PASSEAU'S TWO-HITTER STOPS KNIGHTS, 4-1
Claude Passeau allowed only two hits in eight innings and Augie Galan had three hits as North Dallas defeated Harlem 4-1, to take a 2-0 lead in the 1945 World Series. Passeau (1-0) walked three and struck out three as he only allowed back-to-back hits to Mike Sandlock and Skeeter Newsome in the fifth which lead to the Knights only run. The Forty broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the fifth with a pair of runs. Jim Tobin pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.
10/6/1945, HAR45-NDA45, Polo Grounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1945 Knights 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0
1945 Forty 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 x 4 10 0 6 0
Knights AB R H BI AVG Forty AB R H BI AVG
Walker cf 4 0 0 0 .333 Galan 3b 4 1 3 0 .625
Mayo 2b 4 0 0 0 .400 Lake ss 4 1 1 0 .375
Etten 1b 4 0 0 0 .125 Cavarretta 1b 4 0 2 1 .556
Kurowski 3b 4 0 0 0 .000 Heath lf 4 1 2 1 .333
Keller rf 4 0 0 0 .125 Robinson c 4 1 1 0 .200
Greenberg lf 1 0 0 0 .600 Cullenbine rf 4 0 0 1 .222
Sandlock c 2 1 1 0 .333 Tobin p 0 0 0 0 .000
Newsome ss 3 0 1 1 .429 DiMaggio cf 4 0 1 1 .250
Gromek p 2 0 0 0 .000 Stanky 2b 3 0 0 0 .167
Peck ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Passeau p 3 0 0 0 .000
Orrell p 0 0 0 0 .000 Byrnes rf 0 0 0 0 .000
29 1 2 1 34 4 10 4
Knights INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Gromek L 0-1 7.0 9 3 3 0 2 98 63 3.86
Orrell 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 9 6 20.25
8.0 10 4 4 0 2 107 69
Forty INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Passeau W 1-0 8.0 2 1 1 3 3 98 55 1.13
Tobin S 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 7 0.00
9.0 2 1 1 3 4 109 62
HAR: Peck batted for Gromek in the 8th
NDA: Byrnes inserted at rf in the 9th
2B-Galan 2, DiMaggio. 3B-Sandlock. SB-Heath(1). K-Mayo, Keller, Sandlock,
Gromek, Lake, DiMaggio. BB-Greenberg 2, Sandlock. BALK-Passeau.
GWRBI: Cavarretta
Claude Passeau was injured for this game and 15 more days
Temperature: 47, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 9 MPH.
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