Evening star., 1941-10-05
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center. Heinrich smashed an or
binary scrt of bounder past First
| Baseman Dolf Camilh. but Second
| Baseman Pete Coscarsft handled
the ball cleanly. Camilli was pulled
| far off first base in his attempt to
/ field the ball and Casey neglected
/ to cover first base. Cosce.rart had
nobody to throw TO and Heinrich
was safe. Rolfe stopped at second.
Di Maggie then rifed a sharp
single to center. scoring Rolfe and
shifting Heinrich to third. Keller
duplicated Di Maggios drive to score
Heinrich and move Di Maggie to
third. Larry French was rushed
to the mound by Manager Leo Du-
rocher and frustrated further ScOr-
ing by forcing Bill Dickey to hit
into double play.
Dodgers Score in Eighth.
That, it developed, was the ball
game. The Dodgers, checked with
two hits by Russo in the first seven
innings, fashioned two more in the
eighth to manufacture their only
run. Dixie Walker opened with a
single, but was in a fair way toward
being stranded when Russo took
Mickey Owens timid tap and threw
him out then struck out Pinch
hitter Augie Galan.
Reese, shifted into first place in
the Dodgers altered batting order,
scored Walker, though. when he
sliced single down the right field
line. Russo disposed of Coscarart
on pop fly to Third Baseman
Rolfe, then set down Reiser. Joe
Medwick and Cookie Lavagetto in
order in the ninth.
Fitzsimmons had pitched some of
the most brilliant baseball of his
mellowed career to avoid Yankee
scoring in the sixth inning. Sturm
launched the frame with a looping
single to center, then promptly stole
second to place the Dodgers In an
unenviable spot.
! With none out the situation called
for a sacrifice, but Brooklyn re-
ceived a gratifying break when Rolfe
fouled to Owen in attempting to
lay down a bunt. Fitzsimmons
didn't ease the tension when he
walked Heinrich, what with Di Mag
gio and Keller waiting to bat.
Fitz Pitches Heart Out.
glo were balls. Di Maggie waited
and the count reached three balls
and a strike, then three and two.
and swung on the next pitch and
sent an easy fly in right field to
Walker. Then Keller grounded out
to Camilli as the rabid BROOKLYN
fans roared approval.
Fitzsimmons was pitching his
heart out to keep the Dodgers in
the game. In the fifth inning Cor
don laced a triple off the left field
screen in front of the bleachers
with two out. There was some
speculation among the umpires as
to whether the hit should have been
home run, since fan appeared to
have had his hands on the ball.
The umpires settled on a triple,
and in that situation Fitzsimmons
purposely passed little Phil Riz-
zuto to pitch to Russo. The strategy
was faultlesS, for Freddy famed
his young pitching foe after Rizzuto
had stolen second base to place two
runners in scoring position.
FltzSlmmonS was in trouble, too
in the second inning when Di Mag
| glo Shot a single to left for his first
hit OF the series. Joe moved to sec
ond as Keller grounded out to Ca
milll but advanced no farther as
Dickey fouled to Camilli andSGor-
don flied to Walker.
Russo Meets Test in 18th.
The only hit off Russo in the first
six innings was a scratchy affair
| off MedWick's bat. With two out in
the fourth Medwick topped a weak
roller down the third base line and
beat it out. Russo in the first inning
walked Billy Herman, later replaced
by Coscarart as he Herman) had
injured his side in batting practice
and issued a walk to Lavagetto in
the second Neither runner ad-
vanced to second, however, and Rus
| so entered the seventh inning with
out having been put to a real test
He received that test in the sew
enth and responded nobly. Reiser
the National Leagues leading hit
ter. got his first hit of the series
opening with double to right CEN
ter. Then Russo bore down. He
struck out Medwick, retired Lava.
getto on grounder to Gordon as
Reiser took third, then whipped q
third strike past Camilli.
Camilli, incidentally. was no hero
He hit into a double play in his first
effort, then struck out twice Russo
also famed Reiser, Medwick and
Galan once each.
The Yankees distributed their
eight hits evenly among Fitzsim-
mons and Casey, but Casey absorbed
the defeat, of course. French
pitched only to Dickey in the eighth
and Johnny Allen retired Gordon
Rizzuto and Russo in order in the
ninth.