The 1929 Chicago Cubs rebounded from a rough first week to take three of four games from the 1919 Cincinnati Reds. The Cubs (4-4) got back to .500 while sending the Reds (2-6) into the cellar for the time being. The first three games of the series were all decided by one run, and then Chicago’s Guy Bush pitched a three-hit shutout in a 6-0 rout in the finale.
Rogers Hornsby hit .400 (6-for-15) with four RBI to lead the Cubs. The Reds hit just .182 as a team and were led by Ivey Wingo’s .308 average (4-for-13).
Game #1: Chicago 3, Cincinnati 2
The Cubs broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh when Zack Taylor tripled and winning pitcher Charlie Root singled him home. Hack Wilson hit a solo homer in the eighth to make it 3-1. The ninth inning had some drama. Root was hit by a line drive and had to be removed from the game with two runners on and one out. Reliever Hal Carlson gave up a run-scoring single to pinch-hitter Louis Duncan, but the next Red hitter lined into a double play.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Morrie Rath 5 1 2 0 Norm McMillan 4 0 2 0
Jake Daubert 4 0 2 1 Woody English 4 0 1 0
Heinie Groh 3 0 0 0 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 0 0
Edd Roush 3 0 1 0 Hack Wilson 4 1 2 1
Greasy Neale 4 0 0 0 Kiki Cuyler 2 1 1 1
Larry Kopf 4 1 1 0 Riggs Stephenson 4 0 0 0
Sherry Magee 4 0 0 0 Charlie Grimm 3 0 0 0
Ivey Wingo 4 0 1 0 Zack Taylor 3 1 1 0
Dutch Ruether AYW 3 0 0 0 Charlie Root AXY 3 0 1 1
Louis Duncan 1 0 1 1
TOTALS 35 2 8 2 TOTALS 31 3 8 3
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 000 001 001 -- 2
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 010 000 11x -- 3
LOB--1919 CINCINNATI REDS 8, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 6. ERR--Woody
English. 2B--Morrie Rath. 3B--Jake Daubert, Zack Taylor.
HR--Hack Wilson, Kiki Cuyler. SB--Larry Kopf, Norm McMillan.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dutch Ruether AYW [L] 8.00 8 3 3 2 4 2
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Charlie Root AXY [W] 8.33 7 2 2 2 6 0
Hal Carlson CYZ [S] 0.67 1 0 0 0 0 0
Game #2: Chicago 4, Cincinnati 3
The Reds tied the game at three in the top of the eighth on RBI singles by Heinie Groh and Edd Roush. In the bottom of the ninth, the Cubs’ Riggs Stephenson led off with a double. After a walk, a wild pitch sent runners to second and third base. An intentional walk loaded the bases. The first two outs were made, but the Reds couldn’t get another one as the Cubs’ Woody English singled home the winning run.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Morrie Rath 2 0 0 0 Norm McMillan 5 1 1 0
Rube Bressler 1 1 0 0 Woody English 4 0 1 1
Jake Daubert 4 0 0 0 Rogers Hornsby 3 0 1 1
Heinie Groh 3 0 1 1 Hack Wilson 4 1 1 0
Edd Roush 4 0 3 1 Kiki Cuyler 2 1 1 0
Greasy Neale 4 0 0 0 Riggs Stephenson 4 0 1 0
Larry Kopf 4 0 0 0 Charlie Grimm 3 1 2 2
Sherry Magee 4 1 1 0 Zack Taylor 3 0 0 0
Ivey Wingo 3 0 1 1 Pat Malone BK 3 0 0 0
Slim Sallee BRZ 1 0 0 0 Cliff Heathcote 1 0 0 0
Bill Rariden 0 1 0 0
Louis Duncan 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 3 6 3 TOTALS 32 4 8 4
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 000 010 020 -- 3
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 020 010 001 -- 4
LOB--1919 CINCINNATI REDS 6, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 8.
