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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM June 10, 1912 ... The Red Sox moved into first place today on a wild throw in the ninth inning, to give the Sox a 3-2 win over the Browns. They played the scrappiest kind of baseball and beat the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park this afternoon and moved into the lead in the American League race. Buck O'Brien would have pitched a shutout, except for his own fumble that allowed one run to score, and an error by Larry Gardner with two out, that gave the Browns their second run and put them in the lead in the seventh inning. Two Boston runs were earned on singles by Larry Gardner on hits by Heinie Wagner and Bill Carrigan. The winning run was a gift as Jimmy Austin threw by first base allowing Steve Yerkes to score in the ninth-inning. Two sensational plays by Heinie Wagner cut off to St. Louis runs in the sixth and ninth innings. Both Wagner in Steve Yerkes played a great game in the field that saved a lot of trouble. With no score, the Red Sox wasted a fine chance to take the lead in the fourth inning when Larry Gardner led off with a triple, only to see Jake Stahl pop out and Carrigan send a fly ball to center. Lewis was then walked but was thrown out trying to steal second on the double steal. The Browns were the first to score in the fifth inning on a fumble by O'Brien and a double by Bobby Wallace. The Red Sox then tied the score in the sixth on a single by Gardner, his stolen base and Wagner's line drive to centerfield. St. Louis came back with a run in the seventh when Del Pratt got on with a base hit and then worked around to third on two ground outs. O'Brien then passed Bobby Wallace intentionally and he scored on Stephens ground ball through the infield. The Red Sox tied it up in the eighth on Larry Gardner's single, another stolen base and Carrigan's line drive to right-center that scored him. By this time both teams were fighting hard as the game was tied, and the Red Sox noticed the score to see that the New York Highlanders were beating the Chicago White Sox. They knew a victory would earn them first place. So in the ninth-inning, Harry Hooper, who had been having bad luck at the plate, popped out to shortstop, and Steve Yerkes followed with a bloop hit the centerfield. Lewis hit a slow grounder that Austin ran in for, but he shot the ball by George Stovall at first, while Yerkes tore around the bases and scored on a close play at the plate, to give the Red Sox the go-ahead run. Then St. Louis went in for a last ditch effort in the ninth-inning, but sharp playing by Yerkes and Wagner got the first two men. Wallace then singled and O'Brien became unsteady and passed Stephens. A pinch-hitter was sent in but hit a long drive to Lewis and the Red Sox threw their caps in the air, knowing that they had taken first-place away from the White Sox. |
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