Baseball Classic Replays

Wes Ferrell (Indians) It was a true pitcher's duel today in Cleveland, as both starters took shutouts into the 9th inning.  Indians starter Wes Ferrell pitched nine full innings, allowing only four hits and striking out five.  It also was his turn at-bat to lead off the bottom of the 9th inning, but he was pinch hit for by Bibb Falk - who proceeded to blast a pinch-hit walk-off homerun to seal a 1-0 victory for the Indians.  With the win, Cleveland moves to 3-3 on the year, while the White Sox fall to 2-2.

 6/15/1929 Cleveland Indians (24-28) at Philadelphia Athletics (33-17) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9          R  H  E -----------         -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --             -- -- -- Indians           0  0  0  0  0  1  1  2  0            4  6  0 Athletics         1  0  0  0  2  0  2  0  x           5  8  0 Al Simmons (PHA) When Al Simmons stepped to the plate for the fourth time today at Shibe Park, he was a single away from hitting for the cycle...but Al had other plans.  Rather than settling for the cycle, Simmons went ahead and blasted his second home run of the day (his sec...

 6/14/1929 Brooklyn Robins (21-27) at Cincinnati Reds (23-28) Teams                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9              R  H  E --------                -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --                 -- -- -- Robins              0  2  1  0  1  3  0  1  2               10 15  0 Reds                  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0               0  3  2 Watty Clark (BRO) Having lost 7 straight games and facing Reds starter Red Lucas, who has been the best pitcher in the National League all season, the ...

 6/14/1929 Detroit Tigers (27-29) at New York Yankees (25-24) Teams           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9              R  H  E ---------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --               -- -- -- Tigers            2  4  0  0  0  4  0  1  0             11 15  0 Yankees       0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  1              3  6  1 Charlie Gehringer (DET) The Yankees are on full tilt, dropping their 6th straight game today in the Bronx.  Charlie Gehringer led the Tigers charge, smacking 2 home runs (his third and fourth of the season) and knocking in 4 runs.  Gehringer has been...

 6/11/1929 New York Giants (31-15) at Cincinnati Reds (22-27) Teams           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E --------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Giants         0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0          1  6  2 Reds            0  2  0  2  1  2  0  0  x          7 10  1 Eppa Rixey (CIN) Reds pitcher Eppa Rixey did enough today, both on the mound and at the plate, to beat the first-place New York Giants by himself - he pitched a complete game, giving up 1 run and 6 hits, while going 3-4 at the plate and driving in 3 runs.  While the Reds remain 10.5 games behind the Giants in the Nat...

 6/11/1929 Chicago White Sox (22-30) at Philadelphia Athletics (31-15) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E -----------         -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --          -- -- -- White Sox     0  2  0  0  0  1  0  1  0         4  9  2 Athletics       3  9  0  0  4  0  0  0  x        16 16  2 Jimmie Foxx (PHA) The Philadelphia Athletics are clearly the class of the American League and Al Simmons appears to be the best player on this A's team...unless Jimmie Foxx keeps up performances like these.  Today at Shibe Park, the A's absolutely obliterated the White Sox, winning 16-4 and pushing their record to 31-15.  The A's now ...

 6/10/1929 Boston Braves (20-26) at Chicago Cubs (24-24) Teams                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E --------                -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Braves              2  0  0  3  2  0  3  0  0        10 14  2 Cubs                 0  3  2  1  0  3  1  0  1       11 18  3 Rogers Hornsby (CHC) The Cubs continue to try and steady the ship after their horrendous 9-game losing skid ended two weeks ago and today at home against the Braves they twice squandered leads before an Earl Grace walkoff double won the game.  It was their star...

 6/9/1929 Pittsburgh Pirates (23-22) at Brooklyn Robins (20-24) Teams           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E ---------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Pirates          0  4  2  0  1  0  0  0  0          7 10  3 Robins           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0            0  4  0 Jesse Petty (PIT) Jesse Petty has quietly been putting together an outstanding season and today was his best outing yet.  Petty, starting for the Pirates today in Brooklyn, pitched a complete game, 4-hit shutout, to move the Pirates over the .500 mark.  Petty, meanwhile, moves to 5-0 with a 2.2...

 6/8/1929 Philadelphia Phillies (18-25) at St. Louis Cardinals (27-22) Teams                  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E -----------                -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --          -- -- -- Phillies                   0  3  0  0  2  0  1  2  0         8 12  0 Cardinals              3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  4         7  6  1 Lefty O'Doul (PHI) The Phillies have so many weapons in their lineup it is shocking how bad they have been of late - even after today's win against the surging St. Louis Cardinals, the Phillies are 3-7 in their las...

 6/5/1929 New York Giants (27-13) at St. Louis Cardinals (26-20) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E -----------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --          -- -- -- Giants              5  0  0  0  2  0  1  0  0         8 15  1 Cardinals       0  1  2  0  0  0  1  0  2         6 13  0 Travis Jackson (NYG) For a second straight day, Travis Jackson put together a Stellar Performance - but whereas yesterday's multi-homer day was in a losing effort, Jackson hit two home runs again today to lead the Giants to an 8-6 victory over the second-place Cardinals.  Jackson finished the day 2-4 with 2 home ...

