June 1st, 1934 - NL Game Summaries

Boston Beats Dodgers at Braves Field, 13-6
Dodgers outhit Braves, but can't bring runners home

Dodgers......... 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 6 14 3
Braves.......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 7 1 - 13 13 1

Hal Lee (pictured) launched 2 homeruns at Braves Field as the Boston Braves beat theBrooklyn Dodgers by the count of 13 to 6. Lee enjoyed a great day at the plate. He clubbed a three-run home run in the1st inning and emptied the bases with a Grand Slam homerun (his 4th of theseason) in the 7th inning.

Boston finished with 13 hits in the victory. The winning pitcher was Jumbo Jim Elliott(2-1) who allowed 4 runs in 7 innings. Les Munns(1-1) was the loser. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 10hits and 5 walks in 6 and 1/3 innings.




Reds Top Cubs in high scoring affair at Crosley, 11-7

6 run Cinci 8th gives home team come from behind win

Cubs............ 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 7 17 2
Reds............ 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 - 11 15 0

Harlin Pool (pictured) had 3 base hits and scored 3 times as the Cincinnati Reds beat theChicago Cubs by a score of 11 to 7. Cincinnati had the game winning rally in the bottom of the 8th inning whenthey scored 6 runs on 6 hits. The crucial at-bat was provided by ErnieLombardi who thrilled the crowd when he doubled plating two runs.

Due to a poorly pitched ballgame, scoring in 6 different innings was still not enough for Chicago to come away with the victory. Don Brennan (3-1) got the win allowing 1 run in 1 inning. Jim Weaver (0-2) was the losing pitcher. He allowed Cincinnati 8 runs in 7 innings of work.



Giants Win Easy Over Phils, 7-0
"King Carl" notches 10th win of season with two hitter

Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1
Giants.......... 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 7 8 0

Left fielder Jo-Jo Moore had 2 base hits and scored 3 times and Carl Hubbell allowed only 2 hits resulting in a big goose egg on the scoreboard forPhiladelphia at Polo Grounds where the New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 7 to 0.

Hubbell(10-1) was virtually untouchable. He allowed just 2 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings. New York finished with 8 hits in the victory. George Darrow(0-3) was given the loss.

This win by New York continues their recent hot streak. In their last ten games, they have a record of 8-2. For the season, they are a league leading 29-13. With this loss, Philadelphia has a 5-5 record of late, 16-20 overall.


Pirates Top Cards at Forbes, 4-2
Lagavetto has key hit in home team win

Cardinals....... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0
Pirates......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 12 0

Cookie Lavagetto (pictured) hit 2 doubles at Forbes Field as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 to 2. Pittsburgh had the winning rally in the 8th inning with 2 runs utilizing 4 base hits.

After an out was recorded, Paul Waner started the rally when he stroked a base-hit. Waner stole second with some aggressive base running.Pie Traynor then lined a single. Arky Vaughan stepped in and he lashed asingle driving in a run. After another out, Lavagetto stepped up to theplate and he doubled scoring the final run of the inning. Pittsburgh had 12 hits overall, while St. Louis had 8. Waite Hoyt (1-4) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 2 innings. Bill Hallahan (2-3) was charged with the loss. He pitched 8 innings allowing 12 hits and no walks.

June 1st, 1934 - How're They Doin'? - Lefty Grove

In 1934, Grove suffered the only "off year" during his career. He had just joined the Red Sox, having spent his entire career to date (1925-1933) with the A's. During the spring of 1934, the Red Sox discovered Grove had a sore arm that would haunt him for the season. After 1934, Grove returned to dominant form, and pitched for Boston until 1941.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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Pitcher             G GS  W  L   Pct   R  ER   ERA    IP   H  BB IBB  SO HR







L.Grove             9  3  3  1  .750  24  22  4.99  39.2  53   5   2  20  2







as starter          3  3  2  1  .667  16  14  5.25  24.0  33   4   1  10  1







as reliever         6  0  1  0 1.000   8   8  4.60  15.2  20   1   1  10  1







 







       HB SH SF Bk WP CI PkOf SB CS RBI  GB  FB  G/F GDP-Opp  BFP Pitch P/BF







Misc.   2  1  3  0  0  0    0  2  1  22  83  66 1.26   3  27  176   656 3.73







 







           K/BB GDP/9  H/9 BB/9  K/9 HR/9   OBP  Slug OB+Sl







Averages    4.0    .7 12.2  1.2  4.6   .5  .343  .485  .828







 







            GS CG ShO QS RnSup   SIP IP/S Pitch Pit/S







Starter      3  1   0  1  5.00  24.0  8.0   403 134.3







 







       GR  GF Sv SvOp SvPct BS Hld Rol  IR ISP IRS IRSC%   RIP IP/R Pitch Pit/R







Relief  6   2  0    0  ----  0   2   2   6   3   0  .000  15.2  2.2   253  42.2







 







Breakdowns        Avg  AB   H  2B  3B  HR  BB IBB   K







Overall          .321 165  53  19   1   2   5   2  20







vs. Left         .388  49  19   8   1   1   2   1   6







vs. Right        .293 116  34  11   0   1   3   1  14







Starter          .327 101  33  14   1   1   4   1  10







Reliever         .313  64  20   5   0   1   1   1  10







 







Fielding            G  GS    Inn   PO    A   E  DP TP  Pct.







Pitcher             9   3   39.2    5    5   1   0  0  .909







 







                 BAvg  AB Hit HR Sac







Hitting          .200  15   3  1   1

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