Monday, April 28, 1930
Philadelphia (AL) 5 Boston (AL) (H) 4 (11)
A two-run homerun by second baseman Max Bishop gave the A's an early 3-0 lead, but two run-scoring doubles by Bill Regan helped the Red Sox chip away at that lead and eventually send the game to extra innings. The A's thought they had it won in the eleventh, but again the Red Sox managed to tie it up. The A's scored again in the top of the thirteenth and Lefty Grove shut down the Red Sox to get the win in relief.
Detroit (H) 8 Chicago (AL) 3
Bob Fothergill led off the game with a homerun to give the Tigers an early lead, but the White Sox fought back to tie the game at 3 coming out of the fourth. Usually reliable second baseman Bill Cissell booted an easy one to open the door and the Tiger scored four times in the bottom of the seventh to put it away. 22-year-old Whit Wyatt made his first start of the season for the Tigers, got the win, and picked up three hits of his own for the day.
Cleveland 3 St. Louis (AL) (H) 9
Pete Appleton held the Browns to two hits and picked up the complete game shutout victory for the Indians. The Indians had thirteen hits on the day but had two runners thrown out at home and another erased in a caught stealing to hamper what could have otherwise been big innings. Luke Sewell went 4-for-4 with two doubles and had a perfectly placed hit-and-run single to lead the Indians offense.
New York (AL) 10 Washington (H) 5 (11)
A Babe Ruth triple immediately followed by a Lou Gehrig homerun gave the Yankees a quick three-run lead in the top of the first. Yankee starter Ed Wells was shaky, and eventually, Washington managed to tie the game heading into the top of the ninth. Jimmie Reese hit a pinch-hit homerun (#6) to restore the Yankees lead, but again Washington came back to tie it up and send the game into extras. The Yankees proceeded to score five times in the top of the eleventh but managed to hold on for the win, as the Nationals had the bases loaded with one out, but couldn't keep the rally going.
Note: George Loepp was HBP in the third and replaced by Red Barnes
Chicago (NL) (H) 7 Pittsburgh 4
The Cubs sure find it easier to win when Hack Wilson contributes on offense. Today it was a two-run double that got the Cubs off to an early lead and then a group of Chicago pitchers held on for the final victory. After having been limited to pinch-hit duty for the past ten days Rogers Hornsby was back at second base today for the Cubs.
Note: Charlie Engle was HBP and was replaced at 3B by Stu Clarke. With Pie Traynor not quite ready to play yet, the Pirates had no other rated 3B.
Note: After driving in two runs with a double Charlie Root was unable to continue on the mound in the third and had to be replaced by Guy Bush.
Note: While recovering from appendicitis Lloyd Waner made a pinch-hit appearance today (and got a hit). Maybe it was too soon - Waner won't appear again until June 30.
Cincinnati (H) 11 St. Louis (NL) 8
The Reds brought their hitting shoes today - the Cardinals always have theirs - and a two-run double and a two-run triple by Hughie Critz led the way for the Red victory.
Brooklyn 6 New York (NL) (H) 4
The Robins have relied on strong pitching so far this season, but when it failed them today it was a sign for Babe Herman to get hitting. Babe hit his first homerun of the season, a two-run shot, in the fifth to regain the lead for Brooklyn. The Giants fought back to tie it up, but the Robins pushed across two in the ninth and Jughandle Johnny Morrison made that lead stand up to get the win in relief.
Philadelphia (NL) (H) 15 Boston (NL) 4
Lefty O'Doul went 6-for-6 with two doubles and a triple, Don Hurst got his first homerun of the year, and Pete Alexander didn't pitch appreciably well but got the offensive support he needed to pick up the win. The Braves are still scratching their heads after this one - they had thirteen hits to go with four walks, but just couldn’t get the big hit when they needed it.
