The events of game two would in no way inspire any second guessing about Joe Cronin having picked Lefty Stewart as his starting pitcher in the Series opener. This is because of what happened when the Nats' top winner, General Alvin Crowder, was handed the ball for the second game. With two down in the third, Goose Goslin, hitless in his first five at-bats in this Series, belted a Hal Schumacher pitch into the upper right field stands. The ball sailed over a sign sponsored by the NRA proclaiming "We Do Our Part." Crowder was doing his part, coasting through the first five innings, giving up just one walk and two harmless singles.
In the sixth, however, the roof caved in. In the top half, the Nats had men on second and third with one out when Goslin, the lead runner, got caught in a rundown when Fred Schulte grounded toward third. Joe Kuhel walked to load the bases, but Ossie Bluege struck out for the fourth time in five official at-bats so far in the Series. In the bottom of the inning, the Giants sent 12 batters to the plate, bunching seven singles, a double by Terry, and an intentional walk, to score six runs and chase Crowder. The tying and winning runs were driven in by pinch hitter Lefty O'Doul, a pitcher who had been transformed into an outfielder while already in his thirties. O'Doul had proceeded to win the National League batting championship in 1930 with a .398 average.
Tommy Thomas came in to relieve Crowder with two outs and the score 6-1, and gave up an inconsequential infield single before getting Bill Terry to ground into a force play to end the slaughter. The score remained as it was at the end of New York's six-run sixth, 6-1. The Giants, who had ten hits in each of the first two games to the Senators' five in each game, were well positioned now with a 2-0 lead with the sixth and seventh games, should the Senators succeed in rendering them necessary, to be played at the Polo Grounds.
One aside to this unhappy story from the Nationals' perspective was that Sam Rice, owner of a .290 career batting average in the World Series, got one last crack at the bat. The 43-year-old was brought in as a pinch hitter for Tommy Thomas after the sixth-inning debacle. With one out in the top of the seventh, Rice singled to center to raise his average above the magical .300 barrier (.302) for all eternity. As things would go, this was Sam Rice's final at-bat with the Senators after having donned a Washington uniform over a span of 19 consecutive years. (Note: Deveaux makes mention here of Rice's career .302 average in the World Series; his career average in the regular season is .322.)
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