North Dallas battled back from a two-run deficit to defeat the Harlem Knights in 10 innings, 6-5. The victory gives the Forty a 2-1 lead in the World Series.
Early Wynn and Milo Candini started off with two shutout innings each, before North Dallas scored their first run on a Mickey Livingston passed ball. A Roy Cullenbine triple scored Elbie Fletcher, giving the Forty a 2-0 lead. Harlem got those two right back in the bottom of the frame, courtesy of a two-run triple by Rudy York.
The Knights took the lead on a two-run single by Charlie Keller in the fifth, scoring Swish Nicholson and Rudy York. However, the 4-2 lead was short lived. North Dallas battles back with three runs in the sixth, capped by the go-ahead single by Ken Keltner. The Knights tied it back up in the seventh innings on a Nicholson home run, his second in as many games.
The score remained tied at 5 through nine. North Dallas came to bat in the tenth, and got a lead-off double by Lou Klein. Lonnie Frey moved Klein over to third on a single, bringing up Buffy Rosar. With the infield in, Rosar dribbled one to third. Ralph Hodgin's throw got to Livingston a little late, and Klein scored what wound up being the winning run.
The two teams meet again tomorrow afternoon for game 4.
10/5/1943, NDA43-HAR43, Wrigley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1943 Forty 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 6 13 0 10 1
1943 Knights 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 10 1 7 2
Forty AB R H BI AVG Knights AB R H BI AVG
Galan cf 6 1 1 0 .077 Spence cf 5 0 0 0 .000
Fletcher 1b 5 1 1 0 .308 Vaughan ss 5 1 1 0 .300
Cullenbine rf 4 1 1 1 .154 Nicholson rf 5 3 3 1 .462
Heath lf 4 0 2 0 .286 York 1b 4 1 3 2 .385
Klein ss 5 2 2 0 .455 Keller lf 4 0 2 2 .417
Frey 2b 5 1 3 1 .375 Wood 2b 3 0 0 0 .083
Rosar c 4 0 1 1 .222 Beggs p 1 0 0 0 .000
Keltner 3b 5 0 1 2 .273 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 .000
Wynn p 3 0 0 0 .000 Etten ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Cavarretta ph 1 0 1 0 .500 Hodgin 3b 3 0 1 0 .273
Butcher p 0 0 0 0 .000 Livingston c 4 0 0 0 .091
42 6 13 5 Candini p 2 0 0 0 .000
Cuccinello 2b 2 0 0 0 .000
39 5 10 5
Forty INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Wynn 8.0 10 5 5 3 4 117 68 5.63
Butcher W 1-0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 20 14 0.00
10.0 10 5 5 3 4 137 82
Knights INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Candini 5.1 8 5 5 3 0 101 60 8.44
Beggs L 1-1 3.2 5 1 1 0 2 49 35 1.69
Murphy 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0.00
10.0 13 6 6 3 2 157 100
NDA: Cavarretta batted for Wynn in the 9th
HAR: Cuccinello inserted at 2b in the 6th
Etten batted for Murphy in the 10th
E-York. 2B-Heath, Klein, York, Keller. 3B-Cullenbine, York. HR-Nicholson(2).
SB-Hodgin(1). K-Fletcher, Cullenbine, Livingston, Cuccinello 2, Beggs.
BB-Cullenbine, Heath, Rosar, York, Keller, Hodgin. SH-Butcher. PB-Livingston.
GWRBI: Rosar
Temperature: 68, Field: wet, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 18 MPH.