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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM May 1, 1912 ... Before crowd of 4000 wildly enthusiastic fans, the Nationals this afternoon scored the winning run in the ninth-inning on a wild pitch by Joe Wood, for a final score of 2 to 1. The Red Sox gave a week exhibition of batting, as a single by Larry Gardner and two singles by Bill Carrigan constituted the total number of safe hits made by Boston. Tom Hughes works three innings for Washington, and after striking out Hugh Bradley in the fourth, he injured himself and was forced to retire from the game. Dixie Walker came in and finished the game for the Nationals and was just as effective as Hughes. Boston's one run, made in the eighth inning, tied the score. It was a result of a pass and an error by Walker, and a wild throw by Kid Foster. This miscue would have been good for two runs, if not for Pinch Thomas, who was coaching first at the time for the Red Sox. The ball thrown by Foster, hit the ground while in front of firstbaseman John Flynn and went past him like a shot, but it hit Thomas directly behind the base, several feet out of the coaches box, holding Boston to just one run. Two runs would have scored had the ball not hit him. The first run made by the Nats came in the fifth inning and was a gift. Joe Wood hit George McBride, the first man up and, with two outs, he scored from second on Danny Moeller's single to right, which Harry Hooper juggled badly, allowing the base runner to come it. The ninth-inning was full of bad baseball from start to finish by the Red Sox. Heinie Wagner fumbled Flynn's grounder allowing the batter reached second. With two outs, John Henry was at bat, when manager Jake Stahl ordered would to pass him intentionally and take a chance on Walker. Wood had Walker down to three balls and two strikes, and just missed, allowing Walker to get to first, filling the bases. Moeller came to bat and Joe had him down two strikes. He then threw him a sinker and Moeller swung at it for the third strike, but the ball bounced off the corner of the plate and went bounding into the grandstand, as Flynn walked home with the winning run. Carrigan, who was catching, had an awful time holding on to Joe's pitches throughout the game, but under the circumstances Wood pitched wonderfully. The Red Sox had 13 men reach first base and just one run was scored on Foster's wild throw. The home team got 11 men on base and two of them scored. The game was very interesting for the fans, but a hard one to lose for the Red Sox. |
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