PARNELL, BOSOX HAND YANKS 5TH STRAIGHT LOSS
64,058 Watch As Boston Completes Sweep
NEW YORK, July 1 (AP) - Mel Parnell scattered eight hits en route to a complete
game shutout and the Boston Red Sox completed a three-game sweep of New York
before 64,058 at Yankee Stadium with a 9-0 pasting of the Bronx Bombers.
The huge crowd was the largest at the Stadium since opening day. The
victory was the third straight for Boston while the Yankees fell for a
season-worst fifth consecutive time. The Red Sox outscored New York 20-2
over the course of the three-game series.
Parnell (7-5) has suffered through a mostly difficult season but he tamed the
top-scoring club in the Junior Circuit, tossing his first shutout of the year,
and is undefeated since May 28, covering six starts.
Yankees starter Eddie Lopat (8-5) actually pitched pretty well, leaving for a
pinch hitter in the bottom of the seventh having surrendered only two runs, but
was forced to watch as the Red Sox pounded reliever Spec Shea and turned a close
game into a rout during a seven-run eighth.
The game was scoreless when the Red Sox came to bat in the fifth inning and
plated the only run they would need. With one out, Parnell helped himself
by dumping a single into shallow center field. After Dom DiMaggio flied
out, Johnny Pesky laced a double into the right-center field gap, scoring
Parnell all the way from first base.
Boston added an insurance run in the seventh on Ted Williams' 13th home run of
the year, a drive deep into the lower grandstand down the right field line.
Meanwhile, Parnell was holding New York at bay. The best scoring
opportunity for the Yankees came in the very first inning. Gene Woodling
led off with a single and was sacrificed to second by Phil Rizzuto. Yogi
Berra grounded to third but Joe DiMaggio lined a single to center field.
Unfortunately for New York, Joe's brother Dom cut Woodling down at the plate
with a perfect one-hop strike to catcher Buddy Rosar.
The Yankees loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth, but Parnell struck out
Lopat to end the frame. New York never advanced another runner past second
base.
Boston blew the game wide open in the top of the eighth off Shea with a long
sequence of two-out baserunners. Bobby Doerr led off with a walk and was
sacrificed to second by Billy Goodman. Pinch hitter Clyde Vollmer fanned
for the second out, but then the doors fell off for Shea. Rosar and
Parnell both walked to load the bases and Dom DiMaggio followed with a two-run
single to make it 4-0. Pesky's subsequent base hit pushed the Red Sox's
lead to five runs and a walk to Ted Williams re-filled the bases and ended
Shea's day. Joe Ostrowski replaced him and promptly yielded a grand slam
to Vern Stephens, upping Boston's lead to 9-0 and putting to rest any doubts
about the contest's outcome.
Boston has now beaten the Yankees in seven of the ten games the two teams have
played thus far this season. The Red Sox trail New York by 3 1/2 games and
reside in second place, pending the outcome of Chicago's doubleheader with St.
Louis. Should the White Sox sweep the Browns, they would jump into second
place, three games behind the Yankees.
7/1/1951, BoA51-NYA51, Yankee Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1951 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 9 10 1 8 0 1951 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 10 0 Red Sox AB R H BI AVG Yankees AB R H BI AVG DiMaggio,D cf 5 1 1 2 .321 Woodling lf 4 0 1 0 .289 Pesky ss 5 1 2 2 .287 Shea p 0 0 0 0 .217 Williams,T lf 3 2 1 1 .322 Ostrowski p 0 0 0 0 .200 Stephens 3b 5 1 2 4 .300 Hopp ph 1 0 0 0 .265 Doerr 2b 3 1 1 0 .316 Rizzuto ss 1 0 0 0 .299 Boudreau ph 1 0 0 0 .285 Martin,B ph 1 0 0 0 .294 Goodman 1b 2 0 1 0 .275 Berra c 4 0 1 0 .266 Hatfield ph 1 0 0 0 .158 DiMaggio,J cf 4 0 1 0 .259 Olson rf 3 0 1 0 .143 Mize 1b 2 0 1 0 .258 Vollmer ph 2 0 0 0 .221 Collins 1b 0 0 0 0 .276 Rosar c 3 1 0 0 .286 Brown,B 3b 4 0 0 0 .288 Parnell p 3 2 1 0 .333 Mapes rf 4 0 2 0 .325 36 9 10 9 Coleman,Je 2b 1 0 0 0 .316 McDougald ph 2 0 1 0 .250 Lopat p 2 0 0 0 .261 Bauer ph 2 0 1 0 .336 32 0 8 0 Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Parnell W 7-5 9.0 8 0 0 4 2 131 76 4.75 9.0 8 0 0 4 2 131 76 Yankees INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lopat L 8-5 7.0 7 2 2 3 2 119 72 3.22 Shea 0.2 2 6 6 4 1 33 14 6.85 Ostrowski 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 15 9 4.10 9.0 10 9 9 7 3 167 95 BoA: Vollmer batted for Olson in the 8th Boudreau batted for Doerr in the 8th Pesky moved to 2b in the 8th Boudreau moved to ss in the 8th Vollmer moved to rf in the 8th Hatfield batted for Goodman in the 9th Stephens moved to ss in the 9th Boudreau moved to 1b in the 9th Hatfield moved to 3b in the 9th NYA: McDougald batted for Coleman,Je in the 7th Bauer batted for Lopat in the 7th McDougald moved to 2b in the 8th Bauer moved to lf in the 8th Martin,B batted for Rizzuto in the 8th Martin,B moved to ss in the 9th Collins inserted at 1b in the 9th Hopp batted for Ostrowski in the 9th E-Pesky. 2B-Pesky(9), Doerr(14), Mapes(5). HR-Williams,T(13), Stephens(8). RBI-DiMaggio,D 2(31), Pesky 2(10), Williams,T(69), Stephens 4(50). CS-Mize. K-DiMaggio,D, Parnell, Vollmer, DiMaggio,J, Lopat. BB-Williams,T 2, Doerr, Goodman, Rosar 2, Parnell, Rizzuto, Mize 2, Coleman,Je. SH-Goodman, Rizzuto. GWRBI: Pesky Temperature: 92, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: none. Attendance: 64,058 Game Time: 2:25