The veteran lefty had won several crucial games for the New York Giants in four consecutive World Series match-ups but promptly surrendered three more runs on an error by outfielder Hack Wilson, who had let a long drive roll to the fence.
The A's line-up had clearly taken control leaving Chicago in shock as they watched their significant lead dissolve to a single run in a single inning. Simmons, who had started the Athletics' comeback, stepped up for the second time in the inning and added yet another single.
Jimmie Foxx returned as well driving in the tying run making it an contest. McCarthy's team had fallen into "quicksand" and was sinking fast. Pat Malone was summoned from the bullpen, but nothing changed as he hit Miller with a pitch, loading the bases. Dykes followed suite and slammed a double scoring the ninth and tenth runs of the inning, but Malone dug in and struck out Boley and Burns ending the devastation.
Lefty Grove came in to finish to job and retired Chicago in order in the eighth and ninth innings while striking out four consecutive batters. The A's, staring at the likelihood of a tie in games when they came to bat in the seventh inning, now boasted a three games-to-one lead after their unlikely triumph and looked to close out the Cubs in Game 5.
A battered Pat Malone returned for the start in Game 5 hungry for payback after his team's Game 4 debacle. Paired up against the unlikely Game 1 winner Howard Ehmke, he managed to keep the Cubs' hopes alive with a clutch performance. Both aces were locked in a struggle until the fourth inning when Chicago drove in two runs and Ehmke off the mound. Rube Walberg came in as relief and matched the National League ace until the bottom of the ninth.
With one down and a two run lead, the Cubs stood two outs away from sending the Series back to Wrigley Field, but Max Bishop kept the A's alive with a crucial single. Mule Haas stepped up to the plate for his biggest at-bat of the season and tied the game with a bomb over the right-field wall.
Down, but not out, Malone remained tough and got out 2 off a Mickey Cochrane grounder. With two down now and one to go, the Cubs still had a chance.
That was until Al Simmons came up big with a priceless double - forcing the intentional walking of Jimmie Foxx. Bing Miller completed the cycle, hitting one off Shibe Park's scoreboard for the winning run and another World Series Championship. The comeback gave Connie Mack's Athletics' their first title since and sent Chicago packing after surrendering leads in both Games 4 and 5. I'd like a chance to prove it to you Connie Mack.
Did you know that Lefty Grove was only the second pitcher in World Series history with two 2 saves during the same Series? The first to accomplish this now common feat was Firpo Marberry during the World Series. Two 2 researchers rated the Philadelphia Athletics in their top fifteen dynasties.
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