St Louis - The Plague spotted starter Marius Russo a three-run first inning lead, only to watch Russo squander it under an 18-hit attack that left the Knights one game from their third-straight championship.
St Louis started quickly on Lefty Grove, scoring three times in the bottom of the opening frame, including a two-run homer by Jimmie Foxx. The 3-0 lead was short-lived, however. Harlem scored twice in the third, four times in the third, and another four times by the seventh to build a 10-3 lead. Grove recovered from his shaky start to handcuff the Plague. St Louis added a pair in the 8th, which Harlem matched in the 9th.
Charlie Gehringer had 3 hits, including a game-tying home run, and Joe Cronin also had three hits. Reliever Bob Bowman is the only Knight without a hit. Cecil Travis had three hits for St Louis, and Foxx added a pair. The series now returns to Harlem, where the Knights will sent Bobo Newsom to the mound to face
Whitey Moore.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1939 Knights 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 12 18 1 10 0
1939 Plague 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 1 9 2
Knights AB R H BI AVG Plague AB R H BI AVG
Kreevich cf 4 1 2 1 .500 Rolfe 3b 3 1 2 0 .400
Gehringer 2b 5 1 3 2 .381 Cramer cf 2 1 1 0 .316
York c 6 0 1 2 .050 Padgett ph 1 0 0 0 .333
Greenberg 1b 4 2 2 1 .211 West cf 0 0 0 0 .000
Keller rf 3 2 2 0 .471 Dickey c 4 0 0 1 .063
Tabor 3b 5 1 2 1 .222 Foxx 1b 4 2 2 2 .385
Selkirk lf 4 1 1 3 .111 Johnson lf 5 1 0 0 .167
Bowman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Travis ss 4 0 3 0 .368
Cronin ss 5 2 3 1 .350 Chapman rf 3 0 0 0 .125
Grove p 3 1 1 0 .167 McQuinn ph 0 0 0 1 .125
Walker lf 1 1 1 0 1.000 Hutchinson p 0 0 0 0 .000
40 12 18 11 Myer 2b 2 0 0 0 .333
Allen p 0 0 0 0 .000
Martin,P ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Harder p 0 0 0 0 .000
Radcliff ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Russo p 1 0 0 0 .333
Lanning p 0 0 0 0 .000
Lazzeri 2b 3 0 0 0 .250
34 5 8 4
Knights INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Grove W 2-0 7.0 8 5 4 3 1 104 64 3.38
Bowman 2.0 0 0 0 2 1 33 18 2.45
9.0 8 5 4 5 2 137 82
Plague INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Russo L 0-2 2.2 5 6 5 4 0 60 29 6.75
Lanning 1.2 5 3 3 2 0 36 17 16.20
Allen 1.2 3 1 1 1 1 37 22 5.40
Harder 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 26 19 0.00
Hutchinson 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 25 18 4.91
9.0 18 12 11 8 3 184 105
HAR: Walker inserted at lf in the 8th
STL: Lazzeri inserted at 2b in the 5th
Martin,P batted for Allen in the 6th
Padgett batted for Cramer in the 7th
West inserted at cf in the 8th
McQuinn batted for Chapman in the 8th
Radcliff batted for Harder in the 8th
Radcliff moved to rf in the 9th
E-Gehringer, Rolfe. 2B-Cronin, Cramer, Foxx. HR-Gehringer(2), Selkirk(1),
Foxx(1). K-York 3, Dickey, Radcliff. BB-Kreevich, Gehringer, Greenberg 2,
Keller 2, Selkirk, Grove, Rolfe 2, Dickey, Foxx, West. SH-Kreevich, Cramer,
McQuinn.
GWRBI: Selkirk
Temperature: 72, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 17 MPH.