Game Five of the 1934 World Series was held at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis on October 7. The Series was even at two games a piece. The pitching matchup was a rematch of Game One. Dizzy Dean got the start for the Cardinals. Tommy Bridges was on the hill for the Tigers. In Game One, Dean outpitched Bridges. In Game Five, it was the other way around.
The Tigers took a quick lead with a run in the second inning. Hank Greenberg walked with one out and scored on a two-out double by Pete Fox.
The scored remained 1-0 until Detroit added two more runs off Dean in the top of the sixth.
Bridges retired nine straight Cardinal hitters from the third through the fifth. Charlie Gehringer started the top of the sixth with a homer off Dean. Then, Billy Rogell singled and advanced all the way to third on an error. He would score on a sacrifice fly by Greenberg for a 3-0 advantage.
Bridges has his streak end at ten straight outs when Pepper Martin doubled with one away in the bottom of the sixth. But, he worked out of that inning by retiring Jack Rothrock and Frankie Frisch.
The Cardinals finally got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh inning. A two-out home run by catcher Bill DeLancey pulled St. Louis to within 3-1.
St. Louis got one runner on in the eighth, but couldn't score. In the bottom of the ninth, the Cards got a lead off single by Frisch and a one out single by Eddie Collins to put runners on first and third.
Bridges got out of the jam by striking out DeLancie and getting pinch-hitter Ernie Orsatti to ground into a game-ending force out.
Bridges was the hero for the Tigers. In his complete game victory, he struck out seven, did not walk a batter, and allowed seven hit.
Dean went eight innings, walked three, struck out six, and allowed three runs (two earned), but wound up with the loss as Detroit took a 3-2 lead in the Series.
Complete Game Five Boxscore is HERE. Complete ply-by-play for Game Five is HERE.
No travel day in the 1934 World Series. Game Six is set for October 8 at Navin Field. The pitching matchup is Paul Dean (19-11, 3.43) for the Cards against Schoolboy Rowe (24-8, 3.45) for the Tigers.
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