Dodgers take care of Braves in series opener

At Braves Field the Dodgers pulled off a 5-1 victory in front of 26,500 fans.  Ownie Carroll gets the win for Brooklyn; he went 6 innings, allowing 7 hits, 1 earned run.  Johnny Frederick finished 3-for-4 and Len Koenecke hit his 42nd double of the year.  

The Dodgers plated 4 in a crucial 6th inning.  Johnny Frederick led off with a single.  Jim Bucher put down a sac bunt to advance Frederick.  Len Koenecke then hit an RBI double.  After an out was recorded, Koenecke scored on a passed ball.  Danny Taylor singled and reached 2nd on an error.  Tony Cuccinello then singled and advanced on an error which plated another.  Al Lopez then singled to score the final run of the inning.

 The Braves were just 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position and could not get the big hit necessary.  The Braves left 13 runners on in total.

BOXSCORE: 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1934 Boston Braves                9/3/1934
Updated W/L Records: Brooklyn(64-66) Boston(68-60)
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Frederick RF      4  1  3  0 .288     B.Urbanski SS       4  0  1  0 .285  
  L.Frey 3B           0  0  0  0 .332     L.Mallon 2B         5  0  1  0 .316  
A-J.Bucher PR,3B      3  1  0  0 .209     H.Lee LF            4  0  1  0 .283  
  L.Koenecke CF       4  1  2  1 .346     W.Berger CF         5  0  0  0 .275  
  S.Leslie 1B         4  0  2  1 .344     P.Whitney 3B        5  0  1  0 .249  
  D.Taylor LF         4  1  0  0 .294     B.Jordan 1B         4  1  2  0 .322  
  T.Cuccinello 2B     4  1  1  0 .278     T.Thompson RF       4  0  3  1 .254  
  A.Lopez C           4  0  2  1 .277     A.Spohrer C         3  0  1  0 .243  
  J.Jordan SS         4  0  1  0 .274     F.Frankhouse P      3  0  0  0 .167  
  O.Carroll P         2  0  0  0 .200   C-R.Moore PH          1  0  0  0 .268  
B-J.McCarthy PH       1  0  0  0 .205     L.Mangum P          0  0  0  0 .310  
  C.Perkins P         1  0  0  0 .500                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  5 11  3                 Totals      38  1 10  1
 
A-Pinch Ran For Frey In 1st Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Carroll In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Frankhouse In 8th Inning
 
INJURY: Lonny Frey INJURED (for 1 more game) in 1st inning
INJURY: Randy Moore INJURED (for 2 more games) in 8th inning
 
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  0 0 4  1 0 0  -  5 11  1
Braves.......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  1 10  3
 
Dodgers (64-66)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
O.Carroll WIN(1-5)        6       7   1   1   2   1   0 120   8.13  A1 C9
C.Perkins SAVE(1st)       3       3   0   0   1   0   0  63   5.93  D1
Totals                    9      10   1   1   3   1   0
 
Braves (68-60)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
F.Frankhouse LOSS(13-11)  8      11   5   2   1   4   0 114   3.45  A1 D8
L.Mangum                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   9   4.68  D9
Totals                    9      11   5   2   1   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 26,500 DATE- Monday, September 3rd 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:30
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 6  Braves:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Braves: 3
ERRORS- J.Bucher, B.Urbanski-2, L.Mallon
DOUBLES- L.Koenecke(42nd), H.Lee(21st)
TRIPLES- B.Jordan(11th)
RBIs- L.Koenecke(71st), S.Leslie(75th), A.Lopez(48th), T.Thompson(24th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Bucher
WALKS- J.Frederick, B.Urbanski, H.Lee, A.Spohrer
HIT BY PITCH- L.Frey
STRIKE OUTS- J.Bucher, D.Taylor, A.Lopez, O.Carroll, C.Perkins, P.Whitney
GIDP- L.Koenecke, T.Cuccinello, J.Jordan
WILD PITCHES- O.Carroll-2
PASSED BALLS- A.Spohrer
2-out RBI- A.Lopez, T.Thompson, S.Leslie
RLISP 2-out- S.Leslie, W.Berger-2, B.Urbanski-2, L.Koenecke, F.Frankhouse-2,
             D.Taylor-2, R.Moore, P.Whitney
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 3 for 9  Braves: 1 for 11