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THE SOX CAN'T STAY
HEALTHY NOR HAPPY ... June 12, 1913 ... The St. Louis Browns made their first appearance at Fenway Park today and the Red Sox had to do their best to beat them by a score of 3 to 2. Hugh Bedient, who is doing great work for the Red Sox, was picked to face George Baumgardner, one of the very cleverest young pitchers in the league. Bedient was unusually wild, passing five men, none of whom scored however. Four hits, including a double by George Stovall, was the limit of the hitting against Hugh, and no hits were made after the fourth inning. Boston got to Baumgardner for 10 hits, including two doubles and a triple, but they were scattered throughout seven innings. Steve Yerkes, Larry Gardner, Heinie Wagner and Tris Speaker turned in two hits apiece. In the first inning the Browns scored the first run. The Red Sox came back in the bottom of the first as Harry Hooper worked a base on balls and Tris Speaker smashed a line drive against the right-field fence for three bases to score Harry Hooper and tie the score. The Browns took the lead in the fourth inning and the Sox again came back in the sixth to tie up the game. Steve Yerkes dropped one over first base that rolled across the fence, giving him a ground rule double. He went to third on Speaker's out at first and scored when Del Pratt fumbled a grounder it to him by Duffy Lewis. In the eighth inning Bedient passed the first man up Bert Shotton. George Stovall tried to sacrifice and popped up a week fly to Clyde Engel at first. Johnny Johnston smashed one down to Yerkes, who bobbled the ball for second, and was about the throw to first when he saw the base runner running by him. He turned and fired to Heinie Wagner just in time to get Shotton at second base. In the bottom of the inning Yerkes hit a fast ball singing against the left bank for two bases. Speaker unsuccessfully tried to lay down a bunt and popped out to Stovall. Lewis was then thrown out at first and with two outs it was up to Larry Gardner. Larry made good with us clean single to left, scoring Yerkes with what would be the winning run. Hugh Bedient buckled down in the ninth inning and forced Pete Compton to hit a pop up to Wagner. He then struck out Bobby Wallace and Sam Agnew to end the game. High class pitching wins ballgames and today the Red Sox had their best. |
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