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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1936-06-17 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 2500 · 2:19

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 14–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 1st. Bill Swift earned the win. Bill Swift went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	4	0	1	0	3	2	3	1	0	14	19
BRO	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	5	7

W: Bill Swift L: Tom Baker SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Jensen	5	3	3	0	1	1
Lloyd Waner	6	2	3	1	0	0
Paul Waner	5	1	3	1	1	0
Arky Vaughan	4	2	0	1	2	0
Gus Suhr	6	3	4	2	0	0
Bill Brubaker	6	0	3	4	0	1
Cookie Lavagetto	4	2	1	2	2	0
Al Todd	5	0	1	1	0	2
Bill Swift	5	1	1	2	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frenchy Bordagaray	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Jordan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Bucher	1	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Hassett	4	1	1	0	0	0
Babe Phelps	4	0	1	2	0	1
Danny Taylor	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lonny Frey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Geraghty	4	1	1	0	0	0
Max Butcher	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Watkins	2	1	1	2	1	0
Fred Frankhouse	2	1	1	0	0	0
Sid Gautreaux	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Swift	9.0	7	1	4

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Baker	0.0	3	1	0
Max Butcher	4.2	8	1	2
Fred Frankhouse	4.1	8	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody Jensen: S7
Lloyd Waner: E5/G.1-2
Paul Waner: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Arky Vaughan: W
Gus Suhr: S9.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Bill Brubaker: 12(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Cookie Lavagetto: D/89.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Al Todd: 63

Bot 1

Frenchy Bordagaray: 31
Jimmy Jordan: 8
Jim Bucher: K/C

Top 2

Bill Swift: 3/FL
Woody Jensen: K
Lloyd Waner: S7
Paul Waner: S7.1-2
Arky Vaughan: 43

Bot 2

Buddy Hassett: 63
Babe Phelps: K
Danny Taylor: 63

Top 3

Gus Suhr: 43
Bill Brubaker: K
Cookie Lavagetto: W
Al Todd: T8.1-H
Bill Swift: 8

Bot 3

Lonny Frey: 53
Ben Geraghty: 43
Max Butcher: K

Top 4

Woody Jensen: 8
Lloyd Waner: S9
Paul Waner: 9
Arky Vaughan: 9

Bot 4

Frenchy Bordagaray: 63
Jimmy Jordan: 9
George Watkins: W
Buddy Hassett: 6/P

Top 5

Gus Suhr: S5/BG
Bill Brubaker: D7.1-H
Cookie Lavagetto: FC6.2X3(65)
Al Todd: 8
Bill Swift: HR/7.1-H
Woody Jensen: W
Lloyd Waner: 3/G

Bot 5

Babe Phelps: 7
Danny Taylor: K
Lonny Frey: 8

Top 6

Paul Waner: 43
Arky Vaughan: W
Gus Suhr: D9.1-H
Bill Brubaker: S7.2-H
Cookie Lavagetto: 63.1-2
Al Todd: K/C

Bot 6

Ben Geraghty: E6.B-2
Fred Frankhouse: S7.2-3
Frenchy Bordagaray: S9.3-H(UR);1-2
Jimmy Jordan: 13.2-3;1-2
George Watkins: D/78.3-H;2-H
Buddy Hassett: 13.2-3
Babe Phelps: S7.3-H(UR)
Danny Taylor: 6/P

Top 7

Bill Swift: 6/P
Woody Jensen: S9
Lloyd Waner: S9.1-3
Paul Waner: W.1-2
Arky Vaughan: 8.3-H
Gus Suhr: S5/BG.2-3;1-2
Bill Brubaker: D8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Cookie Lavagetto: W
Al Todd: K

Bot 7

Lonny Frey: 7
Ben Geraghty: 6/P
Fred Frankhouse: 2/FL

Top 8

Bill Swift: 53
Woody Jensen: T/89
Lloyd Waner: 43.3-H
Paul Waner: D8
Arky Vaughan: 43

Bot 8

Frenchy Bordagaray: 63
Jimmy Jordan: 13
George Watkins: 9

Top 9

Gus Suhr: 43
Bill Brubaker: 7
Cookie Lavagetto: 43

Bot 9

Buddy Hassett: S7.B-3(E7/TH)
Babe Phelps: 8.3-H
Danny Taylor: S9
Lonny Frey: 64(1)/FO
Ben Geraghty: S9.1-2
Sid Gautreaux: 7

Notes & reviews

During Bordagaray's at-bat he hit a foul into the dugout that hit his teammate, Jim Bucher, in the head. Bucher was injured and is pinch-hit for later in this inning

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