“DIARY OF A WINNER”
RUDY YORK

THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 2 ...
A POWERFUL RED SOX TEAM FAILS
IN THE WORLD SERIES ...
Rudy York's homer breaks the tie in the 8th to win

July 12, 1946 ... Rudy York hit a 3 and 0 pitch off Virgil Trucks with the score tied in the eighth-inning and Bobby Doerr on base, that landed in the Detroit Tiger bullpen to give the Red Sox a thrilling 4 to 2 win at Fenway Park. The win also boosted the Red Sox lead over the Yankees to eight full games and handed Dave Ferriss his 13th victory of the season. Ferriss and Trucks were in great form, each yielding only eight hits.

The Sox jumped out to the lead in the first inning when Lee Culberson scored on Bobby Doerr's single. It was Doerr's 73rd RBI and tied him for the major league leadership with Ted Williams. The Sox scored again in the second inning as Ferriss smashed a double score Glenn Russell from first base.

The Tigers roared back in the sixth inning when Hank Greenberg doubled to left-center driving in Eddie Lake and Hoot Evers to tie the score. The Tigers had a good chance in the first inning but Bobby Doerr's great defensive play saved the Red Sox as he dove on the grass to get Greenberg's hot shot, and was able to flip it to Johnny Pesky to get the runner at second base.

 

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DETROIT TIGERS

0

0

0

0

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2

0

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2

8

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BOSTON RED SOX

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1

0

0

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W-Dave Ferriss (13-4)
L-Virgil Trucks (10-7)
Attendance - 26,290

 2B-Lake (Det), Greenberg (Det), Ferriss (Bost)

 HR-York (Bost)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AB

R

H

AVG

 

 

 Leon Culberson rf 4 1 1 .301  

 

 Johnny Pesky ss 3 0 1 .301  

 

 Dom DiMaggio cf 3 0 0 .348  

 

 Ted Williams lf 4 0 1 .348  

 

 Bobby Doerr 2b 3 1 1 .306  

 

 Rudy York 1b 4 1 3 .278  

 

 Glenn Russell 3b 3 1 0 .230  

 

 Hal Wagner c 3 0 0 .271  

 

 Dave Ferriss p 3 0 1 .194  
               
    IP H ER SO ERA  
  Dave Ferriss 9 8 2 2 3.18  

 

 

          

 

 

 

1946 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

 

 

BOSTON RED SOX

 56 23 -

 

 

 New York Yankees 48 31 8

 

 

 Detroit Tigers 42 34 12 1/2

 

 

 Washington Senators 37 37 16 1/2

 

 

 St. Louis Browns 35 42 20

 

 

 Cleveland Indians 35 43 20 1/2

 

 

 Chicago White Sox 30 44 23 1/2

 

 

 Philadelphia Athletics 23 52 31