Benge pitches shutout; Dodgers take 3 of 4

Ray Benge continues to pitch well for the Dodgers, and it was no more evident than today as he spun a complete game shut out against the first place Pirates.  Benge was mostly unstoppable; he allowed 5 hits and did walk 5, but the Pirates had trouble capitalizing on any of his mistakes and only had 2 at bats with runners in scoring position.

Danny Taylor, Len Koenecke, and Sam Leslie all had 2 hit games in the heart of the Dodgers order.  Both of Len Koenecke's hits were doubles.

"It was great to see us perform so well against the first place team," Manager Williams said,  "The Pirates are a tough team on both sides of the ball.  To take 3 of 4 from them is pretty impressive, and we've played well recently.  Ray Benge and Van Mungo have pitched so well for us.  Our next objective is to get back to .500."

BOXSCORE: 1934 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers          7/22/1934
Updated W/L Records: Pittsburgh(58-32) Brooklyn(45-47)
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Waner RF          4  0  1  0 .374     B.Boyle RF          4  1  1  0 .335  
  W.Jensen CF         4  0  0  0 .319     L.Frey SS           4  1  1  0 .338  
  F.Lindstrom LF      2  0  2  0 .343     D.Taylor LF         4  2  2  1 .280  
  A.Vaughan SS        3  0  0  0 .411     L.Koenecke CF       4  0  2  1 .344  
  G.Suhr 1B           2  0  0  0 .299     S.Leslie 1B         3  0  2  1 .340  
  P.Traynor 3B        4  0  0  0 .297     T.Cuccinello 2B     3  0  0  1 .262  
  T.Thevenow 2B       4  0  1  0 .263     J.Stripp 3B         4  0  1  0 .288  
  E.Grace C           4  0  1  0 .293     C.Sukeforth C       4  0  0  0 .171  
  W.Hoyt P            3  0  0  0 .047     R.Benge P           3  0  0  0 .220  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  0  5  0                 Totals      33  4  9  4
 
 
Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  2
Dodgers......... 3 0 0  0 0 0  0 1    -  4  9  0
 
Pirates (58-32)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
W.Hoyt LOSS(10-4)         8       9   4   4   1   7   0 118   3.56
Totals                    8       9   4   4   1   7   0
 
Dodgers (45-47)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Benge WIN(9-6)          9       5   0   0   5   5   0 131   2.94
Totals                    9       5   0   0   5   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 25,879 DATE- Sunday, July 22nd 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 8  Dodgers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1  Dodgers: 2
ERRORS- E.Grace-2
DOUBLES- B.Boyle(11th), D.Taylor(14th), L.Koenecke-2(29th), J.Stripp(13th)
RBIs- D.Taylor(42nd), L.Koenecke(40th), S.Leslie(54th), T.Cuccinello(40th)
WALKS- F.Lindstrom-2, A.Vaughan, G.Suhr-2, S.Leslie
STRIKE OUTS- W.Jensen-2, G.Suhr, T.Thevenow, W.Hoyt, B.Boyle-2, L.Frey,
             D.Taylor-2, C.Sukeforth, R.Benge
GIDP- W.Jensen, P.Traynor, J.Stripp
CATCHERS INTERFERENCE- T.Cuccinello
RLISP 2-out- G.Suhr, C.Sukeforth-3, B.Boyle, S.Leslie, P.Traynor
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 0 for 2  Dodgers: 4 for 14