Evening star., 1945-10-07
Keller
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Cubs sent up two more pinch-batters
after Secory's failure. Heine
Becker swung for Hughes in the
seventh and raped single to left.
He was followed by Paul Gillespie,
batting for Vandenberg, and Gill
lespie rolled to York to be retired
when Trout ran over to first base
to take the throw.
Trout Yields First Hit.
The first hit of the game was off
Trout. Mickey Livingston opened
the Cubs third with a single to left
center, only to be forced out when
Hughes endeavored to sacrifice.
Prim did manage to sacrifice Liv-
ingston to second, but Hack proved
a soft out.
Then followed the uprising that
got the American League champions
the game. With Skeeter Webb out
of the way at the beginning of the
fourth, Eddie Mayo drew a walk
Doc Cramer got. the first Detroit
hit, a single to Tight that moved
Mayo to second. Then Hank Green
berg, who had gone down before
three Prim pitches in the second
and swinging wildly at the third
came back to single to left. Mayo
scored. Cramer pulled up at second
and the Detroit drive was on.
Roy Cullenbine, a switch-batter,
came out to swing righthanded
against the lefthanded Prim and
ripped two-bagger down the left
field line. Cramer got home, Green
berg went to third and Prim got
out of the game. Derringer came in
to pass the long-hiting York de-
liberately. This filled the bases.
The strategem might have panned
out had the Cubs pair f1anking Sec
ond base been a. bit more lively
when Jimmy Outlaw sent roller
to Second Baseman johnson. But
johnson was trifle slow in getting
to the ball and though his throw
TO second beat York there for a
force-out, Shortstop Roy Hughes,
who, too, was slow with his pivot,
missed side-retiring double-play
with his relay to Cavarretta at first.
So Greenberg got across with the
third Tiger run and Cullenbine was
on third. Paul Richards raped a
onebaser to center and the fourth
score was registered by Cullenbine.
Bengals Slowed Down.
The Tigers were in fair scoring
position only twice after the fourth.
With two outs in the fifth, Cramer
singled and kept on to second as
Nicholson erred. Greenberg walked,
but Cavarretta took good care of
Cullenbines smack. Outlaw began
the ninth with single off Erickson
and, after Richards struck out.
checked in at second as Trout sim
gled off Hacks gloved hand.
A passed ball let Outlaw 90 to
third, but with Webb at bat, Out
law was trapped off the far corner
and run down, Livingston to Hack
The play made Outlaw really look
foolish. Trout went to second dur
ing the rundown, but Webb skied
to the right fielder.
The Cubs looked as though they
might tally in the fourth when
johnson and Peanuts Lowrey, the
first two batters UP, singled.
But Trout struck out Cavarretts
for the second time and after Andy
Pafko had moved up both runners
Nicholson struck out.
Mayo, Tiger second baseman
played the Pafko grounder oddly
He had the ball in plenty of time
to throw for force-out of John
son at second, but Johnson stopped
dead in his tracks on the line ano
confused Mayo. So the latter threw
to first instead to retire Pafko. The
odd play made the going roughel
for Trout, but the big pitcher was
equal to it.
johnson blazed the way to the
Cubs score by starting the sixth
with triple driven to the right.
field corner. Lowrey followed with
slam to Outlaw. johnson imme.
diately broke for home, but woulc
have been out by yards had thu
Tiger third baseman had his heae
up. johnson, finally sensing tn,
danger, pulled UP, then made {
second foolish break as he rushee
back toward third when OUTLAW
threw to York for an out.
johnson could have made hom,
on Outlaws throw, but might hav,
been caught at third by York;
quick return had the throw no
been wild. AS it was, the bal
bounded into the Cubs dugout t,
put 1t out of play, but johnson
then had to be waved home b,
Plate Umpire Jocko Conlan.
After that, Pinch batter Becke
was the lone Cub to reach base an,
he never got farther than first II
the seventh. Trout had the Cub
stopped II his support didn't.