Giants end losing skid with win over Dodgers

The Giants ended a 6-game losing streak with a win today against the Dodgers.  Carl Hubbell went the distance for New York, going 9 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 9 hits.  He wasn't spectacular, but he out-dueled Johnny Babich who went 6 innings and allowing 5 earned runs.

Mel Ott went 2-for-5 with a home run for New York.  

New York took the lead for good in the top of the 5th scoring 3 runs on 2 hits.  After one out was recorded, Jo-Jo Moore singled.  Bill Terry then walked.  Mel Ott came up and rifled a 3-run blast.  Ott also had a double. 

BOXSCORE: 1934 New York Giants At 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers             5/29/1934
Updated W/L Records: New York(23-18) Brooklyn(15-26)
 
  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Moore LF          4  1  1  0 .301     J.Frederick RF      5  1  1  0 .256  
  H.Critz 2B          5  0  2  2 .215     L.Frey 3B,SS        4  1  1  0 .324  
  B.Terry 1B          4  1  1  0 .323     D.Taylor LF         3  1  2  1 .324  
  M.Ott RF            5  2  2  3 .302     S.Leslie 1B         4  0  2  2 .346  
  T.Jackson SS        5  2  2  0 .258     T.Cuccinello 2B     4  0  0  0 .230  
  G.Mancuso C         5  1  2  2 .261     J.Jordan SS         3  0  2  0 .298  
  B.Ryan 3B           4  1  1  2 .204     A.Herring P         0  0  0  0 .000  
  H.Leiber CF         4  1  2  0 .333     O.Carroll P         1  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Hubbell P         4  0  0  0 .087     A.Lopez C           4  0  0  0 .216  
                                          B.Boyle CF          3  0  0  0 .327  
                                          J.Babich P          2  0  1  0 .176  
                                        A-J.Stripp PH,3B      1  0  0  0 .270  
                                        B-J.Bucher PR         0  0  0  0 .192  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  9 13  9                 Totals      34  3  9  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Babich In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Stripp In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Joe Stripp INJURED (for 4 more games) in 9th inning
 
Giants.......... 0 2 0  0 3 0  0 4 0  -  9 13  0
Dodgers......... 2 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  3  9  0
 
Giants (23-18)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Hubbell WIN(5-3)        9       9   3   3   3   4   0 145   3.48  A1
Totals                    9       9   3   3   3   4   0
 
Dodgers (15-26)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Babich LOSS(1-4)        6       8   5   5   1   2   2 101   4.97  A1 C9
A.Herring                 1 2/3   4   4   4   1   0   0  34   8.56  D1 E1
O.Carroll                 1 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  18   7.84  E2
Totals                    9      13   9   9   2   2   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,672 DATE- Tuesday, May 29th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:24
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 6  Dodgers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 1  Dodgers: 0
DOUBLES- M.Ott(8th), G.Mancuso(8th), B.Ryan(6th)
TRIPLES- D.Taylor(5th)
HOME RUNS- M.Ott(13th), G.Mancuso(1st)
RBIs- H.Critz-2(7th), M.Ott-3(48th), G.Mancuso-2(14th), B.Ryan-2(6th),
      D.Taylor(19th), S.Leslie-2(22nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Jordan
WALKS- J.Moore, B.Terry, L.Frey, D.Taylor, B.Boyle
HIT BY PITCH- J.Stripp
STRIKE OUTS- B.Ryan-2, L.Frey, S.Leslie, T.Cuccinello, B.Boyle
GIDP- J.Stripp
2-out RBI- M.Ott-3, H.Critz-2
RLISP 2-out- A.Lopez-2, D.Taylor, H.Leiber, J.Jordan, B.Terry-2
TEAM RISP- Giants: 5 for 10  Dodgers: 2 for 6