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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1929-07-26 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 3000 · cloudy, dry · 2:19

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 9–8. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 7th. Jesse Petty earned the win. George Grantham went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jesse Petty L: Bob Smith SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Richbourg	4	3	2	1	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	3	2	1	2	1	0
George Sisler	4	0	3	1	1	1
George Harper	2	0	1	0	2	1
Les Bell	5	1	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Welsh	4	0	1	2	0	1
Freddie Maguire	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Spohrer	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ed Brandt	3	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Dugan	0	0	0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Sparky Adams	4	1	0	0	1
Lloyd Waner	4	2	2	0	1
Paul Waner	3	0	1	1	0
Adam Comorosky	2	2	2	0	3
George Grantham	2	1	1	4	2
Dick Bartell	5	0	0	0	0
Earl Sheely	5	0	1	1	0
Charlie Hargreaves	4	0	0	0	1
Ray Kremer	4	1	1	0	0
Stu Clarke	1	1	1	2	0
Ira Flagstead	0	1	0	0	1
Erv Brame	1	0	1	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Brandt	8.0	9	7	0
Bob Smith	0.2	1	2	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Kremer	8.1	7	5	4
Steve Swetonic	0.0	2	0	0
Jesse Petty	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lance Richbourg: 63
Rabbit Maranville: 7/L7D
George Sisler: S4
George Harper: K

Bot 1

Sparky Adams: 9
Lloyd Waner: 43
Paul Waner: 9

Top 2

Les Bell: 63
Jimmy Welsh: K
Freddie Maguire: 3/FL

Bot 2

Adam Comorosky: D/78D
George Grantham: 2/FL
Dick Bartell: 9
Earl Sheely: S9.2-H
Charlie Hargreaves: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Al Spohrer: 9/L
Ed Brandt: W
Lance Richbourg: D/78.1-3
Rabbit Maranville: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
George Sisler: D9/F9LDW.3-H
George Harper: S7.2XH(72)

Bot 3

Ray Kremer: D9/9D
Sparky Adams: 43.2-3
Lloyd Waner: 2/FL
Paul Waner: D7.3-H
Adam Comorosky: W
George Grantham: W.2-3;1-2
Dick Bartell: 7

Top 4

Les Bell: 63
Jimmy Welsh: 63
Freddie Maguire: 43

Bot 4

Earl Sheely: FLE3#
Earl Sheely: 8
Charlie Hargreaves: 13
Ray Kremer: 6/P

Top 5

Al Spohrer: S9
Ed Brandt: 64(1)/FO
Lance Richbourg: 343/G+.1-2
Rabbit Maranville: 3/G

Bot 5

Sparky Adams: 63
Lloyd Waner: S8
Paul Waner: 9
Adam Comorosky: W.1-2
George Grantham: W.2-3;1-2
Dick Bartell: 8

Top 6

George Sisler: W
George Harper: W.1-2
Les Bell: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Jimmy Welsh: 31

Bot 6

Earl Sheely: 8
Charlie Hargreaves: 7/L
Ray Kremer: 2/FL

Top 7

Freddie Maguire: 63
Al Spohrer: K
Ed Brandt: 63

Bot 7

Sparky Adams: W
Lloyd Waner: W.1-2
Paul Waner: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Adam Comorosky: IW
George Grantham: HR/F9D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Dick Bartell: 7
Earl Sheely: 63

Top 8

Lance Richbourg: HP
Rabbit Maranville: W.1-2
George Sisler: K
George Harper: W.2-3;1-2
Les Bell: 54(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Jimmy Welsh: D/F9S-.3-H;1-H
Freddie Maguire: 53

Bot 8

Charlie Hargreaves: 13
Ray Kremer: 53
Sparky Adams: 4/P

Top 9

Al Spohrer: E4/G
Ed Brandt: 6/L
Lance Richbourg: T9/89D.1-H(UR)
Rabbit Maranville: S/F89S-.3-H
George Sisler: S9.1-3
Joe Dugan: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Les Bell: 4/P

Bot 9

Lloyd Waner: S4
Stu Clarke: HR/F7D.1-H
Adam Comorosky: D7/7LD
Ira Flagstead: IW
Dick Bartell: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Earl Sheely: 31.2-3;1-2
Charlie Hargreaves: IW
Erv Brame: S8/89.3-H;2-3;1-2#

Notes & reviews

Hot
To LCF fence
Off the grandstand
Off Richbourg's glove
Sheely knocked down the liner
Into RF stands
Fluke double; Grantham and P.Waner collided going after the pop fly. Both players were injured: Waner (bruised left leg and right arm); Grantham (same shoulder hurt 3 weeks ago).
To RF stand
Texas Leaguer back of Adams
Over LF wall

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