The 1930 St. Louis Cardinals won the opener against the 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates and appeared to have all the momentum against one of the league’s worst teams to that point. But the Pirates (5-7) surprisingly won the next three to put a halt to the recent good run by the Cardinals (8-8).
Lloyd Waner hit .500 (9-for-18) with four RBI for the Pirates. For St. Louis, George Watkins homered twice and Chick Hafey had one, tying them for the league lead with seven apiece after 16 games. Watkins hit .400 (6-for-15) in the series.
Game #1: St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 2
The Cardinals scored the first six runs of the game. Jim Bottomley had an RBI single in the first, George Fisher had an RBI double in the third, Sparky Adams had a two-run double and Frankie Frisch had an RBI double in the fourth, and George Watkins had a run-scoring single in the fifth. The Pirates eventually got on the board on Lloyd Waner’s RBI single in the fifth, and he singled and scored in the seventh.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Taylor Douthit 4 1 1 0 Lloyd Waner 4 1 2 1
Sparky Adams 4 2 1 2 Clyde Barnhart 4 0 0 0
Frankie Frisch 4 0 2 1 Paul Waner 4 0 1 1
Jim Bottomley 4 1 1 1 Glenn Wright 4 0 0 0
Chick Hafey 1 0 0 0 Pie Traynor 4 0 1 0
George Fisher 3 1 2 1 George Grantham 4 0 1 0
George Watkins 5 0 1 1 Joe Harris 3 0 2 0
Jimmie Wilson 4 0 2 0 Johnny Gooch 4 0 0 0
Andy High 4 0 1 0 Carmen Hill BY 1 0 0 0
Burleigh Grimes BY 2 1 0 0 Kiki Cuyler 1 1 1 0
Mike Cvengros BXW 1 0 0 0
Hal Rhyne 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 6 11 6 TOTALS 35 2 8 2
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 101 310 000 -- 6
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 010 100 -- 2
LOB--1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 9, 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 10.
ERR--Taylor Douthit, George Grantham. 2B--George Fisher (2),
Sparky Adams, Frankie Frisch, Paul Waner, Kiki Cuyler, Joe
Harris. 3B--Taylor Douthit. SACB--Burleigh Grimes BY (2).
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Burleigh Grimes BY [W] 9.00 8 2 2 4 7 0
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Carmen Hill BY [L] 5.00 10 6 6 3 2 0
Mike Cvengros BXW 4.00 1 0 0 2 2 0
Game #2: Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 3
The Cardinals’ Taylor Douthit led off the game with a home run. Pittsburgh went up 3-1 after three innings, which included a two-run double from Pie Traynor in the first inning. St. Louis got a solo homer from George Watkins in the sixth and an RBI single from Frankie Frisch in the seventh to tie it up. But the Waner brothers won the game for the Pirates in the eighth, as Lloyd had a two-run double and Paul had an RBI single.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Taylor Douthit 5 2 3 1 Lloyd Waner 5 1 2 2
Sparky Adams 5 0 2 0 Clyde Barnhart 5 0 0 0
Frankie Frisch 5 0 2 1 Paul Waner 5 1 3 1
Jim Bottomley 3 0 0 0 Glenn Wright 4 2 1 0
George Watkins 4 1 2 1 Pie Traynor 4 0 2 2
George Fisher 4 0 0 0 George Grantham 2 0 1 0
Jimmie Wilson 3 0 0 0 Joe Harris 4 1 2 1
Andy High 4 0 0 0 Johnny Gooch 4 1 1 0
Bill Hallahan BKXW 2 0 0 0 Lee Meadows BZ 3 0 0 0
Gus Mancuso 0 0 0 0 Kiki Cuyler 1 0 0 0
Ernie Orsatti 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 3 9 3 TOTALS 37 6 12 6
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 100 001 100 -- 3
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 201 000 03x -- 6
LOB--1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 9, 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 10.
ERR--Taylor Douthit. 2B--Taylor Douthit, Sparky Adams, Lloyd
Waner (2), Pie Traynor. HR--Taylor Douthit, George Watkins.
