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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1935-07-18 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 2000 · 2:29

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 3 in the 5th. Ray Benge earned the win and Dutch Leonard picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Ray Benge L: Cy Blanton SV: Dutch Leonard

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buzz Boyle	5	1	1	1	0	0
Lonny Frey	4	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Bucher	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Leslie	4	0	1	2	1	2
Babe Phelps	5	0	0	0	0	2
Tony Cuccinello	4	1	1	0	0	1
Len Koenecke	1	1	0	0	3	1
Frenchy Bordagaray	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Benge	4	1	2	2	0	0
Joe Stripp	4	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Jensen	5	0	0	1	0	0
Lloyd Waner	5	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Waner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	2	0	0	0	2	0
Pep Young	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Thevenow	3	1	0	0	1	1
Gus Suhr	3	1	2	0	1	0
Earl Grace	3	1	2	1	1	0
Cy Blanton	2	0	0	0	0	0
Red Lucas	1	0	1	1	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	1	0	0	0	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Benge	8.0	5	5	1
Dutch Leonard	1.0	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cy Blanton	5.1	7	4	3
Ralph Birkofer	1.2	0	0	2
Mace Brown	2.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buzz Boyle: 43
Lonny Frey: 13
Jim Bucher: S8
Sam Leslie: SB2
Sam Leslie: K

Bot 1

Woody Jensen: 6/L
Lloyd Waner: 7
Paul Waner: S8
Arky Vaughan: W.1-2
Pep Young: 53

Top 2

Babe Phelps: 43
Tony Cuccinello: 6/P
Len Koenecke: W
Frenchy Bordagaray: 7

Bot 2

Tommy Thevenow: K
Gus Suhr: S7
Earl Grace: W.1-2
Cy Blanton: 8
Woody Jensen: 13

Top 3

Ray Benge: 7
Buzz Boyle: 63
Lonny Frey: 31

Bot 3

Lloyd Waner: 8
Paul Waner: 9
Arky Vaughan: W
Pep Young: 53

Top 4

Joe Stripp: S8
Sam Leslie: 43.1-2
Babe Phelps: K
Tony Cuccinello: K/C

Bot 4

Tommy Thevenow: 7
Gus Suhr: 4/P
Earl Grace: 2/FL

Top 5

Len Koenecke: W
Frenchy Bordagaray: 64(1)/FO
Ray Benge: S7.1-3
Buzz Boyle: S7.3-H;1-2
Lonny Frey: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Stripp: 8
Sam Leslie: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Babe Phelps: 63

Bot 5

Cy Blanton: 7
Woody Jensen: 53
Lloyd Waner: 63

Top 6

Tony Cuccinello: S7
Len Koenecke: W.1-2
Frenchy Bordagaray: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Ray Benge: S8.3-H;2-H
Buzz Boyle: 3/P
Lonny Frey: 7

Bot 6

Paul Waner: 63
Arky Vaughan: 9
Pep Young: 63

Top 7

Joe Stripp: 13
Sam Leslie: K/C
Babe Phelps: K

Bot 7

Tommy Thevenow: 8
Gus Suhr: W
Earl Grace: S8.1-2
Red Lucas: D7.2-H;1-3
Woody Jensen: 8.3-H
Lloyd Waner: 63

Top 8

Tony Cuccinello: 7
Len Koenecke: K/C
Frenchy Bordagaray: S7
Ray Benge: SB2
Ray Benge: 63

Bot 8

Paul Waner: 8
Arky Vaughan: 7
Pep Young: 8

Top 9

Buzz Boyle: 8
Lonny Frey: S8
Joe Stripp: 2/FL
Sam Leslie: W.1-2
Babe Phelps: 43

Bot 9

Tommy Thevenow: W
Gus Suhr: S7.1-2
Earl Grace: S.2-H;1-3
Cookie Lavagetto: K
Woody Jensen: FC7.3XH(32);1-2;B-1
Lloyd Waner: 36(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Jim Bucher hurt his hand throwing the ball around the infield before start of third inning and left
after the fly ball was not caught, Gus Suhr caught in run down

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