Week 15 Results (July 25, 1938 - July 31, 1938)
Monday, July 25, 1938
Transactions:
New York
(AL) pitcher Ivy Andrews
was injured (?) on 07/24/1938. New York (AL) infielder Bill
Knickerbocker was injured (?) on 07/24/`1938
Philadelphia
(AL) infielder Skeeter
Newsome experienced ongoing medical issues on/07/24 related to his previous
HBP injury
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| Al Lopez |
St. Louis (AL) pitcher Les Tietje returned to the mound on 07/26/1938
Boston
(AL) (H) 14 Cleveland 4 (GM 1)
The
score was tied 2-2 after the fifth, but then Boston scored four times in the
sixth, and then they scored seven times in the seventh to blow the game wide
open. Emerson
Dickman (5-2, 5.83) went eight innings and got the win over Johnny
Allen (10-4, 4.90).
Boston
(AL) (H) 3 Cleveland 2 (GM 2)
Mel Harder
(6-6, 2.95) took a 2-1 lead into the ninth but gave up the lead when a misplay
by Jeff
Heath in left field on a Joe Cronin
single allowed Joe Vosmik
to come all the way around from first base with the tying run. Third baseman Pinky
Higgins wasted no time and lined a single to score Cronin with the
game-winner.
Tuesday,
July 26, 1938
Transactions:
Cleveland
pitcher Al
Milnar returned to the mound on 07/27/1938
New York
(AL) pitcher Joe Vance
was recalled from Kansas City (AA) before 07/27/1938
Boston
(AL) 7 Chicago (AL) (H) 3
A
five-run sixth should have blown the game open for the Red Sox, but the White
Sox came right back with three runs in the bottom of the inning to keep things
close. That was all the excitement for Chicago today though, as Fritz
Ostermueller (3-2, 2.46) was able to go all the way for the win over Ted Lyons
(7-5, 4.01).
Cleveland
(H) 7 Philadelphia (AL) 6
A
four-run third pushed the Indians to a 5-0 lead after the fifth, and Bob Feller
(8-9, 4.87) was cruising with ten strikeouts and, more importantly, only two
walks. The Athletics came back strong at the end, but Bill Zuber
got the third out in the ninth to end the game.
Washington
5 Detroit (H) 3
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| Zeke Bonura |
St. Louis (AL) (H) 17 New York (AL) 12 (GM 1) (Grand Slam!)
To the
Yankees' way of thinking, scoring twelve runs should result in a win, but not
today. They took a 4-0 lead with a four-run third, but then New York answered
with five runs in the top of the fourth. St. Louis had a response of their own,
and Beau
Bell hit a Grand Slam homerun (15) in the Browns' five-run fifth. Now
losing 9-5, the Yankees scored three times in the fifth to cut the difference
to 9-8, but then St. Louis scored five times in the fifth to go ahead 14-8. The
scoring wasn't over yet for either team, but the game had to end sometime.
New York
(AL) 4 St. Louis (AL) (H) 3 (GM 2)
Spud
Chander (10-2, 3.62) went all the way to get the Game Two win over Bobo Newsom
(12-7, 4.29) in a game that quite different from the first game of the
doubleheader. Joe
DiMaggio singled home Tommy
Henrich in the top of the e3ighth to put the Yankees ahead for good.
Cincinnati
4 Boston (NL) (H) 0 (Grand Slam!)
A real
pitcher's duel between Jim Turner
(7-11, 2.80) and Paul
Derringer (17-4, 2.04) as a scoreless games stretched into extra innings.
In the top of the twelfth, shortstop Rabbit
Warstler bobbled a two-out grounder to put runners on first and third, and
then, after a semi-intentional walk, Billy Myers
connected on a pitch and sent it into the grand stand for a Grand Slam homerun
(all unearned) (12), and Derringer finished off the complete-game victory with
a 1-2-3 bottom of the twelfth.
Brooklyn
(H) 4 Chicago (NL) 3
The
Dodgers only had four hits in the game, but they bunched them all together in a
four-run fourth, and the Brooklyn bullpen did an outstanding job of holding off
Chicago to get the win. Freddie
Fitzsimmons came up lame after the first inning, so Tot
Pressnell (4-10, 3.70) was summoned to relieve him, and he pitched five
strong innings to pick up the win, and then Fred
Frankhouse finished the game with three scoreless innings to get the Save.
