There’s No Tomorrow

1934 World Series Game 7

St. Louis Cardinals 12 Detroit Tigers 4

WP- Dizzy Dean LP- Schoolboy Rowe

As in real life, the Cardinals defeated the Tigers by a large margin. However, unlike the actual game, there was no shutout by Dean in my replay. In fact, Detroit looked as if they would win early on.

The Tigers got on the board in the first inning, when Charlie Gehringer and Goose Goslin hit back-to-back doubles. They added two more runs in the bottom of the second, thanks to three singles and an error by Leo Durocher. Meanwhile, Detroit starter, Eldon Auker looked strong, retiring the first nine he faced.

Things took a sudden turn in the top of the fourth. Pepper Martin and Jack Rothrock singled and Frankie Frisch followed with a rbi double. Ducky Medwick hit a two-run single, to tie the score at three apiece. Rip Collins reached on a fielder’s choice, Medwick forced at second base. Bill Delancey walked. A single by Ernie Orsatti loaded the bases. With the infield back, hoping for a double play, Leo Durocher’s ground ball plated Collins, to make it, 4-3 St. Louis. Orsatti was forced at second and Dean struck out to end the inning. Auker was lifted for Schoolboy Rowe.

Dizzy Dean struggled early, falling behind as well as throwing a wild pitch and hitting a batter, found his groove and held the Tigers scoreless, from the third through the sixth. In the top of the sixth, Collins walked, moved to third on a Bill Delancey double, then came in on a sacrifice fly by Orsatti.

The Tigers would add one more run against Dean, who worked seven innings, before Jesse Haines took over. That run came in the last of the seventh, when Gehringer doubled and scored on a Billy Rogell single. It would prove to be well short, though, as the Cardinal bats exploded for three runs in the seventh and four more in the eighth. After Rowe left, the Tigers used up four more pitchers in a vain effort to stop the bleeding.

Paul Dean would pitch the final inning and a third, to close out a 12 to 4 statement win.