 6/4/1929 New York Giants (26-13) at Chicago Cubs (20-22) Teams           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10          R  H  E --------           -- -- -- -- -- -- --  -- -- --             -- -- -- Giants         6  0  0  1  3  1  0  0  0  1          12 12  1 Cubs           0  3  1  0  3  0  4  0  0  2            13 15  2 It is rare that the subject of a Stellar Performances entry comes in a losing effort, but this is half a Stellar Performance and half an Instant Classic post.  Today's 10-inning affair in Chicago between the Cubs and the New York Giants was one of the best games of the entire se...

 5/31/1929 Cincinnati Reds (17-22) at St. Louis Cardinals (24-18) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E -----------         -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Reds                  0  0  0  0  0  1  2  0  2         5  9  0 Cardinals        0  0  0  0  0  4  1  0  1         6 12  1 Chick Hafey (STL) Chick Hafey had a big day in St. Louis, hitting a 2-run home run in the 6th inning and then salvaging a Cardinals victory after St. Louis surrendered the lead in the top of the 9th.  Hafey delivered a walkoff double that scored the winning run and gave the Cardinals the w...

 5/29/1929 New York Yankees (20-14) at Washington Senators (19-15) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E ----------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --          -- -- -- Yankees           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0       0  3  3 Senators         3  0  0  0  1  0  2  3  x       9 12  0 Firpo Marberry (WSH) Firpo Marberry was brilliant today, shutting down the vaunted Yankees offense to give the Senators a third straight victory, two of which have come at the expense of the Yankees.  Marberry dominated from start to finish, pitching a shutout while giving up only two hits and striking out five.  Aft...

 5/28/1929 Pittsburgh Pirates (14-20) at St. Louis Cardinals (20-17) Teams             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11         R  H  E -----------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Pirates             3  4  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0         8 12  0 Cardinals       2  0  0  1  5  0  0  0  0  0  1         9 18  1 Jim Bottomley (STL) Jim Bottomley blasted his 10th and 11th home runs of the season today in St. Louis and the Cardinals needed every one of his 4 RBI to pull out the win.  The game ended in the bottom of the 11th inning with a walk off hit from catcher Jimmi...

 5/28/1929 St. Louis Browns (21-16) at Detroit Tigers (19-22) Teams                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E --------                -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Browns            0  0  0  1  0  0  2  0  6         9 16  3 Tigers                 4  0  3  0  0  0  0  0  0         7 12  2 Wally Schang (SLB) St. Louis Browns catcher Wally Schang came into today without a home run on the season, but he couldn't have picked a better time to blast two over the wall in Detroit.  Schang hit two home runs, one coming in a 6-run top of t...

 5/28/1929 Philadelphia Athletics (22-12) at Boston Red Sox (11-24) Teams              1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E -----------           -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Athletics         0  0  1  5  0  3  0  1  2          12 14  1 Red Sox           0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0           2  6  1 Mule Haas (PHA) It is usually his teammates Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, and Lefty Grove that show up in these Stellar Performances headlines, but today in Boston, Mule Haas had his finest performance of the season and put together a game at the level of Simmons or Foxx.  The A's destroy...

 5/25/1929 Boston Braves (11-20) at New York Giants (21-9) Teams                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E --------                -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --             -- -- -- Braves              2  0  0  1  0  2  0  0  0          5 11  0 Giants              0  1  3  0  1  3  2  1  x          11 17  1 Mel Ott (NYG) Mel Ott continues the tear that he's been on of late, having his second multi-homer game in three days.  Ott powered the Giants to their fifth straight victory, going 2-4 and knocking in 4 runs along the way.  With his pa...

 5/25/1929 Washington Senators (16-15) at Philadelphia Athletics (21-11) Teams                  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E -----------                -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --          -- -- -- Senators                1  6  0  0  0  1  5  0  0       13 20  5 Athletics              4  0  4  0  7  0  2  0  x        17 16  1                       Jimmie Foxx                                  ...

 5/23/1929 Washington Senators (15-13) at Philadelphia Athletics (19-10) Teams                  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11         R  H  E -----------              -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --               -- -- -- Senators              0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0            1  8  1 Athletics              0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1            2  4  2 Bump Hadley (WSN) It's not very often that a losing effort is singled out for applause in this Stellar Performances section, but Bump Hadley's n...

 5/23/1929 Boston Braves (11-18) at New York Giants (19-9) Teams                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9         R  H  E --------                -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --            -- -- -- Braves              0  0  0  0  2  0  0  1  0         3  9  2 Giants              0  0  0  2  0  5  0  0  x         7  9  1 Mel Ott (NYG) The Giants have caught fire and it's hard to think it doesn't directly correlate to Mel Ott breaking out from his slow start to the season.  Today at the Polo Grounds, Ott blasted two solo home runs in leading the Giants to a 7-3 ...