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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM May 4, 1912 ... Washington took three out of four games from the Boston Red Sox, by giving them an 8 to 7 beating today. Their pitching was wretched, as they gave the Red Sox no fewer than 10 passes. Of the Sox seven hits, Tris Speaker had four. In five times at the plate, Speaker singled, hit for a homer, singled, hit for two bases and was walked. Speaker scored three of the Red Sox runs and in the last two games as had seven hits, while all the other members of the team combined at six. Larry Gardner knocking out three of them. In the series, the Nats used six pitchers, three of whom were youngsters. Outside of Speaker's hitting, the Red Sox average just a little more than one base hit in 10 times at bat. Speaker got nine hits in 15 times at bat during the series. He and Gardner turned in 13 hits in the four games, while all the other members of the Red Sox manufactured just 11. Washington sent Carl Cashion in to start the game and he was very wild. Harry Hooper and Clyde Engel started the game with passes. Speaker singled to score Hooper and went to second when the ball was fumbled in left by Danny Moeller. Duffy Lewis brought in Hooper with a base hit and Larry Gardner struck out, but Rip Williams dropped the third strike and Speaker scored the third run of the inning. Hugh Bedient started for the Red Sox and gave up three runs in the first inning also. Danny Moeller bunted one for a base hit stole second, scoring on Kid Foster's triple over the head of Speaker in center field. Wagner booted Clyde Milan's ground ball letting Foster in with the second Washington run. A wild pitch put Milan on third and Bedient passed Flynn. John Knight lofted a fly ball out to Speaker and Milan scored the tying run. Washington got another run in the second inning, but the Red Sox came roaring back in the third with three more. Speaker hit the second ball pitched to him to the fence in left centerfield and made it all the way around the bases. Hugh Bradley then walked and went to second on a wild pitch, ending Cashion's day. Jerry Akers took the ball and Larry Gardner, the first man he faced, also drew a walk. Lewis tried to sacrifice, but struck out and then Wagner singled, scoring Bradley. Nunamaker bounced one back to Akers, who threw wild trying to get the force at second and two more runners scored. Down 6 to 4, Washington got another run back in their half of the third inning, trading one with the Red Sox in the sixth. When the Nationals came up in the seventh inning, the score stood at 7 to 5 in favor of the Red Sox. Eddie Cicotte, who relieved Hugh Bedient in the third inning was pitching a good game and with a string of weak hitters coming up, it looked like the Sox would have it easy. But with two down, Germany Schaefer was passed after Cicotte had him in the hole for one ball into strikes. Umpire Connolly decided that Cicotte committed a balk as he took the ball back from Hugh Bradley. Cicotte argued and became all worked up over the ruling and became unraveled. He had John Flynn in the hole for two strikes and grooved one that the ex-Holy Cross player smashed over Tris Speaker's head for a triple. Cicotte also got John Knight down to strikes only to see him tear one down the left-field line for two bases and a tie the ballgame. George McBride, who had not gotten a hit in the series, saw one he also liked after he was two strikes down, and banged it hard to left, to score Knight with, what would be, the winning run. That was it and after that, the Red Sox were done for. It was Cicotte's game to win, and he went down on three savage drives in succession. President McAleer saw the game from private box that was not happy with what had transpired at the end of the game. The Red Sox leave here for Baltimore where they will play an exhibition game with the Orioles and then leave for New York shortly after that game. |
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