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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN April 20, 1915 ... The Red Sox breezed home a winner today for the second time in the series, coming from behind and beating Washington by a score 5 to 2. Falling on George Foster in the opening round, the Nationals squeezed two runs across the plate before the contest had been going for five minutes, with two singles by Merlito Acosta and Clyde Milan, and a triple by Kid Foster doing the work. The Red Sox managed to tie the score in the third inning, and in the sixth forged ahead to the front, never to relinquish the lead. In the third inning George Foster hit one down to Ray Morgan, which he was able to scoop up nicely but made a wild throw to first, allowing Foster to jog down to second base. Harry Hooper followed with a double right to score Foster and he scored himself when Heinie Wagner sent one into left for a base hit. Then in the sixth inning Wagner hit the ball into left field for three bases, with the ball rolling all the way to the bleachers. Tris Speaker hit a long fly ball to right-field that allowed Wagner to score on the sacrifice fly. Dick Hoblitzell lined a single to right and Everett Scott hit one to left, but Hoblitzell was caught at third by a quick throw from Howie Shanks. The Sox now led 3 to 2. After his bad start, Foster settled down and gradually got better as the game proceeded. After the third inning, Washington found him puzzling and only made three cheap hits in the last six frames. Washington had an excellent chance to break things open in the seventh, when with one down, Eddie Ainsmith walked, and George McBride followed with a single over second base. A double steal was successful, with Ainsmith slightly spiking Hal Janvrin as he slid into third. Chick Gandil came in to bat for Bert Gallia and popped a