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Scores
Standings
SLB
@CHW		1
2		 
(11)
CLE
@DET		5
6
WSH
@PHA		7
15
PHI
@BRO		8
4
BSN
@NYG		3
4
CHC
@PIT		16
4
CIN
@STL		1
3
Thursday, April 28, 1927,
, Forbes Field
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:15
Cubs
16
6-7
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
 at Pirates
4
8-5
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
W: Charlie Root (3-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cubs            3  9  0   0  1  0   0  3  0   16 17  0
Pirates         0  2  0   0  0  0   0  0  2    4  9  2

Chicago Cubs

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Sparky Adams 2B 4 3 3 2 1 0 .296 .660 4 3 SH
Woody English SS 5 0 2 3 0 1 .182 .455 2 3 2B,SH
Earl Webb RF 4 1 1 0 2 1 .250 1.095 5 0 3B
Hack Wilson CF 5 2 3 2 1 1 .260 .768 4 0 2B
Riggs Stephenson LF 5 2 1 0 1 0 .333 .845 0 0 SB
Charlie Grimm 1B 5 2 2 3 0 0 .209 .586 6 0 SB,SH
Howard Freigau 3B 5 2 1 2 1 1 .231 .541 1 0
Gabby Hartnett C 4 2 2 2 0 0 .286 .882 5 0 HR,SH
Charlie Root P 3 2 2 0 2 1 .308 .822 0 3
Team Totals 40 16 17 14 8 5 .425 1.090 27 9
2B: W English (1); H Wilson (3).
3B: E Webb (1).
HR: G Hartnett (2).
SH: C Grimm (4); G Hartnett (1); W English (2); S Adams (2).
TB: G Hartnett 5; H Wilson 4; S Adams 3; E Webb 3; W English 3; C Grimm 2; C Root 2; R Stephenson; H Freigau.
RBI: C Grimm 3 (11); W English 3 (3); H Freigau 2 (3); H Wilson 2 (12); S Adams 2 (4); G Hartnett 2 (6).
Team LOB: 9.
Baserunning
SB: C Grimm (1, -1st base off  POCS); R Stephenson (1, -1st base off  POCS).

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
George Grantham 1B 3 1 1 0 2 0 .286 .814 6 1
Lloyd Waner LF 5 0 2 0 0 1 .318 .666 3 0
Kiki Cuyler CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .824 2 0
Paul Waner RF 5 1 1 2 0 0 .295 .915 5 1 HR
Glenn Wright SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 .235 .663 0 2
Pie Traynor 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .849 2 0
Hal Rhyne 2B 3 1 2 0 1 0 .302 .673 3 2
Earl Smith C 2 0 2 1 0 0 .273 .587 4 0 HBP
   Herman Layne PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
   Roy Spencer C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .833 2 0
Bullet Joe Bush P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
   Don Songer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Mike Cvengros P 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 2 SH
   Johnny Gooch PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 1.283
   Ed Sicking PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1.500
   Roy Mahaffey P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .800 0 0
Team Totals 35 4 9 4 4 4 .257 .684 27 9
HR: P Waner (2).
SH: M Cvengros (1).
HBP: E Smith (1).
TB: P Waner 4; E Smith 2; L Waner 2; H Rhyne 2; G Grantham; G Wright.
RBI: P Waner 2 (12); E Smith (3); M Cvengros (1).
Team LOB: 10.
Fielding
E: E Smith (2); H Rhyne (2).

Chicago Cubs

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Charlie Root, W (3-1) 9 9 4 4 4 4 1 2.36 41 53
Team Totals 9 9 4 4 4 4 1 4.00 41 53

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bullet Joe Bush, L (0-1) 1 3 6 4 3 0 1 36.00 10 24
Don Songer 0.2 4 6 2 2 0 0 27.00 9
Mike Cvengros 4.1 6 1 1 1 3 0 2.08 18
Roy Mahaffey 3 4 3 3 2 2 0 7.71 15
Team Totals 9 17 16 10 8 5 1 10.00 52 24
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: C Root (1).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Charlie Moran, 1B - Bob Hart, 2B - (none), 3B - (none).
Time of Game: 2:15.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Chicago Cubs         Pittsburgh Pirates
1 Sparky Adams 2B 1 George Grantham 1B
2 Woody English SS 2 Lloyd Waner LF
3 Earl Webb RF 3 Kiki Cuyler CF
4 Hack Wilson CF 4 Paul Waner RF
5 Riggs Stephenson LF 5 Glenn Wright SS
6 Charlie Grimm 1B 6 Pie Traynor 3B
7 Howard Freigau 3B 7 Hal Rhyne 2B
8 Gabby Hartnett C 8 Earl Smith C
9 Charlie Root P 9 Bullet Joe Bush P

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