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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1929-05-27 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 5000 · 1:41

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Boston Braves 3–1. Claude Willoughby earned the win. George Harper went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7
PHI	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		3	10

W: Claude Willoughby L: Ben Cantwell SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Lance Richbourg	4	0	1	0	0
Bernie James	3	0	0	0	2
George Sisler	4	0	0	0	0
George Harper	4	1	2	1	0
Earl Clark	4	0	1	0	1
Joe Dugan	4	0	1	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	3	0	0	0	0
Al Spohrer	3	0	1	0	0
Ben Cantwell	2	0	1	0	0
Les Bell	1	0	0	0	0
Heinie Mueller	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fresco Thompson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lefty O'Doul	4	0	1	1	0	1
Chuck Klein	4	0	1	0	0	0
Don Hurst	4	0	2	0	0	0
Pinky Whitney	4	1	2	1	0	0
Homer Peel	3	0	2	0	0	0
Bernie Friberg	3	0	1	0	0	1
Spud Davis	2	1	1	0	1	0
Claude Willoughby	3	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ben Cantwell	7.0	9	1	4
Dixie Leverett	1.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Willoughby	9.0	7	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Richbourg: 99
Bernie James: K
George Sisler: 99

Bot 1

Fresco Thompson: 99
Lefty O'Doul: 99
Chuck Klein: S.BX2(99)

Top 2

George Harper: S9
Earl Clark: 53/DP.1X3(35)
Joe Dugan: S
Rabbit Maranville: 99

Bot 2

Don Hurst: S
Pinky Whitney: 99
Homer Peel: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Al Spohrer: 99
Ben Cantwell: D
Lance Richbourg: 99
Bernie James: K

Bot 3

Bernie Friberg: S9/F9DW
Spud Davis: S.1-2
Claude Willoughby: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Fresco Thompson: E6.2-3;1-2
Lefty O'Doul: S9/4.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Chuck Klein: 99
Don Hurst: 99

Top 4

George Sisler: 99
George Harper: 99
Earl Clark: K

Bot 4

Pinky Whitney: S
Homer Peel: S.1-2
Bernie Friberg: 99
Spud Davis: 99
Claude Willoughby: 99

Top 5

Joe Dugan: 99
Rabbit Maranville: 99
Al Spohrer: D
Ben Cantwell: 99

Bot 5

Fresco Thompson: K
Lefty O'Doul: 99
Chuck Klein: 99

Top 6

Lance Richbourg: 99
Bernie James: 99
George Sisler: 99

Bot 6

Don Hurst: 31
Pinky Whitney: HR/F9D
Homer Peel: S
Bernie Friberg: CS2(24)
Bernie Friberg: K

Top 7

George Harper: 99
Earl Clark: S
Joe Dugan: 99
Rabbit Maranville: 99

Bot 7

Spud Davis: W
Claude Willoughby: K
Fresco Thompson: SB2
Fresco Thompson: 99/G.2-3
Lefty O'Doul: WP.3-H
Lefty O'Doul: K

Top 8

Al Spohrer: 99
Les Bell: 99
Lance Richbourg: D
Heinie Mueller: 99

Bot 8

Chuck Klein: 99
Don Hurst: S
Pinky Whitney: CS2(24)
Pinky Whitney: 99

Top 9

George Sisler: 99
George Harper: HR/F9D
Earl Clark: 99
Joe Dugan: 99

Notes & reviews

Hurst: great stretch/catch of wide throw. When he ended up on his back Harper tried to take advantage. Whitney: diving tag after Harper overslid 3B.
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