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LARRY GARDNER |
BACK-TO-BACK WORLD
SERIES CHAMPS
Larry Gardner leads the attack over the Yankees
September 2, 1916 ...
The Red Sox walloped George Mogridge for 11 base hits and when the final gun sounded, beat the Yankees 5 to 3. The Red Sox grabbed a two run lead in the second inning, but were in danger at times, as
George Foster wobbled in every inning that he
pitched. He was getting hammered so vigorously in the sixth inning, that he was yanked in favor of Dutch Leonard. Not one Yankee reached first base after that. In all Foster allowed 12 hits and passed Roger Peckinpaugh with the bases loaded.
Some great defense helped Foster out of the trouble he created. Everett Scott and Larry Gardner made great plays on numerous occasions. The Yankees tried hard to beat the Sox, but today they fell short. In the ninth inning, Larry Gardner
buried them with a long home run into the right field grandstand. After that the Yanks lost all their fight. |
