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IN COMES QUINN ...
June 25, 1924 ... Ike Boone was sent in to pinch hit for Jack Quinn, in the ninth inning, against the Philadelphia Athletics. The score was tied with runners on second and third, and there were two outs. He had a bad leg but his eyesight was good and Ike hit a rope to left center, putting over the deciding run and giving the Red Sox a walk-off 4 to 3 victory. Then, before a second game, scheduled to be played as apart of a doubleheader, the rain came down in torrents. That precluded any further baseball activity at Fenway Park. Jack Quinn, the 22 year major league veteran, pitched as well as he ever did for the first five innings. Not until there were two outs in the sixth inning, had the A's made anything close to resembling a base hit. Then Max Bishop banged a line drive off the right field fence for a triple. In the eighth, Cy Perkins banged a double off the left field wall. Those were Philadelphia's only two hits until the ninth inning. Then with the Sox ahead, 3 to 1, Quinn tired and the Athletics tied the score. Max Bishop led with a double and scored on Paul Strand's base hit. After a fly ball out, Joe Hauser knocked a pitch into the right field stands tying the game. The Sox had put up there three runs starting in the third inning. Steve O'Neill led with a base hit and was bunted over to second, coming home on a base hit by Quinn. In the fourth the Sox scored their second run. John Collins doubled against the left field wall and scored on a single by Danny Clark. In the sixth inning, both Ira Flagstead and Bill Wambsgnass led off with base hits. Bobby Veach sacrificed them ahead and Flagstead scored on a sacrifice fly from Collins. In the bottom of the ninth, after the A's had tied the game, Phil Todt singled and Danny Clark drew a free pass. O'Neill missed on two bunt attempts and finally struck out. Joe Harris, who had been out for a couple of weeks, finally made an appearance, pinch hit and flew out to right, but it was good enough to move Todt over to third after the catch. Ike Boone then limped out of the dugout to hit for Quinn. After Clark stole second unattested, Boone shot a half-liner to left center, putting Todt over with the game winner. Then the storm broke before the pitchers for the second game could even begin their warm-ups. |
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