Cincinnati evens the series with 4-run 8th inning

On a glorious Sunday afternoon at Ebbets Field, the Cincinnati Reds defeated our Brooklyn boys, 6-3.  A big 4-run 8th inning broke a 2-2 tie, and the Reds would win to even the series.  Van Mungo pitched 8 innings but allowed 6 earned runs.  With recent struggles, Mungo's ERA has ballooned up to 3.24.  

Here's how the Reds scored the winning runs in the 8th.  Tony Piet popped out to start the inning.  Then, Gordon Slade singled, then Mark Koening singled to put runners on 1st and 2nd.  Jim Bottomley flied out for the 2nd out.  Chick Hafey walked to load the bases.  Ernie Lombardi then hit a pop fly to left and dropped in front of Glenn Chapman; Chapman then threw the ball away for an error.  Three runs scored on the play.  An Art Ruble double would plate the last run for Cincinnati.

Benny Frey picked up his first win of the season for the Reds.  He had been 0-9 in 9 starts. 

BOXSCORE: 1934 Cincinnati Reds At 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers             5/27/1934
Updated W/L Records: Cincinnati(16-23) Brooklyn(14-25)
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Piet 2B           5  1  1  0 .323     B.Boyle RF          5  0  0  0 .337  
  G.Slade SS          4  0  1  0 .297     L.Koenecke CF       4  0  1  0 .317  
A-I.Shiver PR         0  1  0  0 .300     T.Cuccinello 2B     4  0  1  0 .244  
B-S.Adams SS          1  0  1  0 .240     S.Leslie 1B         3  2  1  0 .338  
  M.Koenig 3B         5  2  3  0 .317     J.Stripp 3B         4  0  1  0 .273  
  J.Bottomley 1B      5  0  1  1 .297     G.Chapman LF        3  1  1  0 .471  
  C.Hafey CF          2  1  0  1 .224   D-D.Taylor PH         1  0  1  0 .314  
  E.Lombardi C        3  1  1  2 .295     J.Jordan SS         4  0  0  1 .276  
  A.Ruble RF          4  0  1  1 .270     A.Lopez C           4  0  1  1 .223  
  A.Comorosky LF      3  0  0  0 .289     V.Mungo P           2  0  0  0 .219  
  B.Frey P            2  0  0  0 .059   C-H.Wilson PH         1  0  0  0 .213  
  R.Kolp P            0  0  0  0 .000     L.Munns P           0  0  0  0 .167  
                                        E-L.Frey PH           1  0  1  1 .331  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  6  9  5                 Totals      36  3  8  3
 
A-Pinch Ran For Slade In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Shiver In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Mungo In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Chapman In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Munns In 9th Inning
 
Reds............ 0 0 0  0 0 2  0 4 0  -  6  9  2
Dodgers......... 0 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  3  8  2
 
Reds (16-23)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Frey WIN(1-9)           8       7   3   3   1   1   0 133   4.66
R.Kolp SAVE(3rd)          1       1   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.17
Totals                    9       8   3   3   1   1   0
 
Dodgers (14-25)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
V.Mungo LOSS(5-4)         8       8   6   6   5   3   0 136   3.24
L.Munns                   1       1   0   0   0   0   0  15   8.24
Totals                    9       9   6   6   5   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,757 DATE- Sunday, May 27th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7  Dodgers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0  Dodgers: 2
ERRORS- T.Piet, S.Adams, J.Stripp, G.Chapman
DOUBLES- M.Koenig(10th), A.Ruble(4th)
RBIs- J.Bottomley(26th), C.Hafey(26th), E.Lombardi-2(15th), A.Ruble(4th),
      J.Jordan(11th), A.Lopez(15th), L.Frey(14th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Hafey
WALKS- C.Hafey, E.Lombardi, A.Comorosky, B.Frey-2, S.Leslie
STRIKE OUTS- G.Slade, J.Bottomley, E.Lombardi, V.Mungo
GIDP- J.Bottomley, E.Lombardi
2-out RBI- A.Lopez, E.Lombardi-2, A.Ruble, L.Frey
RLISP 2-out- T.Piet-2, T.Cuccinello, B.Boyle-2
TEAM RISP- Reds: 3 for 6  Dodgers: 3 for 8