HARDER WINS PITCHERS DUEL WITH TIETJE
Tribe, ChiSox Combine for Season-Tying Low 5 Hits
CLEVELAND, Sept. 29 (AP) - Mel Harder became the first pitcher in the major
leagues this season with multiple two-hit shutouts as the Cleveland Indians eked
past the Chicago White Sox 2-0 at League Park. While the White Sox were
held to just two hits the Indians managed only three safeties of their
own. The combined total of five hits in the entire game match the low mark
of the year, initially set by the White Sox and St. Louis Browns in Chicago's
1-0 victory on April 22 at Comiskey Park.
19 different big league hurlers have allowed two hits or fewer in a complete
game this year, but Harder is the only one to have accomplished the feat more
than once. The first occurrence--an 8-0 one-hit whitewashing of the Washington
Senators at League Park on July 14--culminated in Harder's 11th win of the
season. Today's blanking of the White Sox is the right-hander's 23rd
victory of the year, his fourth shutout and his 17th complete game.
Chicago starter Les Tietje was nearly as effective as Harder. In fact, for
the first seven innings, he was arguably more effective. Tietje no-hit
Cleveland for seven innings, becoming just the third major leaguer this season
to carry a no-hitter into the eighth inning. After walking Joe Vosmik
leading off the second inning, Tietje retired the next 17 batters he faced
before issuing another free pass, again to Vosmik, with two outs in the
seventh. But Odell Hale followed by hitting into a fielder's choice,
forcing Vosmik at second to end the inning.
Harder yielded a lead-off double to Zeke Bonura in the top of the second but
easily retired the next three batters to avoid damage. That was the only
hit the White Sox managed until the seventh when Luke Appling roped a one-out
two-bagger off the right field wall. Rip Radcliff's soft grounder to short
allowed Appling to reach third with two outs and Marty Hopkins followed with a
rocket to right field but was robbed of extra bases by Milt Galatzer who made a
diving catch just short of the wall to keep the scoreless duel intact.
The Indians finally broke through in the eighth. Johnny Burnett slashed a
double off the glove of third baseman Hopkins to open the frame. Bill
Knickerbocker flied to center for the first out but the ball was deep enough to
allow Hopkins to tag and advance to third. With the infield in, Bill
Brenzel then lined a clean single to center, scoring Burnett with the game's
first run. Eddie Moore came on to run for Brenzel and Joe Heving replaced
Tietje, who was pitching on short rest. Harder sacrificed Moore to second
and a wild pitch moved the runner to third. Pinch hitter Bob Seeds then
grounded a single to right, scoring Moore and giving Cleveland a 2-0 lead.
Harder retired the White Sox in order in the ninth, ending the game having set
down eight in a row and 14 of the last 15 batters he faced.
9/29/1934, ChA34-Cle34, League Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1934 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1934 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 x 2 3 0 5 1 White Sox AB R H BI AVG Indians AB R H BI AVG Conlan cf 4 0 0 0 .227 Galatzer rf 3 0 0 0 .302 Hayes,J 2b 3 0 0 0 .291 Seeds ph 1 0 1 1 .232 Simmons lf 3 0 0 0 .353 Averill cf 3 0 0 0 .305 Bonura 1b 4 0 1 0 .261 Trosky 1b 3 0 0 0 .338 Appling ss 3 0 1 0 .303 Vosmik lf 2 0 0 0 .321 Radcliff rf 3 0 0 0 .143 Hale 2b 3 0 0 0 .286 Hopkins 3b 2 0 0 0 .171 Burnett 3b 3 1 1 0 .324 Madjeski c 3 0 0 0 .201 Pytlak c 0 0 0 0 .271 Tietje p 3 0 0 0 .046 Knickerbocker ss 3 0 0 0 .328 Heving p 0 0 0 0 .267 Brenzel c 3 0 1 1 .200 28 0 2 0 Moore,Ed pr 0 1 0 0 .119 Harder p 2 0 0 0 .125 26 2 3 2 White Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Tietje L 9-13 7.1 2 2 2 2 2 102 64 3.72 Heving 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 17 8 10.91 8.0 3 2 2 3 2 119 72 Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Harder W 23-7 9.0 2 0 0 2 2 106 71 3.01 9.0 2 0 0 2 2 106 71 Cle: Moore,Ed ran for Brenzel in the 8th Seeds batted for Galatzer in the 8th Seeds moved to rf in the 9th Pytlak inserted at c in the 9th Moore,Ed moved to 3b in the 9th 2B-Bonura(37), Appling(29), Burnett(5). RBI-Brenzel(9), Seeds(23). K-Madjeski, Tietje, Harder 2. BB-Simmons, Hopkins, Trosky, Vosmik 2. SH-Harder. HBP-Hayes,J, Averill. HB-Heving, Harder. WP-Heving. GWRBI: Brenzel Temperature: 65, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from right at 8 MPH. Attendance: 4,066 Game Time: 2:03