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The Sox battle uphill to win
and July 15, 1931 ... The Red Sox broke even with the Browns in a Fenway doubleheader, winning the first game 5 to 4 in 11 innings, while losing the second game 5 to 2. Manager Shano Collins juggled 18 Sox players, including five pitchers, into the opening game and the frequent substitutions eventually worked out favorably. Otis Miller, who made three hits in his five times at bat, driving in two runs, was the star of the game for the Red Sox, unless one were inclined to favor Tom Oliver, who got in during the juggling process, and drove in the winning run in the 11th inning, after two were out. Danny MacFayden worked for eight innings and Ed Morris, Wilcy Moore, Hod Lisenbee and Ed Durham pitched the last three innings for the Red Sox. In the first three innings, neither side was able to score. In the fourth inning, the Browns got to MacFayden for two singles and a walk, to load the bases with one out. Jack Burns' ground out at first scored the first run for the Browns. Lin Storti's home run put St. Louis up 2-0. In the sixth, the Sox worked over a run on a base hit by Bill Sweeney, a walk to Earl Webb, and a single by Miller. They put across another run in the seventh on singles by Bobby Reeves and Jack Rothrock, and a double off the bat of Hal Rhyne to tie the score. In the St. Louis eighth, MacFayden passed Goose Goslin, who stole second and scored on a double by Red Kress. Kress tagged up and went to third on a fly ball, scoring when Reeves fumbled a grounder and threw wild to first, making two errors on the play and giving St. Louis a 4-2 advantage. Earl Webb's double in the Sox eighth, followed by Miller's single got one run back. And in the ninth the Sox tied up the count. Urban Pickering batted for Wilcy Moore and drew a base on balls, scoring on a double by Rhyne. Lisenbee pitched the Sox tenth, walked two Browns batters with one out, but got out of it on a doubleplay. Ed Durham pitched the eleventh and gave up a double with two outs and got out of that on a ground out. In the Sox half of the 11th, Reeves reached when he nearly broke the hand of Browns' pitcher Lefty Stewart with a hot grounder, but was forced at second by Durham. Rhyne flied out and then Oliver drove the ball to the incline in left center, bringing Durham home with the walk-off game winner. |
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