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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1931-08-12 · Day game · Baker Bowl · 10 innings · 1:47

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 7–3. Chicago Cubs put up 5 in the 10th. Charlie Root earned the win. Don Hurst went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Charlie Root L: Sheriff Blake SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Footsie Blair	6	0	0	0	0	0
Woody English	5	1	2	1	0	1
Kiki Cuyler	4	0	1	0	0	1
Vince Barton	3	1	0	0	2	1
Danny Taylor	4	2	1	0	1	0
Charlie Grimm	5	1	2	2	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	2	1	1	0	3	1
Les Bell	5	1	3	3	0	0
Charlie Root	5	0	0	1	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Brickell	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Bartell	4	0	0	0	1	0
Chuck Klein	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buzz Arlett	3	0	0	0	0	0
Harry McCurdy	4	0	0	0	0	2
Don Hurst	3	2	2	1	1	0
Pinky Whitney	4	1	2	1	0	0
Les Mallon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sheriff Blake	3	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Koster	1	0	0	0	0	0
Clise Dudley	1	0	1	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Root	10.0	8	2	3

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Watt	1.0	0	0	0
Sheriff Blake	8.1	10	6	5
Clise Dudley	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Footsie Blair: 63
Woody English: 13
Kiki Cuyler: 8

Bot 1

Fred Brickell: 13
Dick Bartell: 7
Chuck Klein: 4

Top 2

Vince Barton: 3
Danny Taylor: W
Charlie Grimm: S7.1-2
Gabby Hartnett: WP.2-3;1-2
Gabby Hartnett: W
Les Bell: 7/F.3-H
Charlie Root: K

Bot 2

Buzz Arlett: 43
Harry McCurdy: K
Don Hurst: HR/9
Pinky Whitney: 8

Top 3

Footsie Blair: 13
Woody English: 2/FL
Kiki Cuyler: K

Bot 3

Les Mallon: 63
Sheriff Blake: 43
Fred Brickell: 43

Top 4

Vince Barton: K
Danny Taylor: 4
Charlie Grimm: 53

Bot 4

Dick Bartell: 13
Chuck Klein: 8
Buzz Arlett: 9

Top 5

Gabby Hartnett: W
Les Bell: S9.1-2
Charlie Root: 35(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Footsie Blair: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Woody English: S4.3-H;1-2
Kiki Cuyler: 13

Bot 5

Harry McCurdy: 63
Don Hurst: S9
Pinky Whitney: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Pinky Whitney: S9.3-H
Les Mallon: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Vince Barton: 3
Danny Taylor: 4
Charlie Grimm: 7

Bot 6

Sheriff Blake: K
Fred Brickell: 5/FL
Dick Bartell: W
Chuck Klein: 2/FL

Top 7

Gabby Hartnett: K
Les Bell: S9
Charlie Root: 16(1)/FO
Footsie Blair: 43

Bot 7

Buzz Arlett: 5
Harry McCurdy: K
Don Hurst: W
Pinky Whitney: 8

Top 8

Woody English: K
Kiki Cuyler: S4
Vince Barton: W.1-2
Danny Taylor: 8/F.2-3
Charlie Grimm: 13

Bot 8

Les Mallon: 7
Sheriff Blake: 13
Fred Brickell: S7
Dick Bartell: 43

Top 9

Gabby Hartnett: S8
Les Bell: 36(1)/FO
Charlie Root: 8
Footsie Blair: 8

Bot 9

Chuck Klein: S9
Fred Koster: 16(1)/FO
Harry McCurdy: 3/FL
Don Hurst: 7

Top 10

Woody English: S5/BG
Kiki Cuyler: 13/SH.1-2
Vince Barton: W
Danny Taylor: S9.2-3;1-2
Charlie Grimm: S8/6.3-H;2-H;1-2
Gabby Hartnett: W.2-3;1-2
Les Bell: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Charlie Root: BK.2-3;1-2
Charlie Root: 43.3-H;2-3
Footsie Blair: 3

Bot 10

Pinky Whitney: S5
Les Mallon: S9.1-2
Clise Dudley: S9.2-H;1-2
Fred Brickell: 6(1)3/GDP.2-3
Dick Bartell: 8