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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1935-09-18 · Day game · Forbes Field · 2:07

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 5–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 7th. Cy Blanton earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	10
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		5	13

W: Cy Blanton L: Fred Frankhouse SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Pfirman · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Tommy Thompson	5	0	2	1	1
Les Mallon	5	0	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	0	2
Wally Berger	4	0	1	0	2
Pinky Whitney	4	0	2	0	0
Joe Mowry	4	1	1	0	1
Joe Coscarart	4	1	2	1	1
Al Spohrer	3	0	0	0	0
Fred Frankhouse	3	0	1	0	0
Buck Jordan	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Jensen	5	0	0	1	0	0
Lloyd Waner	5	1	3	0	0	0
Bud Hafey	5	2	2	0	0	1
Arky Vaughan	2	0	0	0	1	0
Pep Young	4	1	2	1	1	0
Cookie Lavagetto	5	0	2	1	0	1
Earl Browne	4	1	1	1	0	0
Earl Grace	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cy Blanton	4	0	2	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Frankhouse	7.0	11	2	1
Danny MacFayden	1.0	2	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cy Blanton	9.0	10	0	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Thompson: S/BG
Les Mallon: S/BG.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: K
Wally Berger: K
Pinky Whitney: SB3;SB2
Pinky Whitney: 99/G

Bot 1

Woody Jensen: 99
Lloyd Waner: S
Bud Hafey: S5.1-2
Arky Vaughan: W.2-3;1-2
Pep Young: FC1.3XH(1E2)(NR)(UR);2-3;1-2;B-1
Cookie Lavagetto: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Earl Browne: 99

Top 2

Joe Mowry: T/89
Joe Coscarart: S8.3-H
Al Spohrer: E6.1-2
Fred Frankhouse: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Tommy Thompson: 43.2-3;1-2
Les Mallon: 99/F

Bot 2

Earl Grace: 99
Cy Blanton: S
Woody Jensen: 99
Lloyd Waner: S.1-2
Bud Hafey: K

Top 3

Elbie Fletcher: 99
Wally Berger: 99
Pinky Whitney: E6
Joe Mowry: 99

Bot 3

Arky Vaughan: 99
Pep Young: S
Cookie Lavagetto: 99
Earl Browne: 99

Top 4

Joe Coscarart: 99
Al Spohrer: 99
Fred Frankhouse: D
Tommy Thompson: 99

Bot 4

Earl Grace: 99
Cy Blanton: 99
Woody Jensen: E6
Lloyd Waner: 99

Top 5

Les Mallon: 99
Elbie Fletcher: K
Wally Berger: S
Pinky Whitney: S.1-3
Joe Mowry: K

Bot 5

Bud Hafey: E5
Arky Vaughan: 99
Pep Young: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Joe Coscarart: S8
Al Spohrer: 99/SH.1-2
Fred Frankhouse: 99/FL
Tommy Thompson: D9.2-H
Les Mallon: 99

Bot 6

Cookie Lavagetto: S7
Earl Browne: 99(1)/FO
Earl Grace: S8.1-2
Cy Blanton: S9.2-3;1-2
Woody Jensen: 99(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Lloyd Waner: 99

Top 7

Elbie Fletcher: 99
Wally Berger: K
Pinky Whitney: S9.BX2(96)

Bot 7

Bud Hafey: D7
Arky Vaughan: 99/SH.2-3
Pep Young: W
Cookie Lavagetto: S7.3-H;1-2
Earl Browne: S9.2-H;1-3
Earl Grace: 9
Cy Blanton: 99/G

Top 8

Joe Mowry: 99
Joe Coscarart: K
Al Spohrer: 99

Bot 8

Woody Jensen: 99
Lloyd Waner: S7
Bud Hafey: 99(1)/FO
Arky Vaughan: HP.1-2
Pep Young: S7.2-H;1-2
Cookie Lavagetto: K

Top 9

Buck Jordan: 99
Tommy Thompson: K
Les Mallon: 99