ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION
Sunday, August 31, 1901
AMERICAN LEAGUE
RUNNER-UP WHITE SOX SWEEP THIRD PLACE DETROIT...AL-LEADING NY YANKS SPLIT WITH SIXTH PLACE CLEVELAND...LEAD CUT TO 3 GAMES WITH 7 TO GO...FOURTH PLACE ATHLETICS DIVIDE WITH LAST PLACE BROWNS...AND FIFTH PLACE BOSTON AND SEVENTH PLACE SENATORS EACH WIN ONE GAME.
CHICAGO AND CICOTTE ROUT TIGERS IN FIRST GAME
CWS - 112 030 500 - 12 13 0 (first game)
DET -- 002 000 000 -- 2 6 2
WP: Cicotte (18-9 3.90)
LP: Rowe (10-8 3.95) H. Coveleskie (6th) H. Smith (8th)
HR: CWS - Appling (6) F. Thomas (31)
Chisox Eddie Cicotte won his 18th of the year, tops in the AL...he stymied the Tigers on 6 hits with 3 strikeouts and 2 walks...the Pale Hose pounded out 13 basehits, paced by Joe Jackson's (.332) 3-5 and 2 rbis, Harold Baines' (.280) 2-5 and 3 rbis and Eddie Collins' (.326) 2-2 and 3 runs scored...Luke Appling (.271) and Frank Thomas (.263) hit for the circuit...Big Frank trails Babe Ruth of NY by only one home run.
2-RUN SURGE IN NINTH GETS THIRD STRAIGHT FOR CHICAGO TO SHAVE A GAME OFF NY LEAD
CWS - 300 000 002 - 5 12 0 (second game)
DET -- 102 000 000 - 3 7 0
WP: Lyons (11-11 3.32) Save: Thigpen 11 (5-3 3.22)
LP: Bridges (11-8 3.26) Hiller (9th)
HR: DET - Crawford (7)
White Sox Ted Lyons settled down after a rough 3 innings to beat Detroit...Bobby Thigpen nailed it down with his 11th save...offensively Happy Felsch (.321) and Dick Lundy (.255) drove in a pair of runs each...Lundy got the game-winners across in the ninth...Joe Jackson (.334) went 3-5 for Chicago...Tigs have fallen three times in a row.
CLEVELAND NUKES NEW YORK IN OPENER...FELLER IS WINNER ON MOUND AND AT BAT
CLE - 302 100 004 - 10 16 1 (first game)
NYY- 000 001 001 -- 2 8 0
WP: Feller (12-11 2.97)
LP: Gomez (15-8 2.84) Gossage (7th) Raschi (8th)
HR: CLE - Colavito 2 (8) Feller (1)
Cleveland's Bob Feller foiled the Yankees, checking them on 8 hits and striking out 7 and walking a pair...Tribe slammed 16 hits...led by Rocky Colavito's (.225) 2 homers and 5 rbis...even Feller (.119) hit a solo blast.
PAYBACK TIME IN NIGHTCAP...HOYT AND BRONX BOMBERS BLAST TRIBE
CLE - 100 000 000 --- 1 6 2 (second game)
NYY- 200 500 12X - 10 14 0
WP: Hoyt (6-2 2.63)
LP: Wynn (9-10 4.08) Garcia (4th) Narleski (5th) Joss (9th)
HR: NYY - J. DiMaggio (18)
Yanks comeback in second game and crush Cleveland behind Waite Hoyt and 14-hit barrage...Hoyt hurled a 6-hitter with 5 K's and 1 BB...Joe DiMaggio (.274) hammered 3 hits and 4 rbis, including his 18th homer of the campaign...Earl Combs (.307) and Derek Jeter (.255) added a pair of rbis each.
PHILLY'S VIDA BLUE BLOWS BY BROWNS
PHA- 001 110 001 - 4 8 0 (first game)
STB - 000 010 000 - 1 7 0
WP: Blue (14-3 2.52)
LP: Mussina (11-11 3.56)
HR: PHA - R. Jackson (11) R. Henderson (9)
In the first of two A's lefty Vida Blue won his 9th successive game and 14th overall with a solid 7-hit win over the hapless cellar-dwelling Browns...Rickey Henderson (.244) had 3 hits and a solo home run and Reggie Jackson (.258) also hit one with the bases empty...Blue sat down 3 on strikes and walked none to outdo Mike Mussina.
THIRD STRINGER SLAMS NINTH INNING WALKOFF HOMER AS ST. LOUIS SHADES PHILADELPHIA
PHA - 001 010 000 - 3 8 0 (second game)
STB - 200 010 001 - 4 9 0
WP: T. Martinez (3-3 3.90)
Wilhelm (SP) T. Martinez (8th)
LP: Plank (10-13 3.28)
HR: STB - K. Williams (13) Dempsey (1)
Third string catcher Rick Dempsey made his first AAA homer count...it won the game in the bottom of the ninth and sent Eddie Plank down to his 13th defeat and made a winner of reliever Tippy Martinez, who stifled the A's in the last 2 frames...Ken Williams (.298) also cracked a 2-run blast to top the Browns and gain a second game split.
GARCIAPARRA DRIVES IN 4...BOSTON TAKES GAME ONE FROM SENATORS IN 10 INNINGS
BOS - 000 010 030 1 - 5 13 0 (first game - 10 innings)
WAS- 000 000 004 0 - 4 8 0
WP: Radatz (8-4 1.45)
Young (SP) Radatz (9th)
LP: Rogan (1-5 4.15)
Blyleven (SP) Rogan (9th)
HR: BOS - Garciaparra (15)
Bosox third sacker Nomar Garciaparra (.291) lashed in 4 runs with a 2-4 day including a 3-run blast...Oscar Charleston (.315) chipped in 3 hits and scored twice...he doubled to lead off the tenth and got the game-winning score on a Garciaparra groundout...Cy Young blanked Washington until the 4-run outburst in the bottom of the ninth...Dick Radatz got the last 4 outs for the victory.
PASCUAL SENSATIONAL AS SENATORS SHUTOUT RED SOX IN A ROUT
BOS - 000 000 000 - 0 7 3 (second game)
WAS- 050 012 10X - 9 15 0
WP: Pascual (12-10 3.08)
LP: C. Mays (10-11 3.79) Hughson (5th) Radatz (6th) Kinder (7th)
HR: WAS - Carew (3)
Cuban righthander Camilo Pascual breezed to his 12th victory by blanking the Bosox on 7 hits to gain a split in the twinbill...he registered 6 Ks and 4 BBs...he was soundly backed up by a 15-hit Senator onslaught...Sam Rice (.292) had a perfect 4-4 day with 3 rbis...Rod Carew (.291) had a pair of hits, including a 2-run home run...Earl Battey (.224), Cecil Travis (.284) and Buddy Myer (.280) also contributed 2 hits apiece to the Washington cause.
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