SB--George Grantham.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Hallahan BKXW 6.00 7 3 3 3 13 0
Herman Bell BYZ [L] 2.00 5 3 3 0 0 0
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Lee Meadows BZ [W] 8.00 8 3 3 3 2 2
Johnny Miljus AYZ [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Game #3: Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3
The Cardinals’ Syl Johnson was trying to become the first pitcher to win four games, but he was narrowly outdueled by Ray Kremer. Lloyd Waner and Clyde Barnhart had back-to-back two-out RBI singles in the sixth inning to give the Pirates a 4-1 lead. George Watkins hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to get the Cardinals back within one run. St. Louis got runners into scoring position in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings but couldn’t find the tying run.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Lloyd Waner 5 2 2 1 Taylor Douthit 3 0 1 0
Clyde Barnhart 4 0 1 1 Sparky Adams 5 0 0 0
Paul Waner 5 0 1 1 Frankie Frisch 5 0 1 0
Glenn Wright 4 0 2 0 Jim Bottomley 4 0 1 0
Pie Traynor 5 0 1 0 Chick Hafey 4 2 2 1
George Grantham 1 0 1 0 George Watkins 3 1 3 2
Hal Rhyne 3 1 1 0 Jimmie Wilson 4 0 0 0
Joe Harris 4 1 1 0 Charlie Gelbert 3 0 1 0
Johnny Gooch 3 0 1 1 Syl Johnson CXYZ 1 0 0 0
Ray Kremer AYZ 2 0 0 0 George Fisher 0 0 0 0
Ernie Orsatti 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 11 4 TOTALS 33 3 9 3
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 001 102 000 -- 4
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 102 000 -- 3
LOB--1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 10, 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 9.
ERR--Taylor Douthit, Charlie Gelbert. 2B--George Watkins,
Jim Bottomley. HR--George Watkins, Chick Hafey. HBP--Taylor
Douthit, George Watkins. SACB--Johnny Gooch, Ray Kremer AYZ
(2), Syl Johnson CXYZ. SB--Lloyd Waner.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Kremer AYZ [W] 8.00 8 3 3 2 2 2
Johnny Miljus AYZ [S] 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Syl Johnson CXYZ [L] 7.00 11 4 4 2 3 0
Flint Rehm BYZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Game #4: Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 0
The Pirates’ Vic Aldridge shut down the vaunted Cardinals lineup, shutting out St. Louis on a five-hitter. The Cardinals got runners into scoring position in four different innings, including twice to third base, but Aldridge (who is now 3-0 after three starts) stopped them every time. Pittsburgh’s three runs came in the first two innings, as Glenn Wright had an RBI double in the first, and Aldridge had a two-run single in the second.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Lloyd Waner 4 0 3 0 Taylor Douthit 4 0 0 0
Clyde Barnhart 4 0 0 0 Sparky Adams 3 0 1 0
Paul Waner 3 1 1 0 Frankie Frisch 4 0 1 0
Glenn Wright 4 0 2 1 Jim Bottomley 4 0 1 0
Pie Traynor 4 0 0 0 Chick Hafey 4 0 1 0
George Grantham 4 1 1 0 George Watkins 3 0 0 0
Joe Harris 4 1 1 0 Jimmie Wilson 3 0 0 0
Johnny Gooch 3 0 0 0 Charlie Gelbert 3 0 1 0
Vic Aldridge CY 4 0 1 2 Jesse Haines BY 1 0 0 0
George Fisher 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 3 9 3 TOTALS 30 0 5 0
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 120 000 000 -- 3
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6, 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 5.
ERR--Glenn Wright, Sparky Adams. 2B--Glenn Wright (2).
SACB--Jesse Haines BY. SB--Chick Hafey.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vic Aldridge CY [W] 9.00 5 0 0 1 5 0
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Jesse Haines BY [L] 8.00 9 3 3 1 3 0
Jim Lindsey BXW 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
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