1934
World Series 
1934
World Series
St. Louis vs. Detroit
Game 1, at Navin Field: D. Dean vs. Crowder
AFTER BIG 1ST INNINGS, CARDS HANG ON FOR GAME 1 'W'
Redbirds Ride 18-Hit Attack; Walker Comes Up Big in Relief
DETROIT, Oct. 3 (AP) - A five-run first inning forged what was ultimately an
insurmountable lead as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers 9-6
in Game 1 of the World Series before a sellout crowd at Navin Field. The
Cardinals battered a quartet of Tigers pitchers for 18 hits, led by Leo Durocher
(4), Frankie Frisch (3) and Ripper Collins (3). Although St. Louis starter
Dizzy Dean wasn't sharp, he still picked up the win. General Crowder
absorbed the defeat for Detroit. Bill Walker was the unsung hero for the
Cardinals, allowing just a single unearned run in 3 1/3 innings of relief.
St. Louis surged to a large early lead, plating five runs in the top of the
first inning. Pepper Martin and Jack Rothrock opened the game with
back-to-back singles and Frisch's double into the right field corner gave the
Cardinals a 1-0 lead while putting runners on second and third with no
outs. Joe Medwick fanned but Ripper Collins singled to right, scoring two
more runs. Bill DeLancey then provided the coup de grace with a home run
into the right field seats to provide St. Louis with a 5-0 lead.
The Tigers made clear in the bottom of the inning that they weren't going to
fold. Jo-Jo White led off with an infield single and was forced at second
on Mickey Cochrane's fielder's choice grounder. Charlie Gehringer reached
on another infield hit, putting runners on first and second with one out and
Hank Greenberg followed with a base hit to center, scoring Cochrane and
advancing Gehringer to second. Goose Goslin popped out but Billy Rogell's
single scored Gehringer and Detroit had cut the deficit to 5-2.
The Tigers drew within a run in the third. Cochrane led off with a walk
and Gehringer's single to left put runners on first and second. Dean then
hit Greenberg with a pitch, filling the bases. Goslin hit into a fielder's
choice, forcing Greenberg at second, but Cochrane scored to make it 5-3.
Rogell then doubled to right-center, scoring Gehringer and chasing Greenberg to
third. The go-ahead run was now in scoring position with only one
out. But Dean came up big, striking out Marv Owen before issuing an
intentional free pass to Pete Fox. He then got Crowder on a grounder to
second to end the inning.
That was as close as Detroit would come to drawing even. The Cardinals
erupted for three more runs in the top of the fourth, ending Crowder's day in
the process. Ernie Orsatti led off with a single to right-center and
Durocher's base hit put runners on the corners with no outs. Dean then
helped himself, doubling down the right field line, scoring Orsatti and sending
Durocher to third. Crowder was replaced by Firpo Marberry but Martin
greeted him with a base hit to left-center, plating both runners and giving the
Cardinals an 8-4 lead.
Detroit got a run back in the bottom of the fifth on Goslin's solo home run but
still trailed by three entering the bottom of the sixth. Dean retired
Cochrane and Gehringer on grounders to open the frame but Greenberg lined a shot
off Durocher's glove on an 0-2 pitch for a single and Goslin followed with a
base on balls. With Dean clearly tiring on just two days rest, Frisch
summoned Walker from the bullpen and he yielded a base hit to right off Rogell.
Greenberg tried to score on the play but, in a huge moment in the game, Rothrock
gunned him down at the plate to end the inning with the 8-5 lead still intact.
An unearned run brought the Tigers within two in the eighth. Cochrane led
off by reaching on Martin's error and was forced at second on Gehringer's
fielder's choice grounder. Greenberg's double to right moved Gehringer to
third and Goslin's fly out to right brought him home. Rogell popped to
second to end the inning but the score was now 8-6.
The Cardinals scored a big insurance run in the top of the ninth when Frisch led
off with a base hit and advanced to third one out later on Collins' double to
right. DeLancey was walked intentionally to load the bases and reliever
Vic Sorrell got the ground ball he was looking for off the bat of Chick Fullis
but it was hit too slowly to turn two. The Tigers got the force at second
but Frisch scored to make it 9-6. Durocher's fly to right--the only time
he was retired in the game--ended the inning.