New York
(NL) (H) 5 St. Louis (NL) 1
The
Giants scored four times in the bottom of the first hit, the big hit being a
two-out two-run double by second baseman Lou Chiozza.
Cliff
Melton (9-8, 4.11) got the win with help from the Giants bullpen.
Pittsburgh
5 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 3
The
Pirates went ahead 2-0 early, but the Phillies tied it up at 2-2 after the
third. Pittsburgh moved ahead again and led 5-2 after the top of the eighth,
but the Phillies scored a run in the bottom of the inning to keep it close. Mace Brown
came in the game in the bottom of the ninth and threw a 1-2-3 inning, getting
the Save, and preserving the win for Cy Blanton
(9-3, 2.37).
Wednesday,
July 27, 1938
Transactions:
St.
Louis (AL) pitcher Ed Linke
was injured (?) on 07/26/1938
New York
(NL) catcher Harry
Danning returned to play on 07/28/1938
Chicago
(AL) infielder Jimmy Dykes
returned to play on 07/28/1938
Cleveland
(H) 19 Philadelphia (AL) 9
At the
end of the fourth, the Indians led 6-2, but then the A's scored three times to
make the score 6-5. Cleveland was ahead 10-5 after the sixth, but after the top
of the eighth that score was 10-9. In the bottom of the eighth, the Indians
scored nine runs and locked down the win. Second baseman Odell Hale
(5-for-6) and Jeff Heath
(5-for-5) led the offensive charge that pummeled the visitors from
Philadelphia.
Washington
12 Detroit (H) 5
The
"Washington Hitting Machine" took advantage of another poorly graded
pitcher to pound their way to another win. Sam West
(4-for-4) and Buddy Myer
(4-for-6) led the offense, with Monte
Weaver (5-6, 5.05) going all the way for the win.
New York
(AL) 16 St. Louis (AL) (H) 2
Browns'
starting pitcher Fred
"Cactus" Johnson (0-2, 19.64) made his first start since the 1923
season and the Yankees greeted him quite
rudely by scoring three runs in both the first and second innings. Johnson was
left in to pitch the third inning, but a Joe
DiMaggio three-run homerun (18) knocked him out of the game. The Yankees
had just activated Joe Vance
(1-0, 1.29), and he went six innings in his first (and only) start of the
season.
Boston
(NL) (H) 11 Cincinnati 5 (GM 1)
The Bees
put on a surprising offensive performance, and Danny
MacFayden (6-8, 2.30) went all the way for the Game One win. The big hit
was a two-out three-run triple by shortstop Rabbit
Warstler in Boston's five-run seventh.
Cincinnati
5 Boston (NL) (H) 1 (GM 2)
Ernie
Lombardi was responsible for all five Cincinnati runs with a three-run
homerun (11) in the fourth, a solo homerun (12) in the sixth, and then a
single/E-9 in the ninth to help ice the Game Two win for Bucky
Walters (11-8, 3.67) over Lou Fette
(7-13, 3.37).
Chicago
(NL) 12 Brooklyn (H) 0
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| Clay Bryant |
New York (NL) (H) 6 St. Louis (NL) 5 (12)
The
Giants scored a run in the ninth to send
the game into extra-innings and then in the bottom of the twelfth Hal
Schumacher lined a pinch-hit single to drive home the game-winner in
walk-off fashion
Pittsburgh
5 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 4
Bill
Brubaker knocked a pinch-hit two-run homerun in the top of the ninth inning
to put the Pirates ahead. Russ Bauers
(13-2, 2.57) got the win, with Bill Swift
pitching a 1-2-3 ninth for the save. This win extended the Pittsburgh winning
streak to eight games.
Thursday,
July 28, 1938
Transactions:
New York
(NL) infielder Lou Chiozza
made his Season Finale on 07/27/1938
Cleveland
pitcher Bill
Zuber made his Season Finale on 07/27/1938. Zuber was later sent out to
Milwaukee (AA)
Chicago
(AL) (H) 6 Boston (AL) 5 (GM 1)
The
White Sox slowly built a 6-3 lead with two key runs in the bottom of the
eighth, and those two runs came in handy when the Red Sox rallied to draw
within one run in the top of the ninth. Thornton Lee
made a rare relief appearance to clamp down on Boston and preserve the Game One
win for Jack
Knott (4-5, 3.34).
Boston
(AL) 9 Chicago (AL) (H) 4 (GM 2)
The Red
Sox avoided a doubleheader sweep when they scored six runs in the top of the
eighth, with Jimmie
Foxx's second homerun (30, 96) of the game being the big hit.
Washington
9 Detroit (H) 3
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| Buddy Lewis |
New York (AL) 15 St. Louis (AL) (H) 10
Lou Gehrig
swatted a three-run homerun (10) in the first, added a two-run single in the
second, and then he knocked his second three-run homerun (11) in the sixth,
eight RBI's in the game. Bump Hadley
(5-2, 6.00) did not have his best game, but with a substantial lead, he was allowed
to go all the way.
Boston
(NL) (H) 10 Cincinnati 5
Bobby Reis
(1-2, 5.70) has played outfielder, has been used as a pinch-hitter, and has
been sparingly used in relief, but he made his first start of the season today,
and he made the most of it. Reis was well supported, as Vince
DiMaggio hit a three-run homerun (3) in the second, and then the Bees
three-run fifth was keyed by a four-base single and an error by Rabbit
Warstler. Boston ended strong with a four-run eighth, as Reds' center
fielder Harry
Craft committed his second run-scoring error of the game.
St.
Louis (NL) 8 New Y0rk (NL) (H) 3
The
Cardinals scored three times in the top of the first, and Roy Henshaw
(3-7, 3.76) showed why St. Louis was grooming him for the rotation when he
quietly mowed down the Giants. Carl
Hubbell (8-8, 4.09) took the loss.
Pittsburgh
12 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 2
The
Pirates maintained a 3-1 lead after the sixth inning, but then a nine-run
seventh inning blew the game open for the Pirates. Pittsburgh collected eighteen hits
on the day, with every starter having at least one hit in the game. Jim Tobin
(14-4, 1.79) came away with the win over Al
Hollingsworth (5-9, 5.60).
Friday,
July 29, 1938
Transactions:
Brooklyn
pitcher Van
Mungo returned to the mound on 07/30/1938
New York
(AL) 11 Chicago (AL) (H) 1
The
Yankees were already leading 6-0, but then they pounded reliever John Whitehead
with five runs in the top of the ninth. Left fielder Jake Powell
led the offense by going 3-for-5 (.296) with two runs scored, three RBI's, two
doubles, and a triple. Lefty Gomez
(9-5, 3.70) didn’t allow a run until the
ninth inning.
Washington
2 Cleveland (H) 1
Elon
Hogsett (2-4, 7.21) has had a rough season so far, but today he carried a
shutout into the ninth inning, gave up a solo homerun (11) to Hal Trosky,
loaded the bases, and was then pulled for Pete
Appleton to come in and get the final out.
Detroit
(H) 7 Philadelphia (AL) 6
First
baseman Lou Finney got the A's off to a fast start when he tripled in his first
two at-bats and then hit a two-run homerun (10) in his third at-bat.
Philadelphia led 6-2 after the fourth, but the Tigers came back to tie the
score at 6-6 after the seventh. Hank
Greenberg hit a two-run homerun (38, 122) to tie the game up and set up the
ninth, when right fielder Pete Fox
singled home Charlie
Gehringer with the game-winner.
Boston
(NL) (H) 4 St. Louis NL) 3
The Bees
scored a run in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead, and that was all
the scoring until St. Louis first baseman Johnny Mize
popped a three-run homerun (19) to the Cardinals up 3-1. In the bottom of the
inning, Boston wasted no time, finally breaking through against Curt Davis
(9-7, 3.20) with three runs and taking a 4-3 lead. Johnny
Lanning (4-6, 6.54) went all the way for the win but had to weasel out of a
runner on second and third with only one out situation before he could do so.
Brooklyn
(H) 6 Pittsburgh 5
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| Tot Pressnell |
Cincinnati 4 New York (NL) (H) 1
A
two-run homerun (13) by Ival
Goodman in the top of the first put Johnny
Vander Meer (13-2, 2.78) ahead early, and Vander Meer was able to go all the
way for the win. A two-run single by first baseman Frank
McCormick in the eighth supplied the Reds with some much-needed insurance.
Chicago
(NL) 10 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 0
Third
baseman Stan
Hack and center fielder Carl
Reynolds both had three RBI's and the Cubs thrashed the Phillies, handing
them their eleventh consecutive loss. Bill Lee
(14-6, 1.50) threw a three-hit shutout to keep the Cubs in the NL pennant race.
Saturday,
July 30, 1938
Transactions:
Chicago
(NL) pitcher Bob Logan
(Season Finale 07/12/1938) was traded on 07/30/1938 to Washington (DNP) in
return for Vance
Page (DNP). Logan was later sent out to Indianapolis (AA)
New York
(AL) outfielder Jake Powell
was injured (?) on 07/29/1936
Boston
(AL) catcher Moe Berg
returned to play on 07/31/1938
Pittsburgh
pitcher Red
Lucas returned to the mound on 07/31/1938
New York
(AL) 4 Chicago (AL) (H) 1
In the
top of the fifth, with the score tied at 1-1, Lou Gehrig
came to bat with runners on second and third and was looking to drive in a run
(or two). Instead, he hit an easy bouncer to Luke
Appling at shortstop. Appling intended to freeze the runner at third and
then throw out Gehrig at first, but the ball tipped off his glove and rolled
into left field, allowing two runs to score. Red Ruffing
(12-4, 3.44) had the runs he needed, and he shut down the White Sox on five
hits for the complete-game victory.
Cleveland
(H) 6 Washington 4
A pair
of solo homeruns (8, 9) by left fielder Jeff Heath
helped power the Indians in a close win over the Nationals. Mel Harder
(7-6, 3.01) went all the way for the hometown win.
Detroit
(H) 5 Philadelphia (AL) (GM 1)
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| Tommy Bridges |
Detroit (H) 6 Philadelphia (AL) 0 (GM 2)
A second
strong pitcher performance by Detroit hurlers as Boots
Poffenberger (8-5, 4.69) scattered six hits and went all the way for the
Game Two win. Charlie
Gehringer added another RBI (85), but the big bat today was Hank
Greenberg, who hit two homeruns (36, 37) and had three RBI's (119) in the
game.
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 5 Boston (AL) 4
A
three-run homerun (9) by George
McQuinn in the bottom of the fifth put the Browns ahead 5-3 and Bobo Newsom
(13-7, 4.35) went all the way for the win over Emerson
Dickman (5-3, 5.89).
Boston
(NL) (H) 5 St. Louis (NL) 1
The big
hit in this occurred in the bottom of the eighth when Jim Turner
(8-11, 2.71) came to bat with the bases loaded and two outs, and he delivered a
two-run single to pad the Boston lead. Bob Weiland
(8-10, 3,43) didn’t pitch poorly but got hung with the loss regardless.
Pittsburgh
6 Brooklyn (H) 1
The
Pirates jumped on Vito
Tamulis (8-4, 5.16) for two runs in the second and then three runs in the
third, giving a large lead to Cy Blanton
(10-3, 2.34). The Dodgers did have nine hits in the game, but Blanton was never
really in trouble.
Cincinnati
6 New York (NL) (H) 2
The Reds
maintained their tenuous hold on second place in the NL with a decisive victory
over the Giants. Cincinnati jumped on Hal
Schumacher (11-6, 3.69) early, and Paul
Derringer (18-4, 2.04) kept New York scoreless until the ninth inning.
First baseman Frank
McCormick had three clutch RBI's to drive the Reds' offense.
Chicago
(NL) 8 Philadelphia (NL) (H)( 0
Dizzy Dean
(6-1, 2.47) threw a two-hit shutout as the Cubs struggled to remain in the NL
pennant race. Ripper
Collins had a double and homerun (11) and drove in three runs to spark the
offense. This loss extended the Phillies' losing streak to twelve games.
