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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1931-05-09 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 7000 · 1:29

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 4th. Syl Johnson earned the win. Ripper Collins went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Syl Johnson L: Ray Kremer SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Sparky Adams	4	1	1	0	0
Ernie Orsatti	4	1	2	1	0
Frankie Frisch	4	0	0	0	0
Ripper Collins	4	1	2	1	0
George Watkins	4	0	1	1	0
Joe Benes	3	0	1	0	1
Pepper Martin	3	1	1	0	0
Gus Mancuso	4	0	0	0	0
Syl Johnson	4	0	1	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Waner	3	1	2	1	1	0
Adam Comorosky	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pie Traynor	4	0	0	1	0	0
George Grantham	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Regan	4	0	3	0	0	0
Eddie Phillips	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Thevenow	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Kremer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Erv Brame	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Mosolf	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Syl Johnson	9.0	9	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Kremer	9.0	9	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sparky Adams: 6/P
Ernie Orsatti: S
Frankie Frisch: 9(B)3(1)/DP

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: 9/F
Paul Waner: HR
Adam Comorosky: 8/F
Pie Traynor: 3/G

Top 2

Ripper Collins: 8/F
George Watkins: 43
Joe Benes: 8/F

Bot 2

George Grantham: 8/F
Bill Regan: D
Eddie Phillips: 2/P#
Tommy Thevenow: 8/F

Top 3

Pepper Martin: 4/P
Gus Mancuso: 8/F
Syl Johnson: 63

Bot 3

Ray Kremer: 8/F
Lloyd Waner: 5/P
Paul Waner: S
Adam Comorosky: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Sparky Adams: T
Ernie Orsatti: D.3-H
Frankie Frisch: 5/P#
Ripper Collins: 7/F
George Watkins: S.2-H
Joe Benes: 43

Bot 4

Pie Traynor: 7/F
George Grantham: S
Bill Regan: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Pepper Martin: D
Gus Mancuso: 53.2-3
Syl Johnson: S.3-H
Sparky Adams: 7/F
Ernie Orsatti: 2/FL#

Bot 5

Eddie Phillips: 3/P
Tommy Thevenow: 9/F
Ray Kremer: K

Top 6

Frankie Frisch: 8/F
Ripper Collins: S
George Watkins: 2/FL#
Joe Benes: S.1-2#
Pepper Martin: 6/P

Bot 6

Lloyd Waner: D
Paul Waner: W
Adam Comorosky: 8/F.2-3
Pie Traynor: 64(1)/FO.3-H
George Grantham: D9.1XH(932)

Top 7

Gus Mancuso: 8/F
Syl Johnson: 8/F
Sparky Adams: 63

Bot 7

Bill Regan: S
Eddie Phillips: 3/FL#
Tommy Thevenow: 23(1)/FO#
Ray Kremer: 5/FL#

Top 8

Ernie Orsatti: 8/F
Frankie Frisch: 8/F
Ripper Collins: HR
George Watkins: 43

Bot 8

Lloyd Waner: E4
Paul Waner: 7/F
Adam Comorosky: 4/P
Pie Traynor: 4/P

Top 9

Joe Benes: W
Pepper Martin: 13/SH.1-2
Gus Mancuso: 3/FL#
Syl Johnson: 43

Bot 9

George Grantham: 6/FL#
Bill Regan: S
Eddie Phillips: 8/F
Erv Brame: S.1-2#
Jim Mosolf: 2/P