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Cubs 4 @ Pirates 5
Forbes Field
April 24, 1929

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, played on April 24, 1929 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Cubs with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateApril 24, 1929 
Visiting Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 4 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 5 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherSteve Swetonic  
Losing PitcherTrader Horne  
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Game Winning RBIEarl Sheely 

Game Info

DateApril 24, 1929 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago Cubs 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherCharlie Root  
Home Starting PitcherBurleigh Grimes  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance32,000 
Time of Game2 hours 53 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Charlie Moran
1B: Edward McLaughlin
2B: (none)
3B: Ernie Quigley

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Woody English  Shortstop 
Clyde Beck  Third Baseman 
Kiki Cuyler  Right Fielder 
Rogers Hornsby  Second Baseman 
Hack Wilson  Center Fielder 
Riggs Stephenson  Left Fielder 
Charlie Grimm  First Baseman 
Tom Angley  Catcher 
Charlie Root  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Cobe Jones  Shortstop 
Lloyd Waner  Center Fielder 
Paul Waner  Right Fielder 
Pie Traynor  Third Baseman 
George Grantham  Left Fielder 
Earl Sheely  First Baseman 
Dick Bartell  Second Baseman 
Charlie Hargreaves  Catcher 
Burleigh Grimes  Pitcher 
Donie Bush  Manager 

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Cubs 4 @ Pirates 5
Forbes Field
April 24, 1929

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/24/1929 -- Chicago at Pittsburgh (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
English W, ss         5  1  2  0   Jones C, ss           6  1  2  0   
Beck C, 3b            6  0  0  0   Waner L, cf           6  1  2  0   
Cuyler K, rf          4  0  2  1   Waner P, rf           4  1  1  1   
Hornsby R, 2b         6  0  0  0   Traynor P, 3b         6  2  1  1   
Wilson H, cf          5  0  0  0   Grantham G, lf        4  0  0  0   
Stephenson R, lf      4  1  1  0   Sheely E, 1b          5  0  2  3   
Grimm C, 1b           6  1  1  0   Bartell D, 2b         5  0  1  0   
Angley T, c           5  0  3  2   Hargreaves C, c       5  0  1  0   
Root C, p             1  0  0  0   Grimes B, p           4  0  0  0   
Heathcote C, ph       1  1  0  0   Swetonic S, p         1  0  0  0   
Horne T, p            2  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  4  9  3                        46  5 10  5

Chicago          000 100 210 000 0 --  4
Pittsburgh       004 000 000 000 1 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Root C                6.0  7  4  4  1  1
Horne T (L)           6.1  3  1  1  3  3

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Grimes B             11.0  7  4  2  6  3
Swetonic S (W)        2.0  2  0  0  0  2

E -- Jones C, Hargreaves C
DP -- Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Chicago 10, Pittsburgh 9
2B -- Grimm C, Cuyler K, Angley T, Sheely E
SB -- Stephenson R, Bartell D, Traynor P, Jones C, English W, Heathcote C
SH -- Root C
SF -- Cuyler K
HBP -- by Root C (Waner P)
PB -- Angley T
T -- 2:53
A -- 32000

    

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