Walker closed out the game by retiring Owen, Fox and pinch hitter Ray Hayworth
in order in the bottom of the ninth.
Detroit will look to even things up in Game 2 when Schoolboy Rowe takes the hill
to oppose Bill Hallahan.
10/3/1934, SLN34-Det34, Navin Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Cardinals 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 18 2 8 0 1934 Tigers 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 12 0 12 1 Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG Martin 3b 5 1 3 2 .600 White cf 4 0 1 0 .250 Rothrock rf 4 1 1 0 .250 Cochrane c 4 2 0 0 .000 Frisch 2b 5 2 3 1 .600 Gehringer 2b 5 3 2 0 .400 Medwick lf 5 0 0 0 .000 Greenberg 1b 4 0 3 1 .750 Collins,R 1b 5 1 3 2 .600 Goslin lf 4 1 1 3 .250 DeLancey c 4 1 1 2 .250 Rogell ss 5 0 4 2 .800 Orsatti cf 3 1 2 0 .667 Owen 3b 5 0 1 0 .200 Fullis ph 2 0 0 1 .000 Fox rf 4 0 0 0 .000 Durocher ss 5 1 4 0 .800 Crowder p 2 0 0 0 .000 Dean,D p 3 1 1 1 .333 Marberry p 0 0 0 0 .000 Walker,B p 0 0 0 0 .000 Doljack ph 1 0 0 0 .000 41 9 18 9 Hogsett p 0 0 0 0 .000 Walker,G ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Sorrell p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hayworth ph 1 0 0 0 .000 40 6 12 6 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Dean,D W 1-0 5.2 10 5 5 4 4 130 77 7.94 Walker,B S 1 3.1 2 1 0 0 2 46 30 0.00 9.0 12 6 5 4 6 176 107 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Crowder L 0-1 3.0 9 8 8 0 2 60 44 24.00 Marberry 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 39 28 0.00 Hogsett 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 31 18 0.00 Sorrell 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 33 22 4.50 9.0 18 9 9 1 4 163 112 SLN: Fullis batted for Orsatti in the 7th Fullis moved to cf in the 7th Det: Doljack batted for Marberry in the 5th Walker,G batted for Hogsett in the 7th Hayworth batted for Sorrell in the 9th E-Martin, Durocher. 2B-Frisch(1), Collins,R(1), Dean,D(1), Greenberg(1), Rogell(1). HR-DeLancey(1), Goslin(1). RBI-Martin 2(2), Frisch(1), Collins,R 2(2), DeLancey 2(2), Dean,D(1), Fullis(1), Greenberg(1), Goslin 3(3), Rogell 2(2). CS-Martin. K-Martin, Medwick, DeLancey, Dean,D, White 2, Greenberg, Owen, Fox, Hayworth. BB-DeLancey, White, Cochrane, Goslin, Fox. SH-Rothrock, Walker,B. HBP-Greenberg. HB-Dean,D. GWRBI: Frisch Temperature: 56, Sky: cloudy, Wind: out to left at 8 MPH. Attendance: 29,180 Game Time: 2:54
Game 2, at Navin Field: Hallahan vs. Rowe
CARDS OUTLAST BENGALS IN WILD GAME 2
Martin's HR in 13th is Game-Winner
DETROIT, Oct. 4 (AP) - Pepper Martin's lead-off home run in the top of the 13th
inning snapped an 8-8 tie as the St. Louis Cardinals prevailed in a madcap World
Series Game 2 over the Detroit Tigers at Navin Field. The Cardinals saw a
six-run eighth inning lead disappear in the blink of an eye and
both teams had opportunities to win the game before Martin's heroics finally
brought the contest to a close deep into extra innings. Each club was
beyond shaky on defense; the teams combined to commit eight errors--four
apiece--leading to six unearned runs. Only once during the 1232-game major
league regular season did two teams combine for that many errors in a single
game. To add insult to injury, the teams are forced to board a train to
St. Louis, where they will meet tomorrow afternoon at Sportsman's Park for Game
3.
