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THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 2 ...
A POWERFUL RED SOX TEAM FAILS
IN THE WORLD SERIES ...
The Red Sox bean the White Sox, 9 to 2
July 18, 1946 ... The
Red Sox fattened their league lead and their batting average with the
monotony of another victory. It was their eighth win without a defeat
over Chicago at Fenway. The White Sox were held to just four hits by
Bill Zuber.
As usual, Ted Williams was in the thick of it. In the first inning,
following a walk to Tom McBride, a single by Johnny Pesky and a
forceout, Ted made a bid for a home run over the left field fence. He
boomed a soaring drive toward the top of the wall in left center. But
the ball missed by a foot and went for a double. Two runs scored to
put the Red Sox out front. Ted has never hit a home run to left field
at Fenway Park.
Following a pitch that almost hit him in the third inning, Ted lashed
a single to center that sent Dom DiMaggio from second to third. Then
they ran up three more runs as Bobby Doerr doubled and Glenn Russell
singled. That sent pitcher, Frank Haynes to the showers and brought
in Al Hollingsworth. Hal Wagner lifted a fly ball to right, scoring
Doerr with the inning's third run, making it 5 to 0.
In the seventh, after a nice job on the mound, Hollingsworth weakened
and Boston scored four more runs. A dint of singles by Doerr and Rudy
York, Russell's double, McBride's single and a triple to the right
field corner by Johnny Pesky, did the damage.
Zuber had a no-hitter going for five innings. But in the sixth,
Hollingsworth was safe on a fumble by York, and Luke Appling brought
him in with a homer into the left field screen. Zuber held the
Chicago batters to just a single in each inning, for the remainder of
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