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MIKE HIGGINS |
THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 2 ...
A POWERFUL RED SOX TEAM FAILS
IN THE WORLD SERIES ...
Mike Higgins drives in six runs in Sox win
June 11, 1946 ... The Red Sox pasted the Cleveland Indians by a score of 10 to 5, thus moving 10 full games ahead of the faltering New York Yankees. Mike Higgins drove across six runs with his first home run of the
year, a towering triple, and a pair of singles in five plate appearances. Rudy York hammered his eighth home run, accompanied by a double and a single.
As a result, Bob Klinger registered his first victory of the year after replacing Charlie Wagner who only went four innings and left with the score tied at five apiece. Charlie was the victim of a brief home run barrage by the Indians. Lou Boudreau connected for his second of the season and
was followed by Pat Seerey with his seventh, into the left field screen. Those two home runs put the Indians ahead 5 to 4.
The Sox jumped out in front in the second inning, when Bobby Doerr reached on an error, and walks were issued to York and Dom DiMaggio to load the bases. Mike Higgins hit a bloop single to account for his first RBI of the game. In the third inning, Ted Williams knocked out a home run and
York just missed one and had to stop at second base. Dom walked and Higgins sent both across with a triple against the centerfield wall near the foul pole, for the Red Sox third and fourth runs.
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MIKE HIGGINS SLIDES HOME |
George Metkovich started off the fourth inning with one of his doubles against the left centerfield wall advertising. He raced to third on Pesky's fly ball and walked across when Williams laced one into right field to tie up the game at five each.
In the fifth inning the Sox jumped out ahead on Rudy York's clout over the screen in left centerfield. Mike Higgins followed with a blast up into the screen. That was it for Cleveland pitcher Red Embree.
The Sox got three more runs in the eighth inning as Higgins completed his great day by slapping a 3-2 pitch for a single to left, bringing in two more runs and giving Mike 6 RBI on the day. Mike has made 17 hits in 28 trips, including two doubles, a triple, and a home run. He has scored five
runs and batted in 13 more, since taking over at third base.
Walter Johnson, remains in a coma for the 15th straight day in a Georgetown hospital. He is gravely ill from a brain tumor. |