Tuesday, April 29, 1930
Boston (AL) (H) 6 Philadelphia (AL) 5
Boston has been much stronger offensively since they acquired Earl Webb and today was no different. A three-run first got them a quick lead which they expanded to 6-1 after the fifth. The A's scored enough to make it close in the end, but Red Ruffing went all the way for the victory.
Chicago (AL) 13 Detroit (H) 5
It was a tight game through five but the White Sox blew it open in the late innings. Carl Reynolds and Willie Kamm both homered for the Southsiders, with Reynolds picking up four RBI's for the day.
Note: Jimmy Moore was HBP in the seventh and replaced by Alex Metzler
St. Louis (AL) (H) 8 Cleveland 2
The Indians have been scuffling and were hoping to get one in the win column today, and things looked promising for a while. Then the Browns scored five times in the bottom of the sixth and Lefty Stewart took it all the way for the complete game victory. Ted Gullic and Frank O'Rourke both hit long flies for the Browns today.
Washington (H) 7 New York (AL) 0
Bump Hadley shut-out the mighty Yankees, scattering seven hits in the complete-game victory. Second baseman Buddy Myer stroked a triple and homerun and drove in three runs from the cleanup spot. Lefty Gomez made his ML debut for the Yankees in a relief role.
Pittsburgh 9 Chicago (NL) (H) 4
The Cubs had a chance to get out of the first with only having allowed two runs to the visiting Pirates, but an error by third baseman Les Bell opened the door to three more runs scoring and Ray Kremer and the Pirates never looked back. Ira Flagstead, subbing for the injured Lloyd Waner, picked up four hits and scored three times in the lead-off spot for Pittsburgh. The only Cubs highlight was a three-run homerun by Hack Wilson that temporarily made the game close in the fourth. Wilson now has nine RBI's for the season, eight in the last three days.
Brooklyn 11 New York (NL) (H) 2
Johnny Frederick hit his third lead-off homerun of the young season and the Robins never looked back. Al Lopez, having worked himself in as the everyday starting catcher for the Robins over the past week, hit a double and a homerun as part of his three-hit day.
Philadelphia (NL) (H) 6 Boston (NL) 4
Wally Berger hit his second homerun of the season in the sixth, a two-run shot, that finally put Bob Smith and the Braves in the lead. The Phillies fought back though, as they kept extending the inning in the seventh to eventually allow slugger Chuck Klein come to bat with two runners on base and he obliged the home fans with a three run homerun.
Note: Phillies Shortstop Tommy Thevenow was HBP in the second inning and was replaced in the lineup by Pinky Whitney.
Wednesday, April 30, 1930
Boston (AL) (H) 5 Philadelphia (AL) 1
In the top of the third A's second baseman Max Bishop singled, stole second, and was then singled home by center fielder Mule Haas, but those would be the only two hits the A's would get this day as Milt Gaston pitched a masterpiece for the Red Sox.
Chicago (AL) 7 Detroit (H) 3
Chief Hogsett and the Detroit Tigers appeared to be coasting to an easy win as they led 3-0 after five, but then the White Sox offense kicked into high gear as they scored in each of the last four innings to snatch the victory. Pat Caraway picked up the win with an outstanding relief performance.
Cleveland 8 St. Louis (AL) (H) 4
Eddie Morgan started off the game with a homerun, although the Browns quickly rebounded and took a 3-1 lead after two. Morgan then hit his second homerun of the game in the third to make it close, and then in the fourth Morgan singled home another run to tie the game at three. Right after that Charlie Jamieson tripled home two runs, the Indians had their lead for good, and Clint Brown locked down the Browns to earn the victory.
Washington (H) 4 New York (AL) 3
The Nationals built up an early 4-0 lead, although some uncharacteristic shaky Nationals defense opened the door for the Yankees to make it close. Babe Ruth hit a solo shot in the eighth to get the Yankees within one, but Lloyd Brown bore down and picked up the complete-game victory.
