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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1934-09-22 · Day game · Forbes Field · 1:30

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 2–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 6th. Ralph Birkofer earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Ralph Birkofer L: Bill Lee SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Rigler · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Klem · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	0	1	1	0	1
Billy Herman	4	0	2	0	0	0
Kiki Cuyler	3	0	0	0	1	0
Riggs Stephenson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Herman	3	0	0	0	0	2
Gabby Hartnett	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tuck Stainback	3	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lee	3	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Wally Roettger	3	0	1	0	0
Woody Jensen	3	0	1	2	1
Paul Waner	3	0	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	3	0	0	0	1
Pie Traynor	3	0	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	3	0	0	0	1
Tommy Thevenow	3	1	1	0	0
Tom Padden	3	1	2	0	0
Ralph Birkofer	3	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	8.0	5	0	4

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ralph Birkofer	9.0	5	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: K
Billy Herman: 99
Kiki Cuyler: 99

Bot 1

Wally Roettger: S
Woody Jensen: K+CS2(26)/DP
Paul Waner: 99

Top 2

Riggs Stephenson: 99
Babe Herman: K
Gabby Hartnett: 99

Bot 2

Arky Vaughan: K
Pie Traynor: 99
Gus Suhr: K

Top 3

Tuck Stainback: 99
Billy Jurges: 99
Bill Lee: 99

Bot 3

Tommy Thevenow: 99
Tom Padden: S
Ralph Birkofer: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Stan Hack: 99
Billy Herman: S
Kiki Cuyler: 99(1)/FO
Riggs Stephenson: CS2(99)

Bot 4

Wally Roettger: 99
Woody Jensen: 99
Paul Waner: 99

Top 5

Riggs Stephenson: K
Babe Herman: K
Gabby Hartnett: 99

Bot 5

Arky Vaughan: 99
Pie Traynor: 99
Gus Suhr: 99

Top 6

Tuck Stainback: S
Billy Jurges: 2/FL
Bill Lee: 53.1-2
Stan Hack: D/89.2-H
Billy Herman: SB3
Billy Herman: 5/P

Bot 6

Tommy Thevenow: S1/G
Tom Padden: S78/L.1-3;B-2(TH)
Ralph Birkofer: 13
Wally Roettger: 13
Woody Jensen: S7/P.3-H;2-H;BX2(724)

Top 7

Kiki Cuyler: W
Riggs Stephenson: 99
Babe Herman: 99
Gabby Hartnett: 99

Bot 7

Paul Waner: 99
Arky Vaughan: 99
Pie Traynor: 99

Top 8

Tuck Stainback: 99
Billy Jurges: 99
Bill Lee: S
Stan Hack: 2/FL

Bot 8

Gus Suhr: 99
Tommy Thevenow: 99
Tom Padden: E3
Ralph Birkofer: K

Top 9

Billy Herman: S
Kiki Cuyler: 8/F
Riggs Stephenson: 46(1)3/GDP