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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1931-07-25 · Day game · Forbes Field · 1:51

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Brooklyn Robins 5–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 2nd. Spades Wood earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Spades Wood L: Dolf Luque SV: (none)

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Frederick	4	0	0	0	0	1
Neal Finn	3	1	1	0	1	0
Babe Herman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lefty O'Doul	3	1	1	1	1	0
Del Bissonette	2	0	1	1	2	0
Wally Gilbert	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gordon Slade	2	0	0	0	2	1
Al Lopez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dolf Luque	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rube Bressler	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fresco Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dolf Luque	8.0	9	4	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Spades Wood	9.0	3	8	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Frederick: 63
Neal Finn: W
Babe Herman: 2/FL
Lefty O'Doul: W.1-2
Del Bissonette: W.2-3;1-2
Wally Gilbert: 13

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: 5/L
Woody Jensen: 2/FL
George Grantham: 2/P

Top 2

Gordon Slade: W
Al Lopez: K/C
Dolf Luque: 8/F
Johnny Frederick: 9/L

Bot 2

Pie Traynor: D7
Paul Waner: S8.2-H
Howdy Groskloss: 16(1)/FO
Earl Grace: 3/G.1-2
Tommy Thevenow: W
Spades Wood: PB.2-H(UR);1-3
Spades Wood: 23

Top 3

Neal Finn: 7/F
Babe Herman: W
Lefty O'Doul: 46(1)/FO
Del Bissonette: SB2
Del Bissonette: S9.2-H
Wally Gilbert: 63

Bot 3

Lloyd Waner: 63
Woody Jensen: 43
George Grantham: W
Pie Traynor: W.1-2
Paul Waner: K

Top 4

Gordon Slade: K/C
Al Lopez: 2/FL
Dolf Luque: 8/F

Bot 4

Howdy Groskloss: S7
Earl Grace: D9/9D.1-3
Tommy Thevenow: 3/P
Spades Wood: S8.3-H;2-H;B-2(TH)
Lloyd Waner: S1.2-3
Woody Jensen: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Johnny Frederick: K
Neal Finn: D7/7S
Babe Herman: 43.2-3
Lefty O'Doul: S8.3-H
Del Bissonette: 9/F

Bot 5

George Grantham: 63
Pie Traynor: S6
Paul Waner: S9.1-3
Howdy Groskloss: W.1-2
Earl Grace: 84(1)45(2)/DP.3-H(RBI)

Top 6

Wally Gilbert: W
Gordon Slade: WP.1-2
Gordon Slade: 8/F
Al Lopez: 7/L
Dolf Luque: 9/L

Bot 6

Tommy Thevenow: S/78S/F
Spades Wood: 34/SH.1-2
Lloyd Waner: 43
Woody Jensen: 3/G

Top 7

Johnny Frederick: 43
Neal Finn: 53
Babe Herman: 8/F

Bot 7

George Grantham: 43
Pie Traynor: 8/F
Paul Waner: 7/L

Top 8

Lefty O'Doul: 4/F
Del Bissonette: W
Wally Gilbert: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Howdy Groskloss: K
Earl Grace: 4/FL
Tommy Thevenow: 53

Top 9

Gordon Slade: W
Al Lopez: 64(1)/FO
Rube Bressler: 64(1)/FO
Fresco Thompson: DI.1-2
Fresco Thompson: K

Notes & reviews

Frederick dropped a fly ball in shallow CF but recovered to get force at second; run scored before (non-force) out at 3B

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