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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1931-04-24 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 15000 · 2:03

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 10–6. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 3rd. Les Sweetland earned the win. Rogers Hornsby went 4-for-5 with 3 HR and 8 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	3	0	3	3	0	0	1	10	16
PIT	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	12

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

Umpires — HP: Charlie Moran · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ted McGrew · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kiki Cuyler	5	2	3	1	1	0
Woody English	3	2	1	0	2	0
Rogers Hornsby	5	3	4	8	0	0
Hack Wilson	4	0	0	0	1	0
Riggs Stephenson	5	0	2	0	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	5	0	1	0	0	1
Les Bell	5	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Grimm	5	0	1	1	0	0
Les Sweetland	5	2	3	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	5	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Regan	5	0	1	1	0	1
Paul Waner	4	2	3	1	1	0
Pie Traynor	5	1	2	3	0	0
Jim Mosolf	4	0	3	0	1	0
Gus Suhr	4	0	1	0	1	0
Tommy Thevenow	4	0	0	1	1	0
Rollie Hemsley	4	1	0	0	1	0
Larry French	0	1	0	0	2	0
Pete McClanahan	1	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sheriff Blake	1.2	6	2	1
Les Sweetland	7.1	6	5	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	4.0	7	2	0
Claude Willoughby	2.0	4	1	0
George Grant	2.0	2	1	1
Andy Bednar	1.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kiki Cuyler: W
Woody English: 43.1-2
Rogers Hornsby: 63.2-3
Hack Wilson: 43

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: T9
Bill Regan: K/C
Paul Waner: S9.3-H
Pie Traynor: S8.1-3
Jim Mosolf: S/UINT.3-3;1-2
Gus Suhr: 5/P
Tommy Thevenow: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Rollie Hemsley: 8/L

Top 2

Riggs Stephenson: E6/TH
Gabby Hartnett: S7.1-2
Les Bell: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Charlie Grimm: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Larry French: W
Lloyd Waner: 3/G.1-2
Bill Regan: 9
Paul Waner: S4.2-3
Pie Traynor: HR/8.3-H;1-H
Jim Mosolf: W
Gus Suhr: W.1-2
Tommy Thevenow: 5(2)/FO

Top 3

Les Sweetland: S9
Kiki Cuyler: 7
Woody English: S9.1-2
Rogers Hornsby: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Hack Wilson: 13
Riggs Stephenson: S8
Gabby Hartnett: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Rollie Hemsley: 31
Larry French: W
Lloyd Waner: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Les Bell: 3/G
Charlie Grimm: 63
Les Sweetland: 63

Bot 4

Bill Regan: 3/P
Paul Waner: 2/FL
Pie Traynor: 43

Top 5

Kiki Cuyler: S9
Woody English: W.1-2
Rogers Hornsby: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Hack Wilson: 8/8D
Riggs Stephenson: S6
Gabby Hartnett: 9
Les Bell: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Jim Mosolf: 13
Gus Suhr: T/89
Tommy Thevenow: 2/FL
Rollie Hemsley: 63

Top 6

Charlie Grimm: 9
Les Sweetland: T9
Kiki Cuyler: S9.3-H
Woody English: 13/SH.1-2
Rogers Hornsby: HR/7.2-H
Hack Wilson: W
Riggs Stephenson: 54(1)/FO

Bot 6

Pete McClanahan: S6
Lloyd Waner: 46(1)/FO
Bill Regan: 4/P
Paul Waner: S9.1-3
Pie Traynor: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Gabby Hartnett: 7
Les Bell: 6/P
Charlie Grimm: 43

Bot 7

Jim Mosolf: S7
Gus Suhr: 46(1)3/GDP
Tommy Thevenow: 63

Top 8

Les Sweetland: K
Kiki Cuyler: D/89
Woody English: W
Rogers Hornsby: S5.1-2;2-3
Hack Wilson: 2/FL
Riggs Stephenson: 7

Bot 8

Rollie Hemsley: W
Eddie Phillips: 23.1-2
Lloyd Waner: 3/G.2-3
Bill Regan: D7.3-H
Paul Waner: W
Pie Traynor: 7

Top 9

Gabby Hartnett: K
Les Bell: D/78
Charlie Grimm: S7.2-H
Les Sweetland: S4.1-2
Kiki Cuyler: 8
Woody English: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Jim Mosolf: S6/L
Gus Suhr: 43.1-2
Tommy Thevenow: 4/P
Rollie Hemsley: 63

Notes & reviews

the ball struck 1B Umpire George Magerkurth's leg; Rogers Hornsby recovered the ball and started a double play; Pirates Manager Jewel Ens argued and the umpires reversed the decision to a dead ball

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