MILTON OVERCOMES ERRORS, RALLIES TO WIN, 4-3

It was a marquee matchup of two great southpaws, Lefty Gomez and Lefty Grove. But in the end, it was the bullpens that got the decision.

Harlem jumped off to a 2-0 lead in the second after Pete Fox dropped a fly ball off the bat of Mike Kreevich. The next batter, Joe Cronin, doubled to score them both. Milton got one back in the bottom of the frame on a Gabby Hartnett home run. Lefty Grove settled down from there, shutting out Milton through the seventh.

With a 3-1 lead, Grove got into trouble, culminating with Moose Solter's double which tied the game. Al Smith took over, and in the bottom of the ninth, retired the first two batters before surrendering three straight singles. Dolph Camilli, batting with the bases loaded, worked it to a full count before singling and scoring Pinky Whitney, giving Milton a 4-3 win.

Game 4 will be tomorrow, when Elden Auker of Milton faces Luke Hamlin of Harlem.

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1937 Knights           0  2  0  0  1  0  0  0  0     3  7  0     7  2
1937 Teetotalers       0  1  0  0  0  0  0  2  1     4 14  3    10  2
 
Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Teetotalers          AB  R  H BI   AVG
Gehringer         2b  5  0  2  0  .438    Whitney           3b  3  2  2  0  .429       
Simmons           cf  4  0  1  1  .267    Appling           ss  5  1  3  0  .467       
York              3b  4  0  0  0  .333    Fox               cf  5  0  2  0  .400       
Greenberg         1b  3  1  1  0  .273    Camilli           1b  5  0  1  1  .091       
Dickey            c   3  0  1  0  .300    Hartnett          c   4  1  2  2  .333       
Kreevich          lf  4  1  0  0  .111    Solters           lf  4  0  2  1  .286       
 ASmith           p   0  0  0  0  .000    Demaree           rf  4  0  0  0  .000       
Cronin            ss  4  0  1  2  .077    Hughes            2b  4  0  1  0  .222       
Walker            rf  4  1  0  0  .000    Gomez             p   2  0  1  0  .500       
Grove             p   3  0  0  0  .000     Jurges           ph  1  0  0  0  .333       
 Gaffke           lf  1  0  1  0 1.000     VanderMeer       p   0  0  0  0  .000       
                     35  3  7  3           Pytlak           ph  1  0  0  0  .500       
                                                               38  4 14  4             
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Grove                            7.2 10  3  3  2  1 142  83  3.52
ASmith           L 0-1           1.0  4  1  1  0  0  28  17  4.50
                                 8.2 14  4  4  2  1 170 100 
 
Teetotalers                      INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Gomez                            7.0  6  3  1  1  8  92  64  1.29
VanderMeer       W 1-0           2.0  1  0  0  1  1  31  16  0.00
                                 9.0  7  3  1  2  9 123  80 
 
HAR: Gaffke inserted at lf in the 8th
MIL: Jurges batted for Gomez in the 7th
     Pytlak batted for VanderMeer in the 9th
 
E-Appling 2, Fox. 2B-Cronin, Solters. HR-Hartnett(1). K-Gehringer, Simmons, 
York, Greenberg 2, Cronin, Walker, Grove 2, Whitney. BB-Greenberg, Dickey, 
Whitney 2. GWRBI: Camilli
Temperature: 46, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 23 MPH.