Passeau recorded a quick out to open the bottom of the ninth before everything began to unravel for the Mississippian. Ken Keltner collected a pinch-hit infield single and Joe Gordon followed with another single before Cecil Travis walked to load the bases for none other than Joe DiMaggio.
After falling into a 0-and-2 hole, DiMaggio topped what appeared to be an easy double-play ball to shortstop Eddie Miller of the Braves.
With the game in the balance, McKechnie visited the mound to confer with Passeau, catcher Harry Danning , and the infielders. Rather than choosing to put Williams on base and let Passeau, a right-hander, take his chances with the righty-swinging Dom DiMaggio , the Nationals decided to pitch to Ted. Williams killed time during the conference by sparring with Pinelli over the called third strike his previous time up, but the umpire stuck to his guns, insisting the pitch was a strike at the knees.
He outguessed you last time and you got caught with your bat on your shoulder for a called third strike. You were swinging late when you fouled one off, too. Williams was mobbed by his AL teammates as he crossed the plate, with Feller emerging from the clubhouse in street clothes to join the celebration. In addition to the sources cited in the Notes, Retrosheet.
If you can help us improve this game story, contact us. Central Ave. In his two innings, he was absolutely dominant, striking out five.
Only Williams put the ball in play. Schilling retired the AL in order in the bottom of the second, striking out Alomar and Lofton. Cone gave up a one-out double to Brewers outfielder Burnitz, who was selected to start the game as an injury replacement for Gwynn. In the bottom of the third, Johnson retired the side in order. Before the start of the fourth inning, Torre made changes, including removing Garciaparra.
Derek Jeter ran onto the field to replace Garciaparra, who was warming up at short, giving fans an opportunity to applaud the Red Sox shortstop.
Cone found himself in trouble in the fourth. McGwire walked, Bagwell singled, and Mike Piazza singled to bring up Burnitz with two men out and the bases loaded. On the first pitch, Burnitz hit a soft dribbler to Thome, who stepped on first to end the threat.
NL manager Bruce Bochy gave the fourth to Kent Bottenfield , the Cardinals pitcher who was an unlikely selection before the season. He ran into trouble in the bottom of the fourth, walking Thome and hitting Ripken to put two men on with no outs.
Rafael Palmeiro hit a single to score Thome and Alomar reached on an error to score Ripken. At the end of the fourth, it was , American League. After that, the bats were finished for the night. The rest of the game would proceed quickly with little action, as both Torre and Bochy attempted to get as many players as possible into the game.
The All-Star Game was his last great moment. He would die on July 5, at the age of Yes who know what his final all around stats would have been had there not been those two wars.
Those were prime years for him too especially WWII. Hans, you and i have talked about this man and his moments forever.
Yes he just missed the 4th.. Like this: Like Loading
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