saint0917
August 1st, 2009, 12:05 PM
8/1/48:
More than 70,000 fans pack Municipal Stadium to watch the Cleveland Indians sweep the Boston Red Sox, 12-2 and 6-1, behind route-going performances by Bob Lemon and Sam Zoldak. Lemon, a fine hitter for a pitcher, has three hits and three RBIs, including one of his 37 lifetime homers, to lead the first game rout. In the nightcap, Zoldak, a trade-deadline pickup from the Browns, scatters seven hits for one of his nine wins after being acquired. The Indians will need every one of them. They’ll eventually tie Boston for the AL pennant, necessitating a one-game playoff that the Indians will win on their way to their first world championship since 1920.
B I R T H D A Y S
Harold Connolly b. 1931
Cliff Branch b. 1948
Kiki Vandeweghe b. 1958
Gregg Jefferies b. 1967
Stacey Augmon b. 1968
More than 70,000 fans pack Municipal Stadium to watch the Cleveland Indians sweep the Boston Red Sox, 12-2 and 6-1, behind route-going performances by Bob Lemon and Sam Zoldak. Lemon, a fine hitter for a pitcher, has three hits and three RBIs, including one of his 37 lifetime homers, to lead the first game rout. In the nightcap, Zoldak, a trade-deadline pickup from the Browns, scatters seven hits for one of his nine wins after being acquired. The Indians will need every one of them. They’ll eventually tie Boston for the AL pennant, necessitating a one-game playoff that the Indians will win on their way to their first world championship since 1920.
B I R T H D A Y S
Harold Connolly b. 1931
Cliff Branch b. 1948
Kiki Vandeweghe b. 1958
Gregg Jefferies b. 1967
Stacey Augmon b. 1968