The 1935 Chicago Cubs and the 1940 Cincinnati Reds came in as two of the top teams in the league and they played a highly entertaining series. The first two games both had amazing ninth-inning finishes. The second two contests were high-scoring routs. The overall result was a four-game split.
The Cubs (13-7) could have opened up a big lead in the standings with another win or two, but the Reds (9-7) kept them within striking distance.
Augie Galan batted .429 (6-for-14) to lead the Cubs. Lonny Frey and Frank McCormick both hit .312 (5-for-16) to lead the Reds.
Game #1: Chicago 6, Cincinnati 3 (11 inn.)
The Reds took a 3-1 lead to the ninth inning. But in the top of the ninth, Augie Galan hit a one-out double. After the second out, Chuck Klein and Gabby Harnett and Frank Demaree posted three consecutive singles, with the hits by Klein and Demaree plating runs, tying the game at three. In the top of the 11th, pinch-hitter Ken O’Dea led off with a double. He scored on Billy Herman’s single, and Chuck Klein followed with a two-run home run.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1940 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Augie Galan 3 1 2 1 Billy Werber 4 0 0 1
Billy Herman 5 1 1 1 Lonny Frey 5 2 2 0
Chuck Klein 5 2 3 3 Ival Goodman 5 0 1 1
Gabby Hartnett 6 0 2 0 Frank McCormick 5 0 2 1
Frank Demaree 6 0 1 1 Ernie Lombardi 4 0 1 0
Stan Hack 4 0 0 0 Harry Craft 4 0 0 0
Phil Cavarretta 5 0 1 0 Mike McCormick 4 0 1 0
Billy Jurges 5 1 1 0 Billy Myers 4 0 0 0
Tex Carleton CX 2 0 1 0 Bucky Walters BY 2 0 0 0
Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 Morrie Arnovich 1 1 1 0
Ken ODea 1 1 1 0 Willard Hershberger 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 43 6 13 6 TOTALS 39 3 8 3
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 001 000 002 03 -- 6
1940 CINCINNATI REDS 100 001 010 00 -- 3
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 11, 1940 CINCINNATI REDS 5.
ERR--Billy Herman, Lonny Frey. 2B--Ken ODea, Augie Galan,
Ival Goodman. 3B--Morrie Arnovich. HR--Chuck Klein.
HBP--Chuck Klein, Billy Herman, Augie Galan, Ernie Lombardi.
SACF--Billy Werber. SACB--Tex Carleton CX, Augie Galan.
SB--Augie Galan, Lonny Frey.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tex Carleton CX 8.00 5 3 3 0 3 0
Charlie Root BXZ [W] 2.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Henshaw BYW [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
1940 CINCINNATI REDS
Bucky Walters BY 8.00 5 1 1 2 3 0
Joe Beggs BZ 2.00 4 2 2 0 0 0
Johnny Hutchings C [L] 0.33 3 3 3 0 0 1
Whitey Moore CXW 0.67 1 0 0 0 0 0
Game #2: Cincinnati 2, Chicago 1
This one had a fantastic pitching duel between the Reds’ Jim Turner and the Cubs’ Larry French. Chicago went up 1-0 when Augie Galan led off the sixth inning with a solo home run. It stayed that way until the bottom of the ninth. After the first Red batter was retired, Harry Craft doubled, Mike McCormick walked and Billy Myers singled to load the bases. After the second out of the inning, Billy Werber hit the ball off the right-center field wall, scoring two runs and giving the Reds a walk-off win.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1940 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Augie Galan 4 1 2 1 Billy Werber 5 0 2 2
Billy Herman 3 0 0 0 Lonny Frey 3 0 0 0
Chuck Klein 4 0 1 0 Ival Goodman 3 0 1 0
Gabby Hartnett 4 0 0 0 Frank McCormick 4 0 1 0
Frank Demaree 4 0 1 0 Ernie Lombardi 4 0 0 0
Stan Hack 4 0 1 0 Harry Craft 3 1 1 0
Phil Cavarretta 3 0 1 0 Mike McCormick 3 1 0 0
Billy Jurges 3 0 0 0 Billy Myers 3 0 1 0
Larry French BYZ 2 0 0 0 Jim Turner BZ 3 0 1 0
Morrie Arnovich 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 1 6 1 TOTALS 32 2 7 2
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 000 001 000 -- 1
1940 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 002 -- 2
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 7, 1940 CINCINNATI REDS 9. ERR--Stan
Hack, Mike McCormick. 2B--Frank Demaree, Harry Craft, Jim
Turner BZ. HR--Augie Galan. HBP--Billy Jurges, Harry Craft.
