Baseball Classic Replays

 5/18/1929 St. Louis Cardinals (14-13) at Pittsburgh Pirates (10-14) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10         R  H  E -----------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Cardinals       0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  2  2         6 13  0 Pirates              0  0  0  1  0  2  0  0  1  0         4 15  1 Chick Hafey (STL) In what was a spectacular back-and-forth game today in Pittsburgh, the Cardinals managed to score two runs in the top of the 9th to take a late lead, get the game into extra innings by only allowing the Pirates to get one across in the bottom of the 9th, and the...

 5/18/1929 Cincinnati Reds (9-17) at Chicago Cubs (16-11) Teams         1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E ------            -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --          -- -- -- Reds            0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0         0  5  6 Cubs            0  0  0  2  0  1  0  2  x         5  6  0 Charlie Root (CHC) Charlie Root has already been acknowledged as being one of the best pitchers in the National League so far this season (he is listed as the #3 pitcher in the NL in the most recent Week in Review ) but he pitched his masterpiece today in Chicago.  In what was a tight game for most of the afternoon,...

 5/18/1929 New York Giants (16-8) at Boston Braves (10-16) Teams                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E --------                -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Giants              1  0  0  0  2  0  2  4  0          9 11  0 Braves              0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  3         4 11  3 Mel Ott (NYG) In the second game of a doubleheader today in Boston, Mel Ott took care of the Giants at the plate while Bill Walker controlled the game from the mound (and the plate for that matter).  Ott, who has struggled at times to start the season, ...

 5/17/1929 Brooklyn Robins (13-11) at Philadelphia Phillies (12-10) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E ----------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --          -- -- -- Robins           0  1  0  0  0  2  1  1  1         6 10  1 Phillies            0 14  0  1  2  0  0  0  x       17 13  1 Denny Sothern (PHI) There were two Stellar Performances today in Philadelphia, but the Phillies offense, and in particular a staggering 14-run 2nd inning, carried the day.  In particular, the unheralded Denny Sothern had his biggest game of the season - 3-4, 2 home runs (his only home runs of the entire season)...

 5/15/1929 Chicago Cubs (14-11) at Boston Braves (10-11) Teams                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9   R  H  E --------                -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --       -- -- -- Cubs                  0  8  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   9 16  3 Braves              0  0  0  7  0  0  0  0  1   8 12  0 Norm McMillan (CHC) It was an offensive explosion in Boston today, but it looked like all the firepower was going to come only from the Cubs, as Chicago burst open an 8-0 lead in the 2nd inning.  The Braves, however, had other ideas and scored 7 runs of their own in the bottom of the 4th.  The Cubs managed to hold on to ...

 5/15/1929 New York Yankees (12-9) at Cleveland Indians (11-13) Teams           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9   R  H  E ---------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --     -- -- -- Yankees        2  5  0  0  0  0  0  3  1  11 12  0 Indians         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1   1  4  2 Babe Ruth (NYY) The Bronx Bombers lived up to their name today in Cleveland, posting 11 runs and easily routing the hometown Indians.  Babe Ruth led the way, swatting 2 home runs himself and going for back-to-back homers with Lou Gehrig in the 8th inning.  Ruth finished the day 3-6 with 4 RBI.  Ruth's two rockets today bring his season total to 7 HRs, along with 19 RBI.  George Pipgras also deserves prai...

 5/14/1929 Philadelphia Athletics (13-8) at Detroit Tigers (13-14) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9   R  H  E -----------         -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --       -- -- -- Athletics       1  1  2  0  0  0  6  0  0     10 14  0 Tigers             0  0  0  1  6  0  0  0  0     7 13  2                   Jimmie Foxx (PHA)                                                       Al Simmons (PHA) It was a thrilling affair at Navin Field today, as the Phil...

 5/13/1929 Cincinnati Reds (9-14) at New York Giants (10-8) Teams     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9   R  H  E --------      -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --       -- -- -- Reds          4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0   5  7  0 Giants     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0  7  3 Dolf Luque (CIN) The Reds helped to continue the fall of the New York Giants from the top of the National League standings.  Behind a superlative performance by right-hander Dolf Luque, the Reds beat the Giants 5-0 today at the Polo Grounds.  Luque pitched a complete game shutout, allowing 7 hits and overcoming 3 errors made by his defenders.  Things certainly looked dicey in the 6th inning when Luque walked Bill Terry to load the bases with n...

 5/13/1929 Boston Red Sox (7-14) at Chicago White Sox (10-13) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9   R  H  E -----------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --       -- -- -- Red Sox         0  0  0  3  0  2  0  0  0      5 17  2 White Sox       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    0  1  2 Danny MacFayden (BOS) Danny MacFayden turned in what is likely the best pitching performance of the entire 1929 season thus far.  MacFayden gave up a single in the 3rd inning, but that was it - he went the distance and threw a 1-hit shutout, walking one and striking one out along the way.  For good measure, MacFayden also went 2-4 at the plate.  A great day for the lowly Red Sox!...