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Scores
Standings
CHW
@DET
4
11
BOS
@NYY
2
5
BOS
@NYY
0
5
PHA
@WSH
5
4
PHA
@WSH
7
5
NYG
@BSN
4
5
NYG
@BSN
6
5
 
(10)
CIN
@CHC
0
7
BRO
@PHI
20
16
BRO
@PHI
6
8
STL
@PIT
3
6
Saturday, May 18, 1929,
, Wrigley Field
Attendance: 8,000, Time of Game: 0:00
Reds
0
11-14
 Lost 2 
at Cubs
7
17-8
 Won 3 
W: Charlie Root (5-1)
L: Jakie May (2-2)
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Reds            0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  6  1
Cubs            0  0  1   4  0  2   0  0  X    7 13  0

Cincinnati Reds

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Evar Swanson CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .922 3 0
Hughie Critz 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229 .645 3 4
Curt Walker RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .323 .930 0 0
Joe Stripp 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .242 .920 0 2
   Pinky Pittenger PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .596
Ethan Allen LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .299 .698 1 0
High Pockets Kelly 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .288 .726 6 0
Hod Ford SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .304 .784 4 5
Johnny Gooch C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .368 .852 7 1
Jakie May P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .333 0 1 SH
   Pid Purdy PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .152 .464
   Dutch Kemner P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2.000 0 1
Team Totals 31 0 6 0 2 2 .194 .436 24 14
SH: J May (1).
TB: E Allen 2; H Kelly 2; E Swanson; J Gooch.
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 1. H Ford-H Kelly.
E: E Allen (3).

Chicago Cubs

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Norm McMillan 3B 5 3 3 2 0 1 .444 1.001 0 2 2B
Woody English SS 3 1 2 1 1 0 .268 .652 2 2 SH
Kiki Cuyler RF 5 0 4 4 0 0 .387 1.095 8 0 2·SB
Rogers Hornsby 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 .301 .923 4 0
Hack Wilson CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .282 .933 2 0
Riggs Stephenson LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .404 1.081 4 0 HBP
Charlie Grimm 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 .300 .867 5 0
Mike Gonzalez C 2 1 1 0 0 0 .220 .517 1 0
   Earl Grace C 2 0 2 0 0 0 .297 .786 1 0 2B
Charlie Root P 3 1 0 0 1 1 .227 .715 0 4
Team Totals 34 7 13 7 4 6 .382 .903 27 8
2B: N McMillan (2); E Grace (1).
SH: W English (4).
HBP: R Stephenson (2).
TB: N McMillan 4; K Cuyler 4; E Grace 3; W English 2; C Grimm; M Gonzalez.
RBI: K Cuyler 4 (23); N McMillan 2 (6); W English (9).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
DP: 1. C Root-W English-C Grimm.
Baserunning
SB: K Cuyler 2 (8, -1st base off  POCS 2).

Cincinnati Reds

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Jakie May, L (2-2) 7 12 7 7 4 5 0 6.21 36 26
Dutch Kemner 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13.50 4
Team Totals 8 13 7 7 4 6 0 7.88 40 26

Chicago Cubs

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Charlie Root, W (5-1) 9 6 0 0 2 2 0 3.21 34 75
Team Totals 9 6 0 0 2 2 0 0.00 34 75
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: J May (1).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Cy Rigler, 1B - Edward McLaughlin, 2B - (none), 3B - Bob Hart.
Time of Game: 0:00.
Attendance: 8,000.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Cincinnati Reds         Chicago Cubs
1 Evar Swanson CF 1 Norm McMillan 3B
2 Hughie Critz 2B 2 Woody English SS
3 Curt Walker RF 3 Kiki Cuyler RF
4 Joe Stripp 3B 4 Rogers Hornsby 2B
5 Ethan Allen LF 5 Hack Wilson CF
6 High Pockets Kelly 1B 6 Riggs Stephenson LF
7 Hod Ford SS 7 Charlie Grimm 1B
8 Johnny Gooch C 8 Mike Gonzalez C
9 Jakie May P 9 Charlie Root P

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