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Philadelphia Phillies @ Chicago Cubs

1929-06-16 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 40000 · sunny, dry · 2:27

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Chicago Cubs 7–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 5 in the 6th. Ray Benge earned the win. Lefty O'Doul went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	7	13
CHN	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	5

W: Ray Benge L: Art Nehf SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fresco Thompson	5	1	1	0	0	2
Lefty O'Doul	4	2	3	1	0	0
Denny Sothern	4	1	2	1	0	0
Don Hurst	4	1	2	1	0	0
Pinky Whitney	4	1	2	1	0	0
Chuck Klein	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bernie Friberg	2	0	0	0	1	0
Walt Lerian	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Benge	4	0	0	0	0	0
Spud Davis	3	0	2	3	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Clyde Beck	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Moore	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kiki Cuyler	4	1	1	0	0	1
Rogers Hornsby	3	0	0	0	1	2
Hack Wilson	4	0	1	1	0	2
Charlie Grimm	3	1	1	0	1	0
Norm McMillan	4	0	1	0	0	3
Earl Grace	3	0	1	1	0	1
Art Nehf	2	0	0	0	0	1
Cliff Heathcote	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Benge	9.0	5	2	13

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Nehf	5.0	10	1	1
Hal Carlson	0.1	2	1	0
Claude Jonnard	1.2	1	0	1
Trader Horne	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fresco Thompson: 99
Lefty O'Doul: S
Denny Sothern: S.1-2
Don Hurst: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Clyde Beck: 99
Johnny Moore: 99
Kiki Cuyler: K

Top 2

Pinky Whitney: S
Chuck Klein: CS2(99)
Chuck Klein: 99
Bernie Friberg: 99

Bot 2

Rogers Hornsby: 99
Hack Wilson: K
Charlie Grimm: W
Norm McMillan: K

Top 3

Walt Lerian: W
Ray Benge: 99
Fresco Thompson: K
Lefty O'Doul: 99

Bot 3

Earl Grace: 99
Art Nehf: 99
Clyde Beck: K

Top 4

Denny Sothern: 99
Don Hurst: S
Pinky Whitney: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Johnny Moore: 99
Kiki Cuyler: E3
Rogers Hornsby: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 5

Chuck Klein: S8
Bernie Friberg: 99/BG/SH.1-2
Spud Davis: S8/8S.2-H
Ray Benge: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Hack Wilson: K
Charlie Grimm: D8/L6D
Norm McMillan: K
Earl Grace: S8.2-H
Art Nehf: K

Top 6

Fresco Thompson: S7
Lefty O'Doul: S9/9L.1-3
Denny Sothern: D7/7L.3-H;1-3
Don Hurst: S9.3-H;2-3
Pinky Whitney: S.3-H;1-2
Chuck Klein: 9/SF.2-3
Bernie Friberg: W.1-2
Spud Davis: S/89.3-H;2-H;1-3
Ray Benge: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Clyde Beck: 8/F
Johnny Moore: K
Kiki Cuyler: S8
Rogers Hornsby: W.1-2
Hack Wilson: S8.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH3)
Charlie Grimm: 43

Top 7

Fresco Thompson: K
Lefty O'Doul: HR/F89XD
Denny Sothern: 2/FL
Don Hurst: 6/P

Bot 7

Norm McMillan: D7/F7DW
Earl Grace: K
Cliff Heathcote: K
Clyde Beck: 99

Top 8

Pinky Whitney: 99
Chuck Klein: 99
Bernie Friberg: 99

Bot 8

Johnny Moore: 99
Kiki Cuyler: 99
Rogers Hornsby: K

Top 9

Spud Davis: 99
Ray Benge: 99
Fresco Thompson: 99

Bot 9

Hack Wilson: 99
Charlie Grimm: 99
Norm McMillan: K

Notes & reviews

Into RCF bleachers
Game delayed a few minutes when Thompson started arguing with an abusive fan behind PHI dugout. Umpires and police quelled the demonstration.
Missed HR by inches

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