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"THE GREATEST HITTER THAT EVER LIVED"
STEPS UP TO THE PLATE ...
The Sox come-from-behind twice
to sweep a doubleheader from the A's
August 9,
1939 ... The Red Sox took both games of a
doubleheader with the Athletics at Fenway Park today. They won the
first game, 5 to 3 with a rally in the eighth-inning, when Jimmie
Foxx cloutted his 30th home run, dissolving a tie score, and put over
what would be the winning run. The Red Sox won the second game, 6 to
5, with another rally in the ninth-inning, when they needed two runs
to win.
The Red Sox used three pitchers in the first game. Woody Rich retired in the
third inning when he got into trouble. Emerson Dickman relieved him and made way
for a pinch-hitter in the eighth, and Denny Galehouse finished up and was the
winning pitcher.
Joe Heving started in the second game and was hit easily, as the A's got to
him for 12 singles and some of them being scratch hits. That was when he was
relieved by Ostermueller in the sixth with nobody out. The A's had scored a
total of five runs against Heving. They made one hit against Ostey, but scored
no runs in the four innings he pitched.
Buster Ross worked the first game for the Athletics and pitched all nine
innings. Philadelphia used three pitchers in the second game, with Nelson Potter
getting the loss in the final inning.
The Red Sox got a couple of runs in the first inning of the first game, on a
single by Doc Camer and a triple by Foxx, who scored when Ted Williams was
thrown out at first. Woody Rich had poor control, but got by until the third
inning, when with one down, Bob Johnson nicked him for a base hit. He hit
Frankie Hayes with a pitched ball and filled the bases by passing Eric Tipton.
Bill Nagel followed with a double, that scored two runs. Emerson Dickman then
took over and doubles by Bob Johnson and Frankie Hayes were good for another run
in the fifth inning.
Ross held the Sox well in hand after the first inning until there were two
outs in the seventh inning. Then Moe Berg doubled to center and Jackie Wilson
was put in to run for him. Lou Finney was sent in to bat in place of Dickman and
singled to score Wilson, tying the game at 3 to 3. Then in the ninth-inning,
Jimmie Foxx, the first batter up, hit a home run to put over the winning run.
After Ted Williams flew out to centerfield, Joe Cronin added another run with
his 14th home run, 5 to 3.
Philadelphia got away with the lead in the second game against Joe Heving. A
base on balls, singles by Ben Chapman and Dario Lodagiani followed by an out at
first, gave them two runs in the second inning. They got another run in the
fourth on two singles.
The Red Sox took the lead 4-3, in the fifth inning when they put over three
runs and sent Dean to the showers. A walk to Jim Tabor, two errors on Johnny
Peacock's grounder, and a single by Heving brought in Tabor. Another single by
Doerr brought in Peacock. A sacrifice by Cramer, a base on balls to Foxx, and a
ground ball by Williams brought home Doerr.
Two singles in the top of the sixth inning, brought in Ostermueller in to
pitch for the Sox. He gave up another single that put the Athletics ahead 5 to
4.
A single by Johnny Peacock, a sacrifice by Ostey, and a single by Bobby Doerr
put Peacock over with the tying run. A single by Cramer and an intentional pass
to Foxx filled the bases. Ted Williams then lashed a single up against the
centerfield wall that put Doerr over with the winning run, 6 to 5. |
