Late game heroics were aplenty during the series between the 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1919 Cincinnati Reds, and the Pirates had more of them as they won three of the four games. Pittsburgh posted walk-off victories in the ninth inning of both games three and four.
Paul Waner hit .562 (9-for-16) with five RBI for the Pirates (14-10), who saw Lee Meadows and Ray Kremer each win their fourth games of the season. Jake Daubert, the only Cincinnati hitter to bat better than .200, was at .333 (5-for-15). The Reds remain near the cellar at 6-18 overall.
Game #1: Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 4
The Pirates were cruising, taking a 2-0 lead to the bottom of the eighth inning, while starting pitcher Carmen Hill had given up only three hits in the first seven innings. But Cincinnati exploded for six runs on five hits in the bottom of the eighth, with RBI singles by Ivey Wingo and Larry Kopf, followed by two-run singles from Sherry Magee and pinch-hitter Bill Rariden. The Pirates got two back in the top of the ninth on Paul Waner’s fourth hit of the day, but it wasn’t enough.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Lloyd Waner 4 0 1 0 Heinie Groh 4 1 0 0
Joe Harris 4 1 1 0 Edd Roush 4 0 1 0
Paul Waner 5 1 4 2 Jake Daubert 3 0 1 0
Glenn Wright 4 0 1 0 Greasy Neale 4 1 1 0
Pie Traynor 4 0 1 1 Ivey Wingo 4 1 1 1
Clyde Barnhart 5 1 1 0 Larry Kopf 4 1 1 1
George Grantham 4 0 1 1 Morrie Rath 3 1 0 0
Johnny Gooch 3 0 0 0 Sherry Magee 3 1 1 2
Carmen Hill BY 3 0 0 0 Dutch Ruether AYW 2 0 1 0
Earl Smith 1 1 1 0 Louis Duncan 1 0 0 0
Bill Rariden 1 0 1 2
TOTALS 37 4 11 4 TOTALS 33 6 8 6
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 100 012 -- 4
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 06x -- 6
LOB--1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 11, 1919 CINCINNATI REDS 7.
ERR--Lloyd Waner, Joe Harris. 2B--Paul Waner (2), Joe
Harris. 3B--George Grantham. HBP--Morrie Rath. SB--Sherry
Magee.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Carmen Hill BY [L] 7.67 7 6 6 3 3 0
Mike Cvengros BXW 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0
1919 CINCINNATI REDS
Dutch Ruether AYW 7.00 6 1 1 3 3 0
Jimmy Ring BY [W] 1.00 2 1 1 1 1 0
Roy Mitchell CY 1.00 3 2 2 1 0 0
Game #2: Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 1
The Pirates broke open a scoreless game in the top of the sixth on Pie Traynor’s two-RBI triple. Cincinnati scored once in the bottom of the seventh on Heinie Groh’s RBI single. Pittsburgh got an insurance run in the top of the eighth on Paul Waner’s RBI triple. The Reds went quietly in their final two at-bats.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Lloyd Waner 4 0 1 0 Heinie Groh 4 0 2 1
Joe Harris 4 2 1 0 Edd Roush 4 0 0 0
Paul Waner 4 0 2 1 Jake Daubert 4 0 1 0
Glenn Wright 3 1 0 0 Greasy Neale 4 0 1 0
Pie Traynor 4 0 1 2 Ivey Wingo 4 0 0 0
Clyde Barnhart 4 0 0 0 Larry Kopf 4 0 0 0
George Grantham 3 0 1 0 Morrie Rath 4 0 0 0
Johnny Gooch 4 0 0 0 Sherry Magee 3 1 0 0
Lee Meadows BZ 3 0 1 0 Slim Sallee BRZ 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 33 3 7 3 TOTALS 32 1 5 1
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 002 010 -- 3
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 100 -- 1
LOB--1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 5, 1919 CINCINNATI REDS 7.
ERR--George Grantham, Lee Meadows BZ, Larry Kopf. 3B--Paul
Waner, Pie Traynor. SACB--Slim Sallee BRZ.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lee Meadows BZ [W] 8.00 5 1 1 2 2 0
Johnny Miljus AYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1919 CINCINNATI REDS
Slim Sallee BRZ [L] 9.00 7 3 2 2 2 0
Game #3: Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 1
The Reds got a run in the top of the first as Edd Roush doubled and Jake Daubert singled him home, but that would be it. The Pirates finally evened the game in the sixth on Paul Waner’s RBI double. It stayed 1-1 until the bottom of the ninth. Gleen Wright and Pie Traynor reached base with singles, and a walk loaded the bases with no one out. George Grantham ended the contest with an RBI single.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Heinie Groh 2 0 0 0 Lloyd Waner 4 0 1 0
Edd Roush 4 1 1 0 Joe Harris 4 1 1 0
Jake Daubert 4 0 3 1 Paul Waner 4 0 3 1
Greasy Neale 4 0 0 0 Glenn Wright 4 1 1 0
Ivey Wingo 4 0 0 0 Pie Traynor 4 0 2 0
Larry Kopf 4 0 0 0 Clyde Barnhart 3 0 1 0
Morrie Rath 4 0 1 0 George Grantham 4 0 1 1
Sherry Magee 4 0 0 0 Johnny Gooch 3 0 0 0
Hod Eller BKZ 3 0 0 0 Ray Kremer AYZ 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 1 5 1 TOTALS 32 2 10 2
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 100 000 000 -- 1
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 001 001 -- 2
LOB--1919 CINCINNATI REDS 7, 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 8.
ERR--Glenn Wright (2). 2B--Edd Roush, Paul Waner. SB--Jake
Daubert, Pie Traynor.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Hod Eller BKZ [L] 8.00 10 2 2 2 5 0
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Ray Kremer AYZ [W] 9.00 5 1 1 2 4 0
Game #4: Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 2
Cincinnati took a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning on Larry Kopf’s RBI double. That lead stood until the bottom of the ninth. With two on and two out, the Pirates’ Clyde Barnhart hit a ball off the wall that allowed both the tying and winning runs to score. Reds starter Ray Fisher was one out away from his first win of the season but instead fell to 0-6 after six starts.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Heinie Groh 4 0 0 0 Lloyd Waner 4 0 1 0
Edd Roush 4 0 1 0 Joe Harris 2 1 0 0
Jake Daubert 4 0 0 0 Paul Waner 3 0 0 1
Greasy Neale 4 0 0 0 Glenn Wright 4 0 0 0
Ivey Wingo 3 2 1 0 Pie Traynor 4 1 1 0
Larry Kopf 4 0 2 1 Clyde Barnhart 4 0 1 2
Morrie Rath 2 0 1 0 George Grantham 3 0 0 0
Sherry Magee 3 0 1 1 Johnny Gooch 3 1 1 0
Ray Fisher B 3 0 0 0 Vic Aldridge CY 2 0 0 0
Kiki Cuyler 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 6 2 TOTALS 30 3 4 3
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 010 001 000 -- 2
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 001 000 002 -- 3
LOB--1919 CINCINNATI REDS 8, 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 4.
ERR--Heinie Groh. 2B--Larry Kopf. SACF--Sherry Magee.
SACB--Ray Fisher B.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Fisher B [L] 8.67 4 3 3 3 1 0
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Vic Aldridge CY 8.00 5 2 2 4 1 0
Johnny Miljus AYZ [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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