LYONS' ARM, BAT EARN CHISOX DH SPLIT WITH A'S
Sox Starter Hits Game-Winning HR in 11th
CHICAGO, Sept. 19 (AP) - Ted Lyons allowed two runs in 11 innings of work and
won the game with his bat by hitting a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom
of the 11th of the nightcap as the Chicago White Sox split a doubleheader with
the Philadelphia Athletics. Philadelphia won the opener 9-3 as Bob
Johnson, Jimmie Foxx and Pinky Higgins all homered.
Both Lyons and A's starter John Cascarella were credited with complete games in
the nightcap. It was the sixth time in the major leagues this season that
both starting pitchers tossed complete games in a contest that reached the 11th
inning or beyond. There have been 20 home runs that have ended games in
the big leagues thus far this season; Lyons is the only pitcher to have
accomplished the feat.
Neither club scored until the fourth inning, when the White Sox broke out on top
with substantial assistance from the leaky A's defense. With one out, Luke
Appling doubled to right-center field. Rip Radcliff followed by grounding
to Pinky Higgins at third whose toss to first was far over the head of Jimmie
Foxx. The two-base throwing error allowed Appling to score the first run
of the game. Jackie Hayes followed with a routine grounder to second,
advancing Radcliff to third. George Caithamer then grounded a single past
Cascarella into center field, scoring Hayes to make it 2-0.
The Higgins miscue was just one of five Philadelphia errors in the game.
Remarkably, the A's had been charged with three errors in the bottom of the
first inning alone but, somehow, the White Sox failed to score a single run in
the frame.
Lyons held the A's scoreless until the seventh but Philadelphia was able to
break through and tie the game. Dib Williams drew a lead-off walk and
moved to second on Bob Johnson's ground out. Foxx grounded to short with
the runner holding but Higgins partly atoned for his earlier error by ripping a
two-out triple off the right-center field wall, scoring Williams to cut the
Chicago lead to 2-1. Eric McNair then came through with a game-tying
single to left to tie the score.
Lyons pitched around a one-out double off the bat of his counterpart, Cascarella,
in the eighth and then, in the top of the ninth, the A's managed three hits and
failed to score. Foxx singled with one out but was thrown out trying to
steal second. Higgins and McNair followed with back-to-back base hits but
Lou Finney flied to left to end the threat.
The White Sox had a chance to win the game in the tenth when Al Simmons led off
with a walk and advanced to second on Jimmy Dykes' sacrifice. Appling drew
another free pass from Cascarella to put runners on first and second but
Radcliff's double play grounder snuffed out the threat.
After Lyons dismissed the A's in order in the top of the 11th, Cascarella
retired Hayes to open the bottom half of the inning. But Caithamer
singled, bringing Lyons to the plate. Manager Dykes, who has used Lyons as
a pinch hitter 19 times this year, more than any player on the club, let his
starting pitcher bat for himself. On the very first pitch from Cascarella,
Lyons deposited the ball into the lower grandstand in right field, winning the
game. It was his first home run of the season.
9/19/1934, PhA34-ChA34, game 2, Comiskey Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP 1934 Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 9 5 5 2 1934 White Sox 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 0 10 1 Athletics AB R H BI AVG White Sox AB R H BI AVG Cramer cf 5 0 1 0 .296 Conlan cf 4 0 1 0 .237 Williams 2b 3 1 0 0 .278 Mauldin 3b 5 0 1 0 .235 Johnson,B lf 5 0 0 0 .294 Simmons lf 4 0 0 0 .362 Foxx 1b 5 0 1 0 .322 Bonura 1b 4 0 1 0 .269 Higgins 3b 4 1 2 1 .351 Jones pr 0 0 0 0 .175 McNair ss 4 0 3 1 .277 Dykes 1b 0 0 0 0 .274 Finney,L rf 4 0 1 0 .256 Appling ss 4 1 1 0 .309 Hayes,F c 4 0 0 0 .170 Radcliff rf 5 1 1 0 .111 Cascarella p 4 0 1 0 .048 Hayes,J 2b 4 0 0 0 .301 38 2 9 2 Caithamer c 5 0 2 1 .600 Haas pr 0 1 0 0 .254 Lyons p 5 1 1 2 .206 40 4 8 3 Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Cascarella L 7-15 10.1 8 4 2 4 5 159 98 5.30 10.1 8 4 2 4 5 159 98 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lyons W 8-16 11.0 9 2 2 1 2 133 90 4.73 11.0 9 2 2 1 2 133 90 ChA: Jones ran for Bonura in the 8th Dykes inserted at 1b in the 9th Haas ran for Caithamer in the 11th E-Williams, Foxx 2, Higgins, Cascarella. 2B-Cascarella(1), Appling(27). 3B-Higgins(7). HR-Lyons(1). RBI-Higgins(105), McNair(80), Caithamer(3), Lyons 2(9). SB-Radcliff(1). CS-Foxx, Conlan. K-Johnson,B, Foxx, Simmons, Caithamer 2, Lyons 2. BB-Williams, Conlan, Simmons, Appling, Hayes,J. SH-Williams, Dykes. GWRBI: Lyons Temperature: 59, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from left at 20 MPH. Attendance: 1,350 Game Time: 2:13