A'S EXTEND 'W' STREAK TO 16
Marcum Wins 5th Straight Start
PHILADELPHIA, June 30 (AP) - The Philadelphia Athletics scored five times in the
bottom of the third inning and went on to defeat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 at Shibe
Park for their 16th consecutive victory. The winning streak is the longest
in the major leagues this season. A's starter Johnny Marcum earned his
fifth consecutive win, yielding a pair of unearned runs in the seventh
inning. The Red Sox dropped their fourth in a row.
The A's blew open a scoreless contest with the big third inning. With one
out, Charlie Berry drew a walk from Red Sox starter Wes Ferrell and Marcum aided
his own cause with a base hit, moving Berry to second. Eric McNair then
lined a single to right, loading the bases. Ferrell missed on a 3-2 pitch
to Doc Cramer, forcing home Berry to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. Bob
Johnson's swinging bunt went for an infield hit, scoring Marcum. Jimmie
Foxx then lofted a fly ball to deep right field that Dick Porter misplayed for a
two-base error, allowing two more runs to score and Pinky Higgins' long fly to
center allowed Johnson to trot home with the fifth run of the frame.
Ferrell held the A's scoreless from that point on, but the damage had been
done. Marcum took a shutout into the seventh inning, but Dib Williams'
error on Jack Morgan's lead-off grounder gave Boston hope. Roy Johnson
forced Morgan at second but Moose Solters tripled off the right-center field
light stanchion, scoring Johnson to make it 5-1. Porter popped out but a
passed ball charged to Charlie Berry allowed the second Boston run of the inning
to score.
Marcum allowed only one more baserunner, so the Red Sox never managed to get the
tying run to the plate before the A's right-hander closed out the game by
retiring the final five batters he faced.
Despite the long winning streak, Philadelphia remains a game below the .500 mark
and in fourth place in the American League.
6/30/1934, BoA34-PhA34, Shibe Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 1 3 2 1934 Athletics 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 x 5 9 1 5 3 Red Sox AB R H BI AVG Athletics AB R H BI AVG Cissell 2b 4 0 0 0 .200 McNair ss 4 1 3 0 .271 Werber 3b 4 0 1 0 .329 Cramer cf 3 1 1 1 .316 Morgan 1b 3 0 0 0 .273 Johnson,B lf 4 1 1 1 .350 Johnson,R lf 4 1 0 0 .358 Foxx 1b 4 0 0 1 .317 Solters cf 4 1 1 1 .317 Higgins 3b 4 0 0 1 .332 Porter rf 3 0 0 0 .277 Coleman rf 4 0 2 0 .314 Ferrell,R c 3 0 2 0 .235 Williams 2b 4 0 1 0 .200 Lary ss 3 0 0 0 .246 Berry c 2 1 0 0 .239 Ferrell,W p 3 0 2 0 .474 Hayes,F c 0 0 0 0 .143 31 2 6 1 Marcum p 3 1 1 0 .269 32 5 9 4 Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Ferrell,W L 2-4 8.0 9 5 3 2 5 124 78 3.83 8.0 9 5 3 2 5 124 78 Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Marcum W 8-4 9.0 6 2 0 1 6 108 67 3.39 9.0 6 2 0 1 6 108 67 PhA: Hayes,F inserted at c in the 9th E-Porter, Williams. 3B-Solters(5), Coleman(4). RBI-Solters(26), Cramer(25), Johnson,B(62), Foxx(43), Higgins(55). K-Cissell, Solters, Porter, Ferrell,R, Lary, Ferrell,W, Johnson,B, Higgins, Coleman, Williams 2. BB-Morgan, Cramer, Berry. PB-Berry. GWRBI: Cramer Temperature: 86, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 11 MPH. Attendance: 5,202 Game Time: 1:42