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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1935-08-11 · Day game · Forbes Field · sunny, dry · 1:53

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 2nd. Cy Blanton earned the win. Arky Vaughan went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Cy Blanton L: Tony Freitas SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Samuel Byrd	4	1	2	1	0
Ival Goodman	4	0	0	0	0
Kiki Cuyler	4	0	0	1	0
Jim Bottomley	4	0	0	0	0
Lew Riggs	4	1	2	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	1	0	0
Billy Myers	3	0	0	0	1
Alex Kampouris	3	1	1	0	0
Adam Comorosky	1	0	0	0	0
Leroy Herrmann	1	0	0	0	1
Babe Herman	1	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Woody Jensen	4	2	2	0	1
Pep Young	5	1	1	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	0	1	3	1
Gus Suhr	4	0	1	1	0
Cookie Lavagetto	3	0	1	0	1
Tommy Thevenow	4	0	2	0	0
Bud Hafey	3	1	0	0	1
Earl Grace	4	1	1	0	0
Cy Blanton	4	0	2	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Si Johnson	0.0	0	1
Tony Freitas	2.0	5	1
Leroy Herrmann	5.0	6	2
Don Brennan	1.0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cy Blanton	9.0	6	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Samuel Byrd: 53
Ival Goodman: 13
Kiki Cuyler: 6/L

Bot 1

Woody Jensen: W
Pep Young: D7.1-3
Arky Vaughan: 9.3-H
Gus Suhr: S8.2-H
Cookie Lavagetto: 7
Tommy Thevenow: 9

Top 2

Jim Bottomley: 6
Lew Riggs: K
Ernie Lombardi: 8

Bot 2

Bud Hafey: W
Earl Grace: S9.1-3
Cy Blanton: S8.3-H;1-2
Woody Jensen: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Pep Young: 6/FL
Arky Vaughan: T9.3-H;1-H
Gus Suhr: 43

Top 3

Billy Myers: 8
Alex Kampouris: 53
Adam Comorosky: 8

Bot 3

Cookie Lavagetto: 9
Tommy Thevenow: S8
Bud Hafey: 4
Earl Grace: 2/FL

Top 4

Samuel Byrd: D7
Ival Goodman: 43.2-3
Kiki Cuyler: 13.3-H
Jim Bottomley: 31

Bot 4

Cy Blanton: S8
Woody Jensen: S7.1-2
Pep Young: 8
Arky Vaughan: 8
Gus Suhr: 43

Top 5

Lew Riggs: S9
Ernie Lombardi: S8.1-3
Billy Myers: K
Alex Kampouris: 2/FL
Leroy Herrmann: OA.3-H(E4/TH)(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR)
Leroy Herrmann: K

Bot 5

Cookie Lavagetto: W
Tommy Thevenow: S3.1-2
Bud Hafey: 25(2)/FO.1-2
Earl Grace: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Cy Blanton: 9

Top 6

Samuel Byrd: 63
Ival Goodman: 3/G
Kiki Cuyler: 13

Bot 6

Woody Jensen: S9
Pep Young: 1
Arky Vaughan: W.1-2
Gus Suhr: 2/FL
Cookie Lavagetto: S6.2-3;1-2
Tommy Thevenow: 8

Top 7

Jim Bottomley: 9
Lew Riggs: 3/G
Ernie Lombardi: 5/FL

Bot 7

Bud Hafey: 43
Earl Grace: 43
Cy Blanton: 3/G

Top 8

Billy Myers: 53
Alex Kampouris: D7
Babe Herman: K
Samuel Byrd: S8.2-H
Ival Goodman: 9/L

Bot 8

Woody Jensen: 3/FL
Pep Young: 63
Arky Vaughan: 8

Top 9

Kiki Cuyler: 43
Jim Bottomley: 43
Lew Riggs: S8
Ernie Lombardi: 8

Notes & reviews

Reds manager Charlie Dressen tried to bluff the Pirates by starting lefty Si Johnson and immediately changing to righty Tony Freitas

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