Sunday,
July 31, 1938
Transactions:
Detroit
catcher Ray
Hayworth (Team Finale 07/30/1938) was placed on waivers before 09/14/1938
Boston
(AL) infielder Pinky
Higgins was injured (knee injury) on 07/30/1938
Philadelphia
(AL) infielder Dario
Lodigiani was sent out to Williamsport (EL) after 07/30/1938
Chicago
(NL) pitcher Vance Page
(Team Debut 08/06/1938) was acquired on 07/30/1938 from Washington (DNP) in
return for Bob Logan
Chicago
(AL) (H) 17 New York (AL) 1 (GM 1)
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New York (AL) 16 Chicago (AL) (H) 4 (GM 2)
New York
got its own level of vengeance as the Yankees came back to pound Chicago in Game Two,
clubbing five homeruns in the game. The White Sox scored a run in the first,
but then Joe
DiMaggio (20) and Bill Dickey
homered (16) in the second to capture
the lead. In the third, Joe Gordon
smashed a two-run blast (9), and right after that, Spud
Chandler (11-2, 3.64) followed that up with a homerun (2) of his own.
Before it was all over, Dickey added his second homerun (17) of the game in the seventh, all
leading to a thorough drubbing of the hometown White Sox.
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 5 Boston (AL) 3 (GM 1)
Ed Cole
(2-2, 9.42) was given a spot start in today's doubleheader, and he made the most
of his opportunity by holding off the powerful Red Sox in a complete-game
effort. The Browns scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth, and Cole did
the rest.
St.
Louis (AL) (H) 9 Boston (AL) 2 (GM 2)
With the
recent injury to Lefty Grove,
the Boston rotation is still adjusting to his absence. Lee Rogers
(0-2, 7.71) got a spot start in Game Two and gave up five runs in five innings
before being pulled, but it was a four-run eighth that locked this game up for
the Browns. Howard
"Lefty" Mills (5-5, 5.43) went all the way for the Game Two win,
even though he gave up nine walks along the way.
Boston
(NL) (H) 8 St. Louis (NL) 1 (GM 1)
The Bees
scored two in the first, and then added two more in the third, and Danny
MacFayden (7-8, 2.21) rolled on from there for the Game One win. Clyde
"Hardrock" Shoun (0-5, 5.87) got the start for the Cardinals but
couldn’t stop the meager Boston offense. Johnny Mize
hit a homerun (20) for the only Cardinals' run.
St.
Louis (NL) 7 Boston (NL) (H) 3 (GM 2)
A
three-run triple by Joe Medwick
in the top of the third sparked the Cardinals to an easy Game Two win over the
Bees. Lon
Warneke (11-3, 2.73) didn't allow a run until the seventh inning, after
which he stepped aside and let the bullpen finish things up.
Pittsburgh
6 Brooklyn (H) 5
The
Dodgers led 5-1 after the seventh, but a Gus Suhr
three-run homerun (4) pulled the Pirates to within one run of the lead. In the
top of the ninth, Pittsburgh pulled out its bag of tricks to score two more
runs and take a 6-5 lead. Bill Swift
(5-2, 2.88) picked up the win in relief.
Cincinnati
2 New York (NL) (H) 1
The
score was tied at 1-1 after the second inning, and there it stayed until Reds
first baseman Frank
McCormick led off the ninth with a double and then promptly scored on a
single by Ernie
Lombardi. Bucky
Walters (12-8, 3.53) stayed in the game to close out the ninth for the
complete-game victory.
Philadelphia
(NL) (H) 5 Chicago (NL) 4 (GM 1)
The Cubs
moved ahead early in support of Tex
Carleton, who didn't allow the Phillies to score until the bottom of the
seventh. Chicago grounded into three double plays, but still took a comfortable
4-1 lead into the ninth. Philadelphia scored a run to make it close, and
then second baseman Emmett
Mueller swatted a two-out three-run homerun (4) in the bottom of the ninth to give the Phillies the
walk-off win and to end their twelve-game losing streak.
Chicago
(NL) 9 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 5
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| Charlie Root |
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