A rematch of the 1934 World Series turned into a battle for last place in the final series of Season 3. The Detroit Tigers avenged their World Series loss to the St. Louis Cardinals by winning three of four and sending the Cardinals to the cellar.
Mickey Cochrane batted .375 (6-for-16) and Hank Greenberg hit a pair of homers to give him eight for the season for the Tigers (12-20). Jack Rothrock hit .375 (6-for-16) and drove in four runs for the Cardinals (9-23).
Game #1: Detroit 3, St. Louis 1
The Tigers scored twice in the first inning on a Hank Greenberg RBI single, and later on a passed ball. The Cardinals came back with a run in the top of the second on Virgil Davis’ RBI single. Detroit went back up by two in the third inning on Billy Rogell’s RBI single. Then it was zeroes the rest of the way as the Tigers claimed game 1. Schoolboy Rowe scattered four hits to win his team-best fourth game of the season.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Pepper Martin 4 0 0 0 Jo Jo White 4 1 2 0
Jack Rothrock 3 0 1 0 Charlie Gehringer 3 0 0 0
Frankie Frisch 4 0 0 0 Hank Greenberg 3 1 1 1
Joe Medwick 4 1 1 0 Goose Goslin 3 1 0 0
Ripper Collins 3 0 0 0 Billy Rogell 4 0 2 1
Virgil Davis 3 0 2 1 Mickey Cochrane 4 0 2 0
Ernie Orsatti 3 0 0 0 Marv Owen 4 0 1 0
Leo Durocher 3 0 0 0 Pete Fox 4 0 0 0
Tex Carleton CYZ 3 0 0 0 Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 1 4 1 TOTALS 31 3 8 2
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 010 000 000 -- 1
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 201 000 00x -- 3
LOB--1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 3, 1934 DETROIT TIGERS 9.
SB--Mickey Cochrane, Billy Rogell, Jo Jo White (2).
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tex Carleton CYZ [L] 8.00 8 3 2 5 4 0
1934 DETROIT TIGERS
Schoolboy Rowe BXYZ [W] 9.00 4 1 1 1 9 0
Game #2: St. Louis 5, Detroit 4 (11 inn.)
The Cardinals twice built a pair of two-run leads, but both times the Tigers came back to tie the contest. Hank Greenberg and Goose Goslin hit solo homers for Detroit. It went to extra innings and in the top of the 11th, Virgil Davis led off with a double and scored on Leo Durocher’s single as the Cardinals evened the series.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Pepper Martin 6 1 1 1 Jo Jo White 4 0 1 0
Jack Rothrock 5 1 1 1 Charlie Gehringer 5 0 1 0
Frankie Frisch 6 0 3 2 Hank Greenberg 5 1 1 1
Joe Medwick 5 0 1 0 Goose Goslin 5 1 2 1
Ripper Collins 5 0 2 0 Billy Rogell 5 2 0 0
Virgil Davis 3 1 1 0 Mickey Cochrane 4 0 2 0
Ernie Orsatti 5 0 0 0 Marv Owen 3 0 2 1
Leo Durocher 5 1 1 1 Pete Fox 5 0 0 1
Paul Dean BKZ 2 1 1 0 Elden Auker BYZ 2 0 0 0
Bill DeLancey 1 0 0 0 Gee Walker 1 0 0 0
Chick Fullis 1 0 1 0 Ray Hayworth 1 0 0 0
Frank Doljack 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 44 5 12 5 TOTALS 41 4 9 4
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 002 020 000 01 -- 5
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 000 201 010 00 -- 4
LOB--1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 10, 1934 DETROIT TIGERS 8.
ERR--Ernie Orsatti (2), Billy Rogell, Charlie Gehringer,
Marv Owen. 2B--Pepper Martin, Jack Rothrock, Joe Medwick,
Chick Fullis, Virgil Davis, Mickey Cochrane. HR--Goose
Goslin, Hank Greenberg. SACF--Marv Owen. SACB--Paul Dean
BKZ, Marv Owen. SB--Goose Goslin.