Chicago (NL) (H) 2 Pittsburgh 1
Danny Taylor led off the bottom of the ninth with a pinch-hit single and eventually scored the game-winner when Rogers Hornsby drove one over the centerfielders head to end the game. Pat Malone and Percy Jones started and pitched well, Malone getting the win, and Lil Stoner picking up the loss in relief.
St. Louis (NL) 11 Cincinnati (H) 3
The Reds scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to get within 5-3, but then the Cardinals scored seven times in the top of the seventh to lock this one up. Syl Jonson went all the way for the victory and contributed two hits and two RBI's along the way.
Note: Taylor Douthit was HBP in the fifth inning and replaced by George Watkins.
Brooklyn 2 New York (NL) (H) 1
Two future Hall-of-Famers squared off in this one, with Dazzy Vance and the Robins coming out ahead of Carl Hubbell and the Giants in the end. The difference was Robins catcher Hank DeBerry's two-run homerun in the in the top of the seventh.
Note: DeBerry didn't actually hit a homerun in 1930.
Philadelphia (NL) (H) 9 Boston (NL) 3
The Braves got on the board first when Wally Berger hit his third homerun of the season, but then the Phillies offense got going and made it a laugher. Les Sweetland got the complete game victory and drove in three runs with three doubles to help his own cause. In a long relief stint, Burleigh Grimes also poked a double.
Note: I hadn't planned on tracking pitchers hitting, but I may have to invest some time in that.
Thursday, May 1, 1930
The month of April is now completed and It's traveling day for major league baseball. The western teams of the American League are moving east, while the eastern teams of the National League are moving west. There is a light schedule day today to allow the trains to reach their proper destinations.
Philadelphia AL) (H) 5 Detroit 0
The high flying Tigers were rudely greeted by Lefty Grove and the A's. Jimmy Foxx doubled home two runs in the bottom of the first and that was all Grove really needed today. Grove not only picked up his fourth win but knocked out a triple as well.
Boston (NL) 5 Pittsburgh (H) 4
After the visiting Braves had fought back to regain the lead, Boston starter Socks Seibold was mad at himself for allowing Pittsburgh to tie it back up again in the bottom of the seventh. Seibold made amends by driving in the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth with his third hit of the day.
Friday, May 2, 1930
Boston (AL) (H) 1 Cleveland 0
Once again Wes Ferrell was provided no run support by his team and the Red Sox took the opener, 1-0. Hod Lisenbee went all the way for the win and drove in the only run of the game with a single in the second.
Chicago (AL) 11 New York (AL) (H) 7
The Yankees scored first when Babe Ruth tripled home a run in the first, and then Lou Gehrig immediately followed up with a two-run homerun. Not to be dismayed, the Sox scored twice in the third and twice more in the fourth to regain the lead. Tony Lazzeri hit his first homerun of the season in the sixth to tie it back up, and then Gehrig hit his second homerun of the game, a three-run shot in the seventh, to give the Yankees the lead. The Yankees relief corps couldn't hold back the White Sox though as they quickly loaded the bases in the top of the eighth and Jimmy Moore then quickly cleared them all with a pinch-hit grand slam homerun (#7). The White Sox then scored three more in the top of the ninth to allow Ted Lyons to coast home with the victory.
Detroit 7 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 6 (10)
Both teams scored three times in the fifth and once in the seventh, but then the Tigers scored twice in the top of the ninth, and with two outs it looked like the A's wouldn't be able to come back in the bottom of the ninth. But a walk, a bloop single, and a Mickey Cochrane double later, and the game tied and heading into extra innings. The Tigers then pushed across a run in the top of the tenth, and Whit Wyatt held off the A's in the bottom of the inning to get the Save.
Washington (H) 7 St. Louis (AL) 1
Sad Sam Jones pitched a great game and was backed up by two homeruns and four RBI's from Washington first baseman Joe Judge. Heinie Manush picked up his first walk of the season, which is somehow OK if you are still hitting over .500 fourteen games into the season.
