Does anyone want to win this league? After the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers got swept earlier in week 8, the co-leader, the 1935 Chicago Cubs, could only manage to win one of four games against the 1946 Boston Red Sox.
That opens the door for the 1937 New York Yankees to clinch the title in their upcoming week 8 series against the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals. New York is 17-11, a game better than Chicago (16-12) and the 1940 Cincinnati Reds.
Johnny Pesky hit .444 (8-for-18) to lead the Red Sox (14-14), while Dave Ferriss improved to 6-0 on the season. Augie Galan batted ,444 (8-for-18) with a home run for the Cubs.
Game #1: Boston 2, Chicago 1
Two of the league’s best pitchers went head-to-head and Boston’s Dave Ferriss bested Chicago’s Lon Warneke in a low-scoring contest. The Cubs scored first on Gabby Hartnett’s RBI single in the third inning. But despite having the bases loaded with no one out, they couldn’t add to their run total. In the top of the fourth, Johnny Pesky had a two-run double to put Boston ahead 2-1, and that’s how it ended. Ferriss improved to 6-0 after seven starts.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Johnny Pesky 4 0 3 2 Augie Galan 5 1 2 0
Bobby Doerr 5 0 0 0 Billy Herman 3 0 0 0
Ted Williams 5 0 2 0 Chuck Klein 4 0 1 0
Rudy York 3 0 0 0 Gabby Hartnett 4 0 1 1
Dom DiMaggio 2 0 0 0 Frank Demaree 4 0 0 0
George Metkovich 3 0 1 0 Stan Hack 3 0 2 0
Hal Wagner 3 1 0 0 Phil Cavarretta 4 0 1 0
Rip Russell 4 1 1 0 Billy Jurges 3 0 0 0
Dave Ferriss BZ 4 0 0 0 Lon Warneke BXZ 3 0 1 0
Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 2 7 2 TOTALS 34 1 8 1
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 000 200 000 -- 2
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 001 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1946 BOSTON RED SOX 10, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 9. ERR--Dave
Ferriss BZ, Frank Demaree. 2B--Rip Russell, Johnny Pesky
(2), Augie Galan. HBP--Billy Jurges. SB--George Metkovich,
Augie Galan.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Ferriss BZ [W] 9.00 8 1 1 2 3 0
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Lon Warneke BXZ [L] 9.00 7 2 2 6 6 0
Game #2: Boston 9, Chicago 2
The Red Sox jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Rudy York’s sacrifice fly and Dom DiMaggio’s RBI single. Rip Russell’s two-run double made it 4-0 in the fourth inning. The Cubs cut the lead in half on pinch-hitter Freddie Lindstrom’s two-run triple in the sixth inning. But Boston put it away with a five-run ninth inning, which included a two-run single from Bobby Doerr and a two-run double by York.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Johnny Pesky 5 0 0 1 Augie Galan 5 0 1 0
Bobby Doerr 4 2 1 2 Billy Herman 5 0 3 0
Ted Williams 3 2 2 0 Chuck Klein 4 0 1 0
Rudy York 3 0 1 3 Gabby Hartnett 4 0 0 0
Dom DiMaggio 5 0 2 1 Frank Demaree 4 0 0 0
George Metkovich 5 1 0 0 Stan Hack 3 1 1 0
Hal Wagner 2 2 1 0 Phil Cavarretta 4 0 2 0
Rip Russell 4 1 2 2 Billy Jurges 4 1 2 0
Joe Dobson CY 3 1 0 0 Bill Lee BY 1 0 0 0
Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 1 2
Ken ODea 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 9 9 9 TOTALS 36 2 11 2
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 200 200 005 -- 9
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 000 002 000 -- 2
LOB--1946 BOSTON RED SOX 6, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 10. ERR--Bobby
Doerr, Phil Cavarretta. 2B--Rip Russell, Rudy York, Ted
Williams, Stan Hack, Augie Galan. 3B--Freddie Lindstrom.
SACF--Rudy York. SACB--Joe Dobson CY, Bill Lee BY. SB--Dom
DiMaggio.
