Cardinals sweep Dodgers at Sportsman's Park

The tough luck losses continue to pile up for the Dodgers, as they were swept in this weekend's series in St. Louis.  The Dodgers lost the finale 14-8.  Poor pitching had once again plagued the Dodgers.  Starter Ray Benge couldn't make it out of the 3rd inning, and the bullpen allowed 7 runs.  The Cardinals jumped out to an early lead.  Catcher Bill Delancey hit 2 home runs for St. Louis, and Joe Medwick (who was 5-for-12 in the series) finished 2-4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI.

The Dodgers have now lost 6 straight and hold a 2-15 record over their last 17 games.

The Cardinals scored 4 runs in the 1st inning.  Bill Delancey hit a 3-run shot.  The Cardinals then scored runs in each of the following 4 innings.  Joe Medwick hit an RBI double in the 2nd, Frankie Frisch hit a 2-run single in the 3rd.  In the 4th, Bill Delancey hit his 2nd home run.  In the 5th, Terry Moore hit a leadoff triple and would score.  Then, after 2 outs were recorded, Frankie Frisch hit a 2-run home run.

The Cardinals beat up Les Munns in the 8th.  They scored 4 runs on 4 hits to go up 14-1.  Surprisingly, the Dodgers would plate 7 runs in the bottom of the 9th on 6 hits, 2 walks, and a couple of Cardinals errors.

But this was an ugly loss!  On to the next series.

BOXSCORE: 1935 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1935 St. Louis Cardinals         5/27/1935
Updated W/L Records: Brooklyn(12-24) St. Louis(24-14)
 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Boyle RF          3  1  0  1 .352     F.Frisch 3B         4  2  2  3 .319  
  L.Koenecke CF       5  1  2  2 .333   C-C.Gelbert 3B        0  0  0  0 .378  
  J.Stripp 3B         5  1  3  1 .315     B.Whitehead 2B      4  2  2  0 .276  
  S.Leslie 1B         3  1  2  0 .373     J.Medwick LF        4  2  2  1 .406  
  L.Munns P           0  0  0  0 .000     R.Collins 1B        5  0  0  0 .257  
F-J.Jordan PH         1  1  1  0 .211     B.Delancey C        4  4  3  5 .379  
  J.Bucher LF         5  0  2  2 .304     J.Rothrock RF       2  3  0  0 .284  
  T.Cuccinello 2B     5  1  1  2 .281     T.Moore CF          5  1  3  2 .327  
  L.Frey SS           3  0  0  0 .228     L.Durocher SS       5  0  1  0 .257  
D-B.Mills PH          1  1  0  0 .267     P.Dean P            4  0  0  0 .077  
  W.Ock C             2  0  0  0 .167     E.Heusser P         1  0  0  0 .200  
E-F.Bordagaray PH     1  1  1  0 .222                                          
  R.Benge P           1  0  0  0 .231                                          
  D.Leonard P         0  0  0  0 .167                                          
A-D.Taylor PH         1  0  0  0 .277                                          
  W.Clark P           0  0  0  0 .063                                          
B-J.McCarthy PH,1B    2  0  0  0 .214                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  8 12  8                 Totals      38 14 13 11
 
A-Pinch Hit For Leonard In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Clark In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Frisch In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Frey In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Ock In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Munns In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Frankie Frisch INJURED (for 2 more games) in 8th inning
 
Dodgers......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 7  -  8 12  3
Cardinals....... 4 1 2  1 2 0  0 4    - 14 13  2
 
Dodgers (12-24)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Benge LOSS(2-2)         2 2/3   5   7   5   5   1   1  75   4.91
D.Leonard                 2 1/3   4   3   3   0   0   2  39   3.27
W.Clark                   2       0   0   0   0   1   0  19   2.83
L.Munns                   1       4   4   3   1   1   0  29   9.22
Totals                    8      13  14  11   6   3   3
 
Cardinals (24-14)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
P.Dean WIN(6-4)           7 2/3   7   1   1   3   4   0 107   3.98
E.Heusser                 1 1/3   5   7   5   2   2   0  56   6.35
Totals                    9      12   8   6   5   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 46,784 DATE- Monday, May 27th 1935 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 8  Cardinals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Cardinals: 1
ERRORS- S.Leslie, L.Munns, J.Bucher, L.Durocher, P.Dean
DOUBLES- S.Leslie(7th), J.Bucher(4th), J.Medwick(17th)
TRIPLES- T.Moore-2(5th)
HOME RUNS- F.Frisch(2nd), B.Delancey-2(4th)
RBIs- B.Boyle(13th), L.Koenecke-2(17th), J.Stripp(13th), J.Bucher-2(22nd),
      T.Cuccinello-2(24th), F.Frisch-3(21st), J.Medwick(37th),
      B.Delancey-5(17th), T.Moore-2(31st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Stripp, T.Cuccinello
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Rothrock
WALKS- B.Boyle-2, S.Leslie, B.Mills, W.Ock, F.Frisch, B.Whitehead, J.Medwick,
       B.Delancey, J.Rothrock-2
STRIKE OUTS- B.Mills, W.Ock-2, R.Benge, D.Taylor, J.McCarthy, L.Durocher,
             P.Dean, E.Heusser
GIDP- S.Leslie
WILD PITCHES- D.Leonard
2-out RBI- B.Delancey-5, T.Moore-2, J.Medwick, F.Frisch-3
RLISP 2-out- L.Durocher, R.Collins, B.Whitehead, J.Stripp, W.Ock, J.Bucher-2,
             E.Heusser, B.Mills
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 6 for 16  Cardinals: 6 for 15
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Ripper Collins robbed Len Koenecke of a base hit.