The first-place 1935 Chicago Cubs looked to pad their lead in the standings as they squared off against the last-place 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, but it didn’t work as they hoped. The Cubs won the first two contests at home, but the Cardinals pulled off a remarkable ninth-inning comeback to win game three, then easily won the finale to split the series.
It’s the first time that the Cardinals (6-14) haven’t lost a series, as they went 1-3 in each of the first four weeks. The Cubs (15-9) have split their last two series and now lead the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers by just one game.
Ripper Collins batted .375 (6-for-16) with six RBI to lead the Cardinals. Chuck Klein hit .438 (7-for-16) with two home runs and five RBI for the Cubs.
Game #1: Chicago 6, St. Louis 4
The Cardinals shocked the home crowd by scoring four runs in the first inning, as Pepper Martin led off the game with a home run and Ripper Collins hit a three-run shot. The Cubs halved the deficit on Chuck Klein’s two-run homer in the bottom of the first. Chicago then tied it in the sixth on Billy Jurges’ two-run double. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Klein hit his second two-run homer of the game to give the Cubs the walk-off win. After his rough start, Larry French threw eight shutout innings to improve to 4-2 on the season.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Pepper Martin 5 1 3 1 Augie Galan 5 1 3 0
Jack Rothrock 4 0 0 0 Billy Herman 5 1 2 0
Frankie Frisch 3 1 0 0 Chuck Klein 5 2 4 4
Joe Medwick 4 1 1 0 Gabby Hartnett 4 0 1 0
Ripper Collins 4 1 1 3 Frank Demaree 3 1 0 0
Virgil Davis 4 0 0 0 Stan Hack 3 1 1 0
Ernie Orsatti 4 0 0 0 Phil Cavarretta 4 0 0 0
Leo Durocher 4 0 1 0 Billy Jurges 4 0 1 2
Paul Dean BKZ 3 0 1 0 Larry French BYZ 3 0 0 0
Burgess Whitehead 1 0 1 0 Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 8 4 TOTALS 37 6 12 6
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 400 000 000 -- 4
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 200 002 002 -- 6
LOB--1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 7.
ERR--Frankie Frisch, Frank Demaree. 2B--Pepper Martin, Billy
Jurges, Augie Galan. 3B--Stan Hack. HR--Pepper Martin,
Ripper Collins, Chuck Klein (2). HBP--Stan Hack. SB--Chuck
Klein (2).
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Dean BKZ 8.00 10 4 4 1 7 1
Jesse Haines CRZ [L] 0.67 2 2 2 0 0 1
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Larry French BYZ [W] 9.00 8 4 4 1 7 2
Game #2: Chicago 3, St. Louis 1
The Cubs scored first on Billy Herman’s RBI single in the bottom of the third, but the Cardinals immediately tied it on Ripper Collins’ RBI triple in the top of the fourth. Herman drove in another run with a single to put the Cubs back in front 2-1 in the sixth inning. An RBI single by Billy Jurges gave Chicago an insurance run in the seventh. Lon Warneke improved to 5-1 with his complete-game effort.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Pepper Martin 4 0 0 0 Augie Galan 3 1 1 0
Jack Rothrock 4 0 1 0 Billy Herman 4 0 2 2
Frankie Frisch 4 1 1 0 Chuck Klein 3 0 0 0
Joe Medwick 4 0 0 0 Gabby Hartnett 3 0 0 0
Ripper Collins 4 0 1 1 Frank Demaree 4 0 1 0
Virgil Davis 4 0 1 0 Stan Hack 4 0 0 0
Ernie Orsatti 3 0 0 0 Phil Cavarretta 4 1 1 0
Leo Durocher 3 0 0 0 Billy Jurges 3 1 2 1
Tex Carleton CYZ 2 0 0 0 Lon Warneke BXZ 1 0 0 0
Burgess Whitehead 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 1 4 1 TOTALS 29 3 7 3
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 100 000 -- 1
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 001 001 10x -- 3
LOB--1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 5, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 7.
ERR--Frankie Frisch, Billy Jurges, Lon Warneke BXZ.
2B--Virgil Davis, Frankie Frisch, Phil Cavarretta, Augie
Galan. 3B--Ripper Collins. SACB--Lon Warneke BXZ (2).
