CARDS HANG ON LATE, SLIP PAST CUBS
Dean, In Relief Role, Wins 19th
CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (AP) - Ernie Orsatti's fielder's choice grounder scored Joe
Medwick with the go-ahead run and Dizzy Dean tossed three innings of shutout
relief as the St. Louis Cardinals overcame multiple Chicago scoring
opportunities to defeat the Cubs 3-2 at Wrigley Field. The victory is
Dean's 19th, most in the major leagues.
The Cardinals broke a scoreless tie with a pair of unearned runs in the top of
the third off Chicago starter Bill Lee. Leo Durocher reached on third
baseman Stan Hack's throwing error to open the frame and moved to second on St.
Louis starter Bill Hallahan's grounder to second. Pepper Martin's base hit
to right scored Durocher with the first run of the inning. Martin then
stole second and, after Jack Rothrock popped out, scored on a single off the bat
of Frankie Frisch.
Hallahan took a shutout into the fifth but the Cubs crept within a run when Hack
walked, stole second and scored on a base hit by Billy Herman.
Chicago tied the game in the sixth. Babe Herman grounded a double down the
right field line and advanced to third on Kiki Cuyler's sacrifice. Gabby
Hartnett evened the score with a single to left, plating Herman.
The game remained tied until the eighth. Frisch drew a four-pitch lead-off
walk from Lee. Joe Medwick followed with a single to right, and the
Cardinals found themselves with runners on second and third when Babe Herman
overran the ball for an error. Lee, pitching around Ripper Collins, walked
him on four pitches to load the bases with no outs. With the infield in,
Spud Davis grounded to short and Woody English forced Frisch at the plate for
the first out of the inning. That brought Orsatti to the plate and Lee
induced the ground ball he was looking for, but the Cubs were only able to get
the force on Davis at second. Medwick scored on the play, giving St. Louis
a 3-2 advantage.
Dean, who had come on in the seventh, started his second inning of work by
retiring Cuyler on a ground ball but he surrendered a single to Hartnett--the
third hit of the game for the Cubs catcher. Hartnett was replaced at first
by pinch runner Augie Galan, who advanced to second on Charlie Grimm's ground
out. Hack walked, putting runners on first and second, but Dean rose to
the occasion by striking out pinch hitter Chuck Klein to end the inning.
Reliever Guy Bush set down the Cardinals in order in the top of the ninth and
Dean yielded a lead-off single to Billy Herman in the bottom half. English
struck out but Tuck Stainback picked out an 0-2 mistake from Dean and lined a
single to left, putting runners on first and second with one out. Babe
Herman followed by lacing a sharp single to right, which Medwick handled on one
hop. Billy Herman held at third, giving Chicago the bases loaded with
Cuyler at the plate. Dean came through again, inducing a double play ball
off the bat of the Cubs center fielder to end the game in dramatic
fashion.
8/2/1934, SLN34-ChN34, Wrigley Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Cardinals 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 1 8 2 1934 Cubs 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13 2 12 2 Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Cubs AB R H BI AVG Martin 3b 5 1 3 1 .280 Herman,Bi 2b 5 0 3 1 .319 Whitehead 3b 0 0 0 0 .288 English ss 5 0 0 0 .276 Rothrock rf 4 0 0 0 .301 Stainback lf 5 0 1 0 .294 Frisch 2b 3 0 2 1 .333 Herman,Ba rf 5 1 2 0 .332 Medwick lf 3 1 1 0 .308 Cuyler cf 4 0 1 0 .347 Collins,R 1b 3 0 1 0 .304 Hartnett c 4 0 3 1 .217 Davis,S c 4 0 0 0 .306 Galan pr 0 0 0 0 .238 Orsatti cf 4 0 1 1 .323 Phelps c 0 0 0 0 .303 Durocher ss 4 1 0 0 .227 Grimm 1b 4 0 2 0 .326 Hallahan p 2 0 0 0 .192 Hack 3b 2 1 0 0 .302 DeLancey ph 1 0 0 0 .330 Lee,B p 3 0 1 0 .164 Dean,D p 1 0 0 0 .230 Klein ph 1 0 0 0 .320 34 3 8 3 Bush p 0 0 0 0 .275 38 2 13 2 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hallahan 6.0 8 2 2 1 4 96 65 3.48 Dean,D W 19-3 3.0 5 0 0 1 2 48 31 2.21 9.0 13 2 2 2 6 144 96 Cubs INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lee,B L 8-8 8.0 8 3 1 4 4 124 72 3.91 Bush 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 3.96 9.0 8 3 1 4 4 133 78 SLN: DeLancey batted for Hallahan in the 7th Whitehead inserted at 3b in the 9th ChN: Galan ran for Hartnett in the 8th Klein batted for Lee,B in the 8th Phelps inserted at c in the 9th E-Medwick, Herman,Ba, Hack. 2B-Martin(23), Herman,Ba(17). RBI-Martin(32), Frisch(50), Orsatti(23), Herman,Bi(33), Hartnett(41). SB-Martin(12), Frisch(8), Orsatti(7), Hack(5). K-Martin, Rothrock, Medwick, Davis,S, Herman,Bi, English 2, Herman,Ba 2, Klein. BB-Rothrock, Frisch, Medwick, Collins,R, Hack 2. SH-Cuyler. GWRBI: Orsatti Temperature: 76, Sky: cloudy, Wind: right to left at 24 MPH. Attendance: 22,318 Game Time: 2:11