Wednesday, December 8, 2010

'37 Reds sweep '02 Brew Crew to clinch Post season birth

  

Sep 26, 2002             1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1937 Cincinnati 20-15    1 0 0   0 2 0   2 1 0      6 12  3
2002 Milwaukee 10-25     2 0 0   0 0 1   0 1 0      4 12  2
Sep 27, 2002             1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1937 Cincinnati 21-15    1 0 0   0 4 2   0 0 1      8 13  1
2002 Milwaukee 10-26     1 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0      2  5  1
Sep 28, 1937             1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
2002 Milwaukee 10-27     0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      0  4  2
1937 Cincinnati 22-15    1 1 0   0 1 1   0 0 -      4 10  1
Sep 29, 1937             1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
2002 Milwaukee 10-28     1 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0      2  8  0
1937 Cincinnati 23-15    3 2 0   0 0 0   2 0 -      7 14  1

Cincy knew going into this series that even with a sweep they would not be able to win the division, but they would at least clinch a post season birth.  3 late inning runs helped break a 3-3 tie in game #1 to propel the Reds to victory.  Ival Goodman, Spud Davis and Charlie Gelbert each contributed 3 hits with Davis hitting his first homer of the season.  Gene Schott (3-0, 2.04) went the distance for the win.  Powered by a 4 run 5th inning the Reds blew away the Brew Crew.  Goodman went 2 for 4 with 4 RBI's off of 2 homers (his 9th and 10th on the season).  Shortstop Billy Myers went 4 for 5, but shockingly did not score a run even though Cincy posted 8.  Johnny Vander Meer went 8 scoreless innings in game 3 before tiring.  Mr. "Double No-hit" allowed just 4 hits before giving way to Paul Gehrman, who pitched a perfect 9th in a no save situation.  The "schnozz", Ernie Lombardi went 3 for 4 to increase his season average to .350.  The finale once again saw the Reds score early and often.  5 runs over the first 2 innings was more than enough to dispatch the hapless Brew Crew.  Cincy would bang out 14 hits and every player including hurler Lee Grissom (6-1, 2.26) would garner a hit.  Leadoff man Buck Jordan would go 3 for 5 to increase his season average to .330.  Cincy would finish the season with 4 starters batting over .300 and a .262 team batting average.

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