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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

1927-09-29 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 340 · overcast, showers, soaked · 1:27

Cincinnati Reds defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 3 in the 4th. Jakie May earned the win. Frankie Frisch went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jakie May L: Fred Frankhouse SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Taylor Douthit	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frankie Frisch	4	1	2	1	0	0
Chick Hafey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Bottomley	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Blades	2	0	1	0	2	0
Wattie Holm	3	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Snyder	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	3	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Frankhouse	3	0	1	1	0	0
Les Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Dressen	4	0	0	0	0	1
Curt Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Pipp	3	1	1	0	1	0
Rube Bressler	2	1	0	0	1	0
Ethan Allen	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hod Ford	4	0	1	1	0	0
Hughie Critz	2	0	0	1	0	0
Val Picinich	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jakie May	3	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Frankhouse	8.0	5	2	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jakie May	9.0	8	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Taylor Douthit: 53
Frankie Frisch: S8
Chick Hafey: 8/F
Jim Bottomley: 8/F

Bot 1

Chuck Dressen: K
Curt Walker: E6/TH.B-1
Wally Pipp: W.1-2
Rube Bressler: 8/F
Ethan Allen: 5(2)/FO

Top 2

Ray Blades: 8/F
Wattie Holm: 3/G
Frank Snyder: 43

Bot 2

Hod Ford: 63
Hughie Critz: 13
Val Picinich: 8/F89D

Top 3

Rabbit Maranville: 4/P
Fred Frankhouse: 43
Taylor Douthit: D9/9L
Frankie Frisch: 8/F

Bot 3

Jakie May: 8/F
Chuck Dressen: 9/F
Curt Walker: 8/F

Top 4

Chick Hafey: 63
Jim Bottomley: HP
Ray Blades: S7.1-2
Wattie Holm: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Wally Pipp: DGR/9L
Rube Bressler: E1/TH1/SH.2-H(NR);B-2
Ethan Allen: S8.2-3;B-2(THH)
Hod Ford: S7.3-H(UR);2-3
Hughie Critz: 7/L/SF.3-H
Val Picinich: D7.1-3
Jakie May: K/C
Chuck Dressen: 63

Top 5

Frank Snyder: S/78
Rabbit Maranville: S9.1-3
Fred Frankhouse: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Taylor Douthit: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Curt Walker: 4/L
Wally Pipp: 43
Rube Bressler: W
Ethan Allen: 4/P

Top 6

Frankie Frisch: HR/L7D
Chick Hafey: S7/F7S
Jim Bottomley: 2
Ray Blades: W.1-2
Wattie Holm: K
Frank Snyder: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Hod Ford: 63
Hughie Critz: 6/P
Val Picinich: 4/P

Top 7

Rabbit Maranville: 7/F
Fred Frankhouse: S8
Taylor Douthit: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 7

Jakie May: 53
Chuck Dressen: 8/F
Curt Walker: 7/F

Top 8

Frankie Frisch: 3/G
Chick Hafey: 7/F
Jim Bottomley: K23

Bot 8

Wally Pipp: 63
Rube Bressler: 8/F
Ethan Allen: D7
Hod Ford: 43

Top 9

Ray Blades: W
Wattie Holm: 13/SH.1-2
Frank Snyder: 8/F
Les Bell: FC5.2X3(5)

Notes & reviews

sawdust was scattered over the infield after rain had soaked the park; the early innings were played in a drizzle; the infield was a sea of mud, while the outfielders navigated around small lakes created by the day and a half of almost incessant rain

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