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Pirates 7 @ Cubs 8
Wrigley Field
May 31, 1936

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 31, 1936 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 8 to 7.

Game Summary

DateMay 31, 1936 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 7 H: 17 E: 4 LOB: 12
Runs: 7
Hits: 17
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 8 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 15
Runs: 8
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 15
Winning PitcherTex Carleton  
Losing PitcherGuy Bush  
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Game Winning RBIEthan Allen 

Game Info

DateMay 31, 1936 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherCy Blanton  
Home Starting PitcherLarry French  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 35 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Babe Pinelli
1B: Cy Pfirman
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Stewart

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Woody Jensen  Left Fielder 
Fred Schulte  Center Fielder 
Cookie Lavagetto  Second Baseman 
Arky Vaughan  Shortstop 
Gus Suhr  First Baseman 
Bill Brubaker  Third Baseman 
Bud Hafey  Right Fielder 
Al Todd  Catcher 
Cy Blanton  Pitcher 
Pie Traynor  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Stan Hack  Third Baseman 
Billy Herman  Second Baseman 
Augie Galan  Center Fielder 
Gabby Hartnett  Catcher 
Frank Demaree  Right Fielder 
Ethan Allen  Left Fielder 
Charlie Grimm  First Baseman 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Larry French  Pitcher 
Charlie Grimm  Manager 

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Pirates 7 @ Cubs 8
Wrigley Field
May 31, 1936

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/31/1936 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Jensen W, lf          5  0  2  0   Hack S, 3b            4  0  2  2   
Schulte F, cf         6  0  1  0   Herman B, 2b          4  0  1  0   
Lavagetto C, 2b       5  2  1  0   Galan A, cf           3  1  0  0   
Vaughan A, ss         6  1  2  0   Hartnett G, c         4  1  1  0   
Suhr G, 1b            5  2  3  2   Bryant C, pr          0  1  0  0   
Brubaker B, 3b        5  1  2  4   Demaree F, rf         5  2  2  1   
Hafey B, rf           5  1  1  0   Allen E, lf           6  0  1  1   
Todd A, c             5  0  3  0   Grimm C, 1b           5  2  3  2   
Blanton C, p          2  0  2  1   Jurges B, ss          5  1  2  1   
Birkofer R, p         1  0  0  0   French L, p           3  0  1  0   
Padden T, ph          1  0  0  0   Carleton T, p         1  0  0  0   
Brown M, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Young P, ph           0  0  0  0                                      
Waner L, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Bush G, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     47  7 17  7                        40  8 13  7

Pittsburgh       020 010 004 0 --  7
Chicago          300 210 100 1 --  8
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blanton C             3.1  5  5  2  2  0
Birkofer R            3.2  4  2  1  3  1
Brown M               1.0  0  0  0  1  0
Bush G (L)            1.1  4  1  1  1  0

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
French L              8.2 16  7  6  1  4
Carleton T (W)        1.1  1  0  0  0  1

E -- Lavagetto C 2, Jurges B, Schulte F, Vaughan A
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 12, Chicago 15
2B -- Jensen W, Blanton C, French L, Todd A
HR -- Suhr G, Demaree F, Brubaker B
SH -- French L, Hack S, Hartnett G
HBP -- by French L (Jensen W), by Birkofer R (Hartnett G)
T -- 2:35
A -- 0

    

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