CHISOX DROP 12TH STRAIGHT
Campbell Pops 2 HRs for Browns
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 31 (AP) - Bruce Campbell became the first member of the Browns
with a multi-homer game this season, leading St. Louis past the Chicago White
Sox 12-5 at Sportsman's Park. It was the 12th consecutive defeat for the
slumping White Sox, the longest losing streak of the year to date in the
American League and one off the major league high of 13 set by the Cincinnati
Reds from May 17 through June 1.
The Browns seized the early lead off Chicago starter Les Tietje. Harlond
Clift drew a lead-off walk in the bottom of the first and advanced to third on
Debs Garms' base hit. Jack Burns rolled into a 4-6-3 double play, but
Clift scored to give the Browns a lead they would never surrender. In the
second inning, the Browns scored four more times. Ski Melillo led off with
a single and Campbell followed by depositing a Tietje offering onto the pavilion
roof in right field for his fifth home run of the season and a 3-0 Browns
advantage. Frank Grube was hit by a pitch and Alan Strange singled him to
second. St. Louis starter George Blaeholder sacrificed the runners to
second and third and Clift singled to center. Grube scored easily form
third and when center fielder Mule Haas misplayed the ball Strange, who had held
up at third, came home on the error to put the Browns on top 5-0.
The White Sox dented the scoreboard in the third. Tietje led off with a
double and scored two outs later on Al Simmons' base hit, but the Browns got the
run back in the fourth when Clift tripled with two outs and came home on Garms'
single.
Trailing 6-1, the White Sox tried to make a game of it in the fifth. Evar
Swanson doubled with one out and scored on Haas' single to right. The
throw to the plate from Campbell was wild, allowing Haas to advance to
second and Simmons' base hit left runners on first and third. Haas tagged
and scored on Luke Appling's long fly to left and Jimmy Dykes singled Simmons to
third. Bob Boken's double to left plated Simmons and chased Dykes to
third. Marty Hopkins popped to second to finally end the inning but the
St. Louis lead was down to 6-4.
Campbell's second home run of the game, in the bottom of the fifth, upped the
Browns' lead to 7-4 and that was the score when the White Sox tried to make one
last push in the top of the seventh. Simmons drew a one-out walk and
advanced to third on Appling's base hit. Dykes followed with a single to
right, scoring Simmons and advancing Appling to third. With the score now
7-5 and the potential tying runs on the corners with one out, Browns manager
Rogers Hornsby summoned Ivy Andrews from the bullpen to replace Blaeholder in an
attempt to preserve the lead. Andrews immediately induced Boken to roll
into an inning ending double play, keeping St. Louis on top by two runs.
That was essentially the game as the Browns rallied in the bottom of the inning
on Melillo's two-run double, upping the advantage to 9-5 and slamming the door
for good in the eighth. Back-to-back doubles off the bats of Garms and
Burns tallied a total of three runs, accounting for the final score.
The White Sox will attempt to avoid setting a new major league record for
futility this season when their series with the Browns continues over the
weekend.
8/31/1934, ChA34-SLA34, Sportsman's Park (A) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 White Sox 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 12 1 7 1 1934 Browns 1 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 x 12 15 1 4 2 White Sox AB R H BI AVG Browns AB R H BI AVG Swanson rf 5 1 1 0 .262 Clift 3b 4 3 3 1 .250 Haas cf 4 1 1 1 .253 Garms lf 5 2 4 3 .292 Uhlir ph 1 0 0 0 .118 Burns 1b 4 1 1 1 .299 Simmons lf 4 2 3 1 .367 Pepper cf 4 0 0 0 .276 Appling ss 4 0 1 1 .310 Melillo 2b 4 1 3 2 .219 Dykes 1b 4 0 2 1 .265 Campbell rf 4 2 2 3 .260 Boken 2b 4 0 2 1 .271 Grube c 3 1 0 0 .244 Hopkins 3b 3 0 0 0 .158 Strange ss 4 1 2 0 .239 Shea c 4 0 1 0 .178 Blaeholder p 2 0 0 0 .082 Tietje p 1 1 1 0 .037 Andrews p 0 0 0 0 .406 Earnshaw p 3 0 0 0 .113 West ph 1 1 0 0 .301 37 5 12 5 Hadley p 0 0 0 0 .185 35 12 15 10 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Tietje L 8-11 3.2 8 6 5 1 1 73 43 3.91 Earnshaw 4.1 7 6 6 1 0 51 35 4.48 8.0 15 12 11 2 1 124 78 Browns INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Blaeholder W 8-15 6.1 12 5 5 2 2 101 64 5.05 Andrews H 1 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 5.16 Hadley 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 4.19 9.0 12 5 5 2 2 123 77 ChA: Uhlir batted for Haas in the 9th SLA: West batted for Andrews in the 8th E-Haas, Campbell. 2B-Swanson(8), Boken(15), Tietje(1), Garms 2(9), Burns(26), Melillo(13). 3B-Simmons(11), Clift(3), Melillo(3). HR-Campbell 2(6). RBI-Haas(46), Simmons(85), Appling(50), Dykes(52), Boken(45), Clift(49), Garms 3(16), Burns(72), Melillo 2(43), Campbell 3(59). K-Appling, Shea, Pepper. BB-Simmons, Hopkins, Clift, Burns. SH-Pepper, Blaeholder. HBP-Grube. HB-Tietje. Temperature: 72, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 10 MPH. Attendance: 1,143 Game Time: 2:09