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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1924-07-31 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 6 innings · Att: 6000 · 1:05

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 5–0. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 2nd. Lee Meadows earned the win. Kiki Cuyler went 3-for-3 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
PIT	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	9
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Lee Meadows L: Mule Watson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Barry McCormick · 1B: Cy Pfirman · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Bigbee	3	0	0	0	0	0
Max Carey	3	1	2	1	0	0
Kiki Cuyler	3	0	3	2	0	0
Glenn Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pie Traynor	3	1	1	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	1	1	0	0	2	0
Charlie Grimm	3	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Smith	3	1	1	2	0	0
Lee Meadows	3	1	1	0	0	2

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Billy Southworth	3	0	0	0
Frankie Frisch	3	0	0	0
Hack Wilson	2	0	1	1
Irish Meusel	3	1	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	3	2	0	0
Travis Jackson	3	1	0	0
Heinie Groh	2	0	1	0
Frank Snyder	2	0	0	0
Jack Bentley	2	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lee Meadows	6.0	5	2	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mule Watson	1.1	4	1	0
Jack Bentley	4.2	5	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carson Bigbee: 63
Max Carey: 3/G
Kiki Cuyler: S6/G6MS
Glenn Wright: 7/F

Bot 1

Billy Southworth: 8/F
Frankie Frisch: 6/L
Hack Wilson: W
Irish Meusel: 43

Top 2

Pie Traynor: S7
Rabbit Maranville: SB2
Rabbit Maranville: W
Charlie Grimm: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Earl Smith: D9/9DW.3-H;2-H
Lee Meadows: S9.2-3
Carson Bigbee: 4/P
Max Carey: S/5D.3-H;1-2
Kiki Cuyler: D7/5D.2-H;1-H
Glenn Wright: 2/FL

Bot 2

High Pockets Kelly: S9
Travis Jackson: 8/F
Heinie Groh: W.1-2
Frank Snyder: 4/P
Jack Bentley: S/G46.2-3;1-2
Billy Southworth: 4(1)/FO

Top 3

Pie Traynor: 9/F9S
Rabbit Maranville: W
Charlie Grimm: S4/G.1-2
Earl Smith: SB3
Earl Smith: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Frankie Frisch: 63
Hack Wilson: K/C
Irish Meusel: S1/BG23
High Pockets Kelly: S7.1-2
Travis Jackson: 3/G

Top 4

Lee Meadows: K
Carson Bigbee: 9/F
Max Carey: S5/BG25
Kiki Cuyler: S7.1-3
Glenn Wright: CSH(2)#

Bot 4

Heinie Groh: 13
Frank Snyder: 63#
Jack Bentley: 63

Top 5

Glenn Wright: 7/F
Pie Traynor: 43
Rabbit Maranville: 9/L

Bot 5

Billy Southworth: 5/FL
Frankie Frisch: 6/L
Hack Wilson: 63

Top 6

Charlie Grimm: 43
Earl Smith: 3/G
Lee Meadows: K

Bot 6

Irish Meusel: 63
High Pockets Kelly: 63
Travis Jackson: S7/G56
Heinie Groh: 6/L

Notes & reviews

It began to rain during the 4th inning
Max Carey let himself be put out because the Pirates were anxious to get the game over before the game was called because of the weather
play,7,0,bigbc101,??,,5/FL play,7,0,carem101,??,,63 play,7,0,cuylk101,??,,HR/F9D play,7,0,wrigg102,??,,S9 play,7,0,trayp101,??,,54(1)/FO play,7,1,snydf101,??,,S6/G6S play,7,1,bentj101,??,,5/FL $after a 30 minute rain delay with Billy Southworth at bat, the game was called on account of rain & darkness; the score reverted to the previous inning and Cuyler's HR did not count; the Pirates scored one run in the top of the seventh and there had been two batters in the bottom of the frame

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