FRANKHOUSE LOSES NO-HITTER IN 9TH
Settles for 1-Hit Shutout
BOSTON, Sept. 14 (AP) - Fred Frankhouse became the first major leaguer hurler to
carry a no-hitter into the ninth inning, but surrendered a lead-off infield
single to slow-footed Ernie Lombardi, foiling the bid. Still, the
right-hander retired the next three batters he faced and settled for a one-hit
shutout as the Boston Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 6-0 at Braves
Field. Frankhouse joins Mel Harder of Cleveland and Van Lingle Mungo of
Brooklyn as the only big league starters to toss a complete game one-hitter this
year. Frankhouse faced only 28 batters--one hitter above the minimum--in
the contest, allowing only two baserunners: the single to Lombardi and a
walk issued to Sparky Adams leading off the fourth inning.
Reds starter Si Johnson matched scoreless innings with Frankhouse until the
sixth inning when the Braves finally put together a rally and effectively broke
the game open, with considerable help from the Cincinnati defense. After
Lee Mallon grounded out to open the frame, Buck Jordan reached first when third
baseman Mark Koenig kicked his ground ball. Wally Berger followed with his
23rd home run of the year and the Braves lead 2-0. Hal Lee drew a
four-pitch walk and Tommy Thompson--who was 4-for-4 in the game--singled Lee to
second. Pinky Whitney then hit a tailor made double play grounder to
second baseman Adams who booted it to load the bases. Al Spohrer flied to
right, scoring Jordan and advancing Lee to third. Frankhouse then bounced
a single into center field, scoring Thompson for the fourth run of the inning
before Billy Urbanski flied to right for the third out.
Boston scored twice more in the eighth. Thompson led off with a single and
advanced to second on Whitney's ground out. Spohrer then dropped a single
into left, with Thompson stopping at third. Frankhouse followed by lining
his third hit of the game into right field, scoring Thompson with the fifth
run. Urbanski's base hit capped the scoring, plating Spohrer.
Frankhouse, meanwhile, cruised throughout. He retired the first nine
batters he faced, issued the walk to Adams to open the fourth and then retired
Gordon Slade on a fly to left and erased the baserunner by inducing Koenig to
ground into an inning-ending double play. After the walk, Frankhouse set
down the next 14 Reds he faced.
With the crowd on its feet to begin the ninth, Frankhouse worked ahead of
Lombardi 0-1 and then the Reds catcher topped a ball to the left of the
mound. Frankhouse couldn't reach it and shortstop Urbanski charged the
ball, attempted a bare-handed pickup, and failed. Lombardi was credited
with a single, ending the no-hit bid. But Frankhouse showed resolve, and
retired Adam Comorosky on a soft liner to short, pinch hitter Frank McCormick on
a fly to left and Adams on a fielder's choice grounder to third to end the game.
9/14/1934, Cin34-BoN34, Braves Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1934 Braves 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 x 6 11 0 9 1 Reds AB R H BI AVG Braves AB R H BI AVG Adams 2b 3 0 0 0 .257 Urbanski ss 4 0 1 1 .261 Slade ss 3 0 0 0 .290 Mallon 2b 5 0 0 0 .287 Koenig 3b 3 0 0 0 .276 Jordan,B 1b 5 1 1 0 .295 Bottomley 1b 3 0 0 0 .281 Moore,R 1b 0 0 0 0 .302 Hafey cf 3 0 0 0 .273 Berger cf 3 1 1 2 .279 Pool lf 3 0 0 0 .301 Lee,H lf 3 1 0 0 .322 Lombardi c 3 0 1 0 .267 Thompson,T rf 4 2 4 0 .284 Comorosky rf 3 0 0 0 .229 Whitney 3b 3 0 0 0 .254 Johnson,Si p 2 0 0 0 .118 Spohrer c 4 1 1 1 .161 Derringer p 0 0 0 0 .150 Frankhouse p 4 0 3 2 .247 McCormick ph 1 0 0 0 .333 35 6 11 6 27 0 1 0 Reds INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Johnson,Si L 6-19 7.1 10 6 3 3 2 110 69 5.04 Derringer 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 3.93 8.0 11 6 3 3 2 116 74 Braves INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Frankhouse W 11-11 9.0 1 0 0 1 2 82 59 2.98 9.0 1 0 0 1 2 82 59 Cin: McCormick batted for Derringer in the 9th BoN: Moore,R inserted at 1b in the 9th E-Adams, Koenig. 2B-Thompson,T(5). HR-Berger(23). RBI-Urbanski(48), Berger 2(95), Spohrer(14), Frankhouse 2(5). K-Bottomley, Hafey, Mallon, Lee,H. BB-Adams, Urbanski, Berger, Lee,H. SH-Whitney. GWRBI: Berger Temperature: 69, Sky: cloudy, Wind: right to left at 16 MPH. Attendance: 2,575 Game Time: 1:44