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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1936-08-18 · Day game · Forbes Field · 2:00

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–4. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 6th. Larry French earned the win. Ethan Allen went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	5	10
PIT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	11

W: Larry French L: Cy Blanton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ethan Allen	5	1	3	2	0	0
Stan Hack	3	1	1	0	1	0
Billy Herman	4	0	1	1	0	1
Frank Demaree	4	1	1	1	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	4	0	1	0	0	1
Augie Galan	4	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	1	1	0	0	1
Phil Cavarretta	4	1	1	0	0	0
Larry French	3	0	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Schulte	5	0	0	0	0	1
Woody Jensen	5	1	1	0	0	1
Paul Waner	5	1	4	1	0	0
Arky Vaughan	3	2	1	0	2	0
Gus Suhr	4	0	2	2	0	1
Bill Brubaker	3	0	0	0	1	1
Pep Young	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tom Padden	4	0	1	1	0	1
Cy Blanton	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Swift	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	9.0	11	3	6

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cy Blanton	5.0	7	0	1
Bill Swift	4.0	3	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ethan Allen: 8/F
Stan Hack: 63
Billy Herman: 9/F

Bot 1

Fred Schulte: K
Woody Jensen: K/C
Paul Waner: S7
Arky Vaughan: W.1-2
Gus Suhr: D7.2-H;1-H
Bill Brubaker: 9

Top 2

Frank Demaree: 43
Gabby Hartnett: 8/F
Augie Galan: 3/P

Bot 2

Pep Young: 9/F
Tom Padden: K
Cy Blanton: 8/L

Top 3

Billy Jurges: S7
Phil Cavarretta: 7/F
Larry French: 9/F
Ethan Allen: T9.1-H
Stan Hack: 5/FL

Bot 3

Fred Schulte: 43
Woody Jensen: 6/P
Paul Waner: S6
Arky Vaughan: S9.1-3(E9)
Gus Suhr: 43

Top 4

Billy Herman: 2/FL
Frank Demaree: S7
Gabby Hartnett: S7.1-3
Augie Galan: 9/F/DP.3-H;1X2(936)

Bot 4

Bill Brubaker: W
Pep Young: S5.1-2
Tom Padden: 7/F
Cy Blanton: K/C
Fred Schulte: 43

Top 5

Billy Jurges: 23/BG
Phil Cavarretta: 8/F
Larry French: K/C

Bot 5

Woody Jensen: 9/FL
Paul Waner: S8
Arky Vaughan: 46(1)/FO
Gus Suhr: S9.1-3
Bill Brubaker: 8/L

Top 6

Ethan Allen: D7
Stan Hack: S5/BG.2-3
Billy Herman: S9.3-H;1-3
Frank Demaree: 9/F.3-H
Gabby Hartnett: 8/F
Augie Galan: 8/F

Bot 6

Pep Young: 9/F
Tom Padden: 53
Bill Swift: 9/F

Top 7

Billy Jurges: K
Phil Cavarretta: S9
Larry French: 34/SH.1-2
Ethan Allen: S9.2-H
Stan Hack: W.1-2
Billy Herman: K

Bot 7

Fred Schulte: 4/P
Woody Jensen: 8/L
Paul Waner: 8/L

Top 8

Frank Demaree: 8/F
Gabby Hartnett: K
Augie Galan: 5/P

Bot 8

Arky Vaughan: W
Gus Suhr: K
Bill Brubaker: K
Pep Young: S3.1-2
Tom Padden: S8.2-H;1X3(85)

Top 9

Billy Jurges: 2/FL
Phil Cavarretta: 6/P
Larry French: S8
Ethan Allen: WP.1-3
Ethan Allen: 7/F

Bot 9

Cookie Lavagetto: 2/FL
Fred Schulte: 63
Woody Jensen: T/78
Paul Waner: S8.3-H
Arky Vaughan: 6(1)/FO