Week 14 Results (July 18, 1938 - July 24, 1938)
Monday, July 18, 1938
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Boston
(NL) 7 Chicago (NL) (H) 2
After
taking both games in Chicago yesterday, the Bees continued their winning ways
today, with Lou Fette
(6-11, 3.57) getting the win. A three-run double off the bat of Max West
in Boston's four-run third was the big hit in this game. Tex
Carleton (8-7, 5.65) got hit hard early and took the loss.
New York
5 Pittsburgh (H) 3
St. Louis (NL) (H) 11 Philadelphia (NL) 1
The
score was tied at 1-1 after the fifth inning, but then the St. Louis offense
came alive to run away with it. Joe Medwick
smacked two homeruns (8, 9), plus Curt Davis
(8-6, 3.27) not only went all the way for the win but smacked a two-run homerun
(3) and went 3-for-4 in the game to help his own cause.
Tuesday,
July 19, 1938
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Boston
(NL) outfielder Gene Moore
made his Season Finale on 07/18/1938
Cleveland 8 New York (AL) (H) 6
The
Indians led 5-0 after the third inning, but by the end of the fifth, the Yankees
had roared back to trailing only 5-4. Both teams scored a pair of runs in the
seventh, and then Cleveland scored an insurance run in the top of the eighth.
New York loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth, but Mel Harder
(6-5, 2.92) got Bill Dickey
to pop up to end the game.
Washington
(H) 11 Detroit 2
The
Nationals moved into third place late last week, and they didn't wish to lose
their new perch in the AL standings and a five-run fifth put them up 6-0 to
get the advantage over fourth-place Tigers. Ken Chase
(5-5, 5.12) held Detroit to only three hits, but after the Tigers spoiled the
shutout in the top of the eighth, Washington came back with another five-run
inning to secure the win.
Brooklyn
7 Chicago (NL) (H) 6
The Cubs
put up a four-spot in the bottom of the third to take a 5-0 lead, and Larry
French appeared to be working on a shutout over the Dodgers. Brooklyn bats
suddenly came alive when they scored four runs in the top of the seventh, but
the Cubs were still ahead. They were unable to hold the lead, and the
Dodgers went ahead with three runs in the top of the ninth. Vito
Tamulis (7-2, 5.81) went all the way for the come-from-behind victory.
Cincinnati
(H) 8 Boston (NL) 3 (GM 1)
The Reds
moved out to a 6-0 lead in support of Whitey
Moore (1-0, 5.21), who was making his first start of the season. Moore
walked nine but induced a pair of double plays to help get him out of tough
spots. In the bottom of the eighth, left fielder Wally
Berger swatted a three-run triple to lock the game up for Moore.
Cincinnati
(H) 8 Boston (NL) 4 (GM 2)
Back-to-back
homeruns by Ernie
Lombardi (8) and current NL homerun leader Harry Craft
(20) put Cincinnati up 4-1 after the fourth inning, but Boston came alive with
three runs in the top of the fifth to tie the score at 4-4. The Reds got the
lead back with a run in the bottom of the inning, and then in the bottom of the
eighth, Wally
Berger's two-run double keyed a three-run inning. Bucky
Walters (9-8, 4.04) went all the way for the win over Ira
Hutchinson (1-3, 4.07).
Pittsburgh
(H) 6 Philadelphia (NL) 5 (10)
In the
bottom of the tenth, Lee Handley
led off with a single, stole second, and then advanced to third on a fly ball. Paul Waner
then stroked a solid single to right field to bring home Handley with the
game-winner, making a winner of Ed Brandt
(3-0, 3.86).
New York
(NL) 4 St. Louis (NL) (H) 3 (10)
A
two-run homerun (3) by Bob Seeds
in the top of the fifth tied the score at 3-3, and there the score stayed until
the game moved into extra-innings. In the top of the tenth, the inning started
with a single, a double, and an intentional walk to Mel Ott
that loaded the bases with no outs. Bill McGee
(7-5, 3.08) got the next two batters with no further damage, but then backup
catcher Gus
Mancuso drew a walk that forced home a run to put New York ahead. Carl
Hubbell made a rare relief appearance but got a 1-2-3 inning to get the
save, with Jumbo Brown
(6-0, 1.19) getting the win.
Wednesday,
July 20, 1938
Transactions:
Chicago
(NL) infielder Tony
Lazzeri returned to play on 07/21/1938
Detroit
6 Washington (H) 3
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| Billy Rogell |
Boston (NL) 3 Cincinnati (H) 1 (11)
In the
top of the eleventh inning, weak-hitting shortstop (.208) Rabbit
Warstler smacked a two-out two-run single to put the Bees ahead for good. Lou Fette
(7-11, 3.37) went all the way for the win.
Philadelphia
(NL) 5 Pittsburgh 4 (GM 1)
The
Phillies led 4-2 after the third inning, and then both pitchers tightened
things up, and the bats went silent until the ninth. Philadelphia added an
insurance run in the top of the ninth, which came in handy when Pittsburgh
scored twice on a two-run double by shortstop Arky Vaughn.
Al
Hollingsworth (5-7, 5.67) went all the way for the Game One win over Bob Klinger
(4-8, 3.38).
Pittsburgh
(H) 6 Philadelphia (NL) 0 (GM 2)
A
three-run inning in the bottom of the sixth blew this game wide open, with the
big hit in the inning being a two-run double off the bat of Russ Bauers
(11-2, 2.54). Bauers overpowered the Phillies thereafter, holding them to four hits in the
game.
New York
(NL) 7 St. Louis (NL) (H) 2 (GM 1)
Clyde
"Hardrock" Shoun (0-3, 5.22) made his first start of the season, and the Giants promptly greeted him by batting around in the first inning and
scoring four runs. Cliff
Melton (8-8, 4.27) didn't give up any runs until the seventh and was able
to go all the way for the complete-game victory in Game One.
New York
(NL) 3 St. Louis (NL) (H) 1 (GM 2)
A Bob Seeds
homerun (4) put the Giants ahead 2-0 in the top of the first, and then Slick
Castleman (5-6, 5.33) deftly handled the hometown Cardinals and got the
Game Two win.
Thursday,
July 21, 1938
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Pittsburgh
pitcher Rip
Sewell was injured (?) on 07/20/1938
Cincinnati
infielder Nolen
Richardson made his Season Debut on 07/22/1938
Brooklyn
catcher Ray
Thomas made his Major League Debut on 07/22/1938. Thomas had been recalled
from Elmira (EL) before 07/22/1938
Detroit
15 Washington (H) 9
If you
were a fan of offense, this was the game for you. Detroit had twenty-one hits,
Washington twenty; Hank
Greenberg smacked two homeruns (32, 33) and two doubles and drove in four
runs (112), and the Nationals committed an uncharacteristic four errors in the
game. Neither starting pitcher fared particularly well in this game, but Harry
Eisenstat (4-1, 3.86) walked away with the win.
Brooklyn
4 Chicago (NL) (H) 2 (10) (GM 1)
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| Frank Demaree |
Brooklyn 4 Chicago (NL) (H) 3 (GM 2)
A brutal
start to the tenure of Gabby
Hartnett as the Cubs manager, as the Dodgers scored single runs in the
eighth and ninth innings to get the Game Two win and the doubleheader sweep. Goody Rosen
poked a solo homerun (3) in the eighth, and then in the ninth, catcher Merv Shea,
hitting .183, hit a two-out single to bring home Cookie
Lavagetto. Luke Hamlin
(7-6, 4.36) went all the way for the tough win.
Pittsburgh
(H) 13 Philadelphia (NL) 1
Every
Pirates player had at least one hit today as Pittsburgh pounded veteran hurler
Bill Hallahan (1-2, 7.24) soundly, with Jim Tobin
(13-4, 1.82) getting the win. Tobin also went 2-for-5 on the day with two runs
scored, an RBI, and a double. Lloyd Waner
and Paul
Waner both had three hits and three RBI's to key the offense.
St.
Louis (NL) (H) 5 New York (NL) 1
Cardinals
starting pitcher Roy Henshaw
complained of shoulder stiffness before he could face one batter and was
replaced by Max Macon
(4-3, 3.30). Macon went eight innings to pick up the win, plus he had two RBI's
to his credit as well. Johnny Mize
put St. Louis ahead with a two-run homerun (16) in the second, and Macon did the
rest.
Friday,
July 22, 1938
Transactions:
Brooklyn
catcher Ray
Thomas made his Major League Finale on 07/22/1938. Thomas was later sent
out to Dallas (TL)
New York
(AL) infielder Bill
Knickerbocker returned to play on 07/24/1938
Philadelphia
(AL) infielder Skeeter
Newsome made his Season Debut on 07/24/1938. Newsome had suffered a
fractured skull resulting from a spring training HBP
Cleveland
3 Boston (AL) (H) 2
The Red
Sox led 2-1 heading into the ninth inning, but in the top of the ninth, left
fielder Jeff
Heath tripled home the tying run, and then he scampered home when Earl
Averill blooped a single to left to put the Indians ahead 3-2. Johnny
Humphries came in to nail down the win for Denny
Galehouse (3-4, 6.38).
Washington
(H) 8 St. Louis (AL) 7
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| Al Simmons |
Cincinnati (H) 7 Philadelphia (NL) 3 (GM 1)
The Reds
scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 4-1 lead, and then they
added three more in the bottom of the seventh to effectively lock this one up. Paul
Derringer (16-4, 2.16) got the Game One win over Claude
Passeau (6-13, 4.52).
Cincinnati
(H) 7 Philadelphia (NL) 2 (GM 2)
Wally
Berger hit a two-run homerun (5) in the first, his second homerun of the
day, to put the Reds up 2-1, but it was
a four-run third that really clinched the win for Peaches
Davis (6-8, 5.42) and the Reds. Harry Craft
smashed a league-leading two-run homerun (21) in the third.
Pittsburgh
(H) 4 Boston (NL) 3
A
four-run sixth was the big inning for the Pirates, with third baseman Lee
"Jeep" Handley's two-out two-run homerun (2) being the big hit in
the inning. Cy Blanton
(8-3, 2.29) gave up solo runs in the eighth and ninth to make it close, but got
out of the ninth without any further damage.
St.
Louis (NL) (H) 11 Brooklyn 1
A
two-run homerun (17) by Johnny Mize
put the Cardinals up 2-1 in the fourth, but then the Cardinals later exploded
for eight runs off the Brooklyn bullpen in the bottom of the sixth. Now armed
with a big lead, Lon Warneke
was able to go all the way for the win.
Saturday,
July 23, 1938
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Chicago
(NL) (H) 7 New York (NL) 3 (GM 1)
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| Harry Gumbert |
Chicago (NL) (H) 2 New York (NL) 0 (GM 2)
The Cubs
scored a pair of runs in the second inning, and that was all Dizzy Dean
(5-1, 2.96) needed as he scattered nine hits and was able to go all the way for
the Game Two win.
Cincinnati
(H) 2 Philadelphia (NL) 1
The Reds
scored twice early, and Bucky
Walters (10-8, 3.88) threw six innings of scoreless and hitless ball to
start the game, but in the bottom of the sixth, he took a curveball off his
elbow during his at-bat. After some discussion, he was removed from the game, and Gene
Schott was brought in to relieve him and went three innings to garner the
save.
Pittsburgh
(H) 10 Boston (NL) 1
The
Pirates crept off to a small lead and then later in the game poured it on; a
five-run eighth blew the game open. Russ Bauers
(12-2, 2.46) went all the way for the win, plus he went 2-for-4 on the day with
three RBI's and a double and a triple.
Note:
Pittsburgh shortstop Arky
Vaughan drew a four-pitch walk (see picture). I had this happen for me
previously to Ted Williams
(1949) and Mickey
Mantle (1957):
St. Louis (NL) (H) 6 Brookyln 1
The
Cardinals moved ahead slowly as Curt Davis
(9-6, 3.03) got the better of Bill
Posedel (2-7, 6.88) in a pitcher's duel. A three-run sixth inning put St.
Louis up 6-0, and Davis was able to take home the victory from there.
Sunday,
July 24, 1938
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Chicago
(AL) 6 New York (AL) (H) 3 (GM 1)
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| Thornton Lee |
New York (AL) (H) 5 Chicago (AL) 3 (GM 2)
The
weak-scoring Chicago offense tried to stay up with New York's bombers, but that
only went so far as Red Ruffing
(11-4, 3.59) was able to go all the way for the Game Two win over Monty
Stratton (6-4, 3.96).
Philadelphia
(AL) (H) 13 Detroit 10 (GM 1)
An
amazing game in Shibe Park as the hometown A's pummeled the visiting Tigers in
Game One. Bob
Johnson swatted a three-run homerun (13) in the bottom of the first to give
Philadelphia a 4-1 lead. Both teams scored a run in the second, and then in the
top of the third, Hank
Greenberg crushed a three-run homerun (34, 115) to put the Tigers ahead
6-5. The A's came right back, although it was a three-run error on left fielder
Jo-Jo
White that was the big play in their five-run third. Detroit did their best
to come back with three runs in the top of the fourth to draw to within one at
10-9, but Philadelphia had an answer and scored three of their own in the
bottom of the fifth. Both teams settled down, and Nels Potter
(2-1, 16.08) got the win in relief.
Detroit
6 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 5 (GM 2)
Catcher Earle
Brucker swatted a three-run homerun (5) in the bottom of the first to put
the Athletics ahead, but the Tigers had tied the score at 3-3 by the end of the
fifth. Detroit scored a run in the eighth, but Philadelphia came back with two
in the bottom of the eighth, and the Tigers then scored twice in the top of the
ninth to take a 6-5 lead. Philadelphia went scoreless in the bottom of the
ninth, and Detroit had its split in the doubleheader.
All in
all, a weird game. Both starting pitchers were removed for injuries, as was
Detroit center fielder Chet Morgan.
Hank
Greenberg hit into a pair of bases-loaded inning-ending double plays, and
he was later walked intentionally twice in the late game.
Washington
(H) 16 St. Louis (AL) 7 (GM 1)
Washington
did what it does best - they start hitting in an inning, and once the hit deluge
starts, it won’t stop. St. Louis scored twice in the top of the first, but the
Nationals scored three times in the bottom of the inning. Washington extended
their lead to 5-2 after the sixth, but then in the seventh, they scored seven
runs, and then added three more in the eighth. Buddy Myer
led the way by going 5-for-6 (.393) with two runs scored, five RBI's, and a
triple to his credit. Ken Chase
(6-5, 5.30) chipped in with a 3-for-4 game that included a run scored and two
RBI's. The Nationals pounded the Browns' pitchers for twenty-six hits in Game One.
Washington
(H) 4 St. Louis (AL) 2 (GM 2)
St.
Louis starter Russ Van
Atta (1-7, 6.86) kept the Washington batters off-balance almost all game,
only allowing them ten hits, but Dutch
Leonard (13-2, 2.29) was better and came away with the 4-2 Game Two win and
the doubleheader sweep.
New York
(NL) 6 Chicago (NL) (H) 0
After
being swept in yesterday's doubleheader, the Giants really wanted to get back in
the win column today, so they turned to Bill
Lohrman (3-0, 1.59), who made his third start of the season a memorable one
as he threw a one-hit shutout over the Cubs. Larry
French (12-9, 3.85) kept getting into and then out of trouble, but along
the way, New York was able to build a lead and went on for the win.
Cincinnati
(H) 3 Philadelphia (NL) 0 (GM 1)
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| Whitey Moore |
Cincinnati (H) 6 Philadelphia (NL) 3 (GM 2)
The Reds
collected sixteen hits in the game, and while they missed several opportunities
to add on to the score, they were able to walk away with a comfortable win and
a doubleheader sweep. Johnny
Vander Meer (12-2, 2.90) went eight innings for the win, and Joe
Cascarella went the final frame for the save.
Pittsburgh
(H) 2 Boston (NL) 1 (GM 1)
The
Pirates scored a run in the second when third baseman Lee Handley
tripled and then scored on a sacrifice fly, and then they added an insurance
run in the sixth. That came in handy as Boston spoiled Bob
Klinger's (5-8, 3.21) shutout attempt with a run in the top of the eighth.
Boston had a runner on third with one out in the ninth but was unable to bring
him home.
Pittsburgh
(H) 8 Boston (NL) 7 (GM 2)
The
Pirates scored six runs in the bottom of the first, but they couldn't cruise to
an easy win because the Bees kept scoring single runs until the score was 7-4.
In the top of the sixth, second baseman Tony
Cuccinello got hold of a good one and knocked a three-run homerun (3) to
tie the score at 7-7. relievers on both teams shut down the scoring, until
Pittsburgh third baseman Lee Handley
smacked a walk-off homerun (2) in the bottom of the ninth to give the Pirates
the win and the doubleheader sweep.
Brooklyn
6 St. Louis (NL) (H) 2 (GM 1)
The
Cardinals were held scoreless until two outs in the bottom of the ninth by Luke Hamlin
(8-6, 4.19). The Dodgers jumped on Bill McGee
(7-6, 3.10) early and often and rolled to an easy Game One win.
St.
Louis (NL) (H) 2 Brooklyn 1 (GM 2)
The
Cardinals pushed across two single runs early, and Bob Weiland
(8-8, 3.35) was able to hold off the Dodgers and go all the way for the
complete-game win. Vito
Tamulis (8-3, 5.21) pitched a strong game as well, but took the Game Two
loss.
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