|
|
THE SOX HAVE TWO
20 GAME WINNERS ... July 7, 1935 ... Billy Werber raced all the way around from second base on an infield out, to reward a remarkable relief job by Lefty Grove. The Red Sox shaded the Philadelphia Athletics, 7 to 6, in an exciting 13-inning struggle that opened a doubleheader before 20,000 fans at Fenway Park. This opening game was dominated by some slugging by Rick Ferrell, who reached safely his first four times up and by Joe Cronin, who was 3-for-4. Lefty Grove came in to pitch in the ninth inning after Johnny Welch, Rube Walberg and Gordon Rhodes had worked the eight innings before. Grove retired the first 13 batters he faced before Mike Higgins got a scratch hit. Lefty pitched five innings and Higgins was the only player to reach first base. After giving up a run that tied the game at 6-6 in the eighth inning, A's pitcher Johnny Marcum pitched equally as well. But in the 13th inning, with one out, Bill Werber drew his third straight free pass. Everyone seemed to know that Werber would steal second. He indeed took off and A's catcher Paul Richards threw the ball into centerfield. Rabbit Warstler got tangled up with Werber however and that kept him from going over to third on the wild throw. The Philly infielders were playing back when Werber broke for third base on another theft attempt. Babe Dahlgren smashed a ground ball to Warstler on the pitch and Rabbit fumbled the ball, recovered and threw to first. Dahlgren was thrown out, but the bobble allowed Werber to head for home. He beat firstbaseman, Jimmie Foxx's throw to the plate by an eyelash, and the game was over. The Sox won it 7 to 6. The A's took a 1-0 lead at the beginning of the game, but a walk to Cronin in the third inning, and a gift to Bing Miller on a fumbled grounder allowed both runners to score when Rick Ferrell lined a triple down the right field line. Rick then scored on Dahlgren's sac fly. Ferrell stroked another single to left that scored Cronin, who had gotten a hit and stole second in the fourth inning. Down 4-1, the A's worked home two runs off Welch in the fifth inning, cutting the Sox lead to 4-3. But Ferrell came through again in the Sox half of the sixth inning. Roy Johnson reached on a hit and Roy Mahaffey walked Cronin. Bing Miller moved both runners up and Ferrell's single to center scored Cronin. In the seventh, Philadelphia tied things up. Welch walked two batters after Skeeter Newsome had singled to center. Walberg came in with the bases full and got a ground out that scored one run. Bob Johnson singled home the other runner and the score was knotted at 5-5. With Gordon Rhodes pitching for the Sox in the 8th inning, Philly jumped ahead on a walk and a double to center by Newsome. The Sox came right back when Joe Cronin tripled to center and came in on Ferrell's base hit to right, tying things up again, at six each. Then it was all Marcum and Grove until the 13th. Werber's steal was his 14th to le4ad the majors. In the second game, the Sox left too many men on base, squandering their opportunities, and lost 9 to 7. |
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
