Monday, July 23, 2007

May 10th, 1934 - AL Game Summaries

Tigers Win on Road Against A's, 7-2
Fox provides the hits and Rowe the pitching in Tiger victory

Tigers.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 7 12 0
Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 10 1

Schoolboy Rowe allowed Mickey Cochrane to rest his bullpen, tossing a completegame as the Detroit Tigers outscored the Philadelphia Athletics 7 to3. Detroit outfielder Pete Fox, who is putting together a fine season, powered the Tigers' offense with three hits, including one double, and an RBI.

Rowe(3-0) gave Detroit a solid outing. He was reached for 10 hits and 1 walkin 9 innings. Detroit rapped out 12 hits for the afternoon. Mort Flohr(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief. He couldn't find the strikezone and allowed 6 walks in 2 innings.


Red Sox Catch Fire in 8th in 3-1 Victory
Pitchers' duel turns Sox way late in game

Indians......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 2
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 10 0

Rube Walberg(2-0) and Willis Hudlin (2-2) treated the Boston fans to a fine pitching duel at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox eventually emerged asvictors over the Cleveland Indians by the score of 3 to 1. Walberg pitched a solid game. He was reached for 6 hits and 1 walk in 8innings lowering his ERA from 2.51 to 2.01. Cleveland threatened in the 9thbut Boston was able to put down the rally.




New York Responds to McCarthy's Challenge
Yankee infielders lead team to win over White Sox, 7-1

White Sox....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 2
Yankees........... 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 x - 7 10 1

The Yankees took Skipper Joe McCarthy's challenge to heart, beating the White Sox by playing typical Yankees long ball. The surprise, however, was who hit them. Rather than Ruth and Gehrig, the "usual suspects," it was infielders Frank Crosetti and Tony Lazzeri, and pitcher Red Ruffing who hit three solo homers for the home town team.

Crosetti has been particularly desperate for a spark. He was hitting a mere .159 entering the game. His lead off home run in the bottom of the first seemed to snap the Yankees out of the haze through which they managed to sleep walk through in their 1-3 home stand against the lowly St. Louis Browns. Red Ruffing pitched a complete game for the Yanks. Ruffing (3-1) had a strong outing. He surrendered only 7 hits and 3 walks in 9 innings seeing his ERA drop from 2.12 to 1.88. New York banged out 10 on the afternoon. The loss was charged to George Earnshaw (2-2). He served up 3 gopher balls in 6 innings. With this win, New York has an 8-12 record. They have been 4-6 lately. With this loss, Chicago has a 5-5 record of late, 9-8 overall.