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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1929-08-02 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 3000 · cloudy, dry · 1:36

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–0. Les Sweetland earned the win. Don Hurst went 1-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	0	0	0	1	2	6
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11

W: Les Sweetland L: Larry French SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Dolly Stark · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cy Pfirman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fresco Thompson	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Friberg	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lefty O'Doul	4	0	2	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	2	0	0	0	2	1
Pinky Whitney	4	0	0	0	0	1
Don Hurst	4	2	1	1	0	1
Tommy Thevenow	3	0	0	0	0	1
Spud Davis	3	0	2	0	1	1
Les Sweetland	4	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB
Dick Bartell	5	1	0
Lloyd Waner	5	0	0
Paul Waner	5	2	0
Adam Comorosky	4	1	0
Pie Traynor	4	1	0
Rollie Hemsley	4	2	0
Earl Sheely	3	0	1
Stu Clarke	4	3	0
Larry French	1	0	1
Ira Flagstead	1	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Les Sweetland	9.0	11	2	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	9.0	6	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fresco Thompson: 63
Bernie Friberg: 63
Lefty O'Doul: 6/P

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 63
Lloyd Waner: 43
Paul Waner: D9/9L
Adam Comorosky: 5/L

Top 2

Chuck Klein: 2/P/FL
Pinky Whitney: 63
Don Hurst: K

Bot 2

Pie Traynor: 8
Rollie Hemsley: S8
Earl Sheely: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Tommy Thevenow: K
Spud Davis: S7
Les Sweetland: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Stu Clarke: T9
Larry French: W
Dick Bartell: FC1.3XH(12);1-2
Lloyd Waner: 6(1)/FO.2-3
Paul Waner: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Fresco Thompson: 4/P
Bernie Friberg: W
Lefty O'Doul: S9.1-3;BX2(9E6)
Chuck Klein: W
Pinky Whitney: 12(3)3/GDP

Bot 4

Adam Comorosky: 43
Pie Traynor: 63
Rollie Hemsley: 8/L

Top 5

Don Hurst: E6/G
Tommy Thevenow: 14/BG/SH.1-2#
Spud Davis: W
Les Sweetland: 54(1)/FO.2-3#
Fresco Thompson: FC6.1-2(E6/TH2);3-H(NR)(UR)#
Bernie Friberg: 43

Bot 5

Earl Sheely: W
Stu Clarke: S8.1-2
Larry French: 35(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Dick Bartell: 6(1)/FO.2-3
Lloyd Waner: 13

Top 6

Lefty O'Doul: 43
Chuck Klein: K
Pinky Whitney: K

Bot 6

Paul Waner: 63
Adam Comorosky: S8
Pie Traynor: 64(1)/FO
Rollie Hemsley: S7.1-2
Earl Sheely: 9

Top 7

Don Hurst: 5/P
Tommy Thevenow: 13/G+
Spud Davis: S6
Les Sweetland: 4/L

Bot 7

Stu Clarke: S/5
Larry French: 14/BG/SH.1-2
Dick Bartell: 8
Lloyd Waner: 8

Top 8

Fresco Thompson: 3/P/FL
Bernie Friberg: 63
Lefty O'Doul: T8/78
Chuck Klein: W
Pinky Whitney: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Paul Waner: S8
Adam Comorosky: 9
Pie Traynor: D7.1-3
Rollie Hemsley: FC6.3XH(62);2-3
Earl Sheely: 7

Top 9

Don Hurst: HR/F9D
Tommy Thevenow: 4/P
Spud Davis: K
Les Sweetland: S7
Fresco Thompson: 54(1)/FO

Bot 9

Stu Clarke: 43
Ira Flagstead: S8
Dick Bartell: S8.1-2
Lloyd Waner: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Paul Waner: 53

Notes & reviews

325: 13...
Wild throw past 2B
French broke down the drive
Past Whitney
Into the rear wing of the RF stands. Hurst's last 6 hits have all been HRs, which was believed to be a record at the time.

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