The first six innings of the contest had all the trappings of a tight,
low-scoring affair. The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth
when Joe Medwick tripled with one out off Schoolboy Rowe and scored on Ripper
Collins' deep fly to center. The Tigers took their first lead of the
Series in the bottom of the fifth when Pete Fox drew a lead-off walk from Bill
Hallahan, stole second and scored when Rowe roped a double into the left field
corner. Jo-Jo White sacrificed the runner to third and Detroit moved on
top when Mickey Cochrane rolled a ball back to the mound that Hallahan misplayed
for an error. Rowe scored on the play and the Tigers led 2-1.
That was the score when the game moved to the top of the seventh and changed
character entirely. The Cardinals rallied for five runs to seemingly seize
control of the contest. The first three batters of the inning all reached
safely. Collins grounded a single through the box and advanced to third on
Bill DeLancey's base hit to left-center. Ernie Orsatti's sharp
grounder was knocked down by second baseman Charlie Gehringer, but the infield
hit scored Collins to tie the game and advanced DeLancey to second. Leo
Durocher hit into a fielder's choice, forcing Orsatti at second for the first
out while DeLancey moved to third. Rowe then, crucially, walked Hallahan
to load the bases. Martin struck out and Rowe appeared as though he might
wiggle out of further trouble but Jack Rothrock singled to left, scoring
DeLancey to give the Cardinals the lead and everyone moved up another
base--including Durocher scoring--when Goose Goslin misplayed the ball for an
error. Frankie Frisch then singled to left and Goslin kicked the ball
again, allowing two runs to score. Before the dust had finally settled,
the Cardinals owned a 6-2 lead.
After Hallahan held the Tigers scoreless in the bottom of the seventh, the
Cardinals appeared to put the game away in the top of the eighth. DeLancey
walked with one out and Orsatti singled to center, with DeLancey advancing to
second. Durocher then hit a tailor-made double play ball to third baseman
Marv Owen whose throw to second was in the dirt, pulling Gehringer off the
bag. Instead of the inning being over the bases were loaded with one
out. Hallahan appeared to drive the dagger home by singling to center,
scoring two runs to give St. Louis an 8-2 lead. Rowe, visibly frustrated,
was pulled for Firpo Marberry who retired the final two batters of the inning.
Just when the Tigers appeared dead in the water, the bottom of the eighth
happened. Goslin led off with a double to right and moved to third on
Billy Rogell's ground out. Owen then bounced a routine grounder to Martin
at third who let the ball go right through his legs for an error, with Goslin
scoring on the play to make it 8-3. Fox then tapped a ball back to
Hallahan. With an inning-ending double play in his clutches, Hallahan
fired the ball into center field for another error. Owen moved to third on
the play. Manager Frisch then removed Hallahan from the game in favor of
Jesse Haines but things continued to spiral out of control. Pinch hitter
Gee Walker singled to center, scoring Owen and advancing Fox to second.
White followed with another base hit, scoring Fox and moving Walker to
second. The score was now 8-5 and the tying run was coming to the
plate. Frisch acted again, bringing lefty Jim Mooney into the game in
place of Haines. But Mooney walked Cochrane to load the bases and
Gehringer followed by lining a single to center. Two more runs scored and
it was now 8-7, with runners on first and second and still only one out.
For the third time in the frame, Frisch went to the bullpen, this time summoning
Dazzy Vance to the mound. He finally got the second out, retiring Hank
Greenberg on a fly to right, with Cochrane taking third. Goslin then
completed the comeback with his second hit of the inning, a line single to
left-center scoring Cochrane to tie the game. Rogell followed with what
looked like a single to right but Rothrock made a diving catch of his sinking
liner to finally end the inning.
Elden Auker came on for Detroit in the top of the ninth and set the Cardinals
down in order. Vance replicated the feat for St. Louis in the bottom of
the frame.
Auker pitched around an error by Fox to keep the Cardinals off the board in the
tenth. Bill Walker came on for St. Louis and retired the Tigers in order
in the bottom half. Frisch drew a one-out walk in the top of the 11th but
was erased on a Medwick double play grounder.
The Tigers appeared to have the game won in the bottom of the 11th.
Greenberg led off with a booming double that rattled off the right-center field
fence and was sacrificed to third by Goslin. Rogell came to the plate and
hit a scorching line drive that seemed ticketed for the left field corner but
Martin made a lunging snag of it and doubled off the startled Greenberg to end
the inning and send the game on to the 12th.
