O'DOUL'S GAME-WINNING SHOT SALVAGES HUBBELL'S GEM
Slades 2-Out Game-Tying HR in 9th Delays Reds' Demise

NEW YORK, July 21 (AP) - Lefty O'Doul's lead-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning broke a 1-1 tie and gave the New York Giants a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at the Polo Grounds.  O'Doul's blast, on the very first pitch issued by Don Brennan, undid the effect of Gordon Slade's stunning two-out game-tying home run in the top of the inning, which ended Carl Hubbell's bid for a shutout.

Hubbell and Reds starter Allyn Stout matched scoreless frames into the bottom of the seventh.  Hubbell held Cincinnati hitless into the sixth inning, but lost the no-hitter on Tony Piet's two-out single to left field.  Stout surrendered a single to O'Doul in the second, but shut the Giants out on just four safeties through six.  Only one baserunner advanced past second base and that was O'Doul, who doubled with two outs in the fourth and advanced to third when Reds right fielder Wes Schulmerich misplayed the ball.  It was rendered moot when Travis Jackson popped out to short to end the inning.

In the bottom of the seventh, Jackson led off the inning with a drive just inside the left field foul pole that reached the upper deck for his 10th home run of the year and a 1-0 New York lead.  The Giants had a chance to add some insurance in the same frame when Johnny Vergez followed Jackson's long ball with a single to left.  Gus Mancuso then bounced a base hit through the right side of the infield.  Vergez attempted to advance to third but Schulmerich cut him down for the first out of the inning.  Hubbell then grounded into a fielder's choice and Jo-Jo Moore popped to second to end the inning.

Both clubs were retired in order in the eighth and Hubbell easily retired pinch hitter Jimmy Shevlin and Piet for the first two outs.  Slade worked the count to 2-2 and Hubbell fired a fastball.  Slade was ready for it and deposited it nearly halfway up the upper deck grandstand in straight away left field.  The home run was Slade's first of the season and quieted the partisan Polo Grounds crowd of nearly 19,000.  Hubbell retired Mark Koenig on a routine fly to Moore in center, but the game was now tied, and in dramatic fashion.

Brennan came on for the Reds to face O'Doul, the only player in the game with more than one hit to his credit, to open the bottom of the ninth.  The first pitch was a fastball and O'Doul lined it into the lower seats in right field for his fourth home run of the season and a 2-1 Giants win.  It was only the second time this year that a Giants player had ended a game with a hit and both of them have been home runs.  George Watkins hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning on May 28 to break a 3-3 tie with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The win is the 14th of the season for Hubbell and the complete game is his major league leading 17th.

7/21/1934, Cin34-NYN34, Polo Grounds
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1934 Reds              0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1     1  3  2     2  0
1934 Giants            0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1     2  8  0     6  0
 
Reds                 AB  R  H BI   AVG    Giants               AB  R  H BI   AVG
Piet              3b  4  0  1  0  .224    Moore,JJ          cf  4  0  1  0  .337
Slade             ss  4  1  1  1  .295    Critz             2b  3  0  0  0  .238
Koenig            2b  4  0  0  0  .285    Terry             1b  4  0  0  0  .357
Bottomley         1b  3  0  1  0  .274    Ott               rf  3  0  0  0  .333
Hafey             cf  3  0  0  0  .283    O'Doul            lf  4  1  3  1  .256
Comorosky         lf  2  0  0  0  .195    Jackson           ss  3  1  1  1  .243
O'Farrell         c   3  0  0  0  .234    Vergez            3b  3  0  1  0  .181
Schulmerich       rf  3  0  0  0  .242    Mancuso           c   3  0  1  0  .258
Stout             p   2  0  0  0  .200    Hubbell           p   3  0  1  0  .211
 Shevlin          ph  1  0  0  0  .222                         30  2  8  2
 Brennan          p   0  0  0  0  .214
                     29  1  3  1
 
Reds                             INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Stout                            8.0  7  1  1  1  3 105  69  4.11
Brennan          L 2-7           0.0  1  1  1  0  0   1   1  2.92
                                 8.0  8  2  2  1  3 106  70
 
Giants                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hubbell          W 14-6          9.0  3  1  1  1  2 102  71  2.07
                                 9.0  3  1  1  1  2 102  71
 
Cin: Shevlin batted for Stout in the 9th
 
E-Hafey, Schulmerich. 2B-O'Doul(3). HR-Slade(1), O'Doul(4), Jackson(10).
RBI-Slade(20), O'Doul(21), Jackson(70). CS-Hafey. K-Schulmerich, Stout, Ott,
Vergez, Mancuso. BB-Comorosky, Ott. SH-Critz.
GWRBI: O'Doul
Temperature: 81, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 7 MPH.
Attendance: 18,767
Game Time: 1:34