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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1929-08-25 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 10000 · 1:23

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Braves 4–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 9th. Bill Sherdel earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bill Sherdel L: Percy Jones SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Barry McCormick · 1B: Cy Pfirman · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wattie Holm	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Orsatti	4	0	2	2	0	0
Frankie Frisch	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Bottomley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chick Hafey	3	0	0	0	1	0
Andy High	2	2	0	0	2	0
Jimmie Wilson	4	1	2	1	0	0
Johnny Butler	3	1	2	1	1	0
Bill Sherdel	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Johnny Cooney	4	1	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	4	0	0	0
Lance Richbourg	4	2	0	0
George Sisler	4	1	0	0
Les Bell	4	0	0	0
George Harper	2	0	1	1
Freddie Maguire	3	0	0	0
Al Spohrer	3	1	0	0
Percy Jones	2	0	0	1
Hank Gowdy	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Sherdel	9.0	5	1	3

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Percy Jones	8.0	5	2	1
Bruce Cunningham	1.0	2	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wattie Holm: 99
Ernie Orsatti: 99
Frankie Frisch: 99

Bot 1

Johnny Cooney: 99
Rabbit Maranville: 99
Lance Richbourg: 99

Top 2

Jim Bottomley: K
Chick Hafey: 99
Andy High: 99

Bot 2

George Sisler: D
Les Bell: 99/G.2-3
George Harper: 9(B)2(3)/DP/FL

Top 3

Jimmie Wilson: S
Johnny Butler: S.1-2
Bill Sherdel: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Wattie Holm: 99
Ernie Orsatti: 99

Bot 3

Freddie Maguire: 99
Al Spohrer: S
Percy Jones: K
Johnny Cooney: 99

Top 4

Frankie Frisch: 99
Jim Bottomley: 99
Chick Hafey: 99

Bot 4

Rabbit Maranville: 99
Lance Richbourg: S
George Sisler: 99
Les Bell: 99

Top 5

Andy High: W
Jimmie Wilson: 3/G.1-2
Johnny Butler: S.2-H
Bill Sherdel: 99/BG/SH.1-2
Wattie Holm: 99

Bot 5

George Harper: K
Freddie Maguire: 99
Al Spohrer: 99

Top 6

Ernie Orsatti: HP
Frankie Frisch: D9.1-3
Jim Bottomley: 2/FL
Chick Hafey: IW
Andy High: 2/FL
Jimmie Wilson: 6/P

Bot 6

Percy Jones: 99
Johnny Cooney: 99
Rabbit Maranville: 99

Top 7

Johnny Butler: 99
Bill Sherdel: 99
Wattie Holm: 99

Bot 7

Lance Richbourg: S
George Sisler: SB2
George Sisler: 7
Les Bell: 99
George Harper: W
Freddie Maguire: PO2(E1).2-3;1-2
Freddie Maguire: 3/L3D

Top 8

Ernie Orsatti: S
Frankie Frisch: 99
Jim Bottomley: 99
Chick Hafey: 99

Bot 8

Al Spohrer: 99
Hank Gowdy: K/C
Johnny Cooney: S
Rabbit Maranville: 99

Top 9

Andy High: W
Jimmie Wilson: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Jimmie Wilson: S.3-H
Johnny Butler: SB2
Johnny Butler: W
Bill Sherdel: 99/BG/SH.2-3;1-2
Wattie Holm: 3/L
Ernie Orsatti: S7.3-H;2-H
Frankie Frisch: 43

Bot 9

Lance Richbourg: 99
George Sisler: 99
Les Bell: 99

Notes & reviews

Hit & run
Richbourg collided with Butler at 2B who prevented him from getting up quickly; Braves argued Richbourg be permitted to score due to Butler's interference.
Bottomley: beautiful snare

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