The Cardinals came within a whisker of taking the lead in the top of the
12th. With Auker still on the mound, Collins drew a lead-off walk and,
after DeLancey struck out, a free pass to Orsatti put runners on first and
second. Durocher then grounded a single through the middle. Collins
tried to score but White fired a strike to Cochrane to nail Collins at the plate
for the second out. Pinch hitter Chick Fullis then grounded out to end the
threat.
In the bottom of the inning, Fox drew a one-out walk from Tex Carleton and stole
second--his second steal of the contest. But Carleton struck out pinch
hitter Frank Doljack and got White on a grounder to first to end the inning.
In the 13th, with Carl Fischer now pitching for Detroit, Martin worked the count
to 3-1 and then unloaded on a Fischer fastball, driving it far over the left
field wall for a home run and a 9-8 St. Louis lead. The Cardinals then
loaded the bases with two outs but Fischer got Orsatti on a grounder to short to
end the inning.
Carleton retired Cochrane and Gehringer on ground balls to open the bottom of
the frame but Greenberg kept the inning alive by lacing a double just inside the
left field foul line. That brought Goslin to the plate representing the
potential wining run. But on the very first pitch he grounded routinely to
Frisch at second who threw him out to give the Cardinals the win.
St. Louis now holds a 2-0 lead heading home to Sportsman's Park. The
Tigers have their backs to the wall and will send Tommy Bridges to the mound to
face Paul Dean in Game 3.
10/4/1934, SLN34-Det34, Navin Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1934 Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1934 Tigers 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 13 R H E LOB DP 1934 Cardinals 1 9 16 4 13 3 1934 Tigers 0 8 13 4 12 1 Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG Martin 3b 7 1 1 1 .333 White cf 6 1 2 1 .300 Rothrock rf 7 1 2 1 .273 Cochrane c 6 1 1 1 .100 Frisch 2b 6 0 2 2 .455 Gehringer 2b 6 0 1 2 .273 Medwick lf 7 1 1 0 .083 Greenberg 1b 7 0 4 0 .636 Collins,R 1b 5 1 1 1 .400 Goslin lf 6 1 2 1 .300 DeLancey c 5 2 2 0 .333 Rogell ss 5 0 1 0 .500 Davis,S ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 Owen 3b 4 1 0 0 .111 Orsatti cf 6 1 3 1 .556 Fox rf 4 2 0 0 .000 Durocher ss 5 1 1 0 .500 Rowe p 3 1 1 1 .333 Hallahan p 3 1 2 2 .667 Marberry p 0 0 0 0 .000 Haines p 0 0 0 0 .000 Walker,G ph 1 1 1 1 .500 Mooney p 0 0 0 0 .000 Auker p 1 0 0 0 .000 Vance p 0 0 0 0 .000 Doljack ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Crawford ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Fischer p 0 0 0 0 .000 Walker,B p 0 0 0 0 .000 50 8 13 7 Fullis ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Carleton p 0 0 0 0 .000 54 9 16 8 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hallahan 7.1 7 5 1 4 5 140 76 1.23 Haines 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 5 4 99.00 Mooney 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 18 11 99.00 Vance BS 1 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 26 19 0.00 Walker,B 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 21 12 0.00 Carleton W 1-0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 25 15 0.00 13.0 13 8 4 6 8 235 137 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Rowe 7.1 11 8 6 2 2 136 85 7.36 Marberry 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00 Auker 4.0 2 0 0 4 2 60 31 0.00 Fischer L 0-1 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 36 20 9.00 13.0 16 9 7 7 5 234 138 SLN: Crawford batted for Vance in the 10th Fullis batted for Walker,B in the 12th Davis,S batted for DeLancey in the 13th Davis,S moved to c in the 13th Det: Walker,G batted for Marberry in the 8th Doljack batted for Auker in the 12th E-Martin, Durocher, Hallahan 2, Goslin 2, Owen, Fox. 2B-Greenberg 2(3), Goslin(1), Rowe(1). 3B-Medwick(1). HR-Martin(1). RBI-Martin(3), Rothrock(1), Frisch 2(3), Collins,R(3), Orsatti(1), Hallahan 2(2), White(1), Cochrane(1), Gehringer 2(2), Goslin(4), Rowe(1), Walker,G(1). SB-Fox 2(2). K-Martin 2, Medwick 2, DeLancey, White 2, Greenberg, Goslin, Rogell, Fox, Auker, Doljack. BB-Frisch, Collins,R 2, DeLancey, Orsatti, Durocher, Hallahan, Cochrane, Gehringer, Rogell, Owen, Fox 2. SH-White, Goslin, Owen. GWRBI: Martin Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 2 MPH. Attendance: 28,762 Game Time: 3:59
Game 3, at Sportsman's Park: Bridges vs. P. Dean
CARDS ROLL ON, POUND TIGERS TO TAKE 3-0 SERIES LEAD
20-Hit Attack; Bridges Driven from Mound in 2nd Inning
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 5 (AP) - The offensive machine that has been the St. Louis
Cardinals in this World Series rolled on in Game 3 with a crushing 14-4 win over
the Detroit Tigers before a delirious sellout crowd at Sportsman's Park.
