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Chicago Cubs @ Boston Braves

1929-08-11 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 8000 · soaked · 1:35

Chicago Cubs defeated Boston Braves 3–1. Charlie Root earned the win. Rogers Hornsby went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Charlie Root L: Bob Smith SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Cy Rigler · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Woody English	4	1	0	0	0
Cliff Heathcote	3	0	0	0	1
Rogers Hornsby	4	1	3	3	0
Hack Wilson	4	0	0	0	0
Riggs Stephenson	4	0	0	0	0
Charlie Grimm	4	0	0	0	0
Norm McMillan	1	0	1	0	0
Zack Taylor	3	1	2	0	0
Charlie Root	3	0	0	0	0
Footsie Blair	2	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Richbourg	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	4	0	1	0	0	1
George Sisler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Les Bell	4	1	1	0	0	0
George Harper	2	0	1	0	1	0
Jimmy Welsh	4	0	3	1	0	0
Freddie Maguire	3	0	1	0	0	0
Al Spohrer	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Root	9.0	8	1	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Smith	9.0	6	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody English: 99
Cliff Heathcote: 99
Rogers Hornsby: HR/F9LD
Hack Wilson: 13

Bot 1

Lance Richbourg: 99
Rabbit Maranville: 99
George Sisler: 99

Top 2

Riggs Stephenson: 99
Charlie Grimm: 99
Norm McMillan: S
Zack Taylor: OA.1X2(99)

Bot 2

Les Bell: D8/8XD
George Harper: 8/F8XD/SF.2-3
Jimmy Welsh: S8.3-H
Freddie Maguire: 99/SH.1-2
Al Spohrer: 3/P

Top 3

Zack Taylor: 99
Charlie Root: 99
Woody English: 99

Bot 3

Bob Smith: 99
Lance Richbourg: 99
Rabbit Maranville: K

Top 4

Cliff Heathcote: 99
Rogers Hornsby: 9/F9DW
Hack Wilson: 99

Bot 4

George Sisler: 99
Les Bell: 99
George Harper: W
Jimmy Welsh: CS2(26)

Top 5

Riggs Stephenson: 99
Charlie Grimm: 99
Footsie Blair: 99

Bot 5

Jimmy Welsh: 99/F
Freddie Maguire: S
Al Spohrer: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Zack Taylor: S8
Charlie Root: 16(1)/FO/BG
Woody English: 99(1)/FO
Cliff Heathcote: W.1-2
Rogers Hornsby: S9.2-H;1-3
Hack Wilson: 99/P

Bot 6

Bob Smith: 99
Lance Richbourg: S
Rabbit Maranville: 99
George Sisler: 99

Top 7

Riggs Stephenson: 99
Charlie Grimm: 99
Footsie Blair: 99

Bot 7

Les Bell: 99
George Harper: S
Jimmy Welsh: S.1-2
Freddie Maguire: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Al Spohrer: CSH(262)

Top 8

Zack Taylor: D7
Charlie Root: E1/BG.2-3
Woody English: 3/FL
Cliff Heathcote: 5/P
Rogers Hornsby: D8/F78XDW.3-H(UR);1XH(862)

Bot 8

Al Spohrer: 99
Bob Smith: E6/TH
Lance Richbourg: 8/F
Rabbit Maranville: D9.1-3
George Sisler: 13

Top 9

Hack Wilson: 99
Riggs Stephenson: 99
Charlie Grimm: 99

Bot 9

Les Bell: 99
George Harper: 99
Jimmy Welsh: S
Freddie Maguire: 99

Notes & reviews

Frequent showers before the game; light showers during the game lasted a few minutes but no delays. The game finished before 5pm.
High into RF bleachers near foul pole
McMillan was spiked by Bell on attempted pickoff. He was carried off the field.
Attempted double steal
Welsh prevented it from hitting the screen

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