The Red Sox battle back time after time and
finally win with a ninth inning walk-off hit

April 29, 1936 ... The Red Sox won a nerve shattering contest with the Chicago White Sox, 8 to 7, in the bottom of the ninth inning. It was only after the home team tossed away the lead four times and four times battled their way back, that Boston finally settled the contest.

The Red Sox were first to put a run on the board in the first inning. After Doc Cramer drew a pass from White Sox starter Vern Kennedy, Heinie Manush slashed a triple into the right field corner. But Wes Ferrell gave that run back in the second inning.

Out ahead again the Red Sox went in the third inning. Wes singled to center and Dusty Cooke singled to left. Both runners moved up a base when left fielder Rip Radcliff threw the ball past everyone. Heinie Manush's bloop single to right scored Wes and the Red Sox were ahead, 2 to 1.

But Wes gave the White Sox a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning on four singles and a double. Kennedy couldn't keep Chicago's lead however. He loaded the bases and walked Manush to bring in one run. Singles by Billy Werber and Rick Ferrell followed and Boston was ahead 6 to 3.

In the seventh after Wes gave up two hits to start the inning, Fritz Ostermueller was given the ball. He walked the bases load and gave up a sac fly to score one run. A bad feed by Ernie McNair to Oscar Melillo, attempting to start a doubleplay allowed another run to score when the ball landed in right field. Mule Haas' lined a single to right to tie the game and Zeke Onura's wall-ball single put the White Sox up, 7 to 6.

The Red Sox tied the game once again in the seventh inning. Billy Werber walked, was bunted over to second and scored on McNair's base hit between third and short. Rookie pitcher Jim Henry, meanwhile, kept any threats from emerging from the White Sox.

In the bottom of the ninth, White Sox pitcher, Red Evans, gave up a double to left-center by Doc Cramer. Doc moved on to third on Manush's fly ball to center. Evans intentionally walked the next two batters to load the bases and set up a possible doubleplay. Whit Wyatt was given the job to get Rick Ferrell. But Rick put a hole in that plan, with a line drive single to left, that scored Cramer with the winning run, 8 to 7.

Jimmie Foxx came close to breaking a major league record by striking out the first four times he came up, three of them with potential runs on third base and less than two outs.
 

 

F   E   N   W   A   Y     P   A   R   K
 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 

R

H

E

  
 

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

0

1

0

0

2

0

4

0

0

  

 

7

11

1

  
 

BOSTON RED SOX

1

0

1

0

4

0

0

1

1

  

 

8

13

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W-Jim Henry (1-0)
L-Red Evans (0-1)
Attendance - 9500

 2B-Cramer (Bost), Kennedy (Chi), Sewell (Chi)

 3B-Manush (Bost)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AB

R

H

AVG

 

 

 Dusty Cooke rf 4 1 1 .273  

 

 Doc Cramer cf 4 3 2 .254  

 

 Heinie Manush lf 4 1 2 .281  

 

 Jimmie Foxx 1b 4 0 0 .306  

 

 Billy Weber 3b 3 1 1 .368  

 

 Rick Ferrell c 4 0 3 .412  

 

 Eric McNair ss 4 0 1 .232  

 

 Oscar Melillo 2b 4 0 1 .146  

 

 Wes Ferrell p 2 2 1 .231  

 

 Fritz Ostermueller p 0 0 0 .250  

 

 Jim Henry p 1 0 1 1.00  
               
    IP H ER BB SO  

 

 Wes Ferrell 6 8 5 1 1  

 

 Fritz Ostermueller 0.1 1 1 1 0  

 

 Jim Henry 2.2 2 0 0 0  

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

 

 

BOSTON RED SOX

 10 5 -

 

 

 New York Yankees 9 5 1/2

 

 

 Cleveland Indians 8 5 1

 

 

 Detroit Tigers 7 5 1 1/2

 

 

 Washington Senators 8 8 2 1/2

 

 

 Philadelphia Athletics 5 8 4

 

 

 Chicago White Sox 4 7 4

 

 

 St. Louis Browns 3 11 6 1/2