ERR--Heinie Groh, Riggs Stephenson. 2B--Sherry Magee,
Charlie Grimm, Riggs Stephenson. SACB--Slim Sallee BRZ,
Woody English.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Slim Sallee BRZ 7.00 6 3 2 2 1 0
Jimmy Ring BY [L] 1.67 2 1 1 3 3 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Pat Malone BK [W] 9.00 6 3 3 4 4 0
Game #3: Cincinnati 3, Chicago 2
This time, it was the Reds’ turn to win one late. Tied 2-2 in the bottom of the eighth, Greasy Neale led off with a single. After a sacrifice and the second out, Ivey Wingo knocked an RBI single. Hod Eller retired the final nine Chicago batters in the win. Rogers Hornsby had an RBI double and an RBI triple for the Cubs.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 4 1 2 0 Jake Daubert 3 0 2 1
Woody English 4 1 1 0 Heinie Groh 4 0 0 0
Rogers Hornsby 4 0 2 2 Edd Roush 3 0 0 0
Hack Wilson 3 0 0 0 Greasy Neale 4 1 1 0
Kiki Cuyler 3 0 0 0 Larry Kopf 2 1 0 0
Riggs Stephenson 4 0 0 0 Sherry Magee 3 0 0 0
Charlie Grimm 3 0 0 0 Ivey Wingo 3 1 2 1
Zack Taylor 2 0 0 0 Rube Bressler 2 0 0 1
Sheriff Blake BYW 3 0 0 0 Hod Eller BKZ 2 0 0 0
Cliff Heathcote 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 5 2 TOTALS 26 3 5 3
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 001 010 000 -- 2
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 010 100 01x -- 3
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 9, 1919 CINCINNATI REDS 8. ERR--Riggs
Stephenson. 2B--Rogers Hornsby, Norm McMillan. 3B--Rogers
Hornsby. HBP--Zack Taylor. SACF--Rube Bressler, Jake
Daubert. SACB--Woody English, Larry Kopf.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sheriff Blake BYW [L] 8.00 5 3 2 6 1 0
1919 CINCINNATI REDS
Hod Eller BKZ [W] 9.00 5 2 2 5 6 0
Game #4: Chicago 6, Cincinnati 0
Chicago’s Guy Bush pitched a three-hit shutout. He got out of a jam with runners on second and third in the second inning, and survived a leadoff double in the sixth inning. Those were the only runners to make it into scoring position. The Cubs scored four runs in the top of the first on Rogers Hornsby’s RBI single, Hack Wilson’s two-run triple and Kiki Cuyler’s RBI single. Riggs Stephenson added an RBI single in the third and an RBI double in the sixth.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 4 1 0 0 Morrie Rath 4 0 0 0
Woody English 4 1 0 0 Jake Daubert 4 0 0 0
Rogers Hornsby 4 2 3 1 Heinie Groh 3 0 1 0
Hack Wilson 4 1 1 2 Edd Roush 4 0 0 0
Kiki Cuyler 5 1 2 1 Greasy Neale 3 0 0 0
Riggs Stephenson 2 0 2 2 Larry Kopf 3 0 0 0
Charlie Grimm 4 0 0 0 Sherry Magee 2 0 1 0
Zack Taylor 3 0 1 0 Ivey Wingo 3 0 0 0
Guy Bush BY 4 0 1 0 Ray Fisher B 1 0 0 0
Bill Rariden 1 0 1 0
Roy Mitchell CY 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 6 10 6 TOTALS 29 0 3 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 401 001 000 -- 6
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 8, 1919 CINCINNATI REDS 4. ERR--Riggs
Stephenson. 2B--Rogers Hornsby, Riggs Stephenson, Bill
Rariden. 3B--Hack Wilson. SB--Kiki Cuyler, Sherry Magee.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Guy Bush BY [W] 9.00 3 0 0 2 3 0
1919 CINCINNATI REDS
Ray Fisher B [L] 6.00 8 6 6 4 1 0
Roy Mitchell CY 3.00 2 0 0 3 3 0
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