GROMEK HOLDS OFF BURNS, 2-1

Harlem's Steve Gromek struck out 7 Burns and scattered 10 hits as the Harlem Knights defeated Montgomery, 2-1, in game three of the World Series. Montgomery leads the best-of-7 series, 2 games to one.

In the third pitching duel in as many games, Montgomery's Max Lanier stood toe-to-toe with Gromek, as both teams were scoreless through 4 innings. In the top of the fifth, Harlem took at 1-0 lead when Jim Bucher walked with the bases loaded. The Burns tied it an inning later on Mickey Owen's RBI single. in the top of the seventh, Harlem took the lead for good when Dixie Walker singled home Nick Etten. Lanier struck out 8 in the loss.

10/8/1944, HAR44-MON44, Briggs Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1944 Knights           0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  0     2  5  1     7  1
1944 Burns             0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0     1 10  1    10  0
 
Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Burns                AB  R  H BI   AVG
Spence            cf  4  0  0  0  .167    Stirnweiss        2b  5  0  1  0  .286
WalkerD           lf  4  0  1  1  .200    Russell           rf  2  0  2  0  .444
Kurowski          3b  4  0  0  0  .000     Hockett          pr  0  0  0  0  .000
Nicholson         rf  4  0  0  0  .000     Tipton           rf  2  0  0  0  .000
Etten             1b  4  1  1  0  .167    Holmes            cf  3  0  1  0  .273
Camelli           c   2  1  0  0  .000    McCormick         1b  4  0  0  0  .083
Newsome           ss  1  0  0  0  .167    Litwhiler         lf  3  1  0  0  .100
 Tabor            ph  2  0  1  0  .500    Kerr              ss  4  0  3  0  .333
Bucher            2b  1  0  1  1  .250    Christman         3b  3  0  1  0  .273
 Reyes            ph  1  0  0  0  .000     Busch            3b  0  0  0  0  .000
 Mayo             ss  1  0  0  0  .250    Owen              c   3  0  2  1  .556
Gromek            p   4  0  1  0  .250     Waner            ph  1  0  0  0  .000
                     32  2  5  2           King             p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                          Lanier            p   3  0  0  0  .000
                                           Guerra           c   1  0  0  0  .000
                                                               34  1 10  1
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Gromek           W 1-0           9.0 10  1  1  3  7 139  87  1.00
                                 9.0 10  1  1  3  7 139  87 
 
Burns                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Lanier           L 0-1           8.0  5  2  1  3  8 110  75  1.13
King                             1.0  0  0  0  0  1  11   8  0.00
                                 9.0  5  2  1  3  9 121  83 
 
HAR: Tabor batted for Newsome in the 7th
     Reyes batted for Bucher in the 7th
     Mayo inserted at ss in the 7th
     Tabor moved to 2b in the 7th
MON: Hockett ran for Russell in the 5th
     Tipton inserted at rf in the 6th
     Waner batted for Owen in the 8th
     Guerra inserted at c in the 9th
     Busch inserted at 3b in the 9th
 
E-Kurowski, Lanier. 2B-Russell. K-Spence, WalkerD, Kurowski, Nicholson 2, 
Etten, Gromek 2, Reyes, Stirnweiss 3, McCormick, Christman, Lanier, Tipton. 
BB-Camelli 2, Bucher, Russell, Holmes, Litwhiler. SH-Newsome, Christman. 
WP-Gromek. 
GWRBI: WalkerD
Jim Russell was injured for this game only
Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 7 MPH.