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BOSTON RED SOX
...
THE
CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 3
A
SUBWAY SERIES DISAPPEARS ...
The Red Sox
tie a record and lose 13-4
May 20, 1948 ... The
Red Sox issued 18 walks to the Cleveland Indians tonight as Lou
Boudreau's team notched its fourth straight victory, 13 to 4, before
a huge crowd of 43,158 at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. The
combined efforts of a pair of Red Sox lefties, the veteran Mickey
Harris and young Mickey McDermott, achieved the unenviable
distinction of handing out 18 free passes, equaling the mark set by
the Detroit Tigers in 1916. It surpassed the National League mark of
17, set by the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. In all,
there were 23 passes issued tonight with Bob Lemon handing out five
of them. Lemon did not pitch a great game and the Sox managed to
sneak back into the ballgame after trailing 7 to 0 as early as the second
inning. But then the wildness of the Sox hurlers eliminated any chance that the
Red Sox could fully get back into it.
Specs Tucker's single and walks to Allie Clark, Lou Boudreau, Joe Gordon and
Pat Seerey, along with Ken Keltner's sacrifice fly, gave the Indians their start
in the first inning, with Mickey Harris showing no semblance of control. Down 2
to 0, Harris then passed Lemon to open up the second inning. Then Tucker got an
infield hit and Clark sacrificed him to second. Boudreau was walked
intentionally to fill the bases and Eddie Robinson slammed a double to
right-center, counting two more runs. After Joe Gordon was given another
intentional walk, Keltner hit a ball to Billy Goodman at third, who fumbled the
ball allowing Clark to score. Robinson and Boudreau came home on Pat Seerey's
single to left and that was it for Harris.
McDermott came into pitch and struck out Jim Hegan and made Bob Lemon pop out
to Bobby Doerr. The Indians now had a 7 to 0 lead but that was no indication of
what was to come. McDermott's wildness hurt him in the fourth inning when he
walked four successive batters, after Gordon opened with a single and two more
Indian runs crossed the plate. Boudreau then belted his third home run of the
year over the left centerfield fence in the fifth inning and the Indians scored
their 11th run in the sixth on walks to Seerey and Tucker, along with Clark's
base hit.
The Red Sox scored a pair of runs in the third and fourth innings, and the
Indians wound up the scoring in the eighth-inning, as the combined efforts of
Harris and McDermott tied the major league record for base on balls in a
single-game.
The Red Sox are definitely in a bad way with Joe Dobson being the only
healthy pitcher on the staff. In spite of one error, Billy Goodman look great at
third-base but more importantly even look better with the bat. There is little
doubt that he will be in the lineup somewhere when Johnny Pesky returns. |
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