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IN COMES QUINN ...
August 18, 1924 ... The Red Sox defeated the Browns in a last ditch effort by a 3 to 2 score. For most of the game, the pitching of St. Louis' Ernie Wingard kept the Sox bats mostly quiet. Then in the ninth inning, down 2-0, Val Picinich came in as a pinch hitter for Alex Ferguson to start the final inning. He laced a single to right, and then Ira Flagstead flew out to left. Bill Wambsgnass bombed a shot to right center and legged it all the way to third base, scoring Picinich. As the infield moved in to keep Wamby at third, Ike Boone laced a single by them to score the tying run. Joe Harris next took his turn and shot for the fences but fell short for the second out. John Collins came up and then lined a base hit into center, leaving things up to Homer Ezzell. His sizzling single to center brought Boone home with the deciding run and a come-from-behind Sox win. Five clutch hits had produced three runs in two-thirds of an inning, when all that Wingard had allowed was four scattered Sox safeties for eight innings. Alex Ferguson had pitched a good game for the Red Sox and was helped by sensational catches by Flagstead. The Browns first run came in the second inning as the result of some infield hits and a wild throw to first. The other St. Louis run counted when Baby Doll Jacobson tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly. |
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