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MIKE RYBA |
IN THE RUNNING UP
UNTIL
UNCLE SAM CALLS AGAIN ...
Mike Ryba's single in the
12th gives him a win
May
19, 1944 ... The Red Sox defeated the White
Sox by a 3 to 2 score in 12 innings at Fenway Park and it was Mike
Ryba who did the important business at the end. With both teams in a
2 to 2 deadlock in the third extra frame of the game, Ryba slapped a
clean-cut single into left field that scored Tom McBride from second
base. McBride had singled and then got a second life when Leroy
Schalk dropped the peg from Tony Cuccinello trying to get force at
second base. It's too bad that only 1200 customers saw this
absorbing contest. The Red Sox went behind in the second inning, 2 to 0, when Ed
Carnett doubled and was followed by three successive singles against Sox pitcher
Clem Hausmann. The Sox immediately came back when Bob Johnson belted his second
home run of the year into the left-field screen.
After that, the White Sox hit safely in seven successive innings but could
not score. The Red Sox also vainly strived to tie the game but failed. They
finally were able to tie it up in the ninth-inning when Roy Partee singled and
then was replaced by pinch runner Eddie Lake. With two outs, Joe Cronin
pinch-hit and drew a pass. Hal Wagner, hitting for Lee Culberson, bounded a
single to right-field that scored Lake with the tying run.
Except when they scored, Chicago only got by second base just once. The Red
Sox however, had chances aplenty, leaving the bases loaded in the fourth and
fifth innings, and again in the tenth. |
