HUDLIN EXTENDS 'W' STREAK WITH WHITEWASH OF BOSOX
Trosky Homers, Drives in 5
CLEVELAND, July 19 (AP) - Willis Hudlin extended his major league best winning
streak as a starter to 11 games in style, firing a three-hit complete game
shutout to lead the Cleveland Indians past the Boston Red Sox 12-0 at League
Park. The streak of victories in 11 consecutive decisions as a starter
snapped a tie with Schoolboy Rowe, who won 10 in a row from April 19 through
June 24. Hudlin's streak began with his first start of the season, a 9-3
victory over the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park on May 2. Despite
three no-decisions in starts along the way and a loss in a relief role on June
15 against the Athletics at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Hudlin's streak as a
starter remains intact. Rowe and two other pitchers have won nine
consecutive decisions in any role, the longest in the majors this year.
Cleveland put this contest away early. In the bottom of the first, Bill
Knickerbocker led off with a base hit off Boston starter Fritz Ostermueller.
After Earl Averill lined out, Knickerbocker stole second. Joe Vosmik
grounded out but Hal Trosky put the Indians on top with a long home run to right
that landed on Lexington Avenue for a 2-0 lead.
The top of the lineup did more damage for Cleveland in the second. With
two outs, Knickerbocker singled, Averill walked and Vosmik brought home both
baserunners with a double to left.
The Indians made it 5-0 in the third when Odell Hale led off with a double and
scored two outs later on Frankie Pytlak's two-bagger.
Hudlin, meanwhile, was keeping the Red Sox subdued, despite a series of free
passes. In fact, the Cleveland starter walked the bases full in the fourth
before retiring Lyn Lary on a pop fly to first to escape damage. Boston's
first hit came on Billy Werber's two-out single in the fifth, but by then Hudlin
had overcome his control issues; he issued no walks after the fourth
inning. Despite isolated doubles off the bats of Dusty Cooke (sixth
inning) and Moose Solters (ninth), the Red Sox never advanced another baserunner
past second.
The Indians cemented their lead over the final few frames, though Ostermueller
kept them off the scoreboard in the fourth and fifth. In the sixth,
however, four more runs poured across as Trosky had an RBI double and Hale added
a two-run two-bagger of his own. Pytlak's run-scoring fly ball capped the
scoring and Cleveland led 9-0. Trosky and Willie Kamm had RBI singles in
the seventh and Trosky was credited with his fifth run batted in of the contest
when he drew a bases loaded walk off reliever Gordon Rhodes in the eighth.
With the two-run homer in the first, Trosky became just the second player in the
American League to drive in 90 runs on the season. Charlie Gehringer of
the Detroit Tigers cracked 90 RBIs on July 4.
7/19/1934, BoA34-Cle34, League Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 1934 Indians 2 2 1 0 0 4 2 1 x 12 17 0 14 0 Red Sox AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG Cissell 2b 4 0 0 0 .202 Knickerbocker ss 4 2 2 0 .341 Werber 3b 3 0 1 0 .329 Averill cf 4 3 1 0 .328 Morgan 1b 3 0 0 0 .270 Vosmik lf 5 1 2 2 .340 Johnson,R lf 4 0 0 0 .361 Trosky 1b 5 3 3 5 .353 Solters cf 4 0 1 0 .317 Hale 2b 6 2 4 2 .309 Cooke rf 3 0 1 0 .206 Kamm 3b 3 0 2 1 .256 Ferrell,R c 2 0 0 0 .221 Holland rf 3 0 1 0 .380 Lary ss 3 0 0 0 .256 Pytlak c 4 1 2 2 .279 Ostermueller p 2 0 0 0 .122 Hudlin p 5 0 0 0 .378 Rhodes p 1 0 0 0 .091 39 12 17 12 Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0 .327 30 0 3 0 Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Ostermueller L 6-7 5.1 10 8 8 5 3 123 71 5.45 Rhodes 2.2 7 4 4 5 1 65 27 6.26 8.0 17 12 12 10 4 188 98 Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hudlin W 11-1 9.0 3 0 0 5 3 150 88 3.79 9.0 3 0 0 5 3 150 88 BoA: Reynolds batted for Rhodes in the 9th 2B-Solters(12), Cooke(2), Vosmik(20), Trosky(31), Hale 2(26), Pytlak(11). HR-Trosky(16). RBI-Vosmik 2(32), Trosky 5(93), Hale 2(47), Kamm(31), Pytlak 2(33). SB-Knickerbocker(2). K-Lary, Ostermueller, Rhodes, Hudlin 4. BB-Werber, Morgan, Cooke, Ferrell,R 2, Knickerbocker 2, Averill, Vosmik, Trosky, Kamm 2, Holland 2, Pytlak. SH-Averill. HBP-Lary. HB-Hudlin. WP-Ostermueller, Rhodes. GWRBI: Trosky Temperature: 84, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 2 MPH. Attendance: 4,243 Game Time: 2:36