World Series Flashback: 1946

The Mad Dash -- The seventh game of the 1946 World Series was knotted at 3-3 as the Cardinals batted against the Red Sox in the bottom of the eighth inning.  Enos “Country” Slaughter managed to lead off the inning with a single, but the next two Cardinals were retired.  Slaughter and the next batter, Harry Walker, then played a successful run-and-hit as Walker singled over shortstop.  After easily making it to third on the play, Slaughter ignored the emphatic stop sign of the third-base coach and rocketed toward the plate.  Red Sox shortstop Johnny Pesky took the relay throw from the outfield, and glanced for a split-second at Walker before rifling a late throw home, caught totally off-guard by the bold baserunning of Country Slaughter.  The run held up as the Cardinals won the game and the series.

The box score for this game may be accessed here at Baseball Almanac.  Image of Enos Slaughter from The Pecan Park Eagle.