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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM September 30, 1912 ... Buck O'Brien pitched the Red Sox to a 7 to 5 victory over Washington, going through the full nine innings, and for six innings he was invincible. The Nationals failed to turn in a hit in those first six innings, although scoring one run as result of a free pass and a wild throw by Hick Cady to third-base. In the seventh and ninth innings, Washington got to O'Brien for five hard drives, four of which were for extra bases. The game was a big disappointment as the Sox were thoroughly enjoying O'Brien's excellent work and could foresee him disposing of the Giants easily. Now they are guessing about Buck's ability to finish. Boston put up a smooth fielding game, with Clyde Engle slipping up only once and turning the prettiest fielding stunt of the day, a one-handed stop close to line and then making a perfect throw to first. Wagner and Yerkes also played a good game and Hooper showing, his style in the outfield. Hooper and Duffy Lewis were the best hitters for the Red Sox while Howie Shanks starred for the Nats. The Red Sox failed to get proper batting practice as manager Griffith sent three youngsters to the rubber, one a left-hander, and all were very wild. They gave up nine passes and two men were hit by pitch balls. Wagner opened up the scoring for Boston in the second inning on two passes and Hooper's single. Speaker opened the third with a line drive over Clyde Milan that allowed him to circle the bases for a home run.
In the fourth inning, Washington got one of the runs back when Engle fumbled Kid Foster's easy ground ball and Milan was passed. O'Brien got Gandil on strikes and then Cady threw high trying to get Foster off third, allowing him to score. Steve Yerkes' single and a triple by Lewis scored Boston's third run in the fifth inning. The Red Sox open the fourth with a single by Wagner, two outs and a single by Hooper that scored Wagner, making it 4 to 1. Three runs were put over by the Red Sox in the seventh. Joe Boehling, a left-hander went in for the home team and hit Yerkes with a pitch. Yerkes stole second and Speaker flied to left. Lewis knocked out a base hit Yerkes held third and Engle worked a pass to fill the bases. Manager Jake Stahl then stung a nice double close to the right-field line and all three men came trotting across the plate. Washington scored two runs in the bottom half of the inning and then rallied in the bottom of the ninth. Down 7 to 3, Milan sent a liner by Speaker, who was playing in very close. The ball went a few feet beyond his reach and was good for three bases. After Gandil sent a pop up to Wagner, Frank Laporte was down two strikes, when he lashed the ball past first and made second when Lewis fumbled the ball. Shanks drove the ball to left-center for a double and brought Laporte home with the second run of the inning making it 7 to 5. Charley Hall was warming up and the home crowd was going crazy, but O'Brien got George McBride on strikes and then John Henry rolled one down to third-base for the final out of the game. |
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