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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN April 16, 1915 ... With the score tied at six runs apiece, the game this afternoon between the Boston Red Sox and the Athletics was called by Umpire Connolly at the end of the ninth-inning, because it was too dark to see across the field and the streetlamps were burning outside the park It was the poor work of pitchers Rube Bressler and Babe Ruth of the Red Sox, that caused the game to drag on until nearly all the spectators had left. The Red Sox were in the lead by a score of 6 to 1 when the Athletics went into the fifth inning, and before it was over they had scored four runs on three singles and for free passes, to cut the lead to just one run. Ruth started by filling the bases on a hit and two passes, but was allowed to remain in the game until he forced two men over the plate. Ralph Comstock was then brought into the game to pitch. No one was even warming up until Ruth had forced home the first run and the result was that the Red Sox were deprived of the victory, because Comstock pitched a good game with only one slip up, when with two down in the seventh inning he fed Rube Oldring an easy pitch over the center the plate only to see it slammed into the left-field bleachers for the run that tied the score. The Red Sox runs were largely the results of free passes by Bressler and timely hits by Heinie Wagner, Everett Scott, Larry Gardner and Ruth. Oldring was the star the game for the Athletics, getting a single, a double and a home run in his three last times at bat, all accounting for four of the six runs made by Philadelphia. The game dragged on and was anything but a pleasant day for the spectators. Tris Speaker did not have a good game and in fact his batting since the team left Louisville is the weakest since coming a Boston. Harry Hooper opened the game with a pass and scored on a nice double by Heinie Wagner. Speaker flew out to left-field instead of sacrificing his man to third. Duffy Lewis was called out on strikes and Dick Hoblitzell also drew a pass. Everett Scott ended the inning with a fly ball to right-field. The score was 1 to 0 in the Red Sox favor after the first inning. The Red Sox added another run in the fourth inning when Lewis opened with a pass and was sacrificed to second by Hoblitzell. Larry Gardner singled him in to make it 2 to 0. Philadelphia led off their half of the inning with a double close to the right-field foul line by Oldring. Stuffy McInnis singled to score him, to make it 2 to 1. In the fifth inning, Ruth smashed the left centerfield fence with a line drive that was good for two bases. Hooper followed with a walk and Wagner tried to sacrifice them along, but was safe on Eddie Murphy's low throw to first, filling the bases. Speaker then hit a ground ball to short for the force out, but the throw was late to first and Ruth scored. Duffy Lewis hit a long fly ball out to Amos Strunk that allowed Hooper to tag up and score the second run of the inning. Hoblitzell knocked a single to right which sent Speaker to third and then he stole second. On the throw down to second, Speaker was able to come in and score. Everett Scott singled to score Hobby but he was thrown out trying for second. That made the score 6 to 1 in favor of the Red Sox. Now in the bottom of the sixth, Ruth began by walking Strunk to open the inning and Jack Barry lined a base hit to right-field that was good for two bases. Ruth now totally lost his control and passed Bressler to load them up. Then he passed Murphy to force in a run. At this point manager Carrigan finally decided to send Comstock out to the bullpen to warm up. Next Ruth passed Jimmy Walsh to bring in another run. Rube Oldring singled to score Bressler and Carrigan finally brought in Comstock after two hits and four passes had been given up. Lajoie one to Gardner who forced Murphy at the plate and McInnis laced a single to score Walsh. Chick Davies now came up to pinch-hit for Wickey McAvoy and popped up a foul ball close to the stands that Carrigan was able to pull down for the final out, but the score had been cut to 6 to 5. Bob Shawkey came out as the Athletics pitcher in the sixth inning and put down the Red Sox for the remainder of the game. Finally, with two down in the seventh inning, Oldring smashed a ball into the left-field bleachers to tie the score |
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