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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 9, 1934
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on August 9, 1934 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 9, 1934 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 9, 1934 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Benge |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hal Schumacher |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 0 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Ziggy Sears 1B: George Magerkurth 2B: (none) 3B: Cy Pfirman |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Buzz Boyle | Right Fielder |
| Lonny Frey | Shortstop |
| Danny Taylor | Left Fielder |
| Sam Leslie | First Baseman |
| Tony Cuccinello | Second Baseman |
| Len Koenecke | Center Fielder |
| Joe Stripp | Third Baseman |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Ray Benge | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Watkins | Left Fielder |
| Hughie Critz | Second Baseman |
| Bill Terry | First Baseman |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Phil Weintraub | Center Fielder |
| Travis Jackson | Shortstop |
| Gus Mancuso | Catcher |
| Johnny Vergez | Third Baseman |
| Hal Schumacher | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 9, 1934
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyle vs. Schumacher
Boyle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vergez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Schumacher
Frey is called out on strikes. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Schumacher
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watkins vs. Benge
Watkins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Critz vs. Benge
Critz hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Boyle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Benge
Terry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Watkins moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ott vs. Benge
Ott takes first base on ball four. Terry moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Weintraub vs. Benge
Weintraub hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Watkins scores. Terry moves to third. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jackson vs. Benge
Jackson hits a line drive into right field. Boyle picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Boyle. Terry scores. Ott scores. Weintraub moves to third. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mancuso vs. Benge
Mancuso hits a fly ball into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Vergez vs. Benge
Vergez is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Schumacher vs. Benge
Schumacher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leslie vs. Schumacher
Leslie hits a line drive towards short. Jackson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Schumacher
Cuccinello strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenecke vs. Schumacher
Koenecke hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Watkins is chasing the ball. Koenecke rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stripp vs. Schumacher
Stripp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schumacher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watkins vs. Clark
Watty Clark now pitching.
Watkins hits a fly ball into center field. Koenecke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Critz vs. Clark
Critz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Clark
Terry bunts towards third. Stripp fields it and throws to first for the out. Critz moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ott vs. Clark
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Weintraub vs. Clark
Weintraub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Critz scores. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Clark
Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ott scores. Weintraub moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mancuso vs. Clark
Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp juggles the ball. That's an error on Stripp. Weintraub scores. Jackson moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vergez vs. Clark
Vergez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson scores. Mancuso moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schumacher vs. Carroll
Ownie Carroll now pitching.
Schumacher hits a fly ball into center field. Koenecke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Schumacher
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carroll vs. Schumacher
Carroll hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vergez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyle vs. Schumacher
Boyle hits a fly ball into center field. Weintraub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watkins vs. Carroll
Watkins hits a fly ball into right field. Boyle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Critz vs. Carroll
Critz hits a fly ball into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Carroll
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Schumacher
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Critz misplays the ball. That's an error on Critz. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Schumacher
Taylor takes first base on ball four. Frey moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leslie vs. Schumacher
Leslie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vergez fields it and throws to second for the out. Frey moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cuccinello vs. Schumacher
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Critz fields it and throws to second for the out. Frey scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koenecke vs. Schumacher
Koenecke hits a fly ball into center field. Weintraub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Carroll
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weintraub vs. Carroll
Weintraub hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Carroll
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Koenecke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stripp vs. Schumacher
Stripp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Schumacher
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carroll vs. Schumacher
Carroll hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ott. Carroll reaches second base with a double. Stripp moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boyle vs. Schumacher
Boyle hits a fly ball into center field. Weintraub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stripp scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frey vs. Schumacher
Frey hits a fly ball into center field. Weintraub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mancuso vs. Carroll
Mancuso hits a popup, foul, towards third. Stripp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vergez vs. Carroll
Vergez hits a popup towards third. Stripp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schumacher vs. Carroll
Schumacher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp juggles the ball. That's an error on Stripp. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watkins vs. Carroll
Watkins hits a fly ball into center field. Koenecke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Schumacher
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leslie vs. Schumacher
Leslie hits a fly ball into center field. Weintraub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Schumacher
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vergez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Critz vs. Carroll
Critz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Carroll
Terry takes first base on ball four. Critz moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Carroll
Ott bunts towards third. Stripp fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Critz moves to third. Terry moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Weintraub vs. Carroll
Weintraub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Critz scores. Terry moves to third. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jackson vs. Carroll
Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Boyle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Terry scores. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mancuso vs. Carroll
Mancuso hits a fly ball into right field. Boyle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ott scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vergez vs. Carroll
Vergez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenecke vs. Schumacher
Koenecke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stripp vs. Schumacher
Stripp strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Schumacher
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carroll vs. Schumacher
Carroll hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schumacher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schumacher vs. Carroll
Glenn Chapman now playing second base. Ray Berres now catching.
