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Boston Braves @ Cincinnati Reds

1927-09-09 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 1768 · sunny · 1:28

Cincinnati Reds defeated Boston Braves 8–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 8th. Eppa Rixey earned the win. Curt Walker went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
CIN	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4		8	11

W: Eppa Rixey L: Kent Greenfield SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Peter McLaughlin · 2B: (none) · 3B: Barry McCormick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Doc Gautreau	4	0	1	0	0
Lance Richbourg	3	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Welsh	4	0	1	0	1
Eddie Brown	4	1	2	0	0
Doc Farrell	4	0	0	0	1
Jack Fournier	4	0	0	0	0
Eddie Moore	3	0	2	1	0
Luke Urban	3	0	1	0	0
Kent Greenfield	2	0	0	0	1
Bob Smith	1	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Dressen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pid Purdy	4	1	1	0	0	1
Wally Pipp	4	2	2	1	0	0
Rube Bressler	4	1	2	1	0	0
Curt Walker	4	2	3	2	0	0
Hod Ford	4	0	1	1	0	0
Pinky Pittenger	4	1	0	0	0	0
Val Picinich	3	0	2	1	1	0
Eppa Rixey	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Greenfield	6.0	6	0	1
Joe Genewich	1.1	5	0	0
Guy Morrison	0.2	0	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eppa Rixey	9.0	8	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doc Gautreau: 9
Lance Richbourg: 13
Jimmy Welsh: S9
Eddie Brown: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Chuck Dressen: 7/FL
Pid Purdy: K23
Wally Pipp: 4/P

Top 2

Eddie Brown: D7
Doc Farrell: K
Jack Fournier: 43.2-3
Eddie Moore: S8.3-H
Luke Urban: 7

Bot 2

Rube Bressler: 6/P
Curt Walker: D7
Hod Ford: 5(2)3/GDP

Top 3

Kent Greenfield: K/C
Doc Gautreau: S8
Lance Richbourg: 53/SH.1-2
Jimmy Welsh: K/C

Bot 3

Pinky Pittenger: 31
Val Picinich: S7.BX2(76)
Eppa Rixey: 63

Top 4

Eddie Brown: S7
Doc Farrell: 4/FL
Jack Fournier: 8
Eddie Moore: 4(1)/FO

Bot 4

Chuck Dressen: 2/FL
Pid Purdy: 63
Wally Pipp: S7
Rube Bressler: S6.1-3
Curt Walker: T9.3-H;1-H
Hod Ford: S9.3-H
Pinky Pittenger: 4/P

Top 5

Luke Urban: S8
Kent Greenfield: 5/P
Doc Gautreau: 16(1)/FO
Lance Richbourg: 53

Bot 5

Val Picinich: 7
Eppa Rixey: 53
Chuck Dressen: 63

Top 6

Jimmy Welsh: 7
Eddie Brown: 9
Doc Farrell: 53

Bot 6

Pid Purdy: 8
Wally Pipp: 43
Rube Bressler: 4/P

Top 7

Jack Fournier: 63
Eddie Moore: S1
Luke Urban: 8
Bob Smith: 43

Bot 7

Curt Walker: 3/G
Hod Ford: E5
Pinky Pittenger: 54(1)/FO
Val Picinich: T9.1-H(UR)
Eppa Rixey: 53

Top 8

Doc Gautreau: 6/P
Lance Richbourg: S6
Jimmy Welsh: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Chuck Dressen: 63
Pid Purdy: S6
Wally Pipp: T9.1-H
Rube Bressler: S8.3-H
Curt Walker: S8.1-3
Hod Ford: FC1.3-H(NR)(E1/TH)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-3(E8)
Pinky Pittenger: 63
Val Picinich: W
Eppa Rixey: PO3(252)

Top 9

Eddie Brown: 53
Doc Farrell: 4/P
Jack Fournier: 9

Notes & reviews

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