Chicago Cubs 10 – 6 Pittsburgh Pirates
24 April 1931 · PIT06
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Rogers Hornsby | 1 in 321 games |
| 32 | final score 10–6 | 1 in 230 games | |
| 11 | 5 walks allowed | Les Sweetland | 1 in 30 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
Box score
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiki Cuyler | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Woody English | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rogers Hornsby | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 HR |
| Hack Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Riggs Stephenson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabby Hartnett | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Les Bell | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Charlie Grimm | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Sweetland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3B |
| Totals | 42 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheriff Blake | 1.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Les Sweetland | 7.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Bill Regan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Paul Waner | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pie Traynor | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Jim Mosolf | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gus Suhr | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Tommy Thevenow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rollie Hemsley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Larry French | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Pete McClanahan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 37 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry French | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Claude Willoughby | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| George Grant | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andy Bednar | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |