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MURRY DICKSON |
BOSTON BRAVES
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SPAHN & SAIN and PRAY FOR RAIN ...
The Cardinals
sink Johnny Sain
May 22, 1948 ... Three
towering home run smashes were not enough to rescue the Braves today
at the Wigwam. The first-place Cardinals blasted Johnny Sain out of
the box for the first time this year, with a four-run seventh inning
up-rise, that provided them with a 6 to 4 triumph. The win gave the
visitors an even split in the two-game series. Murry Dickson held
the Braves to just six hits. Sain yielded two runs in the first inning and then
he got squared away for five, as the Braves came back to tie the score. But in
the seventh he was touched again for more runs. He was replaced by Bobby Hogue
as the Cardinals had two runs in and two others in scoring position.
Out in St. Louis, Sain was clipped for four base hits by the Cardinals, but
was able to pitch a shutout. Today he was hit safely nine times and the
Cardinals scored six runs. Only in the seventh inning was St. Louis able to get
more than one hit, but they put together five to win the game.
With one gone in the first inning, Erv Dusak was walked by Sain and Stan
Musial drew a second pass. They moved up as Enos Slaughter rolled one down to
Earl Torgeson at first. Nippy Jones came up next and hit a slow roller to the
right of Alvin Dark. The Braves shortstop made a fine stop but had to throw off
balance and failed to get the runner at first. It was a hit and Dusak scored.
The next run came in without a hit. With Don Lang at bat, Jones took off for
second base. He had a huge lead and there was no chance to throw him out, but
Bill Salkeld fired the ball just the same, and his high throw bounced out of
Connie Ryan's outstretched glove, allowing Musial to score the second run.
Bob Elliott opened the Braves second inning with a smashing triple off the
fence in right-center. He scored as Jeff Heath grounded out. The tying run came
in the third inning, when Tommy Holmes belted one half-way up the runway in the
Jury Box for his third home run here this week.
The game went along tied until the seventh inning. Dickson started Sain's
downfall with a double to left. He scored when Red Schoendinst singled to right.
Dusak also lined a single to right but Sain got rid of Musial on a pop fly. That
was the last man he would retire. Slaughter slammed the longest and hardest ball
of all. It was a wicked liner that struck the top of the lower fence in
right-center. The ball bounced over the fence, but Slaughter was limited to a
ground rule double. On the play Schoendinst scored and Dusak was put on third.
That was it for Sain and Bobby Hogue came in. He erased Jones on a pop out to
Torgeson, but Lang belted a single to right to score Dusak and Slaughter, making
the score 6 to 2.
In the Braves ninth, the fans got all excited on a couple of home runs. Jeff
Heath slammed one that hit the railing behind the visitors bullpen at the far
end of the pavilion. Salkeld then pumped one well up into the Jury Box. But that
was it as Dickson who got the rest of the Braves hitters out to preserve his
win.
The Cardinals left town just as they arrived, four games up on the Braves.
Dickson has won both games the Cardinals have taken from the Braves. They are
the only team with a winning record against Johnny Sain. |
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