1946 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Dobson CY [W] 9.00 11 2 2 2 3 0
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Bill Lee BY [L] 6.00 5 4 4 3 6 0
Roy Henshaw BYW 2.00 0 0 0 2 3 0
Hugh Casey CYW 0.33 4 5 4 1 0 0
Clyde Shoun CYW 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #3: Chicago 4, Boston 3
Bobby Doerr hit a two-run home run in the third inning and drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth inning to put the Red Sox ahead 3-1. The Cubs rallied, however, as Augie Galan slugged a three-run homer to put Chicago up 4-3 in the fifth inning. The Red Sox put runners in scoring position in both the seventh and ninth innings but Cubs reliever Charlie Root was able to get them out of it and give Chicago a much-needed win.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Augie Galan 2 2 2 3 Johnny Pesky 3 1 2 0
Billy Herman 4 0 0 0 Bobby Doerr 2 1 1 3
Chuck Klein 4 0 2 1 Ted Williams 4 0 0 0
Gabby Hartnett 4 0 0 0 Rudy York 3 0 1 0
Frank Demaree 4 0 0 0 Dom DiMaggio 4 0 0 0
Stan Hack 4 0 0 0 George Metkovich 3 0 1 0
Phil Cavarretta 3 0 1 0 Hal Wagner 4 1 0 0
Billy Jurges 3 1 1 0 Rip Russell 4 0 1 0
Tex Carleton CX 2 1 1 0 Tex Hughson BXZ 3 0 0 0
Woody English 1 0 0 0 Wally Moses 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 4 7 4 TOTALS 31 3 6 3
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 100 030 000 -- 4
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 002 100 000 -- 3
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 2, 1946 BOSTON RED SOX 9. ERR--Billy
Jurges. 2B--Johnny Pesky (2). 3B--Chuck Klein. HR--Augie
Galan, Bobby Doerr.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tex Carleton CX [W] 6.00 5 3 3 7 5 1
Charlie Root BXZ [S] 3.00 1 0 0 1 3 0
1946 BOSTON RED SOX
Tex Hughson BXZ [L] 9.00 7 4 4 2 7 1
Game #4: Boston 4, Chicago 3 (12 inn.)
The Cubs led 1-0, fell behind 2-1, then took the lead 3-2 after Frank Demaree’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning. Boston tied it in the eighth when Rudy York led off with a triple and George Metkovich had a sacrifice fly. It stayed 3-3 until the bottom of the 12th. Johnny Pesky led off with a double and scored the game-winning run on a Bobby Doerr groundout.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1946 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Augie Galan 6 1 3 0 Johnny Pesky 6 1 3 0
Billy Herman 6 1 1 0 Bobby Doerr 5 0 1 1
Chuck Klein 6 0 2 0 Ted Williams 5 0 0 0
Gabby Hartnett 4 0 1 1 Rudy York 5 1 1 0
Frank Demaree 4 1 1 1 Dom DiMaggio 5 1 2 0
Stan Hack 5 0 2 0 George Metkovich 4 1 1 2
Phil Cavarretta 5 0 0 0 Hal Wagner 5 0 2 1
Billy Jurges 5 0 2 1 Rip Russell 4 0 0 0
Larry French BYZ 3 0 0 0 Mickey Harris CX 3 0 0 0
Tuck Stainback 1 0 0 0 Pinky Higgins 1 0 0 0
Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 Wally Moses 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 46 3 12 3 TOTALS 44 4 10 4
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 011 010 000 000 -- 3
1946 BOSTON RED SOX 020 000 010 001 -- 4
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 9, 1946 BOSTON RED SOX 9. ERR--Billy
Jurges, Billy Herman. 2B--Billy Jurges, Johnny Pesky, George
Metkovich. 3B--Rudy York. SACF--Frank Demaree, George
Metkovich. SB--Hal Wagner (2).
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry French BYZ 8.00 8 3 3 2 3 0
Roy Henshaw BYW 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Hugh Casey CYW [L] 1.33 1 1 1 0 0 0
1946 BOSTON RED SOX
Mickey Harris CX 9.00 9 3 3 1 6 0
Jim Bagby CR 2.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Johnson CY [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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