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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1929-06-27 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5000 · 1:57

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 9–3. New York Giants put up 3 in the 1st. Bill Walker earned the win. Freddy Leach went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	8
NY1	3	1	0	0	0	3	2	0		9	12

W: Bill Walker L: Luther Roy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Edward McLaughlin · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bob Hart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denny Sothern	5	1	2	2	0	0
Lefty O'Doul	4	0	0	0	1	0
Fresco Thompson	4	1	2	0	1	0
Don Hurst	5	0	1	0	0	1
Pinky Whitney	3	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Friberg	4	0	2	0	0	0
Spud Davis	3	0	0	0	1	0
Luther Roy	2	1	0	0	1	1
Homer Peel	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Edd Roush	4	2	2	1	1	0
Freddy Leach	5	1	4	2	0	0
Freddie Lindstrom	5	1	0	1	0	0
Mel Ott	3	2	1	0	2	0
Bill Terry	5	1	1	0	0	0
Andy Cohen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Travis Jackson	3	2	2	2	1	0
Shanty Hogan	3	0	1	2	1	0
Bill Walker	4	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luther Roy	7.0	11	4	2
Hal Elliott	1.0	1	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Walker	9.0	8	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Denny Sothern: 9
Lefty O'Doul: W
Fresco Thompson: 64(1)/FO
Don Hurst: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Edd Roush: 13
Freddy Leach: S7
Freddie Lindstrom: 54(1)/FO
Mel Ott: S8/8S.1-2
Bill Terry: S6.2-3;1-2
Andy Cohen: E5/G.3-H(UR)(NR);2-3;1-2
Travis Jackson: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Shanty Hogan: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Bill Walker: K

Top 2

Don Hurst: 4/P
Pinky Whitney: S7
Chuck Klein: 9
Bernie Friberg: S/89.1-3
Spud Davis: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Edd Roush: W
Freddy Leach: S9.1-3
Freddie Lindstrom: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Mel Ott: 43

Top 3

Luther Roy: K
Denny Sothern: E5/G
Lefty O'Doul: 36(1)/FO
Fresco Thompson: S9/L.1-3
Don Hurst: 6/P

Bot 3

Bill Terry: 63
Andy Cohen: S9
Travis Jackson: 53.1-2
Shanty Hogan: FC5.2X3(5)

Top 4

Pinky Whitney: 63
Chuck Klein: 2/FL
Bernie Friberg: S7
Spud Davis: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Bill Walker: 7
Edd Roush: S/89
Freddy Leach: 8/F8XD
Freddie Lindstrom: 7

Top 5

Luther Roy: W
Denny Sothern: HR/F7D.1-H
Lefty O'Doul: 9/F9D
Fresco Thompson: S9
Don Hurst: S7/78.1-3;B-2(E7)
Pinky Whitney: 8/SF.3-H
Chuck Klein: 3/FL

Bot 5

Mel Ott: 43
Bill Terry: 43
Andy Cohen: 53

Top 6

Bernie Friberg: 8/F8XD
Spud Davis: W
Luther Roy: 2/FL
Denny Sothern: E4/F.1-2
Lefty O'Doul: 3/G

Bot 6

Travis Jackson: S7
Shanty Hogan: 53.1-2
Bill Walker: K
Edd Roush: S9.2-H
Freddy Leach: HR/F9D.1-H
Freddie Lindstrom: 9/F89S

Top 7

Fresco Thompson: W
Don Hurst: K
Pinky Whitney: 7
Chuck Klein: 9

Bot 7

Mel Ott: W
Bill Terry: 7
Andy Cohen: SB2
Andy Cohen: 7/L
Travis Jackson: T7/L78XDW.2-H
Shanty Hogan: S7.3-H
Bill Walker: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Bernie Friberg: 43
Spud Davis: 4/P4MD
Homer Peel: 53

Bot 8

Edd Roush: 7
Freddy Leach: S8
Freddie Lindstrom: 43.1-2
Mel Ott: W
Bill Terry: 5/L

Top 9

Denny Sothern: D/78
Lefty O'Doul: 2/FL
Fresco Thompson: 4/L
Don Hurst: 6/P

Notes & reviews

Roy blocked the smash
Great backhand stop
Ott tried a shoestring catch
Into upper tier of LF stands
Close to RF stands
Leach fumbled
Diving stop
Muffed looping fly
Into lower tier of RF stands
Over O'Doul's head, hit the fence in deep LCF on the fly, the longest inside shot ever seen at the Polo Grounds.
Fine pickup
Diving catch

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