SACB--Larry French BYZ. SB--Ival Goodman.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry French BYZ [L] 8.67 7 2 2 4 4 0
1940 CINCINNATI REDS
Jim Turner BZ [W] 9.00 6 1 1 2 1 1
Game #3: Chicago 8, Cincinnati 2
The Cubs came back strong after an agonizing loss. Gabby Harnett hit a three-run homer in the third inning and Billy Jurges hit a two-run homer in the fourth to make it 6-0. The lead grew to 8-0 in the sixth inning. Lon Warneke improved to 4-1, struck out 12 and took a shutout to the ninth inning, though the Reds finally scored twice.
1940 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Billy Werber 4 0 0 0 Augie Galan 3 0 1 0
Lonny Frey 4 1 1 1 Billy Herman 4 1 3 2
Ival Goodman 4 0 0 0 Chuck Klein 3 1 0 0
Frank McCormick 3 0 0 0 Gabby Hartnett 4 1 1 3
Ernie Lombardi 4 0 2 1 Frank Demaree 4 0 0 0
Harry Craft 4 0 0 0 Stan Hack 4 2 3 0
Mike McCormick 3 0 1 0 Phil Cavarretta 4 0 0 0
Billy Myers 3 0 0 0 Billy Jurges 4 2 2 2
Gene Thompson BX 1 0 0 0 Lon Warneke BXZ 3 1 1 1
Morrie Arnovich 1 0 0 0
Eddie Joost 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 32 2 5 2 TOTALS 33 8 11 8
1940 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 002 -- 2
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 004 202 00x -- 8
LOB--1940 CINCINNATI REDS 4, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 4. 2B--Mike
McCormick, Stan Hack, Lon Warneke BXZ. HR--Billy Jurges,
Gabby Hartnett. SACB--Lon Warneke BXZ. SB--Lonny Frey, Eddie
Joost.
1940 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gene Thompson BX [L] 5.00 8 6 6 1 1 2
Johnny Vander Meer C 3.00 3 2 2 1 6 0
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Lon Warneke BXZ [W] 9.00 5 2 2 1 12 0
Game #4: Cincinnati 5, Chicago 1
It was another good pitchers’ duel for a while, but a scoreless game got broken open by a four-run effort by the Reds in the top of the sixth inning. Frank McCormick hit a two-run homer and Billy Myers had a two-run double. The Reds added another run in the eighth on Ernie Lombardi’s RBI single. Paul Derringer was one out away from a shutout but Gabby Hartnett homered to give the Cubs a run.
1940 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Billy Werber 5 0 1 0 Augie Galan 4 0 1 0
Lonny Frey 4 0 2 0 Billy Herman 4 0 0 0
Ival Goodman 3 1 0 0 Chuck Klein 3 0 0 0
Frank McCormick 4 2 2 2 Gabby Hartnett 4 1 1 1
Ernie Lombardi 4 1 2 1 Frank Demaree 3 0 1 0
Harry Craft 4 1 1 0 Stan Hack 4 0 0 0
Mike McCormick 4 0 1 0 Phil Cavarretta 3 0 0 0
Billy Myers 4 0 1 2 Billy Jurges 3 0 0 0
Paul Derringer BYZ 4 0 0 0 Bill Lee BY 1 0 0 0
Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 5 10 5 TOTALS 30 1 3 1
1940 CINCINNATI REDS 000 004 010 -- 5
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1940 CINCINNATI REDS 7, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 5. ERR--Billy
Myers, Billy Jurges. 2B--Billy Myers, Harry Craft, Frank
McCormick, Billy Werber. HR--Frank McCormick, Gabby
Hartnett. SACB--Bill Lee BY. SB--Augie Galan.
1940 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Derringer BYZ [W] 9.00 3 1 1 2 3 1
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Bill Lee BY [L] 7.00 8 5 5 3 2 1
Roy Henshaw BYW 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Fabian Kowalik DY 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
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