The 1929 Chicago Cubs nearly blew a 4-0 lead but won the opener against the 1922 New York Giants in 14 innings. However, the Giants came back to win the next three to claim the season-opening series. Casey Stengel hit .429 (6-for-14) with five RBI to lead the Giants. Rogers Hornsby batted .438 (7-for-16) for the Cubs.
Game #1: Chicago 6, New York 5 (14 inn.)
The Cubs built a 4-0 lead after five innings with the help of a two-run homer and an RBI single by Charlie Grimm. The Giants rallied and tied the game in the eighth after two walks and three consecutive singles. Both teams scored once in the 12th inning. Finally, in the bottom of the 14th, the Cubs’ Mike Cvengros led off with a single and eventually scored on a two-out, walk-off single by Rogers Hornsby.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 7 0 0 0 Norm McMillan 5 1 1 0
Heinie Groh 6 0 1 0 Woody English 5 0 1 1
Frankie Frisch 7 1 0 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 2 2
Irish Meusel 7 0 2 0 Hack Wilson 4 0 1 0
Ross Youngs 5 2 1 0 Kiki Cuyler 4 0 0 0
George Kelly 5 1 1 1 Riggs Stephenson 4 2 1 0
Casey Stengel 5 1 2 2 Charlie Grimm 6 1 2 3
Frank Snyder 5 0 2 1 Zack Taylor 6 0 0 0
Art Nehf BZ 4 0 1 1 Charlie Root AXY 3 0 0 0
Bill Cunningham 0 0 0 0 Cliff Heathcote 1 0 0 0
Johnny Rawlings 1 0 0 0 Mike Gonzalez 1 1 1 0
Mike Cvengros CY 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 52 5 10 5 TOTALS 44 6 10 6
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 001 030 001 00 -- 5
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 020 110 000 001 01 -- 6
LOB--1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 13, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 10.
ERR--Woody English (2). 2B--Ross Youngs, Heinie Groh, Hack
Wilson, Mike Gonzalez, Woody English. 3B--Riggs Stephenson.
HR--Charlie Grimm. HBP--Casey Stengel. SACF--Woody English.
SACB--Bill Cunningham, Woody English, Norm McMillan (2),
Kiki Cuyler. SB--Charlie Grimm.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Art Nehf BZ 10.00 6 4 4 4 2 1
Claude Jonnard BXY 2.00 1 1 1 3 2 0
Hugh McQuillan B [L] 1.67 3 1 1 1 0 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Charlie Root AXY 10.00 8 4 3 4 7 0
Hal Carlson CYZ 2.00 1 1 1 2 0 0
Mike Cvengros CY [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Game #2: New York 5, Chicago 2
Irish Meusel hit a two-run home run and George Kelly had an RBI single in a three-run third inning that put the Giants ahead 3-1. After the Cubs closed within a run, the Giants added two more in the sixth on RBI singles by Frank Snyder and Phil Douglas.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 4 0 0 0 Norm McMillan 4 0 1 1
Heinie Groh 3 0 0 0 Woody English 4 0 1 1
Frankie Frisch 5 1 1 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 2 0
Irish Meusel 5 1 1 2 Hack Wilson 4 0 0 0
Ross Youngs 4 1 1 0 Kiki Cuyler 4 0 0 0
George Kelly 3 1 2 1 Riggs Stephenson 4 0 0 0
Casey Stengel 3 1 1 0 Charlie Grimm 4 0 0 0
Frank Snyder 4 0 1 1 Zack Taylor 4 1 1 0
Phil Douglas BZ 4 0 1 1 Pat Malone BK 2 1 1 0
Cliff Heathcote 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 5 8 5 TOTALS 34 2 6 2
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 302 000 -- 5
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 001 010 000 -- 2
LOB--1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 8, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 6. ERR--Dave
Bancroft, Woody English. 2B--Rogers Hornsby (2), Zack
Taylor, Norm McMillan. HR--Irish Meusel. SB--Frankie Frisch,
Ross Youngs.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Douglas BZ [W] 9.00 6 2 2 1 4 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Pat Malone BK [L] 7.00 8 5 5 3 10 1
Art Nehf C 2.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
Game #3: New York 4, Chicago 3
The Cubs built a 3-0 lead after three innings, the final run coming off an RBI triple by Hack Wilson. But the Giants got a two-run single from Ross Youngs in the third to make it 3-2. Casey Stengel had RBI singles in both the sixth and eighth innings to tie the game and put the Giants ahead.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 1 0 1 0 Dave Bancroft 3 0 1 0
Clyde Beck 4 0 0 0 Heinie Groh 1 1 0 0
Woody English 5 1 0 0 Frankie Frisch 2 1 0 0
Rogers Hornsby 5 0 1 0 Irish Meusel 4 1 1 0
Hack Wilson 5 1 2 1 Ross Youngs 3 1 2 2
Kiki Cuyler 2 1 1 0 George Kelly 3 0 0 0
Cliff Heathcote 0 0 0 0 Casey Stengel 4 0 2 2
Riggs Stephenson 3 0 2 1 Frank Snyder 4 0 1 0
Charlie Grimm 4 0 1 0 Rosy Ryan BX 3 0 1 0
Zack Taylor 4 0 0 0
Sheriff Blake BYW 1 0 0 0
Mike Gonzalez 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 3 8 2 TOTALS 27 4 8 4
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 021 000 000 -- 3
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 002 001 01x -- 4
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 10, 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 7.
ERR--Woody English, Frankie Frisch, Casey Stengel. 2B--Riggs
Stephenson. 3B--Hack Wilson. HBP--Kiki Cuyler. SACB--Ross
Youngs, George Kelly, Dave Bancroft. SB--Ross Youngs.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sheriff Blake BYW 7.00 6 3 3 5 4 0
Hal Carlson CYZ [L] 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS
Rosy Ryan BX [W] 9.00 8 3 2 4 6 0
Game #4: New York 7, Chicago 4
New York took the lead for good after scoring four runs on three hits in the fifth inning to take a 6-2 advantage. Irish Meusel had an RBI single, George Kelly drove in two with a single and Casey Stengel had a sacrifice fly. Chicago’s runs came via a pair of two-run homers by Hack Wilson and Charlie Grimm.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 5 0 0 0 Dave Bancroft 4 1 1 0
Woody English 3 0 0 0 Heinie Groh 4 1 1 0
Rogers Hornsby 3 2 2 0 Frankie Frisch 3 2 1 1
Hack Wilson 4 1 1 2 Irish Meusel 5 1 3 2
Riggs Stephenson 4 0 0 0 Ross Youngs 4 1 1 0
Charlie Grimm 4 1 1 2 George Kelly 4 1 1 2
Cliff Heathcote 2 0 0 0 Casey Stengel 2 0 1 1
Zack Taylor 3 0 0 0 Frank Snyder 4 0 2 1
Guy Bush BY 2 0 0 0 Jesse Barnes BZ 4 0 1 0
Mike Gonzalez 1 0 0 0
Clyde Beck 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 4 4 4 TOTALS 34 7 12 7
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 000 202 000 -- 4
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 141 00x -- 7
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 6, 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 10.
ERR--Heinie Groh. 2B--Rogers Hornsby, Heinie Groh. 3B--Irish
Meusel. HR--Hack Wilson, Charlie Grimm. HBP--Casey Stengel.
SACF--Casey Stengel. SACB--Heinie Groh.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Guy Bush BY [L] 6.00 10 7 7 3 3 0
Art Nehf C 2.00 2 0 0 1 0 0
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS
Jesse Barnes BZ [W] 9.00 4 4 4 5 3 2
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