October 8th, 1934 - World Series Game Five

Cardinals Bomb Bridges, Take 3-2 Series Lead; teams headed back for Detroit rights after 9th inning

(note: I failed to save the boxscore - so we'll have to settle for the line score and writeup).

DETROIT AT ST. LOUIS

Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 - 7 11 2

Cardinals..... 0 4 0 0 5 0 1 6 x - 16 19 1

Win:Dean(2-0) Loss:Bridges(1-1)

Homeruns- R.Collins(2nd)

The Cardinals and Tigers, two of the most potent offenses in baseball, let loose with 23 runs and 30 hits yesterday afternoon, with the Cardinals coming away with a 16-7 win. The Cards started in the second inning, scoring 4 off Tommy Bridges. Although he yielded 7 runs himself, Dizzy Dean stayed for the entire game game for St. Louis, striking out 8 Tiger hitters. Hank Greenberg, whose two run home run won game 4 for Detroit accounted for 3 of them.

Pepper Martin had 4 hits and 5 RBI to spark the Cardinals' offense. Cardinal first baseman Rip Collins also had his second home run of the series. The St. Louis faithful cheered Martin on as he banged out a single good for two runs in the 2nd inning, doubled resulting in a run in the 5th inning, tripled in the 7th inning and slapped a base hit scoring two baserunners in the 8th inning.

St. Louis lit up the score board in the 5th inning when they had 5 runs on 6 hits and the 8th inning which saw them plate 6 runs on 5 hits. St. Louis totaled 19 hits on the afternoon. Dean (2-0) got the victory, allowing 7 runs for the game. Tommy Bridges(1-1) was tagged with the loss. He surrendered 4 runs and 5 hits in 4 innings.

The Series will resume today in Detroit with Schoolboy Rowe, loser of game two, taking on Paul Dean, loser of game three.