And away we go with the Divisional Round!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A very different start for Christy Mathewson<\/strong> in this one: Tony Phillips<\/strong> led off with a double and Bob Bailey<\/strong> followed with a homerun, giving Detroit an early 2-0 lead. Ty Cobb<\/strong> and Hank Greenberg<\/strong> followed with singles, but Matty recovered, retiring the next 3 batters. He gave up 2 more hits–but no runs–in the second, but his pitch count was skyrocketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He never settled down: a hit and a walk in the third were followed by a 3-run homerun by Chili Davis<\/strong>, extending Detroit’s lead to 5-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Hal Newhouser<\/strong> was perfect through 3 innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Matty didn’t make it through the 4th, having thrown 91 pitches, and surrendered 9 hits and 3 walks. Sergio Romo<\/strong> put in a yeoman’s effort: 1 hit in over 2 innings in relief of Matty, helping prevent the Gothams’ bullpen from becoming too worn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Newhouser surrendered his first hit in the top of the 6th, a leadoff single by Carl Furillo<\/strong>, and took a 2-hit shutout into the top of the 9th. And that’s all he allowed: what a performance! 2 hits, 7 strikeouts, and no runs allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Look, you can blame Matty all you want for this one, but the Gothams weren’t touching Newhouser today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n