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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

1929-04-16 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 25507 · 1:17

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 1st. Pete Alexander earned the win. Chick Hafey went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Pete Alexander L: Red Lucas SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Taylor Douthit	4	1	1	0	0	1
Fred Haney	3	1	0	0	0	0
Frankie Frisch	2	1	0	0	1	0
Jim Bottomley	1	1	0	0	2	0
Chick Hafey	4	1	2	4	0	1
Wally Roettger	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bubber Jonnard	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Alexander	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Hughie Critz	4	0	1	0	0
Pid Purdy	4	0	0	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	4	1	1	0	0
Curt Walker	3	1	2	0	0
Ethan Allen	3	0	1	1	0
Pinky Pittenger	3	0	0	1	0
Hod Ford	3	0	0	0	1
Clyde Sukeforth	3	0	0	0	0
Red Lucas	3	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Alexander	9.0	5	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Lucas	9.0	5	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Taylor Douthit: S7
Fred Haney: HP.1-2
Frankie Frisch: 53/BG/SH.2-3;1-2
Jim Bottomley: W
Chick Hafey: WP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Chick Hafey: S7/5.3-H;2-H;B-2(THH)
Wally Roettger: 13.2-3
Charlie Gelbert: 3/P

Bot 1

Hughie Critz: 13
Pid Purdy: 53/G5L
High Pockets Kelly: 7/F7DW

Top 2

Bubber Jonnard: K/C
Pete Alexander: 13
Taylor Douthit: 8/F8XD

Bot 2

Curt Walker: T9/9L
Ethan Allen: S1/G25.3-3
Pinky Pittenger: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Hod Ford: K
Clyde Sukeforth: CS2(24)

Top 3

Fred Haney: 7/L
Frankie Frisch: 7/L
Jim Bottomley: W
Chick Hafey: K

Bot 3

Clyde Sukeforth: 13
Red Lucas: 7/F
Hughie Critz: 4/P

Top 4

Wally Roettger: 63
Charlie Gelbert: 13
Bubber Jonnard: 8/F

Bot 4

Pid Purdy: 6/L56
High Pockets Kelly: 5/P
Curt Walker: 5/P

Top 5

Pete Alexander: 13
Taylor Douthit: 53
Fred Haney: 4/P

Bot 5

Ethan Allen: 53
Pinky Pittenger: 6/P5D
Hod Ford: 8/F

Top 6

Frankie Frisch: W
Jim Bottomley: 13/BG/SH.1-2
Chick Hafey: HR/F7D.2-H
Wally Roettger: 53
Charlie Gelbert: S8
Bubber Jonnard: 9/F

Bot 6

Clyde Sukeforth: 63
Red Lucas: 43
Hughie Critz: S8
Pid Purdy: 8/F8XD

Top 7

Pete Alexander: 8/L
Taylor Douthit: K
Fred Haney: 7/L7

Bot 7

High Pockets Kelly: D9
Curt Walker: S8.2-3
Ethan Allen: 14(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI)
Pinky Pittenger: 43

Top 8

Frankie Frisch: 9/F
Jim Bottomley: 43
Chick Hafey: 4/P

Bot 8

Hod Ford: 13
Clyde Sukeforth: 53
Red Lucas: 7/F

Top 9

Wally Roettger: 13
Charlie Gelbert: S5/G
Bubber Jonnard: CS2(26)
Bubber Jonnard: 8/F

Bot 9

Hughie Critz: 13
Pid Purdy: 2/FL
High Pockets Kelly: 63

Notes & reviews

Haney: sensational barehand stop of hot smash behind 3B
Alexander was given a big hand as he came to the plate
Past Roettger
High bounder
Gelbert: diving catch robbed Purdy
Pittenger: good stop
Gelbert: great catch robbed Pittenger of a double
Into LF seats
Bottomley: good catch of high throw
Through Pittenger

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