported 23
L.Waner ran back to the bleachers and robbed Flowers of a HR as it was going into the seats.
NYEW: SB2
Over RF wall
NYEJ coverage ended here
Updated by Wayne Townsend, 9/19/03.

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