World Series Game #1

10/18 - Crosley Field - GAME #1
White Sox 10, Reds 2
The World Series opened on a drizzly 72 degree day in the Queen City.  The home team would start Peaches Davis (4-4, 2.48), while the visiting Pale Hose would go with ace Joe Horlen (9-2, 2.65).  Chicago wasted no time at all by jumping all over Davis to ring him up for 3 big 1st inning runs.  Little Luis Aparicio, who would go 3 for 5 on the day led off the game with a double.  Surprise starter Tim Cullen bunted Looie over to 3rd and Tommy Davis singled him home.  Tommy McCraw doubled to put runners on second and third and Ken "F-troop" Berry closed out the scoring with a 2 run single to right center.  A Billy Myers single with 2 outs scored Ival Goodman in the bottom of the inning to make it 3-1 Chicago.  The Pale Hose would answer right back with a RBI double from McCraw to score Luis Aparicio.  Goodman's throw to the plate on that same play nailed Tommy Davis who attempted to score all the way from 1st to prevent the inning from being bigger.  For the next 4 innings both pitchers settled into a nice rhythm and no further runs scored until the top  of the 7th when Chicago posted 6 runs to turn their 4 run lead into a 10-1 rout.  After Berry walked to force in a run and Josephson singled in another rookie Bill Melton hit a titanic shot that wound up on the interstate.  Melton's shot was a game breaking grand slam that completely sealed Cincy's fate.  Horlen would leave the game after 5 innings and Bob Priddy (1 IP) and Cisco Carlos (3 IP) would close it out.  Carlos would be credited with the rare 3 inning save.  Peaches Davis lasted just 1/3 of an inning before being replaced by Joe Cascarella who gave up only 1 run in close to 6 innings of work.  Johnny Vander Meer was tagged for all 6 runs in the 7th.  Vander Meer's lone bright spot was the triple he hit in the 8th.
Chicago leads the series 1-0