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THE SOX HAVE TWO
20 GAME WINNERS ... May 29, 1935 ... The Red Sox nosed out the big bats of the Philadelphia Athletics, 10 to 9. For 6 1/3 innings the A's had every reason to believe they had the game locked up. A's pitcher Bill Dietrich had restricted the Red Sox to just three hits, one of which was Babe Dahlgren's fourth homer of the year. That home run which sailed over the left field wall, accounted for the Sox only run for six innings. Philly's 6-1 going into the seventh inning looked big. Sox pitcher, Gordon Rhodes had surrendered three hits, a walk and four runs in the sixth inning, to break a 1-1 tie. The A's added one more in the top of the seventh against George Pipgras before Rube Walberg came to the rescue. Joe Cronin was retired to lead off the Sox seventh. Then Dietrich issued his first free pass of the afternoon to Carl Reynolds. Oscar Melillo chipped in with a single to right and Dahlgren lined a double to the gap in right-center that scored both runners. Moe Berg singled to left, sending Dahlgren to third and the took second when the throw in went wild. Joe Cascarella was brought in to pitch and Wes Ferrell came up to pinch hit for Walberg. Cascarella walked Wes to load the bases. He issued another free pass to the next batter, Mel Almada and Dahlgren jogged home, 6-3. Exit Cascarella and enter George Caster to the mound. Billy Werber grounded to short and Berg scored, but A's shortstop Ernie McNair threw the ball into right field, trying to start a doubleplay. Ferrell scored and Almada went to third, with Werber scooting over to second to tie the game at 6-6. Roy Johnson cracked a single to right that scored the two runners and went to second when rightfielder Lou Finney threw the ball past Charlie Berry the catcher, trying to get Werber at home. Johnson moved up to second on the play and scored the eighth run of the inning when Carl Reynolds singled to right. But even the 9-6 Red Sox lead wasn't enough to win this game. Johnny Welch took over in the eight and gave up two runs that cut the Sox advantage back to one run. It took another run, earned in the eight inning, on Billy Werber's double off LeRoy Mahaffey, to provide the winning margin. Up 10-8 in the ninth, Welch gave up a single and a double to cut the Sox lead back to one. Then he got a ground out to end this rollercoaster of a game. |
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