Schumacher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watkins vs. Carroll
Watkins strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Critz vs. Carroll
Critz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyle vs. Schumacher
Boyle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frey vs. Schumacher
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schumacher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Schumacher
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leslie vs. Schumacher
Leslie hits a popup, foul, towards third. Vergez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Carroll
Terry hits a popup towards short. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Carroll
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chapman misplays the ball. That's an error on Chapman. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weintraub vs. Carroll
Weintraub hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Carroll
Jackson hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Koenecke who is chasing the ball. Jackson reaches third base with a triple. Ott scores. Weintraub goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mancuso vs. Carroll
Mancuso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vergez vs. Carroll
Vergez takes first base on ball four. Mancuso moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schumacher vs. Carroll
Schumacher hits a popup towards third. Stripp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Watkins vs. Carroll
Watkins hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 16
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Critz vs. Carroll
Critz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carroll fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tremark vs. Schumacher
Nick Tremark pinch hits for Glenn Chapman.
Tremark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koenecke vs. Schumacher
Koenecke hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stripp vs. Schumacher
Stripp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frederick vs. Schumacher
Johnny Frederick pinch hits for Ray Berres.
Frederick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bucher vs. Schumacher
Jim Bucher pinch hits for Ownie Carroll.
Bucher hits a line drive towards the mound. Schumacher catches it and throws to first to double up Frederick. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/9/1934 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Boyle B, rf 3 0 0 1 Watkins G, lf 6 2 2 3
Frey L, ss 4 1 0 0 Critz H, 2b 6 2 2 0
Taylor D, lf 3 0 0 0 Terry B, 1b 3 2 1 0
Leslie S, 1b 4 0 0 0 Ott M, rf 3 4 1 0
Cuccinello T, 2b 3 0 0 1 Weintraub P, cf 5 2 4 3
Chapman G, 2b 0 0 0 0 Jackson T, ss 5 2 3 5
Tremark N, ph 1 1 1 0 Mancuso G, c 5 1 1 2
Koenecke L, cf 4 2 3 3 Vergez J, 3b 3 1 1 1
Stripp J, 3b 4 1 1 0 Schumacher H, p 5 0 0 0
Lopez A, c 3 0 0 0
Berres R, c 0 0 0 0
Frederick J, ph 0 0 0 0
Benge R, p 0 0 0 0
Clark W, p 0 0 0 0
Carroll O, p 3 0 1 0
Bucher J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 5 6 5 41 16 15 14
Brooklyn 010 110 002 -- 5
New York 340 003 06x -- 16
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Benge R (L) 1.0 4 3 3 1 0
Clark W 0.2 4 4 2 1 0
Carroll O 6.1 7 9 5 2 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Schumacher H (W) 9.0 6 5 4 3 7
E -- Boyle B, Stripp J 2, Critz H, Chapman G
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Brooklyn 4, New York 7
2B -- Carroll O
3B -- Jackson T
HR -- Koenecke L 2, Watkins G
SH -- Terry B
HBP -- by Benge R (Vergez J)
A -- 0
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