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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1928-09-20 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 1500 · 1:40

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 6–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 5th. Carmen Hill earned the win. Lloyd Waner went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	6	11
PHI	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	11

W: Carmen Hill L: Claude Willoughby SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Moran · 1B: Sherry Magee · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	4	1	2	0	1	0
Lloyd Waner	5	2	4	3	0	0
Paul Waner	4	1	1	1	1	0
Pie Traynor	5	0	1	1	0	0
George Grantham	4	1	2	0	0	1
Glenn Wright	3	0	1	0	1	0
Adam Comorosky	3	0	0	1	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carmen Hill	4	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denny Sothern	5	1	2	0	0	0
Fresco Thompson	5	0	2	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	5	0	1	0	0	1
Freddy Leach	4	1	2	1	0	0
Don Hurst	3	0	1	0	0	0
Pinky Whitney	3	0	1	1	0	1
Heinie Sand	3	1	1	0	0	1
Spud Davis	3	1	1	2	1	0
Claude Willoughby	3	0	0	0	0	1
Cy Williams	0	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Schulte	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carmen Hill	9.0	11	2	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Willoughby	9.0	11	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sparky Adams: S
Lloyd Waner: 146(1)3/GDP
Paul Waner: E8.B-2
Pie Traynor: T7.2-H(UR)
George Grantham: K23#

Bot 1

Denny Sothern: S5
Fresco Thompson: S9.1-2
Chuck Klein: 43.2-3;1-2
Freddy Leach: 43.3-H;2-3
Don Hurst: 7

Top 2

Glenn Wright: 99
Adam Comorosky: 99
Rollie Hemsley: 99

Bot 2

Pinky Whitney: 99
Heinie Sand: S
Spud Davis: 99
Claude Willoughby: K

Top 3

Carmen Hill: 99
Sparky Adams: 99
Lloyd Waner: S
Paul Waner: W.1-2
Pie Traynor: 99

Bot 3

Denny Sothern: 99
Fresco Thompson: S
Chuck Klein: K
Freddy Leach: 99

Top 4

George Grantham: 99
Glenn Wright: 99
Adam Comorosky: 99

Bot 4

Don Hurst: 99
Pinky Whitney: S7
Heinie Sand: 64(1)/FO.B-1
Spud Davis: HR/7.1-H
Claude Willoughby: 99

Top 5

Rollie Hemsley: 99
Carmen Hill: 99
Sparky Adams: W
Lloyd Waner: HR/9.1-H
Paul Waner: 99

Bot 5

Denny Sothern: 99
Fresco Thompson: 99
Chuck Klein: 99

Top 6

Pie Traynor: 99
George Grantham: D
Glenn Wright: W
Adam Comorosky: 54(1)3(B)/GDP

Bot 6

Freddy Leach: D/78
Don Hurst: 8/SF.2-3
Pinky Whitney: 7/SF.3-H
Heinie Sand: K

Top 7

Rollie Hemsley: E6
Carmen Hill: 99(1)/FO/BG.B-1
Sparky Adams: S8.1-3;B-2(TH)
Lloyd Waner: S7.3-H(UR);2-3;B-2(TH)
Paul Waner: FC3.2X2(3254);B-1
Pie Traynor: 99

Bot 7

Spud Davis: W
Claude Willoughby: 99
Denny Sothern: 99
Fresco Thompson: 99

Top 8

George Grantham: S8
Glenn Wright: D8.1-3
Adam Comorosky: 7/SF.3-H;2-3
Rollie Hemsley: FC.3XH(99);B-1
Carmen Hill: 99

Bot 8

Chuck Klein: S8
Freddy Leach: S7.1-2
Don Hurst: S9.2XH(92);1-3
Pinky Whitney: K
Cy Williams: W.1-2
Spud Davis: 99

Top 9

Sparky Adams: 99
Lloyd Waner: D/9D
Paul Waner: S9.2-H
Pie Traynor: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Johnny Schulte: 99
Denny Sothern: S
Fresco Thompson: 99
Chuck Klein: 99

Notes & reviews

Pirates manager Bush ejected by HP umpire Moran and Pirates Scott ejected by base umpire Magee for arguing that Waner made it back to 2nd safely on grounder to first baseman; Adams was trapped between 3rd and home while Waner was caught between 2nd and 3rd; Adams was able to return safely to 3rd but Waner was tagged out returning to 2nd

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