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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1929-06-24 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 7000 · wet · 1:46

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 6th. Charlie Root earned the win. Hack Wilson went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	10
CHN	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		4	8

W: Charlie Root L: Erv Brame SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	1	2	0	0	0
Lloyd Waner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Waner	4	0	2	1	0	0
Pie Traynor	4	0	2	0	0	0
George Grantham	2	0	0	0	2	0
Adam Comorosky	4	0	0	0	0	2
Earl Sheely	4	0	2	0	0	0
Charlie Hargreaves	3	1	1	0	0	0
Erv Brame	4	1	1	2	0	1
Fred Brickell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Clyde Beck	4	0	0	0	0	1
Woody English	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	4	1	1	1	0	0
Hack Wilson	3	1	2	2	1	1
Kiki Cuyler	4	1	1	1	0	0
Riggs Stephenson	2	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Grimm	3	0	2	0	0	0
Johnny Schulte	3	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Root	3	0	1	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erv Brame	8.0	8	2	4

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Root	9.0	10	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Bartell: 43
Lloyd Waner: 7/L
Paul Waner: 9

Bot 1

Clyde Beck: 7
Woody English: 2/P
Rogers Hornsby: 9

Top 2

Pie Traynor: S8
George Grantham: 9
Adam Comorosky: 7
Earl Sheely: S7.1-2
Charlie Hargreaves: 43

Bot 2

Hack Wilson: S9
Kiki Cuyler: 9
Riggs Stephenson: W.1-2
Charlie Grimm: 56(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Erv Brame: 7
Dick Bartell: 63
Lloyd Waner: 7

Bot 3

Johnny Schulte: 63
Charlie Root: T8
Clyde Beck: 4/P
Woody English: 4/P

Top 4

Paul Waner: S7
Pie Traynor: S9.1-2
George Grantham: 8(B)5(2)/DP
Adam Comorosky: K

Bot 4

Rogers Hornsby: 63
Hack Wilson: K
Kiki Cuyler: HR/F9D
Riggs Stephenson: 9/L

Top 5

Earl Sheely: 7
Charlie Hargreaves: D8
Erv Brame: HR/F89XD.2-H
Dick Bartell: 53
Lloyd Waner: 53

Bot 5

Charlie Grimm: S8
Johnny Schulte: 56(1)/FO
Charlie Root: K
Clyde Beck: K

Top 6

Paul Waner: 7
Pie Traynor: 63
George Grantham: W
Adam Comorosky: SB2
Adam Comorosky: K

Bot 6

Woody English: S8
Rogers Hornsby: 4/P
Hack Wilson: WP.1-2
Hack Wilson: HR/F7D.2-H
Kiki Cuyler: 8
Riggs Stephenson: 9

Top 7

Earl Sheely: 6/F
Charlie Hargreaves: 8
Erv Brame: 43

Bot 7

Charlie Grimm: S8
Johnny Schulte: 7
Charlie Root: K
Clyde Beck: CS2(26)

Top 8

Dick Bartell: S6
Lloyd Waner: 13.1-2
Paul Waner: S7.2-H
Pie Traynor: 8
George Grantham: W.1-2
Adam Comorosky: 6/P

Bot 8

Clyde Beck: 53
Woody English: 8
Rogers Hornsby: HR/F9D
Hack Wilson: W
Kiki Cuyler: 13

Top 9

Earl Sheely: D9
Fred Brickell: 7
Erv Brame: K
Dick Bartell: S7.2XH(72)

Notes & reviews

Light rain was falling at 1:00, but an hour later the rain was over and the gates were opened. Threatening weather kept attendance down.
Over RCF fence

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