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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1934-09-06 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 2000 · 1:37

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 4–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 2nd. Ralph Birkofer earned the win. Lloyd Waner went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ralph Birkofer L: Ed Brandt SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Ernie Quigley · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	5	1	3	2	0	0
Freddie Lindstrom	5	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Waner	4	0	1	1	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	0	1	0	0	1
Pie Traynor	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Thevenow	3	2	1	0	1	0
Tom Padden	4	1	3	1	0	0
Ralph Birkofer	4	0	0	0	0	2

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Urbanski	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Thompson	4	0	3	0	0	0
Randy Moore	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Berger	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hal Lee	3	0	1	1	1	0
Marty McManus	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pinky Whitney	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shanty Hogan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Brandt	2	0	0	0	0	1
Red Worthington	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ralph Birkofer	9.0	7	1	3

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Brandt	8.0	8	1	5
Bob Smith	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: D7
Freddie Lindstrom: 9/F.2-3
Paul Waner: S.3-H
Arky Vaughan: 36(1)/FO
Pie Traynor: 9/L

Bot 1

Billy Urbanski: S8.BX2(86)#
Tommy Thompson: 4/P
Randy Moore: 5/P

Top 2

Gus Suhr: 3/G
Tommy Thevenow: S9
Tom Padden: D.1-H
Ralph Birkofer: 3/G.2-3
Lloyd Waner: S9.3-H;B-2(E9)
Freddie Lindstrom: 8/F

Bot 2

Wally Berger: D7
Hal Lee: S.2-H
Marty McManus: 7/F
Pinky Whitney: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Paul Waner: 63
Arky Vaughan: K
Pie Traynor: 3/P

Bot 3

Shanty Hogan: 8/F
Ed Brandt: 63
Billy Urbanski: 9/F

Top 4

Gus Suhr: 6/L
Tommy Thevenow: 8/F
Tom Padden: 7/F

Bot 4

Tommy Thompson: S9
Randy Moore: 46(1)/FO
Wally Berger: S.1-3
Hal Lee: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Ralph Birkofer: K
Lloyd Waner: 9/F
Freddie Lindstrom: K

Bot 5

Marty McManus: K
Pinky Whitney: 4/P
Shanty Hogan: K

Top 6

Paul Waner: 6/P
Arky Vaughan: E3
Pie Traynor: 8/F
Gus Suhr: 4/P

Bot 6

Ed Brandt: K
Billy Urbanski: 7/F
Tommy Thompson: S8
Randy Moore: C/E2.1-2
Wally Berger: 8/F

Top 7

Tommy Thevenow: W
Tom Padden: S.1-2
Ralph Birkofer: K
Lloyd Waner: S.2-H;1-2
Freddie Lindstrom: 43.2-3;1-2
Paul Waner: 63

Bot 7

Hal Lee: 53
Marty McManus: 63
Pinky Whitney: 3/L

Top 8

Arky Vaughan: S8
Pie Traynor: 13/SH.1-2
Gus Suhr: K
Tommy Thevenow: 9/F

Bot 8

Shanty Hogan: 43
Red Worthington: 43
Billy Urbanski: 9/F

Top 9

Tom Padden: S8
Ralph Birkofer: 16(1)/FO
Lloyd Waner: 46(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH)
Freddie Lindstrom: 3/L

Bot 9

Tommy Thompson: S9
Randy Moore: 43.1-2
Wally Berger: 6/P
Hal Lee: W
Marty McManus: 9/F