Dodgers win 4th straight behind Mungo complete game

The Dodgers successful ways continued today as they won their 4th straight, and 5th of 6, behind the arm of Van Mungo.  The Dodgers also had a big, 8-run inning as they beat the Reds, 8-2.  Brooklyn is now just 6 games under .500.

Van Mungo went the distance, allowing just 5 hits and 2 earned runs.  He struck out 7.  He looked commanding all game and improves to an 8-6 record.  

The Dodgers scored all of their 8 runs in the 5th inning.  Reds starter Si Johnson walked both Boyle and Koenecke to start the inning.  Danny Taylor then singled, scoring 1 run.  Sam Leslie singled, loading the bases.  Tony Cuccinello then hit a 2-run single.  Al Lopez walked, Jimmy Jordan hit a sacrifice fly for the 1st out of the inning (6 had reached base consecutively without an out).  Jim Bucher walked, to load the bases.  Van Mungo then hit into a force play (runner on 3rd tagged out at home).  Buzz Boyle, up for the 2nd time in the inning, hit a single to score 2 runs.  Len Koenecke doubled to plate 2 more.  Danny Taylor then flied out.

BOXSCORE: 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1934 Cincinnati Reds             6/18/1934
Updated W/L Records: Brooklyn(27-33) Cincinnati(22-37)
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Boyle CF          4  2  1  2 .339     T.Piet 2B           4  0  1  1 .273  
  L.Koenecke RF       3  1  2  2 .323     S.Adams 3B          4  1  1  0 .247  
A-J.Frederick RF      1  0  1  0 .245     M.Koenig SS         4  0  2  0 .309  
  D.Taylor LF         5  1  1  1 .296     J.Bottomley 1B      4  0  0  1 .301  
  S.Leslie 1B         3  1  2  0 .368     C.Hafey CF          4  0  1  0 .238  
  T.Cuccinello 2B     5  0  1  2 .259     E.Lombardi C        4  0  0  0 .278  
  A.Lopez C           4  1  1  0 .249     W.Schulmerich RF    4  0  0  0 .275  
  J.Jordan SS         4  0  1  1 .286     A.Comorosky LF      2  1  0  0 .297  
  J.Bucher 3B         4  1  2  0 .270     S.Johnson P         1  0  0  0 .214  
  V.Mungo P           5  1  0  0 .157     T.Kleinhans P       1  0  0  0 .125  
                                        B-J.Shevlin PH        0  0  0  0 .450  
                                          D.Vance P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  8 12  8                 Totals      32  2  5  2
 
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Koenecke In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kleinhans In 7th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  0 8 0  0 0 0  -  8 12  0
Reds............ 1 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  2  5  3
 
Dodgers (27-33)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
V.Mungo WIN(8-6)          9       5   2   2   2   7   0 124   2.78
Totals                    9       5   2   2   2   7   0
 
Reds (22-37)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Johnson LOSS(5-6)       4 2/3   7   8   7   6   4   0 115   5.05
T.Kleinhans               2 1/3   4   0   0   0   1   0  46   4.54
D.Vance                   2       1   0   0   0   1   0  25   5.20
Totals                    9      12   8   7   6   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 29,969 DATE- Monday, June 18th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:10  Reds: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Reds: 1
ERRORS- J.Bottomley, C.Hafey, E.Lombardi
DOUBLES- L.Koenecke(17th), J.Bucher(3rd), M.Koenig(15th)
TRIPLES- T.Piet(1st)
RBIs- B.Boyle-2(24th), L.Koenecke-2(26th), D.Taylor(28th), T.Cuccinello-2(31st),
      J.Jordan(20th), T.Piet(14th), J.Bottomley(37th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Frederick(1st), J.Bucher(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Jordan
WALKS- B.Boyle, L.Koenecke, S.Leslie-2, A.Lopez, J.Bucher, A.Comorosky,
       J.Shevlin
STRIKE OUTS- B.Boyle, D.Taylor, T.Cuccinello, A.Lopez, J.Bucher, V.Mungo,
             T.Piet, S.Adams, C.Hafey-2, E.Lombardi-2, T.Kleinhans
GIDP- T.Cuccinello
WILD PITCHES- V.Mungo
2-out RBI- B.Boyle-2, L.Koenecke-2, T.Piet
RLISP 2-out- A.Lopez-2, C.Hafey, B.Boyle, V.Mungo, E.Lombardi, D.Taylor-2,
             S.Adams, J.Bucher
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 5 for 15  Reds: 0 for 6