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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1931-07-15 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 1000 · cloudy · 1:34

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 2nd. Larry French earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Larry French L: Ray Benge SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Brickell	3	0	1	0	0	0
Les Mallon	3	0	0	0	1	1
Chuck Klein	3	2	2	0	1	0
Buzz Arlett	4	0	1	0	0	1
Don Hurst	3	0	0	1	1	0
Pinky Whitney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Spud Davis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bernie Friberg	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Benge	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	3	0	1	0	1	0
Woody Jensen	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Grantham	4	1	1	0	0	1
Pie Traynor	4	2	1	1	0	0
Paul Waner	4	0	0	1	0	0
Howdy Groskloss	3	1	2	0	1	1
Earl Grace	4	0	2	1	0	0
Tommy Thevenow	2	0	1	1	0	0
Larry French	3	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Benge	8.0	9	2	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	9.0	6	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fred Brickell: 8/F
Les Mallon: K
Chuck Klein: S
Buzz Arlett: CS2(263)

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: W
Woody Jensen: 5(B)3(1)/DP#
George Grantham: 53

Top 2

Buzz Arlett: 63
Don Hurst: 3/G
Pinky Whitney: 9/F

Bot 2

Pie Traynor: E6/TH.B-2
Paul Waner: 3/FL
Howdy Groskloss: S.2-3
Earl Grace: 9/F.3-H(UR);1-2#
Tommy Thevenow: D.2-H(UR)
Larry French: 7/F

Top 3

Spud Davis: 9/F
Bernie Friberg: 43
Ray Benge: 7/F

Bot 3

Lloyd Waner: 8/F
Woody Jensen: 7/F
George Grantham: 8/F

Top 4

Fred Brickell: 9/F
Les Mallon: W
Chuck Klein: 4/P
Buzz Arlett: 7/F

Bot 4

Pie Traynor: 4/P
Paul Waner: 31
Howdy Groskloss: D
Earl Grace: S8.2XH(82)

Top 5

Don Hurst: 9/F
Pinky Whitney: 63
Spud Davis: 7/F

Bot 5

Tommy Thevenow: 63
Larry French: 13
Lloyd Waner: S
Woody Jensen: S.1-2
George Grantham: K

Top 6

Bernie Friberg: 63#
Ray Benge: 2/FL
Fred Brickell: D
Les Mallon: FC5.2X3(5)

Bot 6

Pie Traynor: 3/P
Paul Waner: 3/P
Howdy Groskloss: K

Top 7

Chuck Klein: S
Buzz Arlett: S.1-3
Don Hurst: 9/F.3-H
Pinky Whitney: 9/F
Spud Davis: 2/P

Bot 7

Earl Grace: S
Tommy Thevenow: 54/SH.1-2
Larry French: 63
Lloyd Waner: 5/FL

Top 8

Bernie Friberg: S
Ray Benge: 13/SH.1-2
Hal Lee: 7/F
Les Mallon: 3/FL

Bot 8

Woody Jensen: 8/F
George Grantham: S
Pie Traynor: T.1-H
Paul Waner: 8/F.3-H
Howdy Groskloss: W
Earl Grace: 7/F

Top 9

Chuck Klein: W
Buzz Arlett: WP.1-3
Buzz Arlett: K
Don Hurst: W
Pinky Whitney: 3/FL
Spud Davis: S.3-H;1-3
Bernie Friberg: 8/F