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THE SOX CAN'T STAY
HEALTHY NOR HAPPY ... June 9, 1913 ... The champions from Boston showed some of their old-time form and acknowledged grit today at Fenway Park, where they administered a defeat to Cleveland by a score of 4 to 1. In the process they ended Cy Falkenberg's undefeated 10 straight victories. The hard-hitting Naps were forced to surrender to Hugh Bedient, who refused to pass more than one man and held the visitors to eight hits, with half of them being of the infield variety. Bedient's support was superb around the infield, except in the seventh and ninth innings when Bedient himself failed to cover first base properly. Two errors by Heinie Wagner filled the bases in the ninth inning, giving the visitors a splendid chance to tie the score with a long hit. But Hugh proved too much and Wagner closed the game by taking an easy pop up. It was very plain that Falkenberg was pitching with his nerves, because the first Red Sox run was on a wild pitch. Later in the game Willie Mitchell, who had taken over for Falkenberg, allowed another run to score from third base on his wild pitch. With Larry Gardner back at third, the Red Sox looked like the same formidable team they were last year. Gardner's fielding was superb, while his work at the plate played an important part in two of the four runs scored by the Speed Boys. Harry Hooper, Steve Yerkes, Heinie Wagner, Clyde Engle and Gardner did all the hitting for the Red Sox. All eyes were on slugger, Joe Jackson, but he was limited to one hit in four times up. Nap Lajoie was sent in as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning, but the best he could do was ground out to Gardner. It was really the Red Sox all the way, as Bedient blanked Cleveland for seven straight innings, during which time none of them reached third base. Falkenberg was knocked out again in the seventh inning, down 2 to 1. The Red Sox jumped out in front in the second inning when Larry Gardner opened up with a sharp single to right and went to third on Engle's base hit. Wagner drew a pass to fill the bases and Falkenberg's wild pitch allowed Larry to score the Red Sox first run. The Sox scored again in the fifth inning as Harry Hooper smashed one by Joe Jackson in right field for a triple and scored on a double to left eye Steve Yerkes. They added another run in the seventh inning as Heinie Wagner smashed one over Jackson said for three bases and scored on Mitchell's wild pitch. After the Naps scored one in the top of the eighth, the Sox came back in the bottom of the inning to score their fourth and last run. Yerkes led off with a single and Speaker drew a pass. After Duffy Lewis sacrificed, Gardner hit a grounder to Ivy Olson that scored Yerkes to make it the final 4 to 1 score. |
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