Dodgers @ Pirates
September 16, 1931

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Top 7	R	H	E
Dodgers	5	10	1
Pirates	5	13	0

Top 7	R	H	E
Dodgers	7	11	1
Pirates	5	13	0

Rube Bressler Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.284
OBP	.500	.331
At Bats	2	141
Hits	1	40
• Singles	1	32
• Doubles	0	5
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	10
RBI’s	1	22

Erv Brame Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
8	12	0

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Forbes Field - September 16, 1931

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Single

Erv Brame

Eddie Phillips

Gus Suhr

Tony Piet

Pie Traynor

Ben Sankey

Woody Jensen

Lloyd Waner

Paul Waner

Rube Bressler

Babe Herman

Johnny Frederick

Watty Clark

Count: - , 1 Out

Bressler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark scores. Frederick scores. Herman moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 7 Herman is walked intentionally.

Top 7 Sothern bunts towards the mound. Brame fields it and throws to first for the out. Clark moves to third. Frederick moves to second.

Top 7 Frederick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clark moves to second.

Top 7 Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopez scores.

Top 7 Lopez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waner. Lopez reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 6 Sankey hits a fly ball into right field. Herman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Piet bunts towards the mound. Clark fields it and throws to home to get Suhr. Traynor moves to third. Waner moves to second.

Bottom 6 Watty Clark now pitching. Waner takes first base on ball four. Suhr moves to third. Traynor moves to second.

Bottom 6 Traynor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jensen scores. Suhr moves to second.

Bottom 6 Suhr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jensen moves to third.

Bottom 6 Jensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Waner hits a fly ball into left field. Sothern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Gilbert strikes out.

Top 6 Erv Brame now pitching. Finn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Piet settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Wright hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Herman scores. Bressler moves to third.

Top 6 Bressler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sothern scores. Herman moves to third.

Top 6 Herman takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Sothern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Frederick trying to get to third. Waner throws the ball in to Traynor, who tags Frederick for the out. Sothern moves to second.

Top 6 Frederick takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Kremer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilbert juggles the ball. That's an error on Gilbert. Sankey moves to second.

Bottom 5 Sankey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Piet scores.

Bottom 5 There goes Piet. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Piet steals second.

Bottom 5 Piet hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Waner hits a fly ball into left field. Sothern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Traynor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Suhr hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 5 Shaute hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Lopez hits a popup towards first. Suhr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Gilbert hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Jensen hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Waner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Kremer hits a popup towards first. Bressler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Phillips hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Finn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Finn strikes out.

Top 4 Wright hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Bressler hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Denny Sothern now playing left field. Sankey hits a fly ball into center field. Frederick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Piet hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Suhr moves to third. Waner moves to second.

Bottom 3 Waner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Suhr moves to second.

Bottom 3 Traynor hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Rube Bressler now playing first base. Suhr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jensen scores.

Bottom 3 Jensen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Herman who is chasing the ball. Jensen reaches third base with a triple.

Top 3 Herman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Piet scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 O'Doul hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Frederick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waner throws the ball in to Sankey who tags Frederick trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Bottom 2 Waner hits a fly ball into right field. Herman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Kremer is called out on strikes.

Bottom 2 Phillips hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of O'Doul. Phillips reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 Sankey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shaute fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Shaute hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Sankey fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Top 2 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 2 Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sankey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Finn hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Piet hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Waner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of O'Doul. Waner reaches second base with a double. Jensen scores. Traynor moves to third.

Bottom 1 Traynor takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Suhr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bissonette scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Suhr for the out. Jensen moves to third.

Bottom 1 Jensen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Herman. Jensen reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Wright hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kremer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Bissonette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kremer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Herman hits a line drive into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. O'Doul scores.

Top 1 O'Doul hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waner who is chasing the ball. O'Doul reaches third base with a triple. Frederick scores.

Top 1 Frederick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Waner. Frederick reaches second base with a double.

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Bressler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark scores. Frederick scores. Herman moves to third.

Dodgers @ Pirates
September 16, 1931