(This game was played as part of The Splendid Splinter co-op project to replay Ted Williams' .406 season of 1941.)
Ted had another fine day - two singles, a stolen base, a run scored and a key defensive play - but it was Jimmie Foxx’s three-run homer in the 7th inning that lifted the Red Sox to victory in Chicago, despite some late heartburn. Boston took the lead in the 2nd when Foxx started the inning with a triple; he scored on Bobby Doerr’s double, and Jim Tabor’s single produced a second run. The home team threatened for the first time in the 5th, loading the bases with one out with the help of Tabor’s miscue, but Luke Appling hit a fly ball to medium left field which Williams caught and then threw home to erase Mike Tresh attempting to tag from third for an inning-ending double play.
Matters remained poised there through six innings, before Foxx struck again in the 7th. Dom DiMaggio led off with a double, and Stan Spence walked. After Williams skied to left, “Double X” pulled a Johnny Rigney pitch well clear of the right-field wall for three runs and what looked to be the capper on a comfortable Boston road win. But Charlie Wagner, who had sailed through seven innings of four-hit shutout ball on the hill for the Carmine Hose, was suddenly hittable in the 8th. The first two Chicagos singled, and Wagner walked Appling to load the bases with no one yet put out. Joe Kuhel flied to shallow right but Wagner couldn’t find the plate against Taffy Wright, forcing in the first White Sox score. After a groundout brought home a second, Doerr fielding a deflection off of Wagner’s hip and beating Dario Lodigiani with the throw to first, Mike Kreevich doubled home two runs to make it a 5-4 game and Wagner was done for the afternoon. Mike Ryba got Myril Hoag to fly out to RF to end the inning, and then pitched a spotless 9th after his mates had padded the lead with a pair of insurance runs in the top of the inning.
Ted today: 2-for-4, BB, R, SB
Stats through nine games:
20-for-36, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 10 R, 8 BB, 0 K, 1 SB (.556/.636/.778)
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| Ted lashes two more hits in the Boston win |
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