April 18th, 1934 - NL Game Summaries

Cards Get it Together, Beat Bucs 8-2
"Daffy" Dean Gives a "Dizzy" Performance

Pittsburgh 2 7 0
St. Louis (NL) 8 13 1

St. Louis resumed its old form today, scoring 5 runs in the 5th inning, and following up with 3 more in the next. "We did everything right today," said Manager Frankie Frisch. "We pitched, hit, fielded, moved guys along on the base paths, almost like a professional ball club," he said with a grin. Frisch himself caught the Bucs and the 1,952 fans in attendance by surprise when he sacrificed runners on first and second over with no outs. The selfless play inspired the rest of the bench to a 5 run fifth. The rally was sparked by Pitcher Paul Dean's (pictured) single. Dean was solid on the mound as well, giving up only two runs on seven hits in a complete game. Larry French (0-1) suffered the loss. He was hit hard and gave up 8 hits and 2 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings. Paul Martin stole two bases and Rip Collins hit his first home run of the season in an all around strong Cardinal performance.

Giants Win in Second Straight Over Phillies, 9-0
Fitzsimmons "Lights Out" as Giants Shutout Phillies Again

Philadelphia (NL) 0 2 0
New York (NL) 9 15 0

Phillies' pitching was able to hold off the Giants for three innings, but no more as the defending champs scored 8 times in the fourth inning en route to a 9-0 victory. While the Giants were hitting for extra bases, pitcher Fred Fitzsimmons (pictured) was both blanking the Phillies, who were able to get no more than two hits and a walk, and hitting. Fitzsimmons contributed to the offense barrage with a home run. "Me and Fred are in a home run race this year," joked outfielder Mel Ott, who also homered.


Cubs go to 2-0 with Second Win Over Reds
Cincinnati Plays Another Listless Game

Chicago (NL) 4 12 0
Cincinnati 2 9 1

Guy Bush (pictured) went the distance at Crosley Field where the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 4 to 2. Bush (1-0) gave a fine effort for Chicago. He went 9 innings surrendering 9 hits and no walks. The game was a scoreless duel until the 7th inning. Dazzy Vance(0-1) was the losing pitcher. He struck out 11 batters in 7 and 1/3 innings despite losing the game.




Braves Bats Too Much for Brooklyn
7 runs in last two innings seal Braves' win

Boston (NL) 13 18 0
Brooklyn 6 15 1

The Boston Braves registered 4 runs in the 9th inning and easily topped the Brooklyn Dodgers; the final score was 13 to 6. The game started off with Boston taking the lead in the first scoring 2 runs using 3 hits. Bill Urbanski (pictured) led off and he tripled. After an out was recorded, Wally Berger stepped up to the plate and he would ground out, which plated a run. Randy Moore then slapped a single. Pinky Whitney came up and drew a walk. Buck Jordan came to the plate and singled scoring the final run of the inning. Boston ended up with 18 hits for the game while Brooklyn had 15. The victory was credited to Fred Frankhouse (1-0) who went 8 and 2/3 innings, allowing 6 runs. The loss was charged to Ownie Carroll (0-1). He surrendered 13 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings.