(This game was played as part of The Splendid Splinter co-op project to replay Ted Williams' .406 season of 1941.)
Charlie Gehringer’s two-run single capped a three-run 5th inning which gave the Tigers a lead they never relinquished on their way to a 4-3 win over the Red Sox. The clubs were tied at a run apiece through four innings, Boston scoring on back-back doubles by Lou Finney and Ted in the 3rd and the Bengals on Barney McCosky’s run-scoring single in the bottom half of that inning, but Detroit got to Lefty Grove in the 5th. A lead-off two-bagger by Pinky Higgins set the stage, pitcher Johnny Gorsica (2-for-2, SH) followed him with a base hit, and Frank Croucher doubled in the run that gave the home team the lead. One out later, Gehringer singled to right to drive home Gorsica and Croucher and the Tigers had a three-run lead. Gorsica, while walking on the wild side (6 BB), was meanwhile shutting the Sox down, allowing just four Boston hits through eight innings and just one in 5.2 innings after the Williams RBI double. But he started to falter in the top of the 9th - a leadoff hit by Jim Tabor, a walk to PH Stan Spence, and Higgin’s muff of Dom DiMaggio’s grounder loaded the bases with one out and Ted in the on-deck circle. That brought Al Benton out of the bullpen, and he got Finney to fly out to shallow center for the second out; but, with nowhere to put a runner, he was forced to pitch to Williams and that resulted in a lined single to center that scored two runs and pulled Boston to within a single score. Jimmie Foxx was next, and he took a called third strike from Benton to end the game.
Ted today: 2-for-3, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB, GIDP
Stats through four games:
9-for-14, 2 2B, 3B, 7 BB, 0 K, 5 R, 8 RBI (.643/.762/.929!)
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| Ted: 3-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB, GIDP |
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