NATS COMPLETE DH SWEEP WITH 20-RUN OUTBURST
8 Members of Washington Lineup Amass Multi-Hit Games
WASHINGTON, June 5 (AP) - The Washington Senators completed a doubleheader sweep
of the Philadelphia Athletics with a Game 2 20-5 throttling at Griffith
Stadium. After tripping the A's in the opener by a score of 7-4, the
Senators set a new major league season high with 25 hits in the nightcap,
battering four Philadelphia pitchers. All eight position players in
Washington's starting lineup had at least two hits (and at least one run batted
in) and six of them had at least three safeties. Even starting pitcher
Montie Weaver and reliever Jack Russell got in on the fun, both going
1-for-2. In a losing effort, Jimmie Foxx reached base in all five of his
plate appearances, going 4-for-4, including a double and triple, and drew a walk
for good measure.
The Senators scored early and often and by the end of the fourth inning the
contest was effectively decided. Washington is dead last in the American
League in home runs per game played and did all of its damage in this game
without the aid of the long ball.
The Senators took the lead in the bottom of the first inning when Buddy Myer
doubled with one out and scored two batters later on John Stone's two-bagger.
Washington added four runs in the second on consecutive two-out, two-run singles
off the bats of Heinie Manush and Joe Kuhel.
After the A's gave vague, ultimately false signs of getting back in the game in
the top of the fifth when Pinky Higgins singled and later scored on a fielder's
choice, the Senators emphatically added to their lead, scoring twice more in the
bottom half of the inning. Cecil Travis tripled home a pair of runs and
Washington led, 10-1.
Philadelphia plated a pair of tallies in the sixth to make it 10-3, but
Washington again put the hammer down in the bottom of the frame, scoring three
more runs, on a single by Fred Schulte, a triple off the bat of Myer and another
RBI single credited to Manush.
Foxx's triple and a deep fly off the bat of Eric McNair plated two more runs for
the A's in the seventh but again the Senators matched Philadelphia'a output in
the bottom half of the inning. Consecutive doubles by Eddie Phillips and
Joe Cronin scored the first run and Schulte's fly ball made it 15-5.
Washington mercilessly scored five more runs in the eighth. Four hits,
three walks and an error on A's catcher Franklin Hayes did the damage,
accounting for the 20-5 final.
6/5/1934, PhA34-Was34, game 2, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Athletics 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 11 1 9 1 1934 Senators 1 4 0 3 2 3 2 5 x 20 25 2 14 0 Athletics AB R H BI AVG Senators AB R H BI AVG Warstler 2b 5 0 1 0 .194 Schulte cf 6 3 3 2 .367 Cramer cf 5 0 0 1 .307 Myer 2b 5 3 3 1 .269 Johnson,B lf 5 1 2 0 .351 Manush lf 6 2 3 4 .286 Foxx 1b 4 2 4 1 .301 Kuhel 1b 5 3 3 2 .325 McNair ss 5 0 1 1 .251 Stone rf 5 1 2 1 .315 Coleman rf 4 1 0 0 .290 Travis 3b 6 2 4 4 .307 Higgins 3b 3 1 1 0 .287 Cronin ss 6 1 3 2 .265 Hayes,F c 3 0 0 0 .188 Phillips,E c 4 3 2 1 .208 Cascarella p 1 0 0 0 .000 Weaver p 2 1 1 0 .125 Kline p 1 0 1 0 .200 Russell p 2 1 1 1 .375 Mahaffey p 1 0 1 1 .455 47 20 25 18 Miller ph 1 0 0 0 .167 Marcum p 0 0 0 0 .188 38 5 11 4 Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Cascarella L 3-6 3.2 10 8 8 3 0 91 53 7.92 Kline 1.0 5 2 2 3 1 33 16 5.91 Mahaffey 2.1 6 5 5 0 0 37 25 7.42 Marcum 1.0 4 5 2 3 0 42 21 4.66 8.0 25 20 17 9 1 203 115 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Weaver W 4-5 6.1 9 5 3 3 0 95 56 7.06 Russell 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 21 15 2.86 9.0 11 5 3 3 1 116 71 PhA: Miller batted for Mahaffey in the 8th E-Hayes,F, Travis, Cronin. 2B-Johnson,B(9), Foxx(5), Myer(6), Stone(14), Travis(4), Cronin(12), Phillips,E(2), Russell(1). 3B-Foxx(3), Myer(3), Travis(1), Weaver(1). RBI-Cramer(15), Foxx(23), McNair(29), Mahaffey(2), Schulte 2(25), Myer(19), Manush 4(27), Kuhel 2(20), Stone(22), Travis 4(11), Cronin 2(29), Phillips,E(15), Russell(4). SB-Foxx(3). K-Johnson,B, Weaver. BB-Foxx, Higgins, Hayes,F, Schulte, Myer 2, Manush, Kuhel 2, Stone, Phillips,E 2. SH-Weaver 2. PB-Hayes,F. WP-Kline 2. GWRBI: Stone Temperature: 75, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 9 MPH. Attendance: 2,999 Game Time: 2:48