The Cardinals put the game away early with an eight-run second inning, knocking
Tigers starter Tommy Bridges out of the game. St. Louis led 12-0 before
Detroit ever got on the board. Cardinals starter Paul Dean put forth a
workman-like effort, fighting control problems to post the first complete game
of the Series. St. Louis now holds a commanding three games to none lead.
The Cardinals are currently hitting .383 as a team in the Series and have scored
31 runs in three games. When Ernie Orsatti singled in the fourth inning,
every member of the St. Louis lineup had accrued at least one hit in the game
and by the time the contest was over eight of the nine starters, including
Orsatti, had compiled multi-hit efforts.
Coming off a four-error performance in Game 2, another Detroit miscue led to the
first run of the game, in the bottom of the first. Pepper Martin reached
to open the inning when his third base counterpart, Marv Owen, booted a ground
ball. One out later, Frankie Frisch singled Martin to third and he scored
on Joe Medwick's fly to center field.
St. Louis then blew the game open with an eight-run second, with 11 men coming
to bat in the inning. Bill DeLancey led off with a single and, after
Orsatti flied out, took second on Leo Durocher's base hit. Dean grounded a
base hit to right, loading the bases. The key for Bridges at this point
was to minimize the damage and live to fight another day. It didn't
happen. Martin drilled a triple to left-center, clearing the bases and
giving the Cardinals a 4-0 lead. Jack Rothrock followed with a single to
left-center scoring Martin to make it 5-0. Frisch flied to left for the
second out but Medwick doubled Rothrock to third. Ripper Collins then
singled both runners home to make it 7-0 and, just when it seemed that it
couldn't get any worse for Bridges and the Tigers, Bill DeLancey cleared the
pavilion roof in right for his second home run of the Series, putting the
Cardinals on top 9-0. That was it for Bridges and the beleaguered Detroit
bullpen was called upon again. Luke Hamlin avoided any further damage but
it hardly seemed to matter.
St. Louis scored three more runs in the third, with another Tigers error playing
a role. After Durocher led off with a single, Dean hit a certain double
play ball to short but Billy Rogell's relay to second baseman Charlie Gehringer
was wide, and all hands were safe. Martin doubled Durocher home, with Dean
stopping at third, and Rothrock followed with a two-run single to increase the
lead to 12-0. Frisch's solo homer in the fifth made it 13-0.
Dean pitched around several walks but finally succumbed in the sixth inning with
back-to-back free passes to Mickey Cochrane and Gehringer to open the
inning. Hank Greenberg's double ended the shutout and left runners on
second and third. A Goose Goslin ground ball got the second run home and
Owen's fly plated a third, but the deficit was still ten runs.
Goslin tripled and scored in the eighth to make it 13-4 but the Cardinals got
that run back in the bottom half of the inning when Dean doubled home Orsatti,
who had singled two batters earlier.
Dean closed out the game with a perfect ninth.
The Tigers are now gasping for air and simply trying to avoid a sweep at the
hands of the Cardinals. Elden Auker will try to keep Detroit in the Series
at least one day longer when he opposes Tex Carleton of St. Louis in Game 4.
