The 1930 St. Louis Cardinals kept their pennant hopes on life support while dealing a near-fatal blow to the 1929 Chicago Cubs as the Cards took three of four games to close out week 8.
St. Louis has the bye in week 9, so the Cardinals’ season comes to an end with a 19-13 record. They’ll need a miracle to tie for the title, as first-place Cleveland is 19-9 and second-place New York is 18-10. With four games to play, the Cubs (16-12) are now three back of first place and tied with Pittsburgh, who they’ll face in week 9.
Frankie Frisch batted .471 (8-for-17) to lead the Cardinals’ attack. Hack Wilson was the only Cub starter to fare well, batting .400 (6-for-15).
Game #1: St. Louis 4, Chicago 2
The Cubs took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth on Riggs Stephenson’s two-run homer. But St. Louis scored twice in the sixth to regain the lead as Chick Hafey had an RBI double and George Watkins had an RBI single. Charlie Gelbert tacked on an insurance run in the seventh with an RBI single. St. Louis starter Burleigh Grimes won for his seventh time in eight starts and will finish the season as the only starter in the league without a loss.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Taylor Douthit 4 0 0 0 Norm McMillan 4 0 1 0
Sparky Adams 4 1 1 0 Riggs Stephenson 4 1 2 2
Frankie Frisch 4 1 2 1 Rogers Hornsby 3 0 0 0
Chick Hafey 4 1 1 1 Hack Wilson 4 0 0 0
George Watkins 4 0 1 1 Kiki Cuyler 4 0 0 0
Jim Bottomley 4 0 1 0 Charlie Grimm 4 0 3 0
Jimmie Wilson 3 1 1 0 Woody English 3 0 0 0
Charlie Gelbert 4 0 1 1 Zack Taylor 4 1 1 0
Burleigh Grimes BY 3 0 0 0 Charlie Root AXY 1 0 0 0
Cliff Heathcote 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 4 8 4 TOTALS 32 2 7 2
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 100 002 100 -- 4
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 000 020 000 -- 2
LOB--1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 6.
ERR--Sparky Adams, Frankie Frisch. 2B--Jimmie Wilson, Chick
Hafey, Charlie Grimm (2), Norm McMillan. 3B--Sparky Adams.
HR--Riggs Stephenson. HBP--Woody English. SACB--Charlie Root
AXY.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Burleigh Grimes BY [W] 8.00 7 2 2 1 3 1
Flint Rehm BYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Charlie Root AXY [L] 7.00 7 4 4 1 5 0
Hal Carlson CYZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Game #2: Chicago 2, St. Louis 1
The Cubs got an RBI double in the first inning from Hack Wilson. The Cardinals tied it in the third on Frankie Frisch’s RBI single. Chicago got the winning run in the seventh when Rogers Hornsby reached base on a two-out error and would score on a double by Wilson. The Cubs’ Pat Malone improved to 5-1 with the win.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Taylor Douthit 4 0 0 0 Norm McMillan 4 0 0 0
Sparky Adams 4 1 3 0 Riggs Stephenson 2 1 0 0
Frankie Frisch 4 0 2 1 Rogers Hornsby 4 1 0 0
Chick Hafey 4 0 0 0 Hack Wilson 4 0 2 2
George Watkins 4 0 0 0 Kiki Cuyler 3 0 1 0
Jim Bottomley 4 0 1 0 Charlie Grimm 4 0 0 0
Jimmie Wilson 4 0 2 0 Woody English 3 0 0 0
Charlie Gelbert 4 0 0 0 Zack Taylor 4 0 1 0
Bill Hallahan BKXW 3 0 1 0 Pat Malone BK 2 0 1 0
TOTALS 35 1 9 1 TOTALS 30 2 5 2
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 001 000 000 -- 1
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 100 000 10x -- 2
LOB--1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 7, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 9.
ERR--Sparky Adams, Charlie Gelbert. 2B--Jim Bottomley,
Sparky Adams, Hack Wilson (2). HBP--Riggs Stephenson.
