FRENCH KEEPS REDS BATS ICE COLD
Bucs Win 2nd Straight After 0-3 Start
CINCINNATI, Apr. 22 (AP) - Larry French fired a three-hit complete game shutout
and the Pittsburgh Pirates stifled the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 at Crosley
Field. The Reds, who fell to 1-4 on the young season, have now been held
to five runs in five games. Cincinnati has already been shutout twice this
year.
The Pirates took a lead they would never surrender in the second. Arky
Vaughn drew a lead-off walk from Reds starter Si Johnson and Gus Suhr followed
with a triple off the right-center field wall. Suhr scored on Cookie
Lavagetto's slow roller to short, giving Pittsburgh a 2-0 lead.
An insurance run was added in the top of the third. Lloyd Waner led off
with a single and, after both Fred Lindstrom and Paul Waner popped out, Vaughn
crushed a triple to the left-center field gap, scoring Lloyd Waner to give the
Pirates a 3-0 advantage.
Johnson kept Pittsburgh at bay from that point, allowing just two harmless
singles and retiring the final 11 Pirates he faced before being lifted for a
pinch hitter in the bottom of the eighth inning. Jim Lindsey came on in
relief to pitch the ninth and set the Pirates down in order.
But French completely subdued the Cincinnati bats throughout the contest.
After Adam Comorosky singled to open the bottom of the first, French retired 16
consecutive Reds before Johnson reached with one out in the sixth when Vaughn
made a bad throw to first on a ground ball. French then retired another
seven straight hitters before yielding Gordon's Slade's bloop single to center
with two outs in the eighth.
With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Mark Koenig recorded the third Reds hit
of the contest when he reached on an infield single. But French struck out
pinch hitter Jake Flowers and retired Chick Hafey on a grounder to short to end
the game.
4/22/1934, Pit34-Cin34, Crosley Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Pirates 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 4 0 1934 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 Pirates AB R H BI AVG Reds AB R H BI AVG Waner,L cf 4 1 1 0 .190 Comorosky lf 4 0 1 0 .368 Lindstrom lf 4 0 1 0 .455 Koenig 3b 4 0 1 0 .190 Waner,P rf 4 0 0 0 .143 Piet 2b 3 0 0 0 .053 Vaughan ss 3 1 1 1 .294 Flowers ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Suhr 1b 4 1 1 1 .353 Hafey cf 4 0 0 0 .150 Lavagetto 2b 4 0 1 1 .263 Bottomley 1b 3 0 0 0 .167 Thevenow 3b 4 0 0 0 .000 Shiver rf 3 0 0 0 .188 Grace c 3 0 0 0 .286 O'Farrell c 3 0 0 0 .273 French p 3 0 0 0 .000 Slade ss 3 0 1 0 .267 33 3 5 3 Johnson,Si p 2 0 0 0 .000 Lombardi ph 1 0 0 0 .167 Lindsey p 0 0 0 0 .000 31 0 3 0 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA French W 1-1 9.0 3 0 0 0 5 116 76 2.12 9.0 3 0 0 0 5 116 76 Reds INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Johnson,Si L 0-2 8.0 5 3 3 1 1 99 64 2.65 Lindsey 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 0.00 9.0 5 3 3 1 1 110 71 Cin: Lombardi batted for Johnson,Si in the 8th Flowers batted for Piet in the 9th E-Vaughan, Koenig. 3B-Vaughan(2), Suhr(1). RBI-Vaughan(2), Suhr(5), Lavagetto(2). K-Grace, Piet, Shiver, O'Farrell, Johnson,Si, Flowers. BB-Vaughan. PB-O'Farrell. GWRBI: Suhr Temperature: 65, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 14 MPH. Attendance: 2,914 Game Time: 1:52