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HEINIE
MANUSH |
A three-run ninth inning gives to Sox a win
April 20, 1936 ... A
ninth inning rally netted the Red Sox three runs and saw Heinie
Manush emerge as the hero, as the Sox came from behind and beat
Washington 6 to 5 at Fenway Park in the morning game of a
doubleheader.
However the afternoon was a mirror image, as errors put the Sox in a
hole they couldn't dig themselves out of, losing 6 to 2.
The first game was close all they way. The Sox broke out first in the
second inning, scoring a run when Billy Werber reached on an error by
Nats thirdbaseman Ossie Bluege, stole second and scored on Rick
Ferrell's base hit. Werber drove home Jimmie Foxx, who had doubled to
start the fourth inning and the Sox were up by two.
Meanwhile, Rube Walberg coasted along for the Sox until the sixth
inning when the Nats scored a run on a double and a couple of ground
ball outs. They tied thing up when their pitcher Ed Linke knocked a
homer into the center field bleachers.
Washington then knocked out Walberg in the eight inning when Buddy
Myer singled and scored on a triple by Cecil Travis. Joe Cascarella
came in to pitch and was touched for an RBI single by Carl Reynolds.
Fritz Ostermueller was next given the ball and Joe Kuhel knocked home
Reynolds with a double, giving the Nationals a 5-3 advantage.
Jimmie Foxx took Linke's first pitch deep over the sign in
left-center, in the Sox half of the eighth, to get one of the runs
back.
Then came the ninth inning. After Ostermueller got the Nats in order,
Rick Ferrell led off for the Sox with a clean single to left, for his
third hit of the game. Bing Miller grabbed a bat to hit for Osty and
drew a walk. Jack Russell came into the game to pitch to Wes Ferrell,
pinch hitting for Mel Almada. And Dusty Cooke took Miller's place on
first. Ferrell pushed a medium grounder to secondbaseman Buddy Myer
who let the ball bounce through his legs. Brother Rick came prancing
home on the play and Cooke scooted over to third.
Steve Bowers now came into the game to run for Wes, and Doc Cramer
lofted a fly ball back against the left-centerfield wall where Jake
Powell hauled it down, but deep enough to score Cooke with the tying
run. That put things up to Heinie Manush, who was 0-4 in his previous
trips to the plate. Heinie scorched a line drive down the right field
line on the second pitch he saw. Bowers rounded third and scored
easily after Buddy Myer fumbled the relay. The walk-off run gave the
Sox a thrilling 6 to 5 victory. |
