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Howard Ehmke wins his 20th
as the Sox rally September 19, 1923 ... The Red Sox after playing the White Sox closely in a brilliant game put on a wonderful finish in the ninth-inning and ended up winning 2 to 1. Howard Ehmke and Charlie Robertson engaged in a duel with neither one having anything on the other for eight innings. Chicago got an unearned run in the third inning without getting a base hit, on a fumble by shortstop Norm McMillan and on rookie Ike Boone, the centerfielder. Boone made a wild throw on a base hit by being in too much of a hurry to get the ball back to the infield with a runner on base. In both the eighth and ninth innings, the White Sox opened up with a double, but in the eighth a great play by George Burns on a ground ball by Eddie Collins got Harvey McClellan at third-base. Then in the ninth-inning an intended squeeze play resulted in a lightning fast doubleplay from Ehmke to Burns to Val Picinich, who got Roy Elsh at the plate. The Red Sox got six hits off Robertson in the first eight innings, but those were just scattered throughout five innings. Then in the ninth they started one of the rallies that it seems they had been doing in almost every game, since their return home. Burns was first up and made a bid for a double, but Bill Barrett caught the ball at the hill in left. Joe Harris then lined one off the scoreboard for a double and Howie Shanks put him over with the tying run, on a line drive past McClellan down the third-base line. Ira Flagstead singled Shanks over to third and Mike Menosky was sent up to pinch-hit for McMillan. He was purposely passed to fill the bases and Al Devormer came up in place of Ehmke. He singled to left scoring Shanks with the walkoff winning run. Ehmke pitched a great game and his control although not perfect, looked as good as at any time this season, in notching his 20th win. |
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