BRAVES CRUSH PHILS BEHIND 24-HIT ONSLAUGHT
Frankhouse Tosses Shutout; Urbanski, Mowry Star Offensively
PHILADELPHIA, May 1 (AP) - The Boston Braves pounded out 24 hits--including four
home runs--to back Fred Frankhouse's five-hit complete game shutout to crush the
Philadelphia Phillies 18-0 at the Baker Bowl. Billy Urbanski banged out
five safeties of his own, scored four runs and drove in three. Joe Mowry
had four hits--including his first two home runs of the season--scored three
times and drove in four runs. Every member of the Braves who came to the
plate had at least one hit; eight members of the starting lineup scored at least
once and seven plated at least one run.
The contest was scoreless after two innings but then Boston began its inevitable
destruction of the Phillies when Buck Jordan drove home Shanty Hogan with a base
hit and Urbanski scored on Red Worthington's fielder's choice to give the Braves
a 2-0 lead.
That advantage tripled in the fourth. Mowry and Hogan led off with a
single and walk respectively and moved to second and third on Frankhouse's
sacrifice. Urbanski's base hit plated Mowry and advanced Hogan to third,
putting Boston on top 3-0 and Jordan's base hit to center replicated the
baserunner situation while scoring Hogan. Wally Berger followed with a
double to left-center, scoring Urbanski and leaving runners on second and third
and ended the day for Philadelphia starter Snipe Hansen. He was replaced
on the mound by Phil Collins who yielded a long fly to center off the bat of Red
Worthington. Ethan Allen made the grab but Jordan tagged and scored easily
to give the Braves a 6-0 lead.
Mowry's first home run of the game made it 8-0 when he followed Marty McManus'
lead-off single in the fifth with a shot just inside the right field foul pole
and Boston upped the lead to 10-0 in the sixth on Mowry's RBI single and Hogan's
run-scoring fielder's choice grounder.
The Braves put an end to any doubt about the contest's outcome with an eight-run
seventh inning, a frame that featured three home runs. Facing Phillies
reliever Reggie Grabowski, Urbanski, Jordan and Berger lashed consecutive
singles to start the frame, scoring one run and leaving runners on the
corners. Worthington's grounder forced Berger at second but Jordan scored
on the play to make the score 12-0. Pinky Whitney followed with a single
to center, putting runners on first and second and McManus cracked a home run
into the seats in left for a 15-0 lead. Mowry followed that with a drive
of his own into the left field grandstand. Hogan flied out but Frankhouse
doubled and Urbanski capped the inning with a three-run blast to give Boston an
18-0 lead. It was the first time this year a National League team had
homered three times in a single inning.
Frankhouse held the Phillies to just five hits--all of them singles--and was
aided by five double play balls turned by his infield, most by a team in a
single game this year to date. It comes just one day after Philadelphia
turned four double plays in an 11-8 victory over Boston.
The game represents the second thrashing of the Philadelphia pitching staff at
home in three days. The Brooklyn Dodgers administered a 21-12 pummeling of
the Phillies on April 29. The 24 hits amassed by the Braves is the high
water mark in a major league game thus far this season.
5/1/1934, BoN34-PhN34, Baker Bowl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Braves 0 0 2 4 2 2 8 0 0 18 24 1 10 5 1934 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 1 Braves AB R H BI AVG Phillies AB R H BI AVG Urbanski ss 6 4 5 3 .431 Bartell ss 2 0 0 0 .275 Jordan,B 1b 6 2 3 2 .313 Ruble rf 4 0 2 0 .320 Berger cf 5 0 2 2 .240 Fullis lf 2 0 0 0 .222 Worthington rf 6 1 1 3 .250 Haslin ph 1 0 0 0 .333 Whitney 3b 5 2 3 0 .245 Hurst 1b 4 0 0 0 .314 McManus 2b 6 3 2 3 .311 Allen,E cf 4 0 1 0 .380 Mowry lf 6 3 4 4 .348 Todd c 3 0 1 0 .375 Hogan c 5 2 3 1 .360 Jeffries 2b 3 0 0 0 .308 Brandt pr 0 0 0 0 .100 Hopkins 3b 2 0 0 0 .211 Spohrer c 0 0 0 0 .231 Hansen p 1 0 1 0 .400 Frankhouse p 4 1 1 0 .333 Collins,P p 0 0 0 0 .143 49 18 24 18 Hendrick ph 1 0 0 0 .455 Grabowski p 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore,C p 1 0 0 0 .222 28 0 5 0 Braves INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Frankhouse W 2-0 9.0 5 0 0 4 1 111 63 3.13 9.0 5 0 0 4 1 111 63 Phillies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hansen L 2-2 3.1 7 6 6 4 0 71 43 6.07 Collins,P 1.2 4 2 2 0 0 29 17 2.41 Grabowski 2.1 12 10 8 0 0 49 39 27.00 Moore,C 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 15 11 4.95 9.0 24 18 16 4 1 164 110 BoN: Brandt ran for Hogan in the 9th Spohrer inserted at c in the 9th PhN: Hendrick batted for Collins,P in the 5th Haslin batted for Fullis in the 9th E-McManus, Bartell, Ruble. 2B-Berger(1), Frankhouse(1). HR-Urbanski(1), McManus(1), Mowry 2(2). RBI-Urbanski 3(8), Jordan,B 2(4), Berger 2(12), Worthington 3(5), McManus 3(9), Mowry 4(7), Hogan(1). K-Mowry, Hopkins. BB-Urbanski, Berger, Whitney, Hogan, Bartell 2, Fullis, Hopkins. SH-Frankhouse 2. PB-Todd. GWRBI: Jordan,B Temperature: 71, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 12 MPH. Attendance: 1,573 Game Time: 2:28