HALLAHAN FIRES CARDS'S 2ND STRAIGHT SHUTOUT
Season-Opening Series Sweep of Bucs Completed
ST. LOUIS, Apr. 19 (AP) - Bill Hallahan followed Paul Dean's shutout with one of
his own, tossing a six-hit complete game as the St. Louis Cardinals polished off
a series sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 5-0 victory at Sportsman's
Park. Pepper Martin banged out three hits and Joe Medwick belted a
three-run home run in support of Hallahan's gem. The Cardinals laid waste
to the Pirates in this season-opening series, outscoring Pittsburgh 21-6 over
three games.
St. Louis jumped out to an early lead against Pirates starter Ralph Birkofer.
Kiddo Davis drew a lead-off walk, stole second, advanced to third on Frankie
Frisch's ground out to second and scored on Martin's double to left.
In the third, the Cardinals broke the game open. With two outs, Martin
singled and advanced to second on Jack Rothrock's infield hit. Medwick
then drilled his first home run of the young season well up into the left-center
field bleachers for a 4-0 St. Louis advantage.
The Cardinals capped the scoring in the sixth when Ripper Collins drew a one-out
walk from Birkhofer and then scored when Spud Davis tripled to right-center.
Hallahan, meanwhile, was mostly keeping the Pirates off base and, when he
wasn't, relied on his defense. The Cardinals infield turned three double
plays in the game. In the second innings, after Arky Vaughn and Gus Suhr
banged out consecutive one-out singles, Hallahan induced Cookie Lavagetto to
bounce into an inning-ending twin killing. Lavagetto followed Suhr's
one-out fifth inning walk with another double play grounder and Vaughn did the
honors in the seventh after Pie Traynor singled with one out.
The Pirates had one last chance to get back in the game in the top of the
ninth. Fred Lindstrom singled with one out and Paul Waner followed by
drawing a walk. But Traynor hit into a fielder's choice, forcing Waner at
second, and Vaughn ended the contest by bouncing to Frisch at second.
After an off-day, the Cardinals will continue their season-opening homestand by
hosting the Chicago Cubs for three games. The Pirates will move on to
Cincinnati to take on the Reds for a brief two-game series at Crosley Field.
4/19/1934, Pit34-SLN34, Sportsman's Park (N) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 2 1934 Cardinals 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 x 5 9 1 6 3 Pirates AB R H BI AVG Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Waner,L cf 4 0 0 0 .250 Davis,K cf 2 1 0 0 .500 Lindstrom lf 4 0 1 0 .538 Frisch 2b 4 0 0 0 .077 Waner,P rf 3 0 0 0 .000 Martin 3b 4 1 3 1 .583 Traynor 3b 4 0 1 0 .154 Rothrock lf 4 1 1 0 .333 Vaughan ss 4 0 1 0 .300 Medwick rf 4 1 1 3 .500 Suhr 1b 2 0 1 0 .250 Collins,R 1b 3 1 1 0 .273 Lavagetto 2b 3 0 1 0 .200 Davis,S c 4 0 1 1 .273 Veltman c 2 0 0 0 .000 Durocher ss 4 0 1 0 .182 Lucas,Re ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Hallahan p 2 0 1 0 .500 Grace c 0 0 0 0 .286 31 5 9 5 Birkofer p 3 0 1 0 .333 30 0 6 0 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Birkofer L 0-1 8.0 9 5 5 4 1 116 71 5.63 8.0 9 5 5 4 1 116 71 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hallahan W 1-0 9.0 6 0 0 2 3 105 66 0.00 9.0 6 0 0 2 3 105 66 Pit: Lucas,Re batted for Veltman in the 8th Grace inserted at c in the 8th E-Medwick. 2B-Birkofer(1), Martin(1), Collins,R(1), Durocher(1). 3B-Davis,S(1). HR-Medwick(1). RBI-Martin(3), Medwick 3(5), Davis,S(3). SB-Davis,K(1). K-Birkofer 2, Lucas,Re, Durocher. BB-Waner,P, Suhr, Davis,K 2, Collins,R, Hallahan. GWRBI: Martin Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: none. Attendance: 2,891 Game Time: 1:37