DOUBLE ZEROES
Reds Blank Cards Twice
CINCINNATI, Sept. 1 (AP) - The Cincinnati Reds became the first team in the big
leagues this year to shutout their opponents twice on the same day, besting the
St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 in the opener and 2-0 in the nightcap of a Labor Day
twin bill at Redland Field.
Carl Mays (13-14) earned his first shutout of the year in game one, blanking the
Cardinals on six hits, while fanning six and walking no one. Mays earned
run average since the beginning of July is now 2.28, reversing a dreadful first
half performance. Despite Mays' fine twirling, his record over that period
is just 5-5, indicating poor run support.
In this contest, Mays needed little help. The Reds scored all the runs
they would need in the second inning on Ivy Wingo's two-out, two-run
triple. St. Louis third baseman Hi Myers' error on Sammy Bohne's two-out
ground ball allowed Babe Pinelli, who has tripled, to score an unearned
insurance run in the fourth and Cincinnati effectively iced the game in the
sixth on Bohne's two-run single.
The Cardinals had a mild threat in the first and loaded the bases with two outs
in the sixth but failed to score either time. Only one St. Louis runner
reached third base.
In game two, Rube Benton fired his first shutout of the year, a four-hitter, and
won his tenth game in the process. No Cardinal baserunner reached third.
Cincinnati scored the game's only two runs off hard luck loser Jesse Haines
(10-12) in the fifth inning on Bohne's two-run home run down the left field
line. The longball scored Rube Bressler, who had been hit by a Haines
pitch.
The sweep at the hands of the Reds leaves the Cardinals with a six-game losing
streak. Player of the year candidate Rogers Hornsby has missed the last
four games with a nagging leg injury and the St. Louis offense has been clearly
impacted; the Cardinals have scored only four runs in Hornsby's absence.
9/1/1924, SLN24-Cin24, game 1, Redland Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1924 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 8 0
1924 Reds 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 x 5 7 1 5 0
Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Reds AB R H BI AVG
Smith rf 4 0 0 0 .280 Critz 2b 4 0 0 0 .274
Toporcer ss 3 0 3 0 .375 Daubert 1b 4 0 1 0 .310
Blades 2b 4 0 1 0 .376 Rousch cf 3 0 0 0 .330
Bottomley 1b 4 0 2 0 .288 Burns ph 1 0 0 0 .268
Hafey cf 4 0 0 0 .095 Walker rf 3 1 1 0 .332
Clough lf 4 0 0 0 .000 Bressler lf 3 2 1 0 .365
Myers 3b 3 0 0 0 .195 Pinelli 3b 3 1 1 0 .307
Sherdel ph 1 0 0 0 .214 Bohne ss 4 1 2 2 .257
Gonzalez c 3 0 0 0 .277 Wingo c 3 0 1 2 .301
Cooney ph 1 0 0 0 .281 Hargrave c 0 0 0 0 .260
Stuart p 2 0 0 0 .224 Mays p 3 0 0 0 .214
Clemons ph 1 0 0 0 .160 31 5 7 4
Rhem p 0 0 0 0 .000
34 0 6 0
Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Stuart L 9-7 6.0 7 5 4 1 1 106 62 3.97
Rhem 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 29 16 0.00
8.0 7 5 4 2 2 135 78
Reds INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Mays W 13-14 9.0 6 0 0 0 6 126 87 3.68
9.0 6 0 0 0 6 126 87
SLN: Clemons batted for Stuart in the 7th
Sherdel batted for Myers in the 9th
Cooney batted for Gonzalez in the 9th
Cin: Burns batted for Rousch in the 7th
Burns moved to rf in the 8th
Walker moved to cf in the 8th
Hargrave inserted at c in the 9th
E-Myers, Critz. 3B-Pinelli(10), Wingo(7). RBI-Bohne 2(38), Wingo 2(27).
SB-Daubert(9), Wingo(1). K-Blades, Hafey, Clough 2, Stuart 2, Bohne, Mays.
BB-Walker, Bressler. SH-Pinelli. HBP-Toporcer. HB-Mays.
GWRBI: Wingo
Temperature: 87, Sky: clear, Wind: in from center at 3 MPH.
Attendance: N/A
Game Time: 2:10
9/1/1924, SLN24-Cin24, game 2, Redland Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1924 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 1
1924 Reds 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 x 2 5 2 2 0
Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Reds AB R H BI AVG
Smith rf 4 0 1 0 .279 Critz 2b 4 0 0 0 .270
Toporcer ss 3 0 1 0 .374 Daubert 1b 3 0 0 0 .308
Blades 2b 4 0 1 0 .375 Rousch cf 3 0 1 0 .330
Bottomley 1b 4 0 0 0 .285 Duncan lf 0 0 0 0 .246
Hafey cf 4 0 0 0 .080 Walker rf 3 0 1 0 .332
Clough lf 2 0 0 0 .000 Bressler lf 2 1 0 0 .363
Holm ph 1 0 0 0 .260 Pinelli 3b 3 0 0 0 .305
Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 .276 Bohne ss 3 1 1 2 .258
Myers 3b 2 0 0 0 .192 Hargrave c 3 0 2 0 .265
Cooney ph 2 0 0 0 .280 Benton p 3 0 0 0 .195
Clemons c 3 0 1 0 .179 27 2 5 2
Haines p 2 0 0 0 .178
Mueller ph 1 0 0 0 .363
Rhem p 0 0 0 0 .000
33 0 4 0
Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Haines L 10-12 7.0 5 2 2 0 1 74 53 4.26
Rhem 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0.00
8.0 5 2 2 0 1 82 59
Reds INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Benton W 10-6 9.0 4 0 0 0 2 90 67 3.96
9.0 4 0 0 0 2 90 67
SLN: Holm batted for Clough in the 7th
Cooney batted for Myers in the 7th
Smith moved to lf in the 7th
Holm moved to rf in the 7th
Cooney moved to 3b in the 7th
Mueller batted for Haines in the 8th
Gonzalez batted for Holm in the 9th
Cin: Duncan inserted at lf in the 8th
Walker moved to cf in the 8th
Bressler moved to rf in the 8th
E-Rousch, Pinelli. 2B-Hargrave(13). HR-Bohne(7). RBI-Bohne 2(40).
SB-Bressler(12). CS-Rousch. K-Toporcer, Haines, Critz. HBP-Toporcer,
Bressler. HB-Haines, Benton.
GWRBI: Bohne
Temperature: 80, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 1 MPH.
Attendance: 13,029
Game Time: 1:35