Washington Blows It, Philly Wins in 10th

Mule Haas came in clutch as the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics overcame a 6-2 deficit to beat the 1933 Washington Senators, tying the series 1-1 as the teams head to Washington. Buddy Myer led off the game with a home run off Rube Wahlberg, and the Senators added two more runs in the 1st. Washington added 2 more runs in the 3rd and chased Wahlberg with another in the 5th to take a 6-2 lead. But Mickey Cochrane and Jimmie Foxx each hit 2-run homers for Philadelphia to keep the game close. In the 6th with 2 out, General Crowder walked the next three batters he faced, and Haas followed with a triple as the Athletics took the lead. After a costly error in the 9th by Foxx, Cliff Bolton singled in the tying run for Washington, and the game went to extra innings again. Washington won in 10 innings the day before, but had worse luck this time. Alex McColl allowed a 2-out base hit by Lou Finney that scored the winning run, and the Athletics won it 8-7. Finney was starting in place of Al Simmons who pulled a hamstring in yesterday’s game. Bolton was 4 for 5 and drove in 3 runs for Washington.

’33 Senators @ ’31 Athletics – 9/30/23