FIRST ROUND: A see-saw series saw Washington take what appeared to be an insurmountable 3-0 lead, but Boston came back with three consecutive victories to force a winner-take-all game seven. Walter Johnson was up to the task, shutting out the Red Sox to help the Senators advance.
Pre-Expansion Greats Tournament
Game 1: Washington 5, Boston 2
Game 2: Washington 1, Boston 0
Game 3: Washington 3, Boston 3
Game 4: Boston 11, Washington 4
Game 5: Boston 8, Washington 6
Game 6: Boston 9, Washington 2
Game 7: Washington 3, Boston 0
Series MVP: Heinie Manush, Washington
Manush had seven hits in the series, six of them for extra bases. He batted .280 (7-for-25) with two doubles, three triples and one home run, while scoring four runs and driving in three. He broke up Cy Young’s no-hitter in the eighth inning of game seven and scored what turned out to be the game-winning run.
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Game 1: Washington 5, Boston 2
Washington’s Walter Johnson scattered four hits and five walks to best Cy Young in the opener. Tied 1-1 in the fourth, Harmon Killebrew and Mickey Vernon hit doubles to put the Senators ahead to stay. In the seventh, Jake Early hit a two-run homer, and Goose Goslin added an RBI double to make it 5-1. Johnson only gave up two hits in the first eight innings, but allowed two in the ninth, one of them an RBI double by Jackie Jensen, though he got the next two outs to end it.
00 WASHINGTON SENATORS (5) AT 00 BOSTON RED SOX (2) 00 WASHINGTON SENATO AB R H BI 00 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI Sam Rice 5 0 2 0 Jimmy Collins 4 0 1 0 Joe Cronin 3 1 1 0 Johnny Pesky 3 0 0 0 Goose Goslin 4 0 1 1 Ted Williams 2 1 1 0 Harmon Killebrew 4 1 2 0 Vern Stephens 4 0 0 0 Roy Sievers 4 0 0 0 Jackie Jensen 3 1 1 1 Heinie Manush 4 0 0 0 Bobby Doerr 4 0 1 1 Mickey Vernon 4 1 1 1 Buck Freeman 4 0 0 0 Buddy Myer 4 1 2 1 Dom DiMaggio 2 0 0 0 Jake Early 4 1 1 2 Sammy White 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 36 5 10 5 TOTALS 29 2 4 2 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 010 100 300 -- 5 00 BOSTON RED SOX 010 000 001 -- 2 LOB--00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 5, 00 BOSTON RED SOX 5. ERR--Jimmy Collins. 2B--Goose Goslin, Mickey Vernon, Buddy Myer, Harmon Killebrew (2), Jackie Jensen. 3B--Bobby Doerr. HR--Jake Early. SB--Sam Rice (2), Jimmy Collins. 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR Walter Johnson [W] 9.00 4 2 2 5 5 0 00 BOSTON RED SOX Cy Young [L] 6.67 9 5 4 1 8 1 Carl Mays 2.33 1 0 0 0 1 0 SO--Jake Early (2), Heinie Manush, Mickey Vernon, Joe Cronin, Roy Sievers, Sam Rice, Harmon Killebrew (2), Johnny Pesky, Sammy White, Vern Stephens (2), Jackie Jensen. BB--Joe Cronin, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams (2), Jackie Jensen.
Game 2: Washington 1, Boston 0
An impressive pitchers’ duel saw just one run and seven hits total. Jim Shaw (nine innings, three hits, one walk, five strikeouts) needed the shutout to outpitch Joe Wood (nine innings, four hits, one walk, one run, eight strikeouts). The Senators got a leadoff double from Sam Rice in the top of the fourth inning and he scored on a sacrifice fly by Harmon Killebrew. Boston never put a runner on third base, but had runners at second base in four innings.
