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Boston Braves @ Cincinnati Reds

1933-09-17 · Day game · Crosley Field · sunny · 1:23

Cincinnati Reds defeated Boston Braves 5–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 1st. Larry Benton earned the win. Billy Urbanski went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6
CIN	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		5	11

W: Larry Benton L: Ben Cantwell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Cy Pfirman · 2B: (none) · 3B: Dolly Stark · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Thompson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky Whitney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Lee	4	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Moore	3	2	0	0	1	0
Joe Mowry	4	0	2	0	0	0
Billy Urbanski	4	0	3	2	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Spohrer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Cantwell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky Hargrave	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shanty Hogan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Sparky Adams	4	2	3	0	0
Johnny Moore	3	0	1	0	0
Chick Hafey	4	1	0	0	0
Jim Bottomley	3	1	1	0	1
Harry Rice	2	0	0	1	1
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	3	1	0
Jo-Jo Morrissey	4	0	1	0	0
Otto Bluege	4	0	2	1	0
Larry Benton	4	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ben Cantwell	7.0	9	2	0
Ray Starr	1.0	2	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Benton	9.0	6	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Thompson: 8
Pinky Whitney: 63
Hal Lee: 43

Bot 1

Sparky Adams: S8
Johnny Moore: S7.1-2
Chick Hafey: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Jim Bottomley: W.1-2
Harry Rice: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ernie Lombardi: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jo-Jo Morrissey: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Randy Moore: 3/G
Joe Mowry: 9
Billy Urbanski: 63

Bot 2

Otto Bluege: 53
Larry Benton: 63
Sparky Adams: S7
Johnny Moore: 13

Top 3

Rabbit Maranville: 13
Al Spohrer: 63
Ben Cantwell: 4/P

Bot 3

Chick Hafey: 1/L
Jim Bottomley: 9
Harry Rice: 8

Top 4

Tommy Thompson: 31
Pinky Whitney: 9
Hal Lee: 8

Bot 4

Ernie Lombardi: S9
Jo-Jo Morrissey: S7.1-2
Otto Bluege: 6(B)4(2)/LDP
Larry Benton: 7

Top 5

Randy Moore: 9/FL
Joe Mowry: 13
Billy Urbanski: S8
Rabbit Maranville: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Sparky Adams: 3/FL
Johnny Moore: 7
Chick Hafey: 63

Top 6

Al Spohrer: K/C
Ben Cantwell: 9
Tommy Thompson: 8

Bot 6

Jim Bottomley: S3
Harry Rice: 53/SH.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: E3.2-H(UR);B-2
Jo-Jo Morrissey: 53
Otto Bluege: S8.2-H(UR)
Larry Benton: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Pinky Whitney: 3/P
Hal Lee: 9
Randy Moore: W
Joe Mowry: S9.1-3
Billy Urbanski: S9.3-H;1-3
Rabbit Maranville: 13

Bot 7

Sparky Adams: S7
Johnny Moore: 14/SH.1-2
Chick Hafey: 8.2-3
Jim Bottomley: E4.3-H(NR)(UR)
Harry Rice: 3/G

Top 8

Al Spohrer: E6
Pinky Hargrave: 46(1)/FO
Tommy Thompson: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Ernie Lombardi: S9
Jo-Jo Morrissey: 64(1)/FO
Otto Bluege: S8.1-2
Larry Benton: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Pinky Whitney: S7
Hal Lee: 9
Randy Moore: 46(1)/FO
Joe Mowry: S9.1-2
Billy Urbanski: S7.2-H;1-3
Shanty Hogan: 4/P

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