Author: david bancroft

August 11. Gm# 107 Fenway Park New York 9 Boston 0 “SUPER CHIEF” ALLIE REYNOLDS STOPS BOSTON COLD, IN 9-0 WHITEWASH Despite being several games back in the standings, the Yankees showed they still can bring it when they want to. Such was the case in this game. The “Chief”, Allie Reynolds, shut the Red…

August 10. Gm# 106. Fenway Park Boston 9 New York 5 RED SOX BELT 3 HOME RUNS IN ONE INNING TO POWER PAST YANKEES, 9-5 Pinch hitter, Matt Batts(2), Dom DiMaggio(8) and Bobby Doerr(19) all belted home runs as part of a five run, eighth inning, as Boston defeated the New York Yankees for the…

August 9. Gm# 105 Fenway Park Boston 7 New York 3 SILVERA’S TWO COSTLY ERRORS DOOM YANKS AS RED SOX TAKE OPENING GAME With Yogi Berra on the shelf, the Yankees had to go with Charlie Silvera behind the plate and it was costly. Silvera made two errors, both leading to Boston runs and the…

August 7. Gm# 104 Fenway Park Boston 5 Detroit 3 PARNELL GETS RED SOX BACK ON TRACK As he has done several times this season, Mel Parnell(16-3) helped his club to a win, right after suffering a bad defeat. Detroit beat Boston pretty badly yesterday, but today, they bounced back for a 5-3 win over…

August 6 Gm# 103 Fenway Park Detroit 7 Boston 2 TIGERS HAMMER MCDERMOTT, RED SOX IN 7-2 WIN Detroit got to Mickey McDermott(10-8) for all seven runs in today’s loss, though three runs were unearned. Johnny Groth and Hoot Evers were on board when Bob Swift belted a three run homer off McDermott in the…

August 5. Gm# 102 Fenway Park Boston 8 Detroit 6 TIGER BULLPEN IMPLODES IN 8TH, GIVING RED SOX, 8-6 WIN Boston was losing, 6-4 to Detroit, when, in the eighth inning, Lou Kretlow and Dizzy Trout issued five walks and a single, leading to four Red Sox runs. Detroit’s Aaron Robinson hit a grand slam…

August 4. Gm# 101 Fenway Park Boston 4 St. Louis 1 ELLIS KINER’S COMPLETE GAME WIN LEADS BOSTON TO SERIES SWEEP Ellis Kinder(8-4) fired a six hit, complete game win, as Boston swept the St. Louis Browns all three games in the latest series between the two clubs. It went about as expected between a…

August 3. Gm# 100 Fenway Park Boston 8 St. Louis 5 PARNELL OVERCOMES ROUGH START TO WIN FIFTEENTH GAME Things looked shaky for Mel Parnell(15-3) early on, as he gave up four runs in the top of the first, the Browns tagging him for two doubles, three singles and a sacrifice fly. However, his teammates…

August 2. Gm# 99 Fenway Park Boston 15 St. Louis 9 RED SOX OUT SLUG BROWNS TO WIN 15-9 It was all offense in this one, with the two teams burning a combined eight pitchers. Boston came out on top in the 15-9 mauling. Ted Williams(33, 34) belted a pair of home runs, Vern Stephens…

August 1. Gm# 98 Fenway Park Boston 5 Cleveland 4 BOBBY DOERR LAYS DOWN SUICIDE SQUEEZE BUNT TO BREAK 4-4 TIE The Red Sox were trailing 4-3, heading into the bottom of the eighth. With one out, Dom DiMaggio singled, then Johnny Pesky laced a triple into right field, tying the game. That brought up…