00 WASHINGTON SENATORS (1) AT 00 BOSTON RED SOX (0) 00 WASHINGTON SENATO AB R H BI 00 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI Sam Rice 4 1 1 0 Jimmy Collins 4 0 0 0 Joe Cronin 3 0 2 0 Johnny Pesky 4 0 0 0 Goose Goslin 4 0 0 0 Ted Williams 4 0 1 0 Harmon Killebrew 3 0 0 1 Vern Stephens 3 0 0 0 Roy Sievers 4 0 0 0 Jackie Jensen 3 0 0 0 Heinie Manush 3 0 0 0 Bobby Doerr 3 0 1 0 Mickey Vernon 3 0 0 0 Buck Freeman 3 0 0 0 Buddy Myer 3 0 1 0 Dom DiMaggio 3 0 1 0 Jake Early 3 0 0 0 Sammy White 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 1 4 1 TOTALS 30 0 3 0 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 000 100 000 -- 1 00 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 000 -- 0 LOB--00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 4, 00 BOSTON RED SOX 4. ERR--Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr. 2B--Joe Cronin (2), Sam Rice, Ted Williams. SACF--Harmon Killebrew. 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR Jim Shaw [W] 9.00 3 0 0 1 5 0 00 BOSTON RED SOX Joe Wood [L] 9.00 4 1 1 1 8 0 SO--Jake Early (2), Heinie Manush, Goose Goslin, Mickey Vernon, Roy Sievers (2), Harmon Killebrew, Sammy White (2), Vern Stephens, Jackie Jensen (2). BB--Joe Cronin, Vern Stephens.
Game 3: Washington 4, Boston 3
Goose Goslin got the Senators off to a good start with a solo homer in the top of the first, while Jake Early had a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to make it 2-0. After 14 consecutive scoreless innings, Boston finally got a run in the sixth on a home run by Sammy White. But Washington came right back with a two-run homer by Roy Sievers to extend the lead to 4-1. Boston got a two-run homer by Buck Freeman in the ninth and brought the go-ahead run to the plate, but couldn’t do anything else.
00 BOSTON RED SOX (3) AT 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS (4) 00 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 00 WASHINGTON SENATO AB R H BI Jimmy Collins 4 0 1 0 Sam Rice 4 0 2 0 Johnny Pesky 4 0 2 0 Joe Cronin 4 0 1 0 Ted Williams 4 0 0 0 Goose Goslin 3 2 1 1 Vern Stephens 4 0 2 0 Harmon Killebrew 4 0 0 0 Jackie Jensen 4 0 0 0 Roy Sievers 4 1 1 2 Bobby Doerr 4 1 0 0 Heinie Manush 3 1 1 0 Buck Freeman 3 1 1 2 Mickey Vernon 3 0 0 0 Dom DiMaggio 4 0 1 0 Buddy Myer 3 0 0 0 Sammy White 4 1 1 1 Jake Early 2 0 0 1 TOTALS 35 3 8 3 TOTALS 30 4 6 4 00 BOSTON RED SOX 000 001 002 -- 3 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 100 012 00x -- 4 LOB--00 BOSTON RED SOX 6, 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 4. 2B--Jimmy Collins, Vern Stephens, Heinie Manush. HR--Buck Freeman, Sammy White, Goose Goslin, Roy Sievers. SACF--Jake Early. SB--Sam Rice. 00 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR Dutch Leonard [L] 8.00 6 4 4 1 9 2 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS Alvin Crowder [W] 8.67 7 3 3 1 2 2 Firpo Marberry [S] 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0 SO--Ted Williams, Jackie Jensen, Jake Early, Goose Goslin, Mickey Vernon, Buddy Myer, Roy Sievers, Sam Rice (2), Harmon Killebrew (2). BB--Buck Freeman, Goose Goslin.
Game 4: Boston 11, Washington 4
The Red Sox offense finally woke up, with more runs and hits in this one than the previous three games combined. Boston hit five home runs, two of them by Vern Stephens. Jimmy Collins drove in four runs, which included a two-run homer. Boston scored seven runs in the first four innings to knock Walter Johnson out of the contest. Harmon Killebrew and Heinie Manush homered for the Senators.
