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WES FERRELL |
ON THIS DATE (July 22, 1935) ...
Wes Ferrell slugged
a game-winning home run for the second straight game, beating the St.
Louis Browns, 2 to 1 and winning his 15th game. He went to bat in the
ninth inning with the score tied at 1-1 and took the ball over the
left field wall to end a game where he had given up seven hits, three
of which scored a run for the Browns in the fifth inning.
At the time the three singles put the Browns up
1-0. The Sox came back in the sixth inning when Dick Coffman walked
Dusty Cooke to start the inning. Mel Almada blooped a single to
center, with Dusty scooting over to third on the play. Roy Johnson's
sac fly to center scored Cooke with the tying run.
Coffman had Ferrell in the hole with two
strikes and a ball when he came to bat in the bottom of the ninth
inning with one out. Moose Solters was playing in left field for the
Browns and didn't have to turn around.
A small crowd of 1600 was in attendance and a
bunch of kids mingled with the Red Sox players, who cheered and
greeted Wes at home.
Joe Cronin was the only Sox player to hit
Coffman effectively, banging out a pair of doubles. The Sox had
multiple chances to take the game in hand, but stranded nine men on
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