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.