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Philadelphia Phillies @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1929-05-24 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 3000 · 1:50

Brooklyn Robins defeated Philadelphia Phillies 3–2. Watty Clark earned the win and Doug McWeeny picked up the save. Babe Herman went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Watty Clark L: Les Sweetland SV: Doug McWeeny

Umpires — HP: Ernie Quigley · 1B: Charlie Moran · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fresco Thompson	4	0	0	0	1	0
Lefty O'Doul	4	1	2	0	1	0
Homer Peel	4	0	1	0	0	0
Don Hurst	3	0	1	0	1	0
Pinky Whitney	2	0	0	1	1	0
Chuck Klein	3	1	0	0	1	2
Bernie Friberg	4	0	1	0	0	1
Spud Davis	3	0	1	0	1	0
Les Sweetland	3	0	0	0	0	2
June Greene	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Frederick	2	0	1	1	1	0
Wally Gilbert	4	0	2	0	0	0
Babe Herman	4	1	1	1	0	0
Rube Bressler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Harvey Hendrick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Bancroft	3	1	1	0	0	0
Val Picinich	3	1	3	0	0	0
Watty Clark	2	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Les Sweetland	8.0	9	1	2

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Watty Clark	7.1	6	3	4
Win Ballou	0.0	0	1	0
Doug McWeeny	1.2	0	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fresco Thompson: 7
Lefty O'Doul: 31
Homer Peel: E5/G.B-2
Don Hurst: 8/F8XD

Bot 1

Johnny Frederick: W
Wally Gilbert: E5/G.1-2
Babe Herman: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Rube Bressler: 43

Top 2

Pinky Whitney: 13
Chuck Klein: W
Bernie Friberg: K
Spud Davis: S7.1-3
Les Sweetland: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Les Sweetland: 43

Bot 2

Harvey Hendrick: 3/G
Eddie Moore: 13/BG
Dave Bancroft: 3/FL

Top 3

Fresco Thompson: 3/G
Lefty O'Doul: W
Homer Peel: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Val Picinich: S9
Watty Clark: 14/SH.1-2
Johnny Frederick: 9/SF.2-3
Wally Gilbert: 9

Top 4

Don Hurst: S7
Pinky Whitney: W.1-2
Chuck Klein: K/C
Bernie Friberg: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Spud Davis: 8

Bot 4

Babe Herman: HR/F9D
Rube Bressler: 53
Harvey Hendrick: S4
Eddie Moore: 9
Dave Bancroft: 53

Top 5

Les Sweetland: K/C
Fresco Thompson: 8
Lefty O'Doul: S/78
Homer Peel: 4/L

Bot 5

Val Picinich: D7
Watty Clark: K
Johnny Frederick: S9.2-H
Wally Gilbert: S9.1-2
Babe Herman: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Rube Bressler: K/C

Top 6

Don Hurst: 43
Pinky Whitney: 8
Chuck Klein: 9

Bot 6

Harvey Hendrick: 63
Eddie Moore: 8
Dave Bancroft: S7
Val Picinich: S/89.1-3
Watty Clark: CS2(26).3-H

Top 7

Bernie Friberg: S8
Spud Davis: 64(1)3/GDP
Les Sweetland: K23

Bot 7

Watty Clark: 9
Johnny Frederick: 7
Wally Gilbert: S8
Babe Herman: 9

Top 8

Fresco Thompson: 53
Lefty O'Doul: D8
Homer Peel: S/L1.2-3
Don Hurst: W.1-2
Pinky Whitney: 8/SF.3-H
Chuck Klein: K/C

Bot 8

Rube Bressler: 4/P
Harvey Hendrick: 8
Eddie Moore: 5/FL

Top 9

Bernie Friberg: 8
Spud Davis: W
June Greene: 46(1)/FO
Fresco Thompson: W.1-2
Lefty O'Doul: 8

Notes & reviews

Through Gilbert's legs, the ball ending up in CF
Close play
Over RF wall
Delayed double steal; the run scored prior to tag out
Off Clark's hand; he tried throwing a few practice pitches but never came close to the plate.

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