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.