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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1931-09-16 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 2000 · 2:07

Brooklyn Robins defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 11–5. Brooklyn Robins put up 6 in the 7th. Watty Clark earned the win. Gus Suhr went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	11	16
PIT	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	13

W: Watty Clark L: Erv Brame SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Rigler · 1B: Cy Pfirman · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charles Donnelly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Frederick	4	2	3	0	1	0
Lefty O'Doul	2	1	1	1	0	0
Babe Herman	3	2	0	1	2	0
Del Bissonette	1	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Wright	4	0	2	2	0	0
Neal Finn	5	0	1	1	0	1
Wally Gilbert	5	0	2	1	0	1
Al Lopez	4	1	2	1	1	0
Joe Shaute	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rube Bressler	4	1	2	3	0	0
Denny Sothern	2	1	1	0	0	1
Watty Clark	3	1	1	1	0	0
Jack Warner	1	2	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	5	0	1	0	0	0
Woody Jensen	5	3	3	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	5	1	3	2	0	0
Pie Traynor	4	0	1	1	1	0
Paul Waner	4	0	2	1	1	0
Tony Piet	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ben Sankey	5	0	1	1	0	0
Eddie Phillips	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Kremer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Steinecke	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Shaute	5.1	13	1	1
Watty Clark	3.2	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Kremer	5.1	7	2	1
Erv Brame	1.0	5	1	1
Bob Osborn	0.2	2	0	0
Spades Wood	2.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Frederick: D9
Lefty O'Doul: T/8D.2-H
Babe Herman: 9/L.3-H
Del Bissonette: 13
Glenn Wright: 13

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: 43
Woody Jensen: D9
Gus Suhr: 3/G.2-3
Pie Traynor: W
Paul Waner: D7.3-H;1-3
Tony Piet: 63

Top 2

Neal Finn: 8/F
Wally Gilbert: 63
Al Lopez: S7
Joe Shaute: 6(1)/FO

Bot 2

Ben Sankey: 13
Eddie Phillips: D7
Ray Kremer: K/C
Lloyd Waner: 9/F

Top 3

Johnny Frederick: S9.BX2(96)
Lefty O'Doul: 2/FL
Babe Herman: 43

Bot 3

Woody Jensen: T9
Gus Suhr: S9.3-H
Pie Traynor: 5/FL
Paul Waner: S9.1-2
Tony Piet: 63.2-3;1-2
Ben Sankey: 8/F

Top 4

Rube Bressler: 9/F
Glenn Wright: 53
Neal Finn: K

Bot 4

Eddie Phillips: 4/L
Ray Kremer: 3/P
Lloyd Waner: S7
Woody Jensen: 23

Top 5

Wally Gilbert: 9/F
Al Lopez: 3/P
Joe Shaute: 2/FL

Bot 5

Gus Suhr: HR/9
Pie Traynor: 4/P
Paul Waner: 7/F
Tony Piet: S8
Ben Sankey: SB2
Ben Sankey: S8.2-H
Eddie Phillips: E5/G.1-2
Ray Kremer: 43

Top 6

Johnny Frederick: W
Denny Sothern: S8.1X3(85);B-2(TH)
Babe Herman: W
Rube Bressler: S8.2-H;1-3
Glenn Wright: S7.3-H;1-3
Neal Finn: 4/P
Wally Gilbert: K

Bot 6

Lloyd Waner: 7/F
Woody Jensen: S9
Gus Suhr: S8.1-3
Pie Traynor: S7.3-H;1-2
Paul Waner: W.2-3;1-2
Tony Piet: 12(3)/BG/FO.2-3;1-2
Ben Sankey: 9/F

Top 7

Al Lopez: D/7D
Watty Clark: S9.2-H
Johnny Frederick: S7.1-2
Denny Sothern: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Babe Herman: IW
Rube Bressler: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Glenn Wright: S8.3-H;1-2
Neal Finn: S9.2-H;1-2
Wally Gilbert: S1.2-3;1-2
Al Lopez: 7/F.3-H
Watty Clark: 43

Bot 7

Eddie Phillips: 7/F
Bill Steinecke: 7/F
Lloyd Waner: 43

Top 8

Johnny Frederick: 8/F
Denny Sothern: K23
Babe Herman: 9/F

Bot 8

Woody Jensen: 43
Gus Suhr: 7/F
Pie Traynor: 9/F

Top 9

Rube Bressler: 5/P
Jack Warner: S7
Neal Finn: 8/F
Wally Gilbert: T9.1-H
Al Lopez: W
Watty Clark: 63

Bot 9

Paul Waner: 5/FL
Tony Piet: 8/F
Ben Sankey: 43

Notes & reviews

1bman Bissonette ejected by HP umpire Rigler for arguing Jensen's triple was foul
Dodgers O'Doul ejected by 1B umpire Pfirman for arguing Paul Waner was out at 2nd; Wright fielded Piet's grounder and tried to step on 2nd base for force out before trying for DP; Pfirman ruled that Wright had missed base; Dodgers were very upset and O'Doul came in from left field to argue, Getting ejected
Johnny Frederick overslid 3B
Fresco Thompson ejected by HP umpire Cy Rigler

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