Hack Wilson's 2 home runs powers Dodgers to victory

Major League legend Hack Wilson clubbed 2 home runs today to guide the Dodgers to a needed 7-3 victory.  Wilson hit the home runs in the 6th and 7th innings.  The 6th inning was the crucial one for the Dodgers; they came into that inning trailing 3-0, but Wilson's home run along with 4 doubles plated them 5 runs.  They never looked back.  The Cardinals were unable to make much of an impact in the remaining innings.

Ray Benge went the distance for Brooklyn, going 9 innings, allow 6 hits, 3 runs (3 earned), 3 walks and 2 strikeouts.  He was quite strong throughout the game.  Manager Williams was thankful for that because the bullpen has been shelled so bad recently.  

When questioned, Hack Wilson remarked, 'It's been a while since a win felt this good - heck, it's been a while since we had a win period!'

BOXSCORE: 1934 St. Louis Cardinals At 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers         5/24/1934
Updated W/L Records: St. Louis(21-15) Brooklyn(13-23)
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Martin 3B         3  0  0  0 .327     L.Koenecke CF       4  1  2  1 .311  
  J.Rothrock RF       4  1  1  0 .191     J.Jordan SS         5  0  2  1 .316  
  F.Frisch 2B         4  1  1  0 .353     D.Taylor LF         5  1  3  0 .306  
  J.Medwick LF        4  1  2  3 .336     H.Wilson RF         5  2  2  3 .221  
  R.Collins 1B        3  0  1  0 .303     S.Leslie 1B         3  1  2  0 .341  
  B.Delancey C        3  0  0  0 .203     T.Cuccinello 2B     4  1  1  1 .258  
  B.Mills CF          4  0  0  0 .167     A.Lopez C           4  0  1  0 .218  
  L.Durocher SS       3  0  0  0 .319     J.Bucher 3B         4  0  0  0 .192  
  B.Hallahan P        2  0  1  0 .333     R.Benge P           4  1  1  0 .217  
  J.Mooney P          1  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  3  6  3                 Totals      38  7 14  6
 
 
Cardinals....... 1 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  6  2
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  0 0 5  1 1    -  7 14  0
 
Cardinals (21-15)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Hallahan LOSS(2-5)      5 2/3  11   5   3   0   5   1  86   7.26
J.Mooney                  2 1/3   3   2   2   2   3   1  42   3.38
Totals                    8      14   7   6   2   8   2
 
Dodgers (13-23)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Benge WIN(3-3)          9       6   3   3   3   2   1 122   2.36
Totals                    9       6   3   3   3   2   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,360 DATE- Thursday, May 24th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 4  Dodgers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0  Dodgers: 2
ERRORS- J.Rothrock, L.Durocher
DOUBLES- J.Rothrock(8th), L.Koenecke(10th), D.Taylor(7th), S.Leslie-2(4th),
         T.Cuccinello(8th)
TRIPLES- B.Hallahan
HOME RUNS- J.Medwick(6th), H.Wilson-2(4th)
RBIs- J.Medwick-3(21st), L.Koenecke(13th), J.Jordan(10th), H.Wilson-3(11th),
      T.Cuccinello(18th)
STOLEN BASES- L.Koenecke(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Koenecke
WALKS- P.Martin, R.Collins, B.Delancey, L.Koenecke, S.Leslie
STRIKE OUTS- J.Medwick, B.Mills, D.Taylor, H.Wilson, J.Bucher-4, R.Benge-2
GIDP- B.Delancey, B.Mills
2-out RBI- J.Medwick, L.Koenecke
RLISP 2-out- B.Delancey, S.Leslie, P.Martin, A.Lopez, J.Jordan, J.Bucher-2,
             H.Wilson
TEAM RISP- Cardinals: 1 for 4  Dodgers: 5 for 16
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Bill Delancey blocked the plate, saving a run!