SB--Sparky Adams.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Hallahan BKXW [L] 8.00 5 2 1 4 7 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Pat Malone BK [W] 9.00 9 1 1 0 9 0
Game #3: St. Louis 13, Chicago 5
The Cubs scored first, and then the Cardinals unloaded for 12 unanswered runs between the third and sixth innings. Charlie Gelbert drove in four runs over three consecutive innings, and Chick Hafey had three RBI. The Cubs would score some runs late, including a Hack Wilson home run, though St. Louis also got a solo homer from Jim Bottomley to end the scoring. Cardinal starter Syl Johnson improved to 6-2 with the victory.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 4 1 1 1 Taylor Douthit 5 0 3 2
Riggs Stephenson 4 0 0 0 Sparky Adams 4 1 0 0
Rogers Hornsby 3 1 2 1 Frankie Frisch 5 2 3 0
Hack Wilson 4 2 2 2 Chick Hafey 4 2 2 3
Kiki Cuyler 4 0 1 0 George Watkins 5 2 3 1
Charlie Grimm 4 0 1 1 Jim Bottomley 5 2 2 1
Woody English 3 0 0 0 Jimmie Wilson 5 2 2 2
Zack Taylor 3 0 0 0 Charlie Gelbert 4 1 3 4
Clyde Beck 1 0 0 0 Syl Johnson CXYZ 4 1 1 0
Sheriff Blake BYW 2 0 0 0
Mike Gonzalez 2 1 2 0
TOTALS 34 5 9 5 TOTALS 41 13 19 13
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 010 000 040 -- 5
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 001 335 01x -- 13
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 5, 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6.
ERR--Syl Johnson CXYZ. 2B--Taylor Douthit, Syl Johnson CXYZ,
George Watkins, Frankie Frisch (3), Charlie Gelbert.
3B--Charlie Grimm, Norm McMillan, Chick Hafey, Charlie
Gelbert. HR--Hack Wilson, Jim Bottomley. HBP--Chick Hafey.
SB--Kiki Cuyler, George Watkins.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sheriff Blake BYW [L] 4.00 10 6 6 1 2 0
Mike Cvengros CY 2.00 8 6 6 0 0 0
Trader Horne CW 2.00 1 1 1 0 0 1
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Syl Johnson CXYZ [W] 8.00 8 5 5 3 7 1
Jim Lindsey BXW 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Game #4: St. Louis 2, Chicago 1
The Cardinals got single runs in the fourth and fifth innings on RBI singles from George Watkins and Sparky Adams, and that would be enough. Chicago would only get a solo home run from Rogers Hornsby in the sixth. The Cubs loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth inning but Flint Rehm got the final out for his seventh save.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 5 0 1 0 Taylor Douthit 4 0 0 0
Riggs Stephenson 5 0 0 0 Sparky Adams 4 0 2 1
Rogers Hornsby 4 1 1 1 Frankie Frisch 4 0 1 0
Hack Wilson 3 0 2 0 Chick Hafey 3 1 1 0
Kiki Cuyler 4 0 2 0 George Watkins 4 0 1 1
Charlie Grimm 4 0 0 0 Jim Bottomley 3 0 0 0
Woody English 4 0 0 0 Jimmie Wilson 3 0 0 0
Zack Taylor 4 0 0 0 Charlie Gelbert 3 1 1 0
Guy Bush BY 3 0 1 0 Jesse Haines BY 2 0 0 0
Cliff Heathcote 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 1 7 1 TOTALS 30 2 6 2
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 000 001 000 -- 1
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 110 00x -- 2
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 10, 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6.
ERR--Rogers Hornsby, Woody English, Taylor Douthit, Sparky
Adams. 2B--Kiki Cuyler (2). HR--Rogers Hornsby. HBP--Chick
Hafey. SACB--Jesse Haines BY.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Guy Bush BY [L] 8.00 6 2 2 0 3 0
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Jesse Haines BY [W] 8.67 7 1 1 2 4 1
Flint Rehm BYZ [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
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