Neither the first-place 1920 Cleveland Indians or the fourth-place 1930 St. Louis Cardinals could take advantage in their week 7 series, as the two teams split their four games. The Cardinals (16-12) won the opener and finale, while the Indians (17-7) took the middle two contests. St. Louis isn’t eliminated, but with only four games left, the Cardinals’ hopes are on life support. Cleveland has eight games remaining and keeps a one-game lead in the standings.
Tris Speaker went 10-for-18 (.556) with eight RBI and Steve O’Neill went 8-for-16 (.500) to lead the Indians. For the Cardinals, Frankie Frisch went 9-for-16 (.562), George Watkins took sole possession of first place for the home run leaders and Burleigh Grimes won the opener to remain the only starting pitcher in the league without a loss.
Game #1: St. Louis 7, Cleveland 2
George Watkins hit a pair of home runs, his 10th and league-leading 11th of the season. Burleigh Grimes got the complete-game win to improve to 6-0 after seven starts. A solo shot by Watkins opened the scoring in the second inning. Chick Hafey added a two-run double in the third and St. Louis led 5-0 after four innings. Watkins added a two-run blast in the eighth.
1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Charlie Jamieson 4 0 0 0 Taylor Douthit 2 1 1 1
Doc Johnston 4 0 0 0 Sparky Adams 3 1 0 0
Tris Speaker 3 0 1 1 Frankie Frisch 4 1 1 0
Elmer Smith 4 0 1 0 Chick Hafey 3 0 1 2
Steve ONeill 4 1 2 0 George Watkins 4 2 2 3
Larry Gardner 4 0 0 0 Jim Bottomley 2 1 0 0
Ray Chapman 4 0 1 1 Jimmie Wilson 3 0 0 0
Bill Wambsganss 4 0 0 0 Charlie Gelbert 3 1 1 0
Jim Bagby BZ 2 1 0 0 Burleigh Grimes BY 3 0 0 0
Joe Evans 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 34 2 6 2 TOTALS 27 7 6 6
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 001 001 -- 2
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 012 200 02x -- 7
LOB--1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 6, 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 2.
ERR--Bill Wambsganss, Jim Bottomley. 2B--Steve ONeill, Chick
Hafey, Charlie Gelbert. 3B--Elmer Smith. HR--George Watkins
(2).
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Bagby BZ [L] 7.00 4 5 3 6 1 1
Tony Faeth CXYW 1.00 2 2 2 0 1 1
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Burleigh Grimes BY [W] 9.00 6 2 1 1 3 0
Game #2: Cleveland 9, St. Louis 2
The Cardinals jumped out a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Chick Hafey’s ninth home run of the season, but that would be it off of Stan Coveleski. The Indians got one in the third on Ray Chapman’s RBI single. In the fourth, they put up seven runs before the first out was made. Tris Speaker hit a grand slam, Larry Gardner had a two-run single and Chapman had another RBI single.
1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Charlie Jamieson 4 1 0 0 Taylor Douthit 4 0 1 0
Doc Johnston 6 1 1 0 Sparky Adams 4 0 2 0
Tris Speaker 6 2 5 4 Frankie Frisch 4 1 2 0
Elmer Smith 5 2 2 0 Chick Hafey 4 1 1 2
Steve ONeill 4 1 2 1 George Watkins 4 0 0 0
Larry Gardner 5 1 2 2 Jim Bottomley 4 0 2 0
Ray Chapman 4 0 2 2 Jimmie Wilson 4 0 0 0
Bill Wambsganss 4 0 1 0 Charlie Gelbert 4 0 0 0
Stan Coveleski AXZ 5 1 2 0 Bill Hallahan BKXW 1 0 0 0
Jim Lindsey BXW 1 0 0 0
George Fisher 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 43 9 17 9 TOTALS 35 2 8 2
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 001 700 100 -- 9
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 200 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 14, 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6.
ERR--Ray Chapman. 2B--Stan Coveleski AXZ, Steve ONeill, Jim
Bottomley, Sparky Adams, Frankie Frisch. HR--Tris Speaker,
Chick Hafey. SACF--Steve ONeill. SB--Elmer Smith, Bill
Wambsganss.
