Evening star., 1947-10-05
yanks Win,2-1
For Last0
Pinch Hitter Fails
With Dodeer on
Second in Ninth
By Burton Hawkins
Stor StoH Correspondent

BROOKLYN, Oct. A. Brook
lyn's Dodgers set up the scenery
today for Pinch-Hitter Harry
(Cookie) Lavagetto to take his
place as. a World Series glory
boy for a second successive game
with two out in the ninth inning,
but this time the veteran hero
of the act missed his cue.
He also missed a sweeping curve
for a third strike, tanning in
gloriously with the tying run on
second base, letting the New York
Yankees escape with a 81 victory
in the fifth game of the series.
Lavagetto, who played a pinch
hitting role yesterday to collect the
lone hit off Floyd Bevens, BOOM
ing double to right that drove two
Dodgers across the plate and lifted
Brooklyn to pulsating 80 triumph.
saw htEhero average slump to 500,
greatly to the chagrin of large
segment of the hysterical crowd of
34,379 at Ebbets Field.
Frank Shea, sturdy 25-year-old
rookie, calmly struck out Lavagetto
as Vic lombard. pinch-runner.
awaited eagerly, but fruitlessly for
the nit which would send him across
the plate with the tying run. Shea's
fitting finish to a 4-hit pitching
performance hoisted the American
League champions into a az lead
in games as the teams completed
their stay at Brooklyn's home field.
Tomorrow, the series returns to
Yankee Stadium.
Second Victory for Shea.
Shea, fun-loving prankster and
mimic, thus achieved his second
series victory, having received credit
for the first game after being lifted
for a pinch-hitter in the midst of a
5-run. fifth-inning rally. Shea
walked five and famed seven. re-
manning in deep trouble in three of
tho last four innings.
The Naugatuck Comm right
handler contributed two of the
Yankees five hits of a procession
of four Brooklyn pitchers and while
his eighth-inning double was wasted,
his fourth-inning single to left pro-
PEELED the Yankees into 10 lead.
The margin of victory was pro-
vided by Joe DiMaggio as he
blasted a mighty home run into the
upper deck of the left field stands
with one out and none on base in
the fifth inning. That blow, de-
livered off Rex Barney, surprise
starting choice of Manager Burt
Shotton, gave the Yankees COM
mand at 20.
Bull Pen Working in First Inning.
Barney, a 175-pound Highlander
who had won only five games and
lost two during the course of the
regular season, was the desperation
starting selection of Shotton, who
displayed little faith in his choice
by ordering Clyde King to warm up
in the Dodgers bull pen even while
Barney was pitching to the, Yankees
first batter. George Stirnweiss.
That pessimism nearly was justi-
fed Immediately, for Barney walked
StirnWeiss and Tommy Heinrich
lashed a line drive double to right
center, Stirnweiss pulling up at
third. Johnny Lindell coaxed a
walk from Barney to fill the bases
with none out. Then Brooklyn's
pitcher braced beautifully
He struck out the dangerous Di-
Maggie He took George McQuinns
meek tap and tossed to Catcher
Bruce Edwards at the plate, forcing
Stirnweiss Then he struck out Bill
johnson and the fans rose as one
to cheer his escape from disaster.
Barney was flirting with trouble
continuously before he left the prem
ises in the fifth inning. He walked
nine over that span and was in
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