Shibe Park in Philadelphia hosted Game 2 of the Cardinals-Stars semifinal matchup. After the marathon pitchers' duel in the series opener, batters were happy that Slim Jones and Dizzy Dean would not be playing in this game. But Philadelphia deployed another excellent southpaw hurler in Lefty Jones and St. Louis started another Dean on the mound: Dizzy's brother Paul.
Pepper Martin opened the game with a single and Frankie Frisch followed by drawing a walk. Ripper Collins then lifted a slicing fly ball to right that bounded off Jake Dunn's glove and rolled into the corner, allowing two runs to score. Following a sacrifice bunt, Jack Rothrock singled to give St. Louis an early 3-0 lead. In the second, Leo Durocher doubled, advanced to third on Dean's sac bunt, and scored on a Pepper Martin grounder to short.
Philadelphia got on the board in the third after Dick Seay walked and came around on a double by Holmes. Two batters later, Chaney White doubled to plate Holmes and cut the deficit to two. Paul Dean, however, was lights out the rest of the way. The young Cardinal hurler allowed only two singles after the third inning to pick up the complete-game victory.
The Gas House Gang sweeps the best two-of-three series and advances to the finals of the Tournament of Champions.
1934 Cardinals 4, 1934 Stars 2
Next up, the deciding Game 3 between the 1927 Yankees and 1948 Indians.
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