CARLETON,FULLIS PACE CARDS' ROUT OF DODGERS
St. Louis CF Bangs Out 5 Hits
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 6 (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals erupted for a season high
23 hits, leading to a 15-2 bludgeoning of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets
Field. St. Louis center fielder Chick Fullis became the first Cardinals
player to amass five hits in a game, including a pair of doubles, scored two
runs and drove in three. Second baseman Frankie Frisch had four hits, two
of them doubles, scored three times and drove in two. Right fielder Jack
Rothrock was 3-for-3, drew three walks and scored four times. Starting
pitcher Tex Carleton tossed a complete game, scattering seven hits en route to
the victory.
The game started off innocently enough. St. Louis took a 1-0 lead in the
second on consecutive singles off the bats of Spud Davis, Fullis and Leo
Durocher. Rothrock and Frisch opened the third inning with back-to-back
base hits and Rothrock scored on Joe Medwick's fielder's choice grounder to give
the Cardinals a 2-0 advantage.
The Dodgers cut that lead in half in the bottom of the fourth on Len Koenecke's
RBI single.
The score remained 2-1 into the sixth when the Cardinals padded their
lead. Ripper Collins one-out solo home run into the left field bleachers,
his 29th long ball of the season and fourth of the last week, upped the
advantage to 3-1. Davis followed with a single and scored on Fullis'
double to make the score 4-1.
St. Louis blew the game open with five runs in the seventh. Rothrock
doubled with one out and advanced to third on Frisch's single. Medwick's
fly to center plated Rothrock to put St. Louis on top 5-1. Collins singled
Frisch to second and Davis walked, loading the bases. Fullis' second two-bagger
of the game scored two runs and Durocher followed with a base hit, plating two
more. The Cardinals now led 9-1.
Back-to-back doubles by Koenecke and Joe Stripp in the bottom of the seventh
provided a second run for the Dodgers but it seemed only to have the effect of
making the Cardinals mad. RBIs off the bats of Medwick and Collins in the
eighth increased the lead to 11-2 and four consecutive safeties with two outs in
the top of the ninth plated four more runs.
Carleton stifled Brooklyn throughout, retiring the first eight batters of the
game and the last nine hitters he faced as well, improving his record to 13-10.
The victory allowed the Cardinals to remain six games in front of the second
place New York Giants, who defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-2 at the Polo Grounds.
9/6/1934, SLN34-Brk34, Ebbets Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Cardinals 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 2 4 15 23 0 8 1 1934 Dodgers 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 1 5 3 Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Dodgers AB R H BI AVG Martin 3b 5 0 1 0 .281 Boyle rf 4 0 1 0 .346 DeLancey c 1 1 1 1 .362 Frey,L ss 4 0 0 0 .296 Rothrock rf 3 4 3 0 .318 Frederick lf 3 0 0 0 .299 Healy rf 0 0 0 0 .250 McCarthy 1b 4 1 0 0 .125 Frisch 2b 6 3 4 2 .335 Cuccinello 2b 3 0 1 0 .247 Medwick lf 5 0 1 3 .309 Tremark ph 1 0 0 0 .250 Orsatti ph 1 0 1 1 .333 Koenecke cf 4 1 2 1 .350 Collins,R 1b 6 2 2 2 .330 Stripp 3b 3 0 1 1 .306 Davis,S c 4 3 2 0 .298 Chapman,G ph 1 0 0 0 .375 Crawford 3b 0 0 0 0 .245 Lopez c 3 0 1 0 .263 Fullis cf 5 2 5 3 .298 Zachary p 2 0 1 0 .162 Durocher ss 5 0 3 3 .222 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 .158 Carleton p 4 0 0 0 .143 Leslie ph 1 0 0 0 .312 45 15 23 15 Munns p 0 0 0 0 .333 33 2 7 2 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Carleton W 13-10 9.0 7 2 2 1 2 119 77 3.64 9.0 7 2 2 1 2 119 77 Dodgers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Zachary L 5-6 5.1 10 4 4 2 0 71 46 4.02 Carroll 1.2 6 5 5 1 0 46 31 8.01 Munns 2.0 7 6 5 1 0 40 24 6.75 9.0 23 15 14 4 0 157 101 SLN: DeLancey inserted at c in the 8th Crawford inserted at 3b in the 8th Orsatti batted for Medwick in the 9th Healy inserted at rf in the 9th Orsatti moved to cf in the 9th Fullis moved to lf in the 9th Brk: Leslie batted for Carroll in the 7th Tremark batted for Cuccinello in the 9th Chapman,G batted for Stripp in the 9th E-Frey,L. 2B-Rothrock(30), Frisch 2(32), Fullis 2(15), Koenecke(30), Stripp(19). HR-Collins,R(29). RBI-Frisch 2(69), Medwick 3(107), Collins,R 2(113), Fullis 3(20), Durocher 3(53), DeLancey(42), Orsatti(29), Koenecke(55), Stripp(44). SB-Boyle(7). CS-Martin. K-Frey,L, Zachary. BB-Rothrock 3, Davis,S, Frederick. SH-Carleton. PB-Lopez. GWRBI: Durocher Temperature: 57, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 18 MPH. Attendance: 3,588 Game Time: 2:18