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The Red Sox come back for
August 2, 1929 ... The Red Sox beat the White Sox, 3 to 2, in a 10 inning battle at Fenway. Outfielder Bill Barrett got a lot of satisfaction by being the one who beat his former team. With the score knotted at 1-1, Doug Taitt, who went to the White Sox in the Barrett trade, led off the first half of the 10th inning with a double, and then scored what at the moment, seemed to be the winning run. For nine innings the game was a pitchers duel between Jack Russell and the White Sox veteran, Red Faber. The White Sox were the first to get on the board in the first inning, on a hit by the first batter, Alex Metzler, a sac bunt and a base hit by Carl Reynolds. The Red Sox tied thing up in the third, when Hal Rhyne reached on a bobbled ball and scored on Wally Gerber's drive to right field that went for a triple. Then the battle settled in between Russell and Faber. In the 10th, Taitt doubled to left off the Sox new pitcher, Milt Gaston. After Bill Hunnefield struck out, Moe Berg scored Taitt of a single to right. Faber ended the inning by grounding into a doubleplay. In the home half of the tenth, Jack Rothrock was tossed out by Faber. Johnnie Heving batted for Wally Gerber and struck out, but made if to first when Berg, the catcher, let the pitch get away and threw the ball to first pulling first baseman Art Shires off the bag. Russ Scarritt forced Heving at second and up came Barrett looking to punish the team that gave up on him. He sent a ball off the left field wall to score Scarritt and tie things up again. Bill Regan's single up the middle ended the game, bringing home Barrett with the game winner. |
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