Philadelphia and the Royal Athletics (1-2) have travelled to Ebbets Field (1953) for a three-game set against The Dodgers, Detroit, and Southern California (1-2).
Philly’s starter Lefty Grove is warming in the bullpen.
Jose Mendez will be on the hill for the Dodgers, Detroit and Southern California
It is a beautiful afternoon here in Brooklyn. The sky is high, the air is warm, and the lineups are set. Rickey Henderson steps in to face Mendez.
A lead off single by Gwynn is erased when Jackie Robinson hits into a 4-6-3 double play. 0-0 after 1.
Runners on the corners again for Philadelphia following back-to-back lead off singles by Mickey Cochrane and Dan Brouthers. No outs in the top of the second.
Two singles and three strikeouts for The Dodgers in the second.
Eddie Collins leads off the top of the third with his second single of the afternoon and follows it immediately with his second stolen base of the afternoon.
A single by Brett moves Collins to third and the Royal A’s have runners on the corners for the third straight inning
Mickey Cochrane singles bringing in Stearnes. That’s five straight hits and a 5-0 lead.
That’s all for Mendez. Rube Marquard is making his way in from the bullpen.
Philly has scored 6 runs in the third and 28 in their last 12 innings. There is still nobody out here.
Hill grounds to Robinson at first and the Dodgers finally get an out but Bancroft moves to third on the play.
Henderson doubles and Bancroft scores. 8-0 Philadelphia.
This Dodger team is as hapless they come. Through 29.1 innings this season they have given up 43 runs.
A derisive cheer goes up from the Ebbets Field faithful as Marquard strikes out Collins and gets Brett to end the inning in a grounder to Robinson. 8-0 Philly as we head to the bottom of the third. Reese, Gwynn, and Robinson are due up.
Pete Hill walks to lead off the fifth for Philadelphia bringing up Henderson
It’s a wild pitch from Marquard! Hill moves up to second.
Henderson struck out but Collins and Brett walked. Now the bases are loaded for Schmidt. Schmidt hit two home runs in the last game against Ohio.
Schmidt smashes it hard to first. Robinson turns and fires to Reese covering second. Steps on the bag. Back to Marquard covering first but not in time. Hill scores and Collins moves to third. It’s now 9-0 and against all odds Philly has runners on the corners again.
The Dodgers escape with minimal damage done allowing just the one run to score. 9-0 Philadelphia heading to the bottom of the fifth.
A lead off single by Cochrane is erased when Brouthers hits into a 4-6-3 double play. Bancroft singles and is stranded when Hill lines to Gehringer at second. 9-0 after five and a half.
Cobb singles with two out but that’s as far as he goes.
Spitballer Burleigh Grimes is coming into pitch for the Dodgers in the top of the seventh. He’ll face the top of the Philadelphia order - Henderson, Collins, and Brett.
Grimes’s spitter doesn’t help him much. A walk by Collins and a double by Brett a driven in by Stearnes on a single. It’s 11-0 now for Philadelphia and the Ebbets Field faithful are heading for the exits in search of a new distraction for the rest of the afternoon.
Pee Wee Reese walks and Gwynn strikes out. Here comes Robinson, 1-3 on the afternoon.
Robinson swings. It’s a deep drive. Off the wall. In comes Kelley. Reese is headed for third. Robinson is into second standing up. The Dodgers have their first run of the afternoon. The score is now 11-1.
The Philadelphia 8th starts with a double by Brouthers, a walk by Bancroft. Then Hill smashes a grounder to Robinson at first who throws it wide of Grimes covering the bag. It goes down as an error and the bases are loaded with none out.
Two runs in total this inning for Philadelphia as Bancroft comes across in a sac fly by Brett. Piazza, Cobb, and Kline coming up for The Dodgers, Detroit and Southern California in the bottom of the 8th. They trail 13-1.
Philly goes 1, 2, 3 in the top of the ninth. Last ups for The Dodgers down 13-1.
That’s the final as the Philadelphia Royal Athletics improve to 2-2 with another blowout victory and the Dodgers, Detroit, and Southern California fall to 1-3 with another nightmare loss.
