Freddy Fitzsimmons, Giants out-slug Dodgers

The Dodgers gave up considerably more extra base hits than they produced and lost today's game to the Giants, 7-2.  Freddy Fitzsimmons, starter for the Giants, gave up 0 earned runs over 6.2 and got the win to improve to 14-11.  Mel Ott hit his 32nd home run for the season for the Giants.  Bill Terry hit his 10th home run and Jo-Jo Moore hit his 13th.

The Giants went out to a big lead when they scored 4 in the 2nd inning.  Mel Ott began the inning with a big home run.  Travis Jackson walked.  George Watkins walked.  Blondy Ryan offered up a sacrifice bunt, advancing runners to 2nd and 3rd.  Gus Mancuso hit a 2-run single.  Jo-Jo Moore hit an RBI ground out later in the inning.

Art Herring gets the loss for the Dodgers.  He now stands at 0-5.  Sam Leslie finished 3-for-4 in a notable performance for the Dodgers.

BOXSCORE: 1934 New York Giants At 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers              9/1/1934
Updated W/L Records: New York(70-58) Brooklyn(62-66)
 
  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Moore LF          5  1  1  2 .317     B.Boyle CF          2  0  0  0 .321  
  H.Critz 2B          5  1  1  0 .245   A-G.Chapman PR,LF     2  0  0  0 .274  
  B.Terry 1B          5  1  3  2 .349     L.Frey SS           4  1  1  0 .331  
  M.Ott RF            5  1  2  1 .345     D.Taylor LF,CF      3  0  0  0 .295  
  T.Jackson SS        3  1  0  0 .275     S.Leslie 1B         4  0  3  1 .343  
  G.Watkins CF        4  1  1  0 .201     T.Cuccinello 2B     4  0  0  0 .280  
  B.Ryan 3B           4  1  1  0 .255     J.Frederick RF      2  1  1  0 .285  
  G.Mancuso C         4  0  1  2 .220     J.Jordan 3B         4  0  1  0 .274  
  F.Fitzsimmons P     1  0  0  0 .152     A.Lopez C           4  0  0  0 .276  
  A.Smith P           1  0  0  0 .182     A.Herring P         2  0  0  0 .167  
                                        B-L.Koenecke PH       1  0  0  0 .345  
                                          R.Lucas P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        C-R.Berres PH         1  0  1  1 .253  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  7 10  7                 Totals      33  2  7  2
 
A-Pinch Ran For Boyle In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Herring In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lucas In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Buzz Boyle INJURED (for 0 more games) in 6th inning
 
Giants.......... 0 4 0  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  7 10  0
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 1  -  2  7  2
 
Giants (70-58)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
F.Fitzsimmon WIN(14-11)   6 2/3   3   0   0   3   4   0  95   3.28  A1 C8
A.Smith SAVE(8th)         2 1/3   4   2   2   0   2   0  38   4.91  C9
Totals                    9       7   2   2   3   6   0
 
Dodgers (62-66)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Herring LOSS(0-5)       7       6   4   4   3   2   1 109   7.26  A1 D5
R.Lucas                   2       4   3   3   0   0   2  46   9.98  D6
Totals                    9      10   7   7   3   2   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,495 DATE- Saturday, September 1st 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 1:52
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 9  Dodgers: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 1  Dodgers: 0
ERRORS- L.Frey, T.Cuccinello
DOUBLES- H.Critz(18th), B.Terry(24th), G.Watkins(11th), J.Frederick(21st)
TRIPLES- S.Leslie(5th)
HOME RUNS- J.Moore(13th), B.Terry(10th), M.Ott(32nd)
RBIs- J.Moore-2(50th), B.Terry-2(71st), M.Ott(116st), G.Mancuso-2(41st),
      S.Leslie(74th), R.Berres(11th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Ryan, F.Fitzsimmons-2
WALKS- T.Jackson-2, G.Watkins, D.Taylor, J.Frederick-2
HIT BY PITCH- B.Boyle
STRIKE OUTS- T.Jackson, F.Fitzsimmons, L.Frey, D.Taylor, T.Cuccinello, J.Jordan,
             A.Lopez, A.Herring
GIDP- J.Jordan
2-out RBI- S.Leslie, R.Berres
RLISP 2-out- H.Critz, J.Moore-2, G.Watkins, T.Jackson, L.Koenecke-2,
             T.Cuccinello, B.Ryan
TEAM RISP- Giants: 2 for 9  Dodgers: 2 for 7