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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1931-06-24 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 7000 · 1:40

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 4th. Flint Rhem earned the win. George Watkins went 3-for-4 with 3 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Flint Rhem L: Phil Collins SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ernie Quigley · 1B: Charles Donnelly · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Pepper Martin	4	0	0	0	1
Frankie Frisch	4	1	2	0	0
George Watkins	4	3	3	4	0
Jim Bottomley	4	0	0	0	0
Ernie Orsatti	4	0	0	0	0
Sparky Adams	4	0	2	0	0
Gus Mancuso	4	0	0	0	1
Charlie Gelbert	3	0	0	0	0
Flint Rhem	3	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Brickell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Bartell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	1	3	1	0	0
Harry McCurdy	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky Whitney	4	0	0	1	0	1
Fred Koster	3	0	0	0	0	1
Don Hurst	2	0	1	0	1	0
Les Mallon	3	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Collins	2	0	0	0	0	1
Spud Davis	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Flint Rhem	9.0	6	1	5

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Collins	8.0	5	0	3
Jumbo Elliott	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pepper Martin: 63
Frankie Frisch: S/89
George Watkins: 6/P
Jim Bottomley: 9/L

Bot 1

Fred Brickell: 7/F
Dick Bartell: 9/F
Chuck Klein: S9
Harry McCurdy: 7/F

Top 2

Ernie Orsatti: 31
Sparky Adams: 8/F
Gus Mancuso: 7/F

Bot 2

Pinky Whitney: K
Fred Koster: 8/L
Don Hurst: W
Les Mallon: CS2(24)

Top 3

Charlie Gelbert: 43
Flint Rhem: 63
Pepper Martin: K

Bot 3

Les Mallon: K/C
Phil Collins: K/C
Fred Brickell: 9/F

Top 4

Frankie Frisch: S4/G
George Watkins: HR/9.1-H
Jim Bottomley: 3/G
Ernie Orsatti: 7/F
Sparky Adams: S7.BX2(76)

Bot 4

Dick Bartell: D7
Chuck Klein: D/89.2-H
Harry McCurdy: 43.2-3
Pinky Whitney: 53.3-H
Fred Koster: 63

Top 5

Gus Mancuso: K
Charlie Gelbert: 8/8S/F
Flint Rhem: K

Bot 5

Don Hurst: S9.BX2(94)
Les Mallon: 63
Phil Collins: 53

Top 6

Pepper Martin: 63
Frankie Frisch: 43
George Watkins: HR/9
Jim Bottomley: 8/8D/F

Bot 6

Fred Brickell: 43
Dick Bartell: 43
Chuck Klein: S8
Harry McCurdy: 8/F

Top 7

Ernie Orsatti: 7/F
Sparky Adams: 13
Gus Mancuso: 13

Bot 7

Pinky Whitney: 9/F
Fred Koster: K
Don Hurst: 2/FL

Top 8

Charlie Gelbert: 8/8D/F
Flint Rhem: 3/G
Pepper Martin: 3/FL

Bot 8

Les Mallon: 63
Spud Davis: K
Fred Brickell: S3/G
Dick Bartell: 7/7D/L

Top 9

Frankie Frisch: 43
George Watkins: HR/9
Jim Bottomley: 3/FL
Ernie Orsatti: E4/G
Sparky Adams: S9.1-3
Gus Mancuso: 7/F

Bot 9

Chuck Klein: 3/G
Harry McCurdy: 7/F
Pinky Whitney: 8/F

Notes & reviews

the Phillies argued that Flint Rhem was discoloring the ball; HP umpire Ernie Quigley walked to mound and gave Rhem a new ball; Rhem gestured he only used resin bag; the Cardinals infield argued with Quigley for several minutes

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