10/5/1934, Det34-SLN34, Sportsman's Park (N) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 7 2 6 0 1934 Cardinals 1 8 3 0 1 0 0 1 x 14 20 0 8 2 Tigers AB R H BI AVG Cardinals AB R H BI AVG White cf 5 0 2 0 .333 Martin 3b 6 3 2 4 .333 Cochrane c 3 1 0 0 .077 Whitehead 3b 0 0 0 0 .000 Gehringer 2b 3 1 1 0 .286 Rothrock rf 5 1 2 3 .313 Greenberg 1b 3 1 1 1 .571 Frisch 2b 5 1 3 1 .500 Goslin lf 4 1 1 1 .286 Medwick lf 5 1 4 1 .294 Rogell ss 3 0 1 1 .462 Collins,R 1b 5 1 1 2 .333 Owen 3b 3 0 0 1 .083 DeLancey c 5 2 2 2 .357 Fox rf 4 0 1 0 .083 Orsatti cf 5 0 2 0 .500 Bridges p 0 0 0 0 .000 Durocher ss 5 3 2 0 .467 Hamlin p 2 0 0 0 .000 Dean,P p 5 2 2 1 .400 Doljack ph 1 0 0 0 .000 46 14 20 14 Hogsett p 0 0 0 0 .000 Walker,G ph 1 0 0 0 .333 32 4 7 4 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Bridges L 0-1 1.2 9 9 8 0 0 40 27 43.20 Hamlin 4.1 7 4 3 0 2 64 43 6.23 Hogsett 2.0 4 1 1 0 2 36 27 2.25 8.0 20 14 12 0 4 140 97 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Dean,P W 1-0 9.0 7 4 4 5 4 123 78 4.00 9.0 7 4 4 5 4 123 78 Det: Doljack batted for Hamlin in the 7th Walker,G batted for Hogsett in the 9th SLN: Whitehead inserted at 3b in the 9th E-Rogell, Owen. 2B-Greenberg(4), Martin(1), Medwick(1), Dean,P(1). 3B-Goslin(1), Martin(1). HR-Frisch(1), DeLancey(2). RBI-Greenberg(2), Goslin(5), Rogell(3), Owen(1), Martin 4(7), Rothrock 3(4), Frisch(4), Medwick(1), Collins,R 2(5), DeLancey 2(4), Dean,P(1). K-Fox 2, Hamlin, Doljack, Rothrock, Collins,R, DeLancey, Orsatti. BB-Cochrane, Gehringer, Greenberg, Rogell, Owen. GWRBI: Medwick Temperature: 65, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from center at 9 MPH. Attendance: 34,404 Game Time: 2:07
Game 4, at Sportsman's Park: Auker vs. Carleton
CARDS COMPLETE SERIES SWEEP BEHIND CARLETON'S GEM
St. Louis Starter is Surprise MVP
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6 (AP) - In a World Series dominated by offense, Tex Carleton
tossed a complete game four-hitter as the St. Louis Cardinals completed their
sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a 4-1 victory in Game 4 at Sportsman's
Park. Carleton allowed a lone unearned run in the contest and, coupled
with his critical two shutout innings en route to earning the win in Game 2, was
named the Most Valuable Player of the Series. All told, Carleton pitched
11 innings without allowing an earned run, surrendering just five hits.
For the first time in the Series, the St. Louis offense didn't run wild, but
they still managed to swat out 11 more hits, finishing with 65 safeties in the
four games. For the Series, the Cardinals batted .369.
Detroit jumped out to an early lead in Game 4, aided by a St. Louis
miscue. Jo-Jo White led off with a base hit to left, then stole second
base. Catcher Bill DeLancey's throw went into center field, allowing White
to reach third and he scored on Mickey Cochrane's single. But any hope of
a big inning was snuffed out when Charlie Gehringer bounced into a double play
and the Tigers had to settle for a 1-0 lead.
Behind Elden Auker, the advantage held up until the fourth when the Cardinals
knotted the score in an inning that seemed to be heading nowhere. Auker
retired Frankie Frisch on a fly to right and struck out Joe Medwick.
Ripper Collins then reached when his swinging bunt to the left side of the
infield went for a hit. DeLancey then cracked a triple that rolled all the
way to the left-center field wall, scoring Collins to tie the game. Ernie
Orsatti was walked intentionally and Leo Durocher grounded to short to end the
inning.
