It was a marquee matchup of two great southpaws, Lefty
Gomez and Lefty Grove. But in the end, it was the
bullpens that got the decision.
Harlem jumped off to a 2-0 lead in the second after
Pete Fox dropped a fly ball off the bat of Mike
Kreevich. The next batter, Joe Cronin, doubled to
score them both. Milton got one back in the bottom of
the frame on a Gabby Hartnett home run. Lefty Grove
settled down from there, shutting out Milton through
the seventh.
With a 3-1 lead, Grove got into trouble, culminating
with Moose Solter's double which tied the game.
Al Smith took over, and in the bottom of the ninth,
retired the first two batters before surrendering
three straight singles. Dolph Camilli, batting with
the bases loaded, worked it to a full count before
singling and scoring Pinky Whitney, giving Milton a
4-3 win.
Game 4 will be tomorrow, when Elden Auker of Milton
faces Luke Hamlin of Harlem.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1937 Knights 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 7 2
1937 Teetotalers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 14 3 10 2
Knights AB R H BI AVG Teetotalers AB R H BI AVG
Gehringer 2b 5 0 2 0 .438 Whitney 3b 3 2 2 0 .429
Simmons cf 4 0 1 1 .267 Appling ss 5 1 3 0 .467
York 3b 4 0 0 0 .333 Fox cf 5 0 2 0 .400
Greenberg 1b 3 1 1 0 .273 Camilli 1b 5 0 1 1 .091
Dickey c 3 0 1 0 .300 Hartnett c 4 1 2 2 .333
Kreevich lf 4 1 0 0 .111 Solters lf 4 0 2 1 .286
ASmith p 0 0 0 0 .000 Demaree rf 4 0 0 0 .000
Cronin ss 4 0 1 2 .077 Hughes 2b 4 0 1 0 .222
Walker rf 4 1 0 0 .000 Gomez p 2 0 1 0 .500
Grove p 3 0 0 0 .000 Jurges ph 1 0 0 0 .333
Gaffke lf 1 0 1 0 1.000 VanderMeer p 0 0 0 0 .000
35 3 7 3 Pytlak ph 1 0 0 0 .500
38 4 14 4
Knights INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove 7.2 10 3 3 2 1 142 83 3.52
ASmith L 0-1 1.0 4 1 1 0 0 28 17 4.50
8.2 14 4 4 2 1 170 100
Teetotalers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Gomez 7.0 6 3 1 1 8 92 64 1.29
VanderMeer W 1-0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 31 16 0.00
9.0 7 3 1 2 9 123 80
HAR: Gaffke inserted at lf in the 8th
MIL: Jurges batted for Gomez in the 7th
Pytlak batted for VanderMeer in the 9th
E-Appling 2, Fox. 2B-Cronin, Solters. HR-Hartnett(1). K-Gehringer, Simmons,
York, Greenberg 2, Cronin, Walker, Grove 2, Whitney. BB-Greenberg, Dickey,
Whitney 2. GWRBI: Camilli
Temperature: 46, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 23 MPH.