Philadelphia (NL) 17 Chicago (NL) (H) 6
The Cubs scored five times in the bottom of the second, but the Phillies scored three times in both the first and the third, so this one was a close one with the Phillies leading 7-6 after seven. The Phillies pushed across another run in the eighth, and then the Phillies exploded for nine runs in the top of the ninth to make it a laugher. Pinky Whitney got his first homerun of the season in the first and Lefty O'Doul went 3-for-6 with a double and a homerun, pushing his batting average up to .487 for the season.
New York (NL) 12 Cincinnati (H) 11
The Giants shelled Reds starter Eppa Rixey for ten runs before he was pulled in the third, and eventually led 12-3 heading into the eighth. Freddie Fitzsimmons then weakened and Cincinnati was able to make it interesting by scoring five times in the bottom of the eighth. Roy Parmelee came in to get the Reds out in the bottom of the ninth, but the Reds were still able to make it really interesting when they scored three more to pull to within one, but the rally ended coming up just short.
Boston (NL) 5 Pittsburgh (H) 3
Wally Berger hit his fourth homerun of the year and Ben Cantwell went all the way to lead the Braves to a 5-3 win in Pittsburgh. The Pirates scored three times late in the game, but it was too little, too late.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 5 Brooklyn 0
Al Grabowski was given the chance to start one and the choice paid good dividends as Grabowski scattered seven hits and he picked up the complete game shutout victory over the first place Robins. The Cardinals didn't do much offensively, but they did bunch enough hits together to score enough runs to make it an easy win.
Note: Cardinal Shortstop Charley Gelbert was ejected in the top of the second for arguing a pick-off call at second base and was replaced by Doc Farrell.
Saturday, May 3, 1930
Cleveland 4 Boston (AL) (H) 3
Bibb Falk hit a solo homerun in the second and then stroked a two-run double in the fourth and Pete Appleton held off a late-inning charge from the Red Sox to make that early lead stand up for the victory.
New York (AL) (H) 22 Chicago 4
The White Sox had two highlights today - Smead Jolley hit his first homerun of the season, and Dutch Henry kept the Yankees from scoring in the eighth. The Yankees scored in every other inning though and pretty much pounded whoever the White Sox threw out there. Tony Lazzeri went 4-for-6 with seven RBI's and Babe Ruth homered and drove in five runs for the day, giving Ruth seven homeruns and 27 RBI's for the season.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 8 Detroit 7 (10)
The A's moved to an early 5-1 lead after three, but the Tigers showed why they have been a surprise team here in the early season by rebounding to take a 7-5 lead heading into the bottom of the eighth. Jimmy Foxx hit a two-run homerun to tie it back up, and there it stayed until Joe Boley drove the game-winner in the tenth.
St. Louis (AL) 2 Washington (H) 1
No runs were scored in the first eleven innings in a game that featured two caught stealing's and four runners thrown out at home. The Browns finally scored a run in the twelfth, only to see the Nationals match it in the bottom of the innings. Frank O'Rourke hit a homerun in the twelfth and Lefty Stewart held off Washington in the bottom of the inning to get his fourth win of the season.
Chicago (NL (H) 16 Philadelphia (NL) 15
As the score might indicate the wind was blowing out at Wrigley today. The Phillies scored five times in the first, but the Cubs answered with five of their own in the second. Both teams scored four times in the fifth, but the Phillies kept scoring and took a 15-10 lead into the bottom of the ninth. The Cubs then mounted an improbable ninth-inning comeback, scoring six times, featuring a three-run homerun by Charlie Grimm to make it close and a two-run pinch-hit double by Zack Taylor to claim the victory.
New York (NL) 6 Cincinnati (H) 5
The Giants led 6-1 after the top of the fourth, and although he was pretty shaky at times, Joe Genewich got the complete game victory. The highlight of the game was Red Lucas blasting a two-run pinch-hit homerun (#8) in the seventh to get it close for the Reds.
