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VERN STEPHENS |
THE BEST OFFENSIVE SEASON IN SOX HISTORY
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The Sox score
11 runs in an inning ... again
July 14, 1950 ... The
Red Sox, without Ted Williams, came up with their second 11-run
inning of the season while overwhelming the Chicago White Sox by a
13-1 score.
The win gave Ellis Kinder, who turned in a five-hitter, his 13th
straight win over the White Sox, who have now lost all but three of
their last thirty games at Fenway Park.
The Sox, who registered 11 runs in one inning against the Athletics
on April 30th, duplicated that terrific batting explosion in weird
fashion against Ken Holcombe and Luis Aloma.
While trying to start a doubleplay at the plate with the bases filled
and none out, on a grounder hit by Vern Stephens, thirdbaseman Hank
Majeski hit Dom DiMaggio on the shoulder with the throw. He scored
and Johnny Pesky followed him across the plate, while Clyde Vollmer
stopped at second base. An intentional walk to Walt Dropo reloaded
the bases.
Bobby Doerr's base hit to center scored both Vollmer and Stephens.
With Dropo on second, Al Zarilla bunted the ball between Holcombe and
Majeski. Holcombe got the ball and tried to force Dropo at third. But
Majeski hadn't made it back to cover the base and the ball bounced
into the White Sox dugout. Birdie Tebbetts followed with a homer into
the bullpen, scoring two more runs.
That ended the day for Holcombe and Aloma took the mound. He got two
outs before walking Pesky. Vollmer grounded to shortstop, Majeski,
but his throw to Nellie Fox at second was late. Stephens slammed
another homer, his 20th of the season, to clear the bases again.
Dropo doubled and Doerr was walked, but Aloma got Zarilla on a
grounder, to end the fireworks.
From then on, Ellis Kinder had easy sailing. He pitched one-hit,
shutout ball for his seventh win of the season. |
