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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1930-08-12 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 5000 · 1:52

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 8–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 2nd. Glenn Spencer earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	7
PIT	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		8	13

W: Glenn Spencer L: Les Sweetland SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Rigler · 1B: Bob Clarke · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cy Pfirman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Brickell	3	1	1	1	1	0
Fresco Thompson	3	1	1	0	0	0
Lefty O'Doul	3	0	0	1	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	0	2	1	0	0
Don Hurst	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Rensa	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pinky Whitney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Thevenow	2	0	0	0	0	0
Les Sweetland	1	0	0	0	0	1
Buz Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry McCurdy	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tripp Sigman	1	1	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Denny Sothern	5	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Waner	4	1	1	1	1	1
Adam Comorosky	5	2	3	1	0	0
Pie Traynor	2	0	2	1	1	0
George Grantham	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Bartell	4	2	3	0	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	4	1	1	1	0	0
Charlie Engle	4	1	2	2	0	0
Glenn Spencer	4	1	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Les Sweetland	2.0	7	1	0
Buz Phillips	5.0	6	1	2
Harry Smythe	1.0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Glenn Spencer	9.0	7	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fred Brickell: W
Fresco Thompson: 34/SH.1-2
Lefty O'Doul: 43
Chuck Klein: S9.2-H
Don Hurst: 46(1)/FO

Bot 1

Denny Sothern: 53
Paul Waner: W
Adam Comorosky: 8
Pie Traynor: S8.1-3
George Grantham: 43

Top 2

Tony Rensa: 3/G
Pinky Whitney: 13
Tommy Thevenow: 63

Bot 2

Dick Bartell: D/78
Rollie Hemsley: 53
Charlie Engle: D7.2-H
Glenn Spencer: S1/G2.2-H(E1/TH1)(NR);B-2
Denny Sothern: 43
Paul Waner: T/78.2-H
Adam Comorosky: S8.3-H
Pie Traynor: S9.1-3
George Grantham: SBH;SB2
George Grantham: 3/G

Top 3

Les Sweetland: K
Fred Brickell: 5/FL
Fresco Thompson: 7

Bot 3

Dick Bartell: D7/F7D
Rollie Hemsley: D/89.2-H
Charlie Engle: S7.2-H
Glenn Spencer: 2/P
Denny Sothern: 7
Paul Waner: POCS2(134)

Top 4

Lefty O'Doul: 43
Chuck Klein: S3
Don Hurst: 6/P
Tony Rensa: K

Bot 4

Paul Waner: 8
Adam Comorosky: T9/9LD
Pie Traynor: 9/SF.3-H
George Grantham: E4/G
Dick Bartell: S9.1-2
Rollie Hemsley: 9/FL

Top 5

Pinky Whitney: S7/7D
Tommy Thevenow: 6(1)3/GDP
Buz Phillips: 63

Bot 5

Charlie Engle: 5/P
Glenn Spencer: 9
Denny Sothern: 9

Top 6

Fred Brickell: 43
Fresco Thompson: T/89
Lefty O'Doul: 7/SF.3-H
Chuck Klein: 5/P

Bot 6

Paul Waner: K23
Adam Comorosky: S9
Pie Traynor: SB2.1-2(WP)
Pie Traynor: W
George Grantham: 5/FL
Dick Bartell: 7

Top 7

Don Hurst: 7
Tony Rensa: 43
Pinky Whitney: 53

Bot 7

Rollie Hemsley: 63
Charlie Engle: 6/P
Glenn Spencer: K

Top 8

Harry McCurdy: K
Tripp Sigman: S7
Fred Brickell: T9/F9D.1-H
Fresco Thompson: 53
Lefty O'Doul: 8

Bot 8

Denny Sothern: 63
Paul Waner: 5/P
Adam Comorosky: 7

Top 9

Chuck Klein: 31
Don Hurst: S9
Tony Rensa: 6/P
Pinky Whitney: 3/L