St. Louis seized control in the sixth. With one out, Collins singled to
center. Auker pitched carefully to the red hot DeLancey and ended up
walking him on four pitches to put runners on first and second. That
brought Orsatti to the plate. Auker fell behind 2-0 and had to come in
with a fastball. Orsatti was sitting on the pitch and lined it to
left-center for a base hit, scoring Collins to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead and
advancing DeLancey to third. Durocher then beat out a dribbler near the
mound, allowing DeLancey to score. With the lead now 3-1, Carleton fanned
for the second out. Tigers manager Mickey Cochrane called on Firpo
Marberry to replace Auker, who was showing signs of fatigue after tossing four
innings of shutout relief just two days prior. But the strategy backfired
as Jo-Jo White greeted Marberry with a single to left, scoring Orsatti to put
St. Louis ahead 4-1. Jack Rothrock flied to right to end the inning but
the damage had been done.
Carleton pitched around a one-out single to Goose Goslin in the seventh to keep
the three-run lead intact. Whatever chance the Tigers had at a comeback
came in the eighth inning, but it fizzled, in familiar fashion. After Marv
Owen popped out to open the frame Pete Fox laced a drive to right-center.
It scooted between Orsatti and Rothrock and Fox ended up on third base with a
triple. With the pitcher's spot due up, Gee Walker came on to pinch hit
and hit a rocket toward third. Pepper Martin speared it and doubled Fox
off third, extinguishing out the threat. It was reminiscent of the play in
the 11th inning of Game 2 when Billy Rogell lined into a double play, third
baseman unassisted, to thwart a potential game-winning Detroit rally.
Tommy Bridges, who had been driven from the mound in the second inning of Game
3, was brought in to hold down the fort in the bottom of the eighth and, despite
surrendering a lead-off single to Orsatti, was able to do so by retiring the
next three batters he faced in order.
Carleton took the mound in the top of the ninth to a huge ovation from the
crowd. The applause only grew in volume when he struck out White to open
the frame. Cochrane flied to right for the second out. With the
crowd on its feet he induced a first pitch grounder to short off the bat of
Gehringer. Leo Durocher fielded the ball cleanly and threw to Ripper
Collins at first for the out, thus ending the game and the Series.
The Series concluded with the Cardinals outscoring the Tigers--baseball's most
prolific offense in the regular season--36-19. Detroit batted just .238
and the Gas House Gang out-homered the Tigers 4-1.
10/6/1934, Det34-SLN34, Sportsman's Park (N) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Tigers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 1934 Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 x 4 11 2 9 3 Tigers AB R H BI AVG Cardinals AB R H BI AVG White cf 4 1 1 0 .316 Martin 3b 5 0 2 1 .348 Cochrane c 4 0 1 1 .118 Rothrock rf 4 0 1 0 .300 Gehringer 2b 4 0 0 0 .222 Frisch 2b 4 0 0 0 .400 Goslin lf 3 0 1 0 .294 Medwick lf 4 0 1 0 .286 Rogell ss 2 0 0 0 .400 Collins,R 1b 4 2 2 0 .368 Greenberg 1b 3 0 0 0 .471 DeLancey c 3 1 1 1 .353 Owen 3b 3 0 0 0 .067 Orsatti cf 3 1 2 1 .529 Fox rf 3 0 1 0 .133 Durocher ss 4 0 1 1 .421 Auker p 2 0 0 0 .000 Carleton p 4 0 1 0 .250 Marberry p 0 0 0 0 .000 35 4 11 4 Hogsett p 0 0 0 0 .000 Walker,G ph 1 0 0 0 .250 Bridges p 0 0 0 0 .000 29 1 4 1 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Auker L 0-1 5.2 8 4 4 2 4 94 58 3.72 Marberry 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 14 11 0.00 Hogsett 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2.08 Bridges 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 13 11 27.00 8.0 11 4 4 2 4 126 83 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Carleton W 2-0 9.0 4 1 0 1 4 106 70 0.00 9.0 4 1 0 1 4 106 70 Det: Walker,G batted for Hogsett in the 8th E-DeLancey, Durocher. 2B-Medwick(2). 3B-Fox(1), DeLancey(1). RBI-Cochrane(2), Martin(8), DeLancey(5), Orsatti(2), Durocher(1). SB-White(1), Martin(1). K-White 2, Fox, Auker, Medwick 2, Carleton 2. BB-Rogell, DeLancey, Orsatti. GWRBI: Orsatti Temperature: 70, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 9 MPH. Attendance: 34,097 Game Time: 2:04