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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1927-10-02 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 6600 · 2:06

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 1–0. Pete Appleton earned the win. Lloyd Waner went 3-for-4.

Line score

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

W: Pete Appleton L: Lee Meadows SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ernie Quigley · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: (none) · 3B: Barry McCormick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	3	0	0
Dick Bartell	2	0	2	0
Adam Comorosky	4	0	0	0
Fred Brickell	4	1	0	0
Joe Cronin	2	0	2	0
Heinie Groh	4	0	0	0
Hal Rhyne	3	0	0	0
Roy Spencer	3	0	0	0
Mike Cvengros	2	0	0	0
Lee Meadows	1	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Chuck Dressen	3	0	1	1	0
Curt Walker	4	0	0	0	1
High Pockets Kelly	2	0	0	0	0
Rube Bressler	2	0	0	1	0
Ethan Allen	3	0	0	0	0
Hod Ford	3	0	1	0	0
Hughie Critz	3	1	1	0	0
Clyde Sukeforth	2	0	0	1	0
Pete Appleton	3	0	1	0	0
Wally Pipp	1	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Cvengros	5.0	2	2	1
Lee Meadows	3.0	2	2	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Appleton	9.0	4	4	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: S/G4
Dick Bartell: 36(1)/FO
Adam Comorosky: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Chuck Dressen: W
Curt Walker: 36(1)/FO
High Pockets Kelly: 9/L
Rube Bressler: CS2(24)

Top 2

Fred Brickell: S8
Joe Cronin: 8
Heinie Groh: 7
Hal Rhyne: 8/F8S

Bot 2

Rube Bressler: W
Ethan Allen: 53.1-2
Hod Ford: 6(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 3

Roy Spencer: 8
Mike Cvengros: 7
Lloyd Waner: S9
Dick Bartell: 13

Bot 3

Hughie Critz: 3/BP
Clyde Sukeforth: 63
Pete Appleton: S7
Chuck Dressen: 8/F8S

Top 4

Adam Comorosky: 53
Fred Brickell: 43
Joe Cronin: 63

Bot 4

Curt Walker: K
High Pockets Kelly: 8/F8D
Rube Bressler: 4/P

Top 5

Heinie Groh: 8
Hal Rhyne: 13
Roy Spencer: 7

Bot 5

Ethan Allen: 23/G
Hod Ford: S6/G
Hughie Critz: 8
Clyde Sukeforth: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Mike Cvengros: 7
Lloyd Waner: S8
Dick Bartell: WP.1-2
Dick Bartell: W
Adam Comorosky: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Fred Brickell: 8

Bot 6

Pete Appleton: 3/G
Chuck Dressen: S7.B-3(E7)
Curt Walker: 2/FL
Wally Pipp: W
Rube Bressler: 9

Top 7

Joe Cronin: W
Heinie Groh: 64(1)/FO
Hal Rhyne: 4/P
Roy Spencer: 3/FL

Bot 7

Ethan Allen: 13
Hod Ford: 9
Hughie Critz: T/89D
Clyde Sukeforth: W
Pete Appleton: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Pete Appleton: 8/F8D

Top 8

Lee Meadows: K/C
Lloyd Waner: 8
Dick Bartell: W
Adam Comorosky: BK.1-2
Adam Comorosky: 63

Bot 8

Chuck Dressen: 9
Curt Walker: 3/FL
Wally Pipp: 4/P

Top 9

Fred Brickell: 6/P
Joe Cronin: W
Heinie Groh: 4(B)3(1)/LDP