Bill Lee stymies Dodgers

He's been one of the top pitchers all season long and in today game he showed how he gets it done; Bill Lee pitched a complete game in the Cubs 2-1 win over the Dodgers.  It was a white knuckle ride all game for both teams as neither team led by more than 1.  The Dodgers were the first to score; they plated a run in the 2nd inning.  But Chicago answered with 2 in the 3rd inning, and no one scored after that.  Bill Lee was just a bit better than Brooklyn starter Dutch Leonard in the game.

Dutch Leonard also pitched a complete game, but he gets the loss despite allowing just 4 hits.  The Woody English 2-out, 2-RBI single in the 3rd was the difference.  The Cubs left just 3 batters on base compared to the Dodgers' 9.  In a sense, Chicago just got a bit luckier than the Dodgers today.

With the strong performance today, Bill Lee ranks tied for 4th in wins and is 3rd in the league with a 2.65 ERA.  

BOXSCORE: 1934 Chicago Cubs At 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers                7/24/1934
Updated W/L Records: Chicago(42-51) Brooklyn(45-49)
 
  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Herman 2B         4  0  0  0 .261     J.Frederick RF      5  0  1  0 .266  
  W.English 3B        4  0  1  2 .300     L.Frey SS           2  0  0  0 .335  
  G.Hartnett C        4  0  1  0 .291     L.Koenecke CF       4  0  1  0 .338  
  K.Cuyler CF         4  0  0  0 .354     H.Wilson LF         3  0  0  0 .307  
  B.Jurges SS         4  0  0  0 .220     T.Cuccinello 2B     4  0  0  0 .258  
  T.Stainback RF      3  0  0  0 .256     S.Leslie 1B         4  1  2  0 .342  
  C.Grimm 1B          3  1  1  0 .177     J.Stripp 3B         4  0  1  0 .287  
  R.Stephenson LF     3  1  1  0 .244     R.Berres C          3  0  1  1 .258  
  B.Lee P             2  0  0  0 .109   A-D.Taylor PH         1  0  0  0 .282  
                                          D.Leonard P         3  0  0  0 .179  
                                        B-J.Jordan PH         1  0  0  0 .275  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  2  4  2                 Totals      34  1  6  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Berres In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Leonard In 9th Inning
 
Cubs............ 0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  4  1
Dodgers......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  0
 
Cubs (42-51)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Lee WIN(12-8)           9       6   1   1   3   5   0 127   2.65
Totals                    9       6   1   1   3   5   0
 
Dodgers (45-49)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Leonard LOSS(6-7)       9       4   2   2   1   5   0 124   4.55
Totals                    9       4   2   2   1   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 41,264 DATE- Tuesday, July 24th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:11
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 3  Dodgers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0  Dodgers: 0
ERRORS- B.Jurges
RBIs- W.English-2(25th), R.Berres(8th)
WALKS- B.Lee, L.Frey-2, H.Wilson
STRIKE OUTS- W.English-2, K.Cuyler, B.Lee-2, L.Frey, L.Koenecke, R.Berres,
             D.Leonard-2
PASSED BALLS- R.Berres
2-out RBI- W.English-2
RLISP 2-out- T.Cuccinello, L.Koenecke-3
TEAM RISP- Cubs: 1 for 3  Dodgers: 1 for 6