Rip Collins smashes 3 home runs in win over Dodgers

Cardinals first baseman Rip Collins launched 3 home runs today in a virtuoso performance against the Dodgers.  Collins hit a solo shot in the 2nd inning, another solo shot in the 3rd inning, and a solo shot in the 8th.  Only Mel Ott has another 3-home run game in the league this year.  His excellent hitting was matched with good starting pitching for the Cardinals.  Paul Dean pitched a complete game for the Cardinals.  He allowed just 4 hits and 1 earned run to go with 1 walk and 6 strikeouts.  

Dodger hits included a double from Tony Cuccinello and three singles from Cucinello, Jordan, and Lopez.  But really, it was Paul Dean who dominated them this game.  The Dodgers had just 3 at bats with runners in scoring position.  Catcher Spud Davis had a 2-hit game for the Cardinals, which included a home run.  The Dodgers scored 1st in the game, but the Cardinals scored 2 in the 2nd and 2 in the 3rd and never looked back.  

"Dean kept our batters off base all game; he kept us off balance," Manager Williams said.  "The Dean brothers are a force to be reckoned with for sure."

BOXSCORE: 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1934 St. Louis Cardinals         8/26/1934
Updated W/L Records: Brooklyn(60-63) St. Louis(64-58)
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Boyle RF          4  0  0  0 .322     P.Martin 3B         4  0  0  0 .277  
  J.Jordan SS         4  0  1  0 .278     J.Rothrock RF       3  2  2  0 .255  
  D.Taylor LF         3  0  0  0 .294     F.Frisch 2B         3  0  1  1 .324  
  L.Koenecke CF       4  0  0  0 .349     J.Medwick LF        4  0  0  0 .335  
  T.Cuccinello 2B     4  1  2  0 .279     R.Collins 1B        4  3  3  4 .319  
  J.Frederick 1B      3  0  0  0 .283     S.Davis C           4  1  2  1 .296  
  A.Lopez C           3  0  1  1 .277     L.Durocher SS       4  0  1  0 .287  
  J.Bucher 3B         3  0  0  0 .215     E.Orsatti CF        3  0  0  0 .344  
  J.Babich P          2  0  0  0 .098     P.Dean P            3  0  1  0 .283  
A-G.Chapman PH        1  0  0  0 .284                                          
  O.Carroll P         0  0  0  0 .250                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  4  1                 Totals      32  6 10  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Babich In 8th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  1
Cardinals....... 0 2 2  0 1 0  0 1    -  6 10  1
 
Dodgers (60-63)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Babich LOSS(5-9)        7       9   5   4   2   1   3 119   5.96
O.Carroll                 1       1   1   1   0   1   1  13   9.10
Totals                    8      10   6   5   2   2   4
 
Cardinals (64-58)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
P.Dean WIN(10-10)         9       4   1   1   1   6   0 118   4.30
Totals                    9       4   1   1   1   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 44,582 DATE- Sunday, August 26th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 1:39
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 4  Cardinals: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 2  Cardinals: 1
ERRORS- A.Lopez, L.Durocher
DOUBLES- T.Cuccinello(28th), J.Rothrock(36th)
HOME RUNS- R.Collins-3(33rd), S.Davis(12th)
RBIs- A.Lopez(45th), F.Frisch(46th), R.Collins-4(101st), S.Davis(45th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rothrock(8th)
WALKS- D.Taylor, J.Rothrock, F.Frisch
STRIKE OUTS- B.Boyle-2, T.Cuccinello-2, J.Frederick, G.Chapman, S.Davis,
             E.Orsatti
GIDP- L.Koenecke, J.Medwick-2
2-out RBI- A.Lopez, R.Collins-2
RLISP 2-out- P.Martin
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 1 for 3  Cardinals: 2 for 4