Dodgers back at .500 after win against Cardinals

Van Mungo blanked the Cardinals today, pitching a complete game shutout and earning the win for Brooklyn.  Mungo was deceptive all game; he allowed just 5 hits and struck out 4 to lower his ERA to 2.76 (now tied for 3rd in the league in ERA with Dizzy Dean).  Tex Carleton was tagged for the loss for the Cardinals.  He was the opposite of Mungo, yielding 7 runs over 8 innings.  He allowed home runs to Johnny Frederick and Tony Cuccinello.

The Dodgers had a pair of innings where they scored 3 runs.  In the 3rd inning, Len Koenecke hit a bases loaded single to score 2 runs.  Sam Leslie followed that up with an RBI double.  In the 5th, Tony Cuccinello plated 2 of the 3 runs that inning by smacking his 12th home run of the season.

The Dodgers were last at .500 on August 16 when they were 57-57.  Unfortunately, they remain 20 games out of the division.  Pittsburgh has won 8 of their last 10 and it's only a matter of time before they win the pennant.

BOXSCORE: 1934 St. Louis Cardinals At 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers          9/5/1934
Updated W/L Records: St. Louis(68-63) Brooklyn(66-66)
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Martin 3B         4  0  0  0 .284     B.Boyle RF,CF       4  1  0  0 .318  
  J.Rothrock RF       3  0  0  0 .260     L.Frey SS           5  1  1  0 .331  
  F.Frisch 2B         4  0  0  0 .311     D.Taylor LF         1  1  0  0 .292  
  J.Medwick LF        4  0  3  0 .339     L.Koenecke CF       3  0  1  2 .346  
  R.Collins 1B        3  0  0  0 .312   A-J.Frederick RF      1  1  1  1 .291  
  S.Davis C           3  0  0  0 .271     S.Leslie 1B         4  1  2  2 .345  
  L.Durocher SS       4  0  1  0 .283     T.Cuccinello 2B     3  1  1  2 .281  
  E.Orsatti CF        4  0  0  0 .334     J.Stripp 3B         3  0  2  0 .288  
  T.Carleton P        3  0  1  0 .169   B-G.Chapman PR,3B     0  0  0  0 .274  
                                          A.Lopez C           4  0  0  0 .276  
                                          V.Mungo P           4  1  1  0 .224  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  0  5  0                 Totals      32  7  9  7
 
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Koenecke In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Stripp In 7th Inning
 
INJURY: Joe Stripp INJURED (for 1 more game) in 7th inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0
Dodgers......... 0 0 3  0 3 0  1 0    -  7  9  0
 
Cardinals (68-63)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Carleton LOSS(11-12)    8       9   7   7   5   1   2 141   3.59  A1
Totals                    8       9   7   7   5   1   2
 
Dodgers (66-66)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
V.Mungo WIN(17-13)        9       5   0   0   3   4   0 128   2.76  A1
Totals                    9       5   0   0   3   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 15,346 DATE- Wednesday, September 5th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 8  Dodgers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 1  Dodgers: 0
DOUBLES- T.Carleton, S.Leslie(20th), J.Stripp(17th)
HOME RUNS- J.Frederick(5th), T.Cuccinello(12th)
RBIs- L.Koenecke-2(76th), J.Frederick(28th), S.Leslie-2(77th),
      T.Cuccinello-2(78th)
WALKS- J.Rothrock, R.Collins, S.Davis, B.Boyle, D.Taylor-3, T.Cuccinello
HIT BY PITCH- J.Stripp
STRIKE OUTS- J.Rothrock, R.Collins-2, E.Orsatti, B.Boyle
GIDP- L.Koenecke
2-out RBI- S.Leslie, T.Cuccinello-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Rothrock, J.Stripp-2, L.Durocher, A.Lopez-2, S.Davis, E.Orsatti
TEAM RISP- Cardinals: 0 for 7  Dodgers: 3 for 9