Pittsburgh (H) 3 Boston (NL) 1
Nobody scored until the seventh when a Wally Berger homerun gave the Braves a 1-0 lead. The Pirates answered with three in the bottom of the seventh, and that was it for the scoring in this one.
Brooklyn 7 St. Louis (NL) (H) 5
The Cardinals took an early 3-0 lead but squandered several opportunities to blow it open. The Robins bats finally responded when they scored three in the fifth and then three more in the sixth. Clise Dudley wasn't especially sharp, but he got the outs when he needed them, and he earned the complete-game victory.
Sunday, May 4, 1930
Cleveland 6 Boston (AL) (H) 5 (13)
The Red Sox plated three in the first and that seemed like it would provide Start Danny MacFayden all the runs he would need today. The Indians rallied late and took the lead in the top of the eighth. Boston came rack back and retook the lead in the bottom of the eighth only to see the Indians tie it up in the top of the ninth. No more runs were scored until the top of the thirteenth when Bob Seeds tripled to lead off the top of the inning and then Luke Sewell squeezed home the run to give the Indians the lead. Mel Harder went five innings in relief to get the victory.
Detroit (H) 2 Philadelphia (AL) 1
Bill Shores made his 1930 debut for the A's and allowed only four hits and two runs to the streaking Tigers, but George Uhle was better, allowing only three hits and one run to the mighty A's. Mickey Cochrane and Al Simmons took the day off - somehow seeing Wally Schang and Spence Harris in the lineup didn't rattle Uhle.
Chicago (AL) 15 New York (AL) (H) 8
Left fielder Dave Harris led the White Sox offensive attack with two homeruns and a double and four RBI's, but it was a Carl Reynolds three-run homerun in the third that put the White Sox ahead to stay. The Sox scored six runs in the third, and four in both the fifth and sixth. The Yankees threw in three errors of their own for good measure. The Yankees did hit four triples today, and Ben Chapman had two of them.
Washington (H) 5 St. Louis (AL) 3
Two Heinie Manush triples helped get the Browns and early 3-1 lead in Washington, but Goose Goslin put the Nationals back in front with a three-run homerun in the bottom of the seventh
Chicago (NL) (H) 5 Philadelphia (NL) 4
The Cubs got on the board first and Pat Malone held off a furious Phillies rally to get the Cubs back over the .500 mark for the season. Gabby Hartnett hit his third homerun of the season. A two-run homerun by Chuck Klein in the top of the sixth made it close, but close was all the Phillies could do today.
Cincinnati (H) 13 New York (NL) 10
New York scored first, but Larry Benton developed control problems and Bob Meusel made the Giants pay when he hit a grand slam homerun in an eight run sixth inning, Meusel's second homerun of the game. Jakie May made his 1930 debut for the Reds and went all the way even though he wasn't especially sharp. Having a big lead helped.
Note: New York second baseman Doc Marshall walked to lead off the top of the first, and on an ensuing stolen base attempt was injured. He was replaced by Pat Crawford.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 13 Brooklyn 8 (GM 1)
A Babe Herman three-run homerun got the Robins an early lead, but a porous Robins defense allowed the Cardinals offense not only get going but to keep going as well. Taylor Douthit hit a three-run homerun in the bottom of the fifth to get it close, and then the Cardinals scored five times in the sixth to put it away. The Cardinals had seven doubles on the day, with Showboat Fisher getting three of them. Jim Lindsey shut down the Robins over the final three innings and got the save.
Brooklyn 6 St. Louis (NL) (H) 0 (GM 2)
Jumbo Elliott got the Robins the victory in the nightcap of the doubleheader by shutting down the vaunted Cardinals offense with a complete game shut-out. The Robins had five sacrifice hits for the day but squandered many opportunities to really blow it open.
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