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Stan Coveleski AXZ [W] 9.00 8 2 2 0 9 1
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Bill Hallahan BKXW [L] 3.00 11 8 8 5 4 1
Jim Lindsey BXW 4.00 5 1 1 0 4 0
Hal Haid BYW 2.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
Game #3: Cleveland 9, St. Louis 5
The Cardinals scored runs in each of the first four innings — and still trailed. Cleveland led 4-2 after the first inning, 6-3 after two innings, and 6-5 after four innings. RBI singles by Elmer Smith and Bill Wambsganss extended the Indians’ lead to 8-5 in the sixth. Duster Mails pitched four scoreless innings in relief to close it out. Smith went 4-for-4 and had RBI singles in each of his first three plate appearances and the Cleveland 3-4-5 batters went a combined 10-for-13.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Taylor Douthit 5 0 1 1 Charlie Jamieson 5 1 2 0
Sparky Adams 5 1 2 0 Doc Johnston 5 2 2 1
Frankie Frisch 4 1 2 1 Tris Speaker 5 2 3 2
Chick Hafey 4 1 1 1 Elmer Smith 4 3 4 3
George Watkins 3 0 2 1 Steve ONeill 4 0 3 0
Jim Bottomley 4 0 0 0 Larry Gardner 2 0 0 0
Jimmie Wilson 4 1 1 0 Joe Sewell 2 0 0 0
Charlie Gelbert 4 0 0 0 Ray Chapman 4 0 1 1
Syl Johnson CXYZ 2 1 1 0 Bill Wambsganss 4 1 2 1
George Fisher 1 0 0 0 Guy Morton CXY 2 0 0 0
Gus Mancuso 1 0 1 0 Joe Evans 1 0 0 0
Duster Mails AXZ 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 5 11 4 TOTALS 39 9 17 8
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 211 100 000 -- 5
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 420 020 10x -- 9
LOB--1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6, 1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 6.
ERR--Charlie Gelbert, Elmer Smith. 2B--Gus Mancuso, Chick
Hafey, Sparky Adams, Frankie Frisch, Tris Speaker (2).
3B--Ray Chapman, Bill Wambsganss. SB--Chick Hafey.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Syl Johnson CXYZ [L] 5.00 14 8 6 0 6 0
Herman Bell BYZ 3.00 3 1 1 0 1 0
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Guy Morton CXY [W] 5.00 10 5 5 1 3 0
Duster Mails AXZ [S] 4.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Game #4: St. Louis 4, Cleveland 3
St. Louis took a 3-1 lead in the third inning on a Frankie Frisch solo homer. Cleveland tied it in the fifth after a sacrifice fly by Elmer Smith and an RBI double from Steve O’Neill. The Cardinals regained the lead in the eighth when Frisch (who went 4-for-4) led off with a double and scored on George Watkins’ single. Cleveland’s Larry Gardner led off the bottom of the eighth with a triple but couldn’t score, and St. Louis reliever Flint Rehm pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his fifth save.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Taylor Douthit 5 0 2 0 Charlie Jamieson 3 1 0 0
Sparky Adams 4 1 1 0 Doc Johnston 5 1 2 0
Frankie Frisch 4 3 4 1 Tris Speaker 4 1 1 1
Chick Hafey 4 0 0 0 Elmer Smith 2 0 0 1
George Watkins 4 0 2 2 Steve ONeill 4 0 1 1
Jim Bottomley 4 0 0 0 Larry Gardner 4 0 1 0
Jimmie Wilson 3 0 2 0 Ray Chapman 4 0 1 0
Charlie Gelbert 2 0 1 0 Bill Wambsganss 4 0 1 0
Andy High 2 0 0 0 Ray Caldwell CYZ 2 0 1 0
Jesse Haines BY 2 0 0 0 Joe Evans 1 0 0 0
George Fisher 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 12 3 TOTALS 33 3 8 3
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 201 000 010 -- 4
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 100 020 000 -- 3
LOB--1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6, 1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 9.
ERR--Sparky Adams, Tris Speaker. 2B--Jimmie Wilson, Frankie
Frisch (2), Tris Speaker, Steve ONeill. 3B--Larry Gardner.
HR--Frankie Frisch. SACF--Elmer Smith. SACB--Jesse Haines
BY, Ray Caldwell CYZ.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jesse Haines BY [W] 8.00 8 3 1 4 0 0
Flint Rehm BYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Ray Caldwell CYZ [L] 8.00 12 4 3 1 7 1
Dick Niehaus C 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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