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Dean BKZ 8.00 9 4 2 1 10 2
Jesse Haines CRZ [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Hallahan CYW [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
1934 DETROIT TIGERS
Elden Auker BYZ 7.00 6 4 2 1 4 0
Firpo Marberry CYZ 2.00 2 0 0 1 0 0
Carl Fischer CY [L] 2.00 4 1 1 1 1 0
Game #3: Detroit 4, St. Louis 3
Billy Rogell hit a two-run homer in the top of the third inning to put the Tigers ahead 3-1. The Cardinals would tie it in the fourth inning on Leo Durocher’s sacrifice fly. The deadlock was finally broken in the top of the eighth when the Tigers’ Marv Owen came through with a two-out single. Somehow, C-rated Vic Sorrell outdueled A-rated Dizzy Dean.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Jo Jo White 5 0 1 0 Pepper Martin 4 1 1 0
Charlie Gehringer 4 0 0 0 Jack Rothrock 4 1 1 1
Hank Greenberg 4 1 1 0 Frankie Frisch 4 0 1 1
Goose Goslin 2 1 1 0 Joe Medwick 4 0 1 0
Billy Rogell 5 1 2 3 Ripper Collins 4 0 1 0
Mickey Cochrane 4 1 1 0 Virgil Davis 3 1 0 0
Marv Owen 4 0 1 1 Ernie Orsatti 4 0 2 0
Pete Fox 3 0 2 0 Leo Durocher 2 0 0 1
Vic Sorrell CZ 3 0 0 0 Dizzy Dean AKZ 2 0 1 0
TOTALS 34 4 9 4 TOTALS 31 3 8 3
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 102 000 010 -- 4
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 101 100 000 -- 3
LOB--1934 DETROIT TIGERS 10, 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4.
2B--Goose Goslin, Jo Jo White, Hank Greenberg, Pepper
Martin, Ripper Collins, Frankie Frisch. HR--Billy Rogell.
HBP--Charlie Gehringer. SACF--Leo Durocher. SACB--Vic
Sorrell CZ, Dizzy Dean AKZ. SB--Mickey Cochrane, Pete Fox,
Ernie Orsatti.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vic Sorrell CZ [W] 9.00 8 3 3 1 3 0
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Dizzy Dean AKZ [L] 9.00 9 4 4 5 10 1
Game #4: Detroit 6, St. Louis 5
The Tigers went ahead 3-2 in the top of the third on Hank Greenberg’s two-run homer, but St. Louis tied it in the bottom half of the frame. The Cardinals’ Ripper Collins had a two-run double in the first inning and an RBI double in the third. The Tigers scored the next three runs, including a pair of RBI doubles from Charlie Gehringer. The Tigers led by three going to the bottom of the ninth and though the Cardinals got two back on Jack Rothrock’s two-run single, that would be it.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Jo Jo White 4 3 0 0 Pepper Martin 4 0 0 0
Charlie Gehringer 5 1 4 3 Jack Rothrock 4 1 3 2
Hank Greenberg 5 1 1 2 Frankie Frisch 5 1 1 0
Goose Goslin 5 0 0 0 Joe Medwick 4 1 1 0
Billy Rogell 3 1 2 0 Ripper Collins 4 0 2 3
Mickey Cochrane 4 0 1 1 Virgil Davis 4 0 0 0
Marv Owen 3 0 0 0 Ernie Orsatti 4 0 3 0
Pete Fox 3 0 1 0 Leo Durocher 4 1 1 0
Tommy Bridges BXY 2 0 0 0 Bill Walker BYW 1 0 0 0
Burgess Whitehead 1 0 0 0
Bill DeLancey 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 34 6 9 6 TOTALS 36 5 12 5
1934 DETROIT TIGERS 003 011 001 -- 6
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 201 000 002 -- 5
LOB--1934 DETROIT TIGERS 8, 1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 7.
2B--Charlie Gehringer (3), Ripper Collins (2). 3B--Billy
Rogell. HR--Hank Greenberg. SACB--Bill Walker BYW.
1934 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tommy Bridges BXY [W] 8.00 9 3 3 2 4 0
Firpo Marberry CYZ [S] 1.00 3 2 2 0 0 0
1934 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Bill Walker BYW [L] 7.00 7 5 5 5 3 1
Jesse Haines CRZ 2.00 2 1 1 2 0 0
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