00 BOSTON RED SOX (11) AT 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS (4) 00 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 00 WASHINGTON SENATO AB R H BI Jimmy Collins 4 2 2 4 Sam Rice 3 1 1 0 Johnny Pesky 5 0 1 0 Joe Cronin 4 0 0 0 Ted Williams 4 0 0 0 Goose Goslin 4 0 2 0 Vern Stephens 5 2 3 3 Harmon Killebrew 4 1 1 2 Jackie Jensen 5 0 1 0 Roy Sievers 4 1 1 0 Bobby Doerr 5 1 2 1 Heinie Manush 4 1 2 2 Buck Freeman 5 3 3 1 Mickey Vernon 4 0 0 0 Dom DiMaggio 4 1 2 0 Buddy Myer 4 0 0 0 Sammy White 5 2 2 2 Jake Early 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 42 11 16 11 TOTALS 34 4 8 4 00 BOSTON RED SOX 220 302 110 -- 11 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 010 002 100 -- 4 LOB--00 BOSTON RED SOX 8, 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 4. ERR--Buddy Myer. 2B--Buck Freeman (2), Jimmy Collins, Sammy White, Jackie Jensen, Jake Early, Goose Goslin (2). 3B--Heinie Manush. HR--Buck Freeman, Jimmy Collins, Vern Stephens (2), Bobby Doerr, Heinie Manush, Harmon Killebrew. SACF--Jimmy Collins. SB--Sam Rice. 00 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR Cy Young [W] 8.00 8 4 4 1 10 2 Mel Parnell 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS Walter Johnson [L] 3.00 6 7 7 2 1 2 George Mogridge 3.00 8 3 3 1 3 2 Tom Zachary 3.00 2 1 1 0 1 1 SO--Dom DiMaggio, Sammy White, Vern Stephens, Ted Williams, Jackie Jensen, Jake Early, Mickey Vernon, Joe Cronin, Buddy Myer (2), Roy Sievers (2), Sam Rice, Harmon Killebrew (3). BB--Jimmy Collins, Dom DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Sam Rice.
Game 5: Boston 8, Washington 6
Trailing 6-5 entering the ninth inning, Boston scored three runs to extend the series and send it back to Fenway Park, highlighted by a go-ahead two-RBI double by Jimmy Collins and a run-scoring single by Johnny Pesky. Washington had gone up 3-1 after the first inning, though Boston scored single runs in five different innings, including an RBI double by Collins in the seventh inning, to take a 5-4 lead. Washington retook the lead with two runs in the bottom of the eighth thanks to a two-out RBI triple by Heinie Manush and an RBI single by Mickey Vernon (who went 4-for-4).
00 BOSTON RED SOX (8) AT 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS (6) 00 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 00 WASHINGTON SENATO AB R H BI Jimmy Collins 5 1 2 3 Sam Rice 4 1 1 1 Johnny Pesky 3 2 1 1 Joe Cronin 4 1 0 0 Ted Williams 5 0 1 1 Goose Goslin 4 1 1 0 Vern Stephens 1 0 1 1 Harmon Killebrew 4 0 0 0 Jackie Jensen 4 0 0 0 Roy Sievers 4 1 1 3 Bobby Doerr 4 1 1 1 Heinie Manush 4 1 1 1 Buck Freeman 3 3 1 1 Mickey Vernon 4 1 4 1 Dom DiMaggio 3 1 1 0 Buddy Myer 3 0 1 0 Sammy White 3 0 0 0 Jake Early 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 8 8 8 TOTALS 33 6 9 6 00 BOSTON RED SOX 110 011 103 -- 8 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 310 000 020 -- 6 LOB--00 BOSTON RED SOX 4, 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 5. ERR--Vern Stephens, Buddy Myer. 2B--Jimmy Collins (2), Ted Williams, Goose Goslin, Mickey Vernon (2). 3B--Heinie Manush. HR--Buck Freeman, Bobby Doerr, Roy Sievers. HBP--Buddy Myer. SACF--Sam Rice. SACB--Dom DiMaggio, Sammy White, Jake Early (2). SB--Mickey Vernon, Sam Rice. 00 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR Joe Wood 7.67 9 6 6 1 6 1 Ellis Kinder [W] 1.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS Jim Shaw [L] 8.33 6 7 6 6 2 2 Firpo Marberry 0.67 2 1 1 0 0 0 SO--Jimmy Collins, Sammy White, Heinie Manush (2), Goose Goslin (2), Roy Sievers, Harmon Killebrew. BB--Buck Freeman, Johnny Pesky (2), Vern Stephens (3), Joe Cronin.
Game 6: Boston 9, Washington 2
Boston clung to a 1-0 lead after five innings thanks to a fourth-inning RBI double by Bobby Doerr, then exploded for eight runs between the sixth and eighth innings. Doerr had an RBI triple and Buck Freeman slugged a two-run homer in the sixth. Sammy White led off the seventh with a homer, then had a two-run double in the eighth. Dutch Leonard (eight innings, 10 strikeouts) kept Washington hitless for the first 5 1/3 innings. The Senators finally got on the board in the ninth on homers by Harmon Killebrew and Roy Sievers.
