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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM July 24, 1912 ... The most proper way to describe the game played at Fenway Park, where the flying Red Sox lost to Cleveland, 11 to 6, would be by the use of a large pot of red paint and a big brush. From start to finish it was simply a case playing out of form both physically and mentally, and therefore Cleveland constructed an old-fashioned blowout. Miscues by the Sox and Cleveland's bats started trouble in the first inning off Hugh Bedient. With two outs, the Naps cut loose with singles, doubles and triples. Charley Hall came in and took his place, and it looked for a while as if the home team would settle down and making a fight of it. The Red Sox were hitting the ball all over the yard but right at the Cleveland fielders, until was decided that pitcher Bill Steen had a four leaf clover concealed somewhere. Boston had a chance until the seventh inning when Cleveland scored five runs on three hits and four errors to seal the deal. Manager Stahl then gave the crowd a chance to cheer by sending in seven new men, leaving Duffy Lewis and Harry Hooper alone among the regulars to finish the game. The boys turned in three runs in the ninth, with one in the eighth, scoring four of the six runs in the game. Steen grew wild when the new men started to play and he passed three of them. Hugh Bradley hit for two bases and Olaf Henriksen knocked out a single. With one in the ninth, Vean Gregg was sent into the game, fanning the last two men. The only man to have anything to do was young Marty Krug at shortstop, who had two chances. He fumbled the first one and the next time threw wild to first. Cleveland played a great game defensively in contrast to the poor work of the Red Sox, and were never in danger after the third inning. It was simply an off day for team which is playing remarkably smooth baseball, and the chances are that they will continue to do so. In the first inning with two men out, Heinie Wagner failed to pick up Joe Jackson's grounder. Art Griggs then doubled, Terry Turner singled, Joe Birmingham smashed one to right for three bases and Buddy Ryan burned one to centerfield, all good for four runs before Steen had even taken the mound. In the bottom of the first the Red Sox got one run back when Harry Hooper walked and Steve Yerkes put up a fly ball to short, followed by Joe Jackson making a great catch on Tris Speaker's long drive. Then Hooper stole second and scored on Duffy Lewis' single. Gardner also singled to send Lewis to third and then stole second base, but both runners went no further when Jake Stahl struck out. Cleveland and the Red Sox traded runs in the third inning and things stayed quiet until the seventh. With the score 5 to 2, the Nats erupted for five runs to make the game 10 to 2. The Red Sox chipped away in the eighth-inning with one run that Cleveland got back in the ninth. Now with the score 11 to 3, the Red Sox substitutes got busy in the ninth and put up three runs on the board to make the final score 11 to 6. It was simply one of those games to forget, and after losing six straight at Fenway, Cleveland got the satisfaction of slaughtering their nemesis. |
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