SB--Billy Herman.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tex Carleton CYZ [L] 7.00 7 3 3 1 7 0
Bill Hallahan CYW 1.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Lon Warneke BXZ [W] 9.00 4 1 1 0 7 0
Game #3: St. Louis 5, Chicago 3
The Cardinals’ Jack Rothrock both began and ended the scoring with home runs. He had a solo shot in the bottom of the first to make it 1-0. The Cubs broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the top of the eighth as Gabby Hartnett had an RBI double and Stan Hack had an RBI single. It was 3-1 going to the bottom of the ninth and the Cubs were three outs away from securing the series win. After Ernie Orsatti singled with one out, the Cardinals strung together three straight hits with two outs. Pinch-hitter Burgess Whitehead had an RBI double, followed by an RBI single by Pepper Martin to tie the game at three. Rothrock then hit a walk-off two-run home run.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Augie Galan 5 0 1 0 Pepper Martin 5 1 1 1
Billy Herman 4 1 1 1 Jack Rothrock 5 2 3 3
Chuck Klein 4 0 2 0 Frankie Frisch 3 0 1 0
Gabby Hartnett 4 0 1 1 Joe Medwick 4 0 1 0
Frank Demaree 4 1 2 0 Ripper Collins 4 0 1 0
Stan Hack 4 0 1 1 Virgil Davis 3 0 0 0
Phil Cavarretta 4 0 0 0 Ernie Orsatti 4 1 1 0
Billy Jurges 4 1 1 0 Leo Durocher 4 0 0 0
Bill Lee BY 2 0 0 0 Bill Walker BYW 2 0 0 0
Ken ODea 1 0 0 0 Burgess Whitehead 1 1 1 1
TOTALS 36 3 9 3 TOTALS 35 5 9 5
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 000 010 020 -- 3
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 100 000 004 -- 5
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 8, 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 7.
ERR--Frank Demaree, Bill Lee BY, Pepper Martin, Leo
Durocher. 2B--Billy Jurges, Gabby Hartnett, Burgess
Whitehead. HR--Jack Rothrock (2). SACB--Bill Lee BY.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Lee BY 8.00 5 1 1 3 3 1
Charlie Root BXZ [L] 0.67 4 4 4 0 0 1
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Bill Walker BYW [W] 9.00 9 3 0 1 4 0
Game #4: St. Louis 6, Chicago 2
The Cardinals put up two runs in the bottom of the first on Ripper Collins’ two-RBI double. Chicago tied it in the third as Billy Herman had an RBI double, followed by a Chuck Klein RBI single. It stayed 2-2 until the seventh. St. Louis regained the lead on Pepper Martin’s RBI triple and Jack Rothrock’s RBI single. They tacked on two more on Ernie Orsatti’s two-run triple in the eighth. St. Louis ace Dizzy Dean recorded his first win of the season in his fifth start.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Augie Galan 4 1 1 0 Pepper Martin 3 2 2 1
Billy Herman 2 1 1 1 Jack Rothrock 4 0 1 1
Chuck Klein 4 0 1 1 Frankie Frisch 4 0 0 0
Gabby Hartnett 4 0 0 0 Joe Medwick 4 1 1 0
Frank Demaree 4 0 0 0 Ripper Collins 4 1 3 2
Stan Hack 3 0 2 0 Virgil Davis 4 1 3 0
Phil Cavarretta 4 0 1 0 Ernie Orsatti 4 0 2 2
Billy Jurges 4 0 0 0 Leo Durocher 4 1 1 0
Tex Carleton CX 3 0 0 0 Dizzy Dean AKZ 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 6 2 TOTALS 34 6 13 6
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 002 000 000 -- 2
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 200 000 22x -- 6
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 6, 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6.
2B--Billy Herman, Ripper Collins. 3B--Pepper Martin, Ernie
Orsatti. SACB--Dizzy Dean AKZ.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tex Carleton CX [L] 7.00 10 4 4 1 3 0
Roy Henshaw BYW 1.00 3 2 2 0 1 0
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Dizzy Dean AKZ [W] 9.00 6 2 2 3 7 0
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