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JACK KRAMER |
THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 2 ...
A POWERFUL RED SOX TEAM FAILS
IN THE WORLD SERIES ...
The Red Sox held to three hits
by the Browns' Jack Kramer
May 16, 1946 ... The Red Sox had their first batting practice in a week but in spite of this, the league-leading Bostonians dropped their second straight game 3-0, as Jack Kramer subdued
them with a brilliant three-hitter at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. It was the first time the Red Sox have lost two in a row this season, but they are still five games ahead of the second-place New York Yankees.
It was a rough game for Joe Dobson to lose, as his four-game winning streak was also ended. Dobson pitched five hit ball. Unfortunately three of the hits were bunched together after Joe had retired the first two batters in the opening inning. This gave the Browns a two run jump which Kramer
had little trouble in preserving the rest of the game.
Only once in the game did the Red Sox get two men on base. George Metkovich, who made two thirds of Boston's total hits, opened with a single to right. After Johnny Pesky struck out, Ted Williams drew a base on balls. Kramer fired the ball past Bobby Doerr and Rudy York for strikeouts to
stop the only promising Boston scoring opportunity. Until the ninth inning only three other Red Sox batters reach first base.
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DIZZY DEAN |
With one out in the ninth Johnny Pesky clipped a line drive to right field. Ted Williams teed off on a fastball that sent Walt Judnich back against the fence, robbing Ted of an extra base wallop. Following Walt's terrific grab, Pesky raced to third and died their as Bobby Doerr rolled out to
end the game.
Although the field was damp from early-morning rains the Browns took the top off the diamond and allowed the Sox to have some batting practice. Ted Williams obliged a flock of servicemen with several drives over the right field roof.
Dizzy Dean who is now a radio broadcaster, said that he if he managed a team that had nine men like Williams, he'd go to sleep on the bench and tell them to wake him up when it was over just so he could know how much they won by. Dean met Sox owner Tom Yawkey after the game, and as he finish
shaking his hand, Dean giggled and said it was the first time he ever had 75 million bucks in the palm of his hand. |
