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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM June 8, 1912 ... The Boston Red Sox made an even break today by defeating the Tigers at Navin Field in the last game, scoring enough runs in the first inning to win the game by a score of 8 to 3. Ralph Works started out badly for the Tigers today, allowing the Red Sox to collect enough runs in the first inning to assure them the game. In only two innings did Works allow no hits. Jake Stahl went back to first base and made a fumble in the field but knocked out a single that brought in the eighth run of the game. Marty Krug took place of Steve Yerkes, who was not feeling well, and played a fairly good game getting two hits. Joe Wood never worked more hard for a game. Several times Ty Cobb was in a position to make trouble with a safe drive, but Wood cut him off without the semblance of a hit. The Red Sox bunched six hits in the first two innings, including a double by Harry Hooper and a triple by Tris Speaker. This hitting was good for two runs and gave the Speed Boys a fighting kind of spirit. The Tigers got in three hits and were within striking distance up until the eighth inning, when the Red Sox scored one more and put the lid on it in the ninth, when Ralph Works passed two men and this was followed by single to the right-field fence by Stahl. Hooper had the hot bat making three base hits in five times up. Krug and Heinie Wagner each got two apiece, while Davy Jones with two singles, was the best hitter for the Tigers. Duffy Lewis was good in the outfield making one remarkable catch off Cobb and Heinie Wagner put up a strong game at shortstop. Hooper opened the game with a double to right and then Krug singled. Speaker hit one to the pitcher and Hooper was safe as Works threw wild to the plate, allowing the Red Sox to score the first run. Duffy Lewis then singled to score Krug and Speaker made it to third while Lewis went to second on the throw. Larry Gardner was thrown out at first, but Speaker scored on the play and Stahl was thrown out on a ground ball that scored Lewis. Wagner then singled but Les Nunamaker lifted a fly ball to Cobb to end the inning and the Red Sox were leading 4 to 0. The Tigers got one back in their half of the first inning and then with one out in the second, Hooper knocked out another base hit and made it to second when Cobb fumbled the ball. Speaker then lined one to left-center that went between the two outfielders and was good for three bases to score Hooper and make it 5 to 1. Larry Gardner opened the third with a pass and Wagner singled to send him to third. But then Cobb made a great running catch on Nunamaker's low line drive and threw 20 feet wide of the plate. Gardner failed to take advantage of the play however and held at third base. Finally, Wood flied out to Donie Bush to end the inning. In the fourth inning the Tigers put two more runs on the board. Paddy Baumann opened with a single and Wood passed George Moriarty. Oscar Stanage grounded out to Stahl, but Jake made a mess of the simple grounder and he was safe as Baumann scored. Works knocked one by Gardner to follow and that scored Moriarty. On the play Stanage tripped and fell on his way to second and got tagged out, while spraining his ankle and had to be taken out of the game. No more scoring happened until the eighth-inning, when the Red Sox got one more run on Nunamaker's single, Wood's sacrifice and Hooper's single. Hooper then stole second and Krug flied out to Cobb, allowing Nunamaker to score from third. Finally in the ninth-inning the Red Sox scored two more runs to make the score 8 to 3, as Lewis walked and Gardner followed suit. Stahl singled to score Lewis and Wagner hit one to Donie Bush who threw the ball to second for the force out on Stahl. On the relay Baumann threw wild to first which allowed Gardner to score the final run of the game. The crowd numbered 10,615, making a total of 26,000 for the four games. There was some hustling after the game as the train scheduled to leave at 5 o'clock had to be held up for members of the Red Sox party and the newspaper men. All players are in great shape except for manager Stahl who is nursing a sore wrist. |
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