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Philadelphia Phillies @ Chicago Cubs

1927-08-02 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 7000 · 1:40

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 6–2. Chicago Cubs put up 4 in the 2nd. Guy Bush earned the win. Earl Webb went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9
CHN	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0		6	12

W: Guy Bush L: Alex Ferguson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Hank O'Day · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charlie Moran · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Spalding	4	0	1	0	0	1
Heinie Sand	4	1	1	0	0	0
Cy Williams	4	0	1	0	0	0
Russ Wrightstone	4	0	1	0	0	0
Freddy Leach	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Wilson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Fresco Thompson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Cooney	3	0	0	0	1	0
Alex Ferguson	3	0	1	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	5	2	3	0	0	1
Woody English	5	1	1	1	0	1
Earl Webb	4	1	3	3	1	0
Hack Wilson	2	0	0	1	1	0
Riggs Stephenson	2	0	0	0	2	0
Charlie Grimm	3	0	3	1	1	0
Gabby Hartnett	3	0	0	0	1	0
Clyde Beck	3	1	1	0	1	1
Guy Bush	4	1	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alex Ferguson	8.0	12	7	4

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Guy Bush	9.0	9	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Spalding: K
Heinie Sand: 8
Cy Williams: S/89
Russ Wrightstone: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Sparky Adams: S7
Woody English: 3/FL
Earl Webb: S8.1-3
Hack Wilson: 8/SF.3-H
Riggs Stephenson: W.1-2
Charlie Grimm: S7.2XH(72);1-2

Top 2

Freddy Leach: D8
Jimmie Wilson: 6/P
Fresco Thompson: 8/F8S
Jimmy Cooney: W
Alex Ferguson: S9/3D.2-H;1-3
Dick Spalding: 53

Bot 2

Gabby Hartnett: W
Clyde Beck: CS2(26)
Clyde Beck: W
Guy Bush: K
Sparky Adams: S7.1-2
Woody English: D7.2-H;1-3
Earl Webb: D7.3-H;2-H
Hack Wilson: HP
Riggs Stephenson: W.2-3;1-2
Charlie Grimm: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Gabby Hartnett: 9

Top 3

Heinie Sand: S7
Cy Williams: 43.1-2
Russ Wrightstone: S9.2-3
Freddy Leach: 5/P
Jimmie Wilson: S7.3-H;1-2
Fresco Thompson: 6/P

Bot 3

Clyde Beck: K
Guy Bush: 63
Sparky Adams: S6/G56
Woody English: CS2(26)

Top 4

Jimmy Cooney: 9/L
Alex Ferguson: 9
Dick Spalding: S7
Heinie Sand: 43

Bot 4

Woody English: K
Earl Webb: 43
Hack Wilson: W
Riggs Stephenson: 13

Top 5

Cy Williams: 63
Russ Wrightstone: 5/P
Freddy Leach: 7

Bot 5

Charlie Grimm: S9
Gabby Hartnett: 64(1)3/GDP
Clyde Beck: 6/P

Top 6

Jimmie Wilson: 63
Fresco Thompson: S7
Jimmy Cooney: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Guy Bush: D8
Sparky Adams: K
Woody English: 31.2-3
Earl Webb: S8.3-H
Hack Wilson: 13

Top 7

Alex Ferguson: 43
Dick Spalding: 63
Heinie Sand: 8

Bot 7

Riggs Stephenson: 63
Charlie Grimm: S9
Gabby Hartnett: 7/L
Clyde Beck: S9.1-3
Guy Bush: 8

Top 8

Cy Williams: 9
Russ Wrightstone: 4/P
Freddy Leach: 31

Bot 8

Sparky Adams: 7
Woody English: 2/FL
Earl Webb: W
Hack Wilson: 5/P

Top 9

Jimmie Wilson: S/G6
Fresco Thompson: 9
Jimmy Cooney: 64(1)3/GDP