Chronicling the 1934-35 Brooklyn Dodgers Strat-o-Matic Seasons

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Pirates outlast Dodgers in middle game of series

The Pirates scored 9 runs late and outlasted the Dodgers in a hard fought contest, 13-7.  First baseman Gus Suhr was a spark plug for Pittsburgh; he went 4-for-5, scoring 3 runs, and notching 6 RBI's.  Ray Benge took the loss for the Dodgers and he was hit around a bit, allowing 7 earned runs in 7 innings.  The game was tied until the 6th when the Dodgers took a 3-2 lead, but Pittsburgh would score 5 in the 7th inning and 4 in the 8th to take the game handily.  Larry French gets the win for the Pirates.

Let's take a look at that big 7th inning for the Pirates.  The inning began with singles from Lloyd Waner, Paul Waner, Arky Vaughan, and Gus Suhr.  At that point, Pittsburgh had scored 2 runs.  After a ground out, catcher Tom Padden singled and Dodgers' outfielder Danny Taylor threw the ball away for an error, allowing 2 more runs to score.  A sacrifice fly accounted for the 5th and final run of the inning.

In the 8th inning, Pittsburgh reinforced their lead.  Boom-Boom Beck was called out of the bullpen by the Dodgers and he struggled, walking the first 3 batters he faced.  Gus Suhr then blasted a grand slam.  The Dodgers were able to score a couple in the 9th, but it really didn't matter.

The rubber game of this series is next.

BOXSCORE: 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates           5/7/1934
Updated W/L Records: Brooklyn(11-9) Pittsburgh(12-8)
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Chapman 2B        4  2  2  0 .450     L.Waner CF          4  2  1  0 .329  
B-R.Berres PH         1  1  1  0 .333     P.Waner RF          4  3  2  0 .421  
  L.Koenecke CF       4  2  2  3 .358     A.Vaughan SS        4  3  3  2 .440  
  D.Taylor LF         5  0  2  1 .351     G.Suhr 1B           5  3  4  6 .275  
  S.Leslie 1B         4  0  1  1 .367     P.Traynor 3B        5  0  2  0 .394  
  T.Cuccinello 3B     4  1  2  0 .301     T.Padden C          5  1  1  2 .273  
  A.Lopez C           4  0  1  1 .230     W.Jensen LF         4  0  0  1 .244  
  J.Frederick RF      4  0  1  0 .244     H.Smith P           0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Jordan SS         4  1  1  1 .318     T.Thevenow 2B       4  1  2  0 .238  
  R.Benge P           3  0  1  0 .267     L.French P          4  0  1  1 .267  
A-H.Wilson PH         1  0  0  0 .314   C-F.Lindstrom LF      0  0  0  0 .296  
  B.Beck P            0  0  0  0 .667                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  7 14  7                 Totals      39 13 16 12
 
A-Pinch Hit For Benge In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Chapman In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For French In 9th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 2 1 0  0 0 1  1 0 2  -  7 14  3
Pirates......... 2 1 0  0 1 0  5 4    - 13 16  3
 
Dodgers (11-9)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Benge LOSS(2-2)         7      14   9   7   0   2   0 114   2.19
B.Beck                    1       2   4   4   3   0   1  30   7.45
Totals                    8      16  13  11   3   2   1
 
Pirates (12-8)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.French WIN(3-1)         8      14   7   4   2   2   0 127   2.48
H.Smith                   1       0   0   0   0   1   0  11   7.50
Totals                    9      14   7   4   2   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 26,198 DATE- Monday, May 7th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 8  Pirates: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 2  Pirates: 1
ERRORS- D.Taylor, J.Frederick, R.Benge, A.Vaughan-3
DOUBLES- G.Chapman(3rd), R.Berres(1st), D.Taylor(5th), A.Lopez(7th),
         J.Jordan(4th), A.Vaughan(7th), G.Suhr(8th)
TRIPLES- G.Chapman(1st), L.Koenecke(2nd), P.Waner(3rd), T.Thevenow(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Suhr(5th)
RBIs- L.Koenecke-3(9th), D.Taylor(12th), S.Leslie(15th), A.Lopez(8th),
      J.Jordan(6th), A.Vaughan-2(19th), G.Suhr-6(26th), T.Padden-2(2nd),
      W.Jensen(4th), L.French
STOLEN BASES- G.Chapman(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Koenecke, A.Lopez, W.Jensen
WALKS- S.Leslie, T.Cuccinello, L.Waner, P.Waner, A.Vaughan
STRIKE OUTS- T.Cuccinello, R.Benge, H.Wilson, A.Vaughan, P.Traynor
GIDP- A.Lopez, G.Suhr, W.Jensen
2-out RBI- G.Suhr, J.Jordan
RLISP 2-out- J.Frederick, W.Jensen-2, T.Padden, S.Leslie, L.French,
             T.Cuccinello, H.Wilson, A.Lopez
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 6 for 19  Pirates: 6 for 13
IBB- S.Leslie (by L.French, 7th inning)

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