TROUT FOUR-HITS HARLEM, 3-1

Dizzy Trout allowed only four hits as the Montgomery Burns defeated Harlem, 3-1, in Game Four, to take a 3-1 lead in the 1944 World Series.

Trout (2-0) was masterful, not allowing a run until the ninth inning on a Bill Nicholson home run. Bucky Walters (0-2) pitched very well for the Knights, but did not get any help from the offense (4-31) or the defense (3 Harlem errors).

Jim Russell continued his torrid hitting with a triple in the third, and on Tommy Holmes single, scored the go-ahead run and gave the Burns a lead they would not relinquish. Trout scored the other two runs himself.

The Series could conclude tomorrow with a Burns victory, as they send Jack Kramer to the mound to face Ken Raffensberger.

10/9/1944, HAR44-MON44, Briggs Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1944 Knights           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1     1  4  3     6  1
1944 Burns             0  0  1  0  1  0  1  0  x     3  7  1     8  0
 
Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Burns                AB  R  H BI   AVG
Spence            cf  3  0  1  0  .200    Stirnweiss        2b  4  0  0  0  .222
WalkerD           lf  4  0  0  0  .143    Russell           rf  4  1  3  1  .538
Etten             1b  4  0  1  0  .188    Holmes            cf  4  0  1  1  .267
Nicholson         rf  4  1  1  1  .067    McCormick         1b  3  0  0  0  .067
Kurowski          3b  3  0  0  0  .000    Litwhiler         lf  3  0  0  0  .077
Bucher            2b  4  0  0  0  .125    Kerr              ss  4  0  0  0  .231
Camelli           c   4  0  0  0  .000    Christman         3b  4  0  1  0  .267
Newsome           ss  2  0  0  0  .125    Owen              c   4  0  1  0  .462
 Dallesndro       ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Trout             p   2  2  1  0  .600
 Mayo             ss  0  0  0  0  .250     Ryba             p   0  0  0  0 1.000
Walters           p   2  0  0  0  .000                         32  3  7  2
 Zarilla          ph  1  0  1  0 1.000
 Zoldak           p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     32  1  4  1
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Walters          L 0-2           7.0  7  3  2  3  4 100  59  3.00
Zoldak                           1.0  0  0  0  0  0   9   7  2.25
                                 8.0  7  3  2  3  4 109  66 
 
Burns                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Trout            W 2-0           8.1  4  1  1  2  5 126  76  1.17
Ryba             S 2             0.2  0  0  0  0  1  11   6  0.00
                                 9.0  4  1  1  2  6 137  82 
 
HAR: Dallesndro batted for Newsome in the 8th
     Zarilla batted for Walters in the 8th
     Mayo inserted at ss in the 8th
 
E-WalkerD, Nicholson, Bucher, Stirnweiss. 2B-Zarilla, Owen, Trout. 
3B-Russell. HR-Nicholson(1). K-Nicholson, Bucher 2, Camelli, Newsome, 
Walters, Stirnweiss, Litwhiler, Kerr, Trout. BB-Spence, Kurowski, McCormick, 
Litwhiler, Trout. 
GWRBI: Holmes
Temperature: 64, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to left at 5 MPH, 
Rain Delays: 32 and 52 minutes.