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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1928-07-16 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 3500 · 1:56

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 8–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 1st. Ray Kremer earned the win. George Grantham went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9
PIT	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	1		8	13

W: Ray Kremer L: Art Delaney SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Richbourg	4	0	0	0	1	1
Earl Clark	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Sisler	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	3	0	1	1	0	1
Les Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Brown	4	1	1	0	0	0
Howard Freigau	4	1	1	1	0	1
Zack Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Art Delaney	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Spohrer	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Smith	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Cantwell	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Burrus	1	0	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	4	0	0	1	0	0
Lloyd Waner	5	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Waner	3	4	3	1	2	0
George Grantham	5	1	4	2	0	0
Pie Traynor	4	0	2	1	0	0
Pete Scott	3	1	1	1	1	0
Dick Bartell	2	1	1	0	2	0
Charlie Hargreaves	2	0	1	1	1	0
Ray Kremer	4	0	0	0	0	3

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Delaney	4.0	5	4	2
Ben Cantwell	4.0	8	2	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Kremer	9.0	9	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Richbourg: W
Earl Clark: 99(1)/FO.B-1
George Sisler: FC3.1-3(E3/TH);B-1
Rogers Hornsby: S.3-H(UR);1-2
Les Bell: 99
Eddie Brown: 99

Bot 1

Sparky Adams: 99
Lloyd Waner: 99
Paul Waner: W
George Grantham: T9.1-H
Pie Traynor: E5/P.3-H(NR)(UR)
Pete Scott: 99

Top 2

Howard Freigau: 99
Zack Taylor: 99
Art Delaney: 99

Bot 2

Dick Bartell: W
Charlie Hargreaves: S7.1-3
Ray Kremer: K
Sparky Adams: 99/SF.3-H
Lloyd Waner: 99

Top 3

Lance Richbourg: 99
Earl Clark: 99
George Sisler: S4.B-2(E4/TH)
Rogers Hornsby: K

Bot 3

Paul Waner: W
George Grantham: E4.1-2
Pie Traynor: 99/SF.2-3
Pete Scott: 99/SF.3-H(UR)
Dick Bartell: D.1-3
Charlie Hargreaves: W
Ray Kremer: K

Top 4

Les Bell: 99
Eddie Brown: 99
Howard Freigau: 99

Bot 4

Sparky Adams: 99
Lloyd Waner: 99
Paul Waner: S
George Grantham: S.1-3
Pie Traynor: 99

Top 5

Al Spohrer: S
Jack Smith: K/C
Lance Richbourg: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Pete Scott: W
Dick Bartell: 99(1)/FO.B-1
Charlie Hargreaves: CS2(99)
Charlie Hargreaves: 99

Top 6

Earl Clark: 99
George Sisler: S
Rogers Hornsby: 53/SH.1-2
Les Bell: 99

Bot 6

Ray Kremer: K
Sparky Adams: 99
Lloyd Waner: S
Paul Waner: T.1-H
George Grantham: D9.3-H
Pie Traynor: S.2-3
Pete Scott: CSH(262).1-2

Top 7

Eddie Brown: 99
Howard Freigau: K
Al Spohrer: 99

Bot 7

Pete Scott: T
Dick Bartell: W
Charlie Hargreaves: 99/SF.3-H
Ray Kremer: 99
Sparky Adams: SB2
Sparky Adams: 99

Top 8

Ben Cantwell: S
Lance Richbourg: K
Earl Clark: S.1-2
George Sisler: 99
Rogers Hornsby: 99

Bot 8

Lloyd Waner: 99
Paul Waner: S
George Grantham: S.1-3
Pie Traynor: S.3-H;1-2
Pete Scott: 64(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 9

Les Bell: 99
Eddie Brown: D
Howard Freigau: D.2-H
Al Spohrer: 99
Dick Burrus: D.2-H
Lance Richbourg: 99

Notes & reviews

Taylor was injured by a foul-tip off the bat of Kramer

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