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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 2 ... July 28, 1946 ... After Denny Galehouse edged Tex Hughson, 3 to 2, in the opener, Jack Kramer squared off against Jim Bagby in the nitecap. The Red Sox then proceeded to chase the only pitcher who has beaten them three times this season. That happened in the third inning and the Red Sox smashed the Browns 11 to 4. A couple of the small speedsters, rather than the customary big names, sparked the Sox to their win in the second game. Dom DiMaggio singled across a couple of important runs in the first inning off Kramer and forced across another in a big third inning, when he drew a walk, with the bases loaded, off Sam Zoldak. Roy Partee did even better. He cleared the bases shortly thereafter in the third inning, with a well stroked double down the right center field alley. Later in the game Rudy York amassed three more RBI and upped his season total to 87, only six behind Ted Williams. Ted walked three times to bring his amount to 110, and tripled against the left-field bleacher wall some 375 feet away. While the Red Sox thumping of the Browns was in progress, Jim Bagby went the route, for the second time this season, recording his fourth win against three defeats. He turned in a very nice eight hitter, with his only real trouble coming from Jeff Heath, who splashed out his eighth home run and a terrific 425 foot line drive triple over DiMaggio's head. By failing to back up third-base in the first game, while the Browns were scoring all their runs in the first inning, Tex Hughson cost himself at least a nine inning tie but instead emerged with his eighth setback of the season. Denny Galehouse clinched his first decision of the season over his old teammates, by turning the Sox power off. He horse collared Johnny Pesky, Williams and York during their 12 trips to the plate. Wally Moses, who wound up with two hits in each of the four games here, started the opener with the first of his two doubles of the game. He came around on Pesky's fly ball and Ted's ground ball out. Chuck Stevens ignited the winning counterattack in the home half of the first inning. When the smoke cleared the Browns were winning 3-1. In the fifth inning the Red Sox started a comeback. Mike Higgins opened with a double to right and came around on Hal Wagner's infield out and Tex Hughson's fly ball to Al Zarilla. Moses followed with another double, but died on second base, the Browns winning the game by a score of 3 to 2. The second game started as Wally Moses' single that took a freak hop over Heath's head for a triple. He scored on Pesky's ground ball to Stephens, followed by a pair of walks to Williams and York. Bobby Doerr's fly ball moved Ted over to third and York followed him by stealing second. DiMaggio scored them both with a timely hit but was cut down trying to stretch it into a double. After the first inning the Red Sox led 3-0. The Red Sox put the game away in the fifth inning. Singles by Pesky and York, around another Williams walk, removed Jack Kramer with none out. Zoldak came in and walked both Doerr and Dominic. It was here that Partee came through with his timely double. The Sox scored five runs and allowed the Browns to come back with three, but after five innings the score was 8 to 3. Partee accounted for his fourth RBI when he singled across Doerr and moved up on DiMaggio's out. Singles by Moses and Pesky, Ted's walk and York's two run knock figured in the last two Red Sox runs. The final score was 11 to 4. While the rest of the Sox took the train at Cleveland, Mike Higgins went to Chicago where he will represent the players and present the recommendations at a special contract meeting with league President Will Harridge. Among the crowd were 100 disabled veterans from the Jefferson Barracks. They were guests of representatives from all AMVET hosts throughout Missouri and Southern Illinois. A one-in-a-million incident happened to a fan sitting in the first row of the upper deck during the first game. He caught a foul ball from the bat of Hal Wagner and dropped it into the lower stands. On the very next pitch, Wagner fouled another ball right into the hands of the very same guy. |
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