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BOSTON RED SOX ...
THE
CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 3
A
SUBWAY SERIES DISAPPEARS ...
The Red Sox
lose another on in Chicago
August 7, 1948
... Right-hander Allan Gettel, another
Cleveland Indians castoff, set the Red Sox down with only four
scattered hits and a 5 to 1 loss. It was his second straight Red Sox
defeat here in Chicago and the third one of the season for Gettel,
two of which are against the Red Sox. Ralph Hodgin, the ex-Braves
outfielder, and Tony Lupien, the ex-Red Sox firstbaseman, each collected two
hits in the eleven hit White Sox assault on Mickey Harris and Earl Caldwell.
Their two deciding blows kept the Red Sox mired a game and a half behind the
American League pennant leaders.
The Red Sox were playing again without Ted Williams who was limited to
pinch-hitting duty because of his sore left leg and were not able to do anything
against Gettel through six innings. Four times in the first six innings, the Red
Sox leadoff batter reached safely. But each time, Gettel was able to squash the
Red Sox without further trouble. In the last three innings, he didn't allow a
hit with the only Red Sox players to reach, were on walks. He struck out six,
with half of them being on called third strikes.
Mickey Harris got touched in the first inning, as the White Sox picked up two
runs on four hits, a base on balls, and an error by Wally Moses in right field.
With one out, Lupien singled to center and raced all the way home when Moses
failed to pick up Luke Appling's single to right. Harris settled down for the
next four innings and his teammates put them back in the game with a run in the
sixth.
After Stan Spence led off with a single, Bobby Doerr reached on a bobble by
Appling. Moses partially redeemed himself with a double to center that scored
Spence. But the White Sox came back with two runs in their half, however, and
clinched the game with Lupien having the satisfaction of knocking out the hit
that beat the team, which had cast him adrift. Harris got the first two batters
easily, but then got himself in trouble by walking catcher, Mike Tresh. Gettel
followed with his second straight single and then Mickey gave up his third free
pass to Frank Baker, on four straight balls, to load the bases. That set the
stage for Lupien, who lined a vicious single to right that brought in two runs.
Earl Caldwell came in to replace Harris and threw only one pitch, that cut down
Baker at the plate on an attempted double steal.
A base on balls also set up Chicago's final run in the seventh off Caldwell.
Appling walked and was sacrificed to second, scoring on Ron Hodgins' base hit to
center.
Red Sox made a dying gasp in the ninth when Birdie Tebbetts reached on a free
pass to open the inning. Williams came up to pinch-hit for Caldwell and drove
Hodgin back to the fence with a smashed line drive, that might've been a home
run, had the wind not been blowing in. Dom DiMaggio ended the game by grounding
into a doubleplay.
Ted Williams is still hobbling around and his injury doesn't seem to be
getting any better. Joe Dobson, who was smacked on the wrist a week ago by Bob
Feller, started throwing again today. Jack Kramer, suffering from a sore right
shoulder attempted to throw a few. |
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