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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1934-04-21 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 3600 · 1:50

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 2–1. Charlie Root earned the win. Charlie Root went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Charlie Root L: Tex Carleton SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Woody English	4	1	1	0	1
Billy Herman	3	0	0	0	1
Chuck Klein	4	0	1	1	1
Babe Herman	4	0	0	0	2
Tuck Stainback	3	0	1	0	1
Charlie Grimm	3	0	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	0	0	2
Gabby Hartnett	3	0	0	0	2
Charlie Root	3	1	1	1	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Moore	5	1	2	0	0	0
Frankie Frisch	3	0	0	0	2	0
Pepper Martin	5	0	3	0	0	0
Jack Rothrock	5	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ripper Collins	3	0	0	0	0	0
Spud Davis	3	0	1	0	1	1
Leo Durocher	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tex Carleton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pat Crawford	0	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Root	9.0	9	4	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Carleton	9.0	5	0	11

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody English: 9/F
Billy Herman: 7/F
Chuck Klein: K

Bot 1

Gene Moore: 8/F
Frankie Frisch: 5/FL
Pepper Martin: D7
Jack Rothrock: 7/F

Top 2

Babe Herman: K
Tuck Stainback: S7
Charlie Grimm: S8.1-2
Billy Jurges: K
Gabby Hartnett: 8/F

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: 53
Ripper Collins: 6/P
Spud Davis: W
Leo Durocher: 4/P

Top 3

Charlie Root: HR/7
Woody English: 63
Billy Herman: 43
Chuck Klein: 6/P

Bot 3

Tex Carleton: D7
Gene Moore: 8/F
Frankie Frisch: W
Pepper Martin: 4/P
Jack Rothrock: 5/L

Top 4

Babe Herman: 43
Tuck Stainback: E1/BG
Charlie Grimm: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Joe Medwick: 4/P
Ripper Collins: 8/F
Spud Davis: T8
Leo Durocher: 8/F

Top 5

Billy Jurges: K
Gabby Hartnett: K/C
Charlie Root: K/C

Bot 5

Tex Carleton: 7/F
Gene Moore: S8
Frankie Frisch: 43.1-2
Pepper Martin: S5.2-3
Jack Rothrock: S8.3-H;1-3
Joe Medwick: 13

Top 6

Woody English: K
Billy Herman: K/C
Chuck Klein: 8/F

Bot 6

Ripper Collins: 5/P
Spud Davis: K/C
Leo Durocher: 63

Top 7

Babe Herman: 43
Tuck Stainback: K
Charlie Grimm: 63

Bot 7

Tex Carleton: 3/L
Gene Moore: D8
Frankie Frisch: W
Pepper Martin: 5/P
Jack Rothrock: 9/F

Top 8

Billy Jurges: 9/F
Gabby Hartnett: K
Charlie Root: 8/F

Bot 8

Joe Medwick: S8
Ripper Collins: 54/SH.1-2
Spud Davis: 43.2-3
Pat Crawford: IW
Tex Carleton: 63

Top 9

Woody English: S9
Billy Herman: 34/SH.1-2
Chuck Klein: S9.2-H
Babe Herman: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 9

Gene Moore: 43
Frankie Frisch: 4/P
Pepper Martin: S7
Jack Rothrock: 8/F