Thought it very unique that Lefty Grove, who finished 31-4 on the SPB year for Mike and his powerful Stars, rolled into Frankfort for a series with my crummy Thunderbolts. Well, the Great Lefty started game one, so I thought less just throw one of my more ineffective pitchers against him and Dolf Luque got the call. Wham, bam, both went the distance and Luque handily defeated the best pitcher who just happened to come in with a 26-2 record. Then in game 5 Grove matched up with Red Lucas and Lucas whipped him too, and the lowly T'Bolts sent Mr. Grove out with his 2nd consecutive defeat. As a matter of fact the 'Bolts knocked him out of the box before the 4th inning was complete. Lefty went on to win 5 more games that final month without a defeat to become a 31-4 pitcher. This was by far the highlight of the season for the lowly Bolts. ============================= Series 181 9/1/1930 -- Game 1 of 7, Navin Field-Plunkitt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 30 Stars 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 0 9 0 30 Bolts 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 x 7 13 1 8 2 Stars AB R H BI AVG Bolts AB R H BI AVG Watwood 1b 4 0 0 0 .258 Lary ss 4 2 2 1 .301 Grantham 2b 5 0 1 0 .311 Adams 2b 4 1 1 1 .280 Manush lf 4 0 0 0 .327 Allen cf 5 1 3 1 .298 Klein rf 4 1 2 0 .408 Hafey lf 3 0 1 2 .292 Porter cf 2 1 1 1 .420 Jolley rf 4 1 1 0 .327 Wright ss 4 0 1 0 .321 Sothern rf 0 0 0 0 .249 Gilbert 3b 4 0 1 0 .269 Stripp 3b 3 0 2 1 .308 Spencer c 2 0 1 1 .262 Suhr 1b 4 1 1 0 .249 Burns ph 1 0 0 0 .240 Spohrer c 4 1 2 1 .340 Tate c 1 0 0 0 .277 Luque p 3 0 0 0 .240 Grove p 4 0 3 0 .373 34 7 13 7 35 2 10 2 Stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Grove L 26-3 8.0 13 7 7 3 6 122 80 2.30 8.0 13 7 7 3 6 122 80 Bolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Luque W 7-12 9.0 10 2 2 2 0 134 80 5.96 9.0 10 2 2 2 0 134 80 HOL: Burns batted for Spencer in the 7th Tate inserted at c in the 7th HOO: Sothern inserted at rf in the 7th E-Suhr. 2B-Grove 2, Hafey, Stripp. 3B-Klein, Lary, Suhr. SB-Manush(6). CS-Spohrer. K-Adams, Jolley, Suhr, Luque 3. BB-Watwood, Porter, Lary, Hafey, Stripp. SH-Adams, Luque. SF-Porter. GWRBI: Hafey Temperature: 65, Field: wet, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 8 MPH. ============================== Series 181 9/1/1930 -- Game 5 of 7, Navin Field-Plunkitt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 30 Stars 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 7 15 1 12 1 30 Bolts 2 3 0 4 1 3 1 0 x 14 19 3 10 0 Stars AB R H BI AVG Bolts AB R H BI AVG Watwood 1b 5 0 1 1 .259 Stripp 3b 5 2 2 0 .312 Grantham 2b 4 2 1 0 .320 Lary ss 3 2 2 3 .308 Manush lf 5 0 1 1 .336 Crawford ph 1 0 1 0 .289 Klein rf 5 1 1 1 .409 Beck,C ss 0 0 0 0 .180 Porter cf 5 1 3 1 .424 Hafey lf 5 2 2 1 .287 Wright ss 5 0 2 1 .317 Allen cf 2 1 2 3 .304 Gilbert 3b 5 2 2 1 .270 Cooke ph 3 1 1 2 .267 Spencer c 3 0 1 0 .266 Hornsby 2b 5 1 2 3 .250 Burns ph 1 0 0 0 .231 Adams 2b 0 0 0 0 .278 Tate c 1 0 1 0 .279 Jolley rf 4 0 1 0 .327 Grove p 2 0 0 0 .366 Sothern pr 1 1 1 0 .253 Bush p 2 1 2 0 .353 Suhr 1b 4 1 1 0 .249 Frey p 1 0 0 1 .200 Todt 1b 0 0 0 0 .290 44 7 15 7 Spohrer c 5 1 2 1 .336 Lucas p 4 2 2 1 .359 42 14 19 14 Stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Grove L 26-4 3.1 7 8 8 4 2 75 42 2.55 Bush 4.1 12 6 5 1 3 100 62 5.69 Frey 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 7 4 5.69 8.0 19 14 13 5 6 182 108 Bolts INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lucas W 8-11 9.0 15 7 6 2 4 153 95 5.90 9.0 15 7 6 2 4 153 95 HOL: Burns batted for Spencer in the 7th Tate inserted at c in the 7th HOO: Cooke batted for Allen in the 4th Cooke moved to cf in the 5th Sothern ran for Jolley in the 6th Sothern moved to rf in the 7th Todt inserted at 1b in the 7th Adams inserted at 2b in the 8th Crawford batted for Lary in the 8th Beck,C inserted at ss in the 9th E-Wright, Hornsby 3. 2B-Manush, Klein, Wright, Tate, Stripp, Hafey, Allen. HR-Hornsby(4), Cooke(9). SB-Hafey(14), Sothern 2(13). K-Watwood, Gilbert, Grove 2, Stripp, Lary, Hafey, Spohrer 2, Cooke. BB-Watwood, Grantham, Stripp, Lary, Hafey, Lucas, Todt. SF-Lary. BALK-Lucas. GWRBI: Allen Temperature: 61, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 8 MPH.