00 WASHINGTON SENATORS (2) AT 00 BOSTON RED SOX (9) 00 WASHINGTON SENATO AB R H BI 00 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI Sam Rice 4 0 1 0 Jimmy Collins 4 0 1 1 Joe Cronin 4 0 1 0 Johnny Pesky 5 0 2 1 Goose Goslin 4 0 0 0 Ted Williams 4 0 0 0 Harmon Killebrew 4 1 1 1 Vern Stephens 3 1 0 0 Roy Sievers 3 1 1 1 Jackie Jensen 3 1 0 0 Heinie Manush 3 0 1 0 Bobby Doerr 3 2 2 2 Mickey Vernon 3 0 1 0 Buck Freeman 2 2 1 2 Buddy Myer 4 0 0 0 Dom DiMaggio 2 1 0 0 Jake Early 4 0 0 0 Sammy White 4 2 2 3 TOTALS 33 2 6 2 TOTALS 30 9 8 9 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 000 000 002 -- 2 00 BOSTON RED SOX 000 103 14x -- 9 LOB--00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 8, 00 BOSTON RED SOX 6. ERR--Joe Cronin, Buddy Myer. 2B--Heinie Manush, Mickey Vernon, Joe Cronin, Sammy White, Bobby Doerr. 3B--Bobby Doerr. HR--Roy Sievers, Harmon Killebrew, Buck Freeman, Sammy White. HBP--Buck Freeman, Dom DiMaggio. 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR Alvin Crowder [L] 6.00 4 4 4 7 2 1 Mickey Haefner 1.33 2 4 2 0 0 1 George Mogridge 0.67 2 1 1 0 0 0 00 BOSTON RED SOX Dutch Leonard [W] 8.00 5 2 2 3 10 2 Carl Mays 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 SO--Jake Early, Goose Goslin, Mickey Vernon, Joe Cronin (3), Roy Sievers (2), Sam Rice, Harmon Killebrew, Jimmy Collins, Vern Stephens. BB--Heinie Manush, Mickey Vernon, Roy Sievers, Sam Rice, Buck Freeman, Jimmy Collins, Dom DiMaggio, Vern Stephens, Ted Williams, Jackie Jensen, Bobby Doerr.
Game 7: Washington 3, Boston 0
Boston’s Cy Young had a no-hitter going through seven innings, but the Senators got to him in the eighth for three runs. On the other side, Walter Johnson tossed a six-hit shutout, striking out eight and walking four. The Senators’ Heinie Manush led off the eighth with a single for their first hit. After he was sacrificed to second, he scored on a single by Buddy Myer. After another single by Jake Early and the second out of the inning, Joe Cronin hit a two-run double. The Red Sox put runners on base in seven of their nine at-bats, but left runners on third base in the fourth and sixth innings, and at second base in the first and eighth.
00 WASHINGTON SENATORS (3) AT 00 BOSTON RED SOX (0) 00 WASHINGTON SENATO AB R H BI 00 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI Sam Rice 4 0 0 0 Jimmy Collins 4 0 0 0 Joe Cronin 4 0 1 2 Johnny Pesky 3 0 3 0 Goose Goslin 3 0 0 0 Ted Williams 4 0 0 0 Harmon Killebrew 3 0 0 0 Vern Stephens 3 0 0 0 Roy Sievers 4 0 0 0 Jackie Jensen 4 0 3 0 Heinie Manush 4 1 2 0 Bobby Doerr 4 0 0 0 Mickey Vernon 3 0 0 0 Buck Freeman 2 0 0 0 Buddy Myer 2 1 1 1 Dom DiMaggio 4 0 0 0 Jake Early 3 1 1 0 Sammy White 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 3 5 3 TOTALS 32 0 6 0 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 000 000 030 -- 3 00 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 000 -- 0 LOB--00 WASHINGTON SENATORS 4, 00 BOSTON RED SOX 9. 2B--Joe Cronin, Johnny Pesky, Jackie Jensen (2). 3B--Heinie Manush. SACB--Mickey Vernon. 00 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR Walter Johnson [W] 9.00 6 0 0 4 8 0 00 BOSTON RED SOX Cy Young [L] 9.00 5 3 3 3 9 0 SO--Goose Goslin (2), Mickey Vernon, Joe Cronin, Roy Sievers, Sam Rice (3), Harmon Killebrew, Jimmy Collins (2), Dom DiMaggio (2), Sammy White, Vern Stephens (2), Ted Williams. BB--Goose Goslin, Buddy Myer, Harmon Killebrew, Buck Freeman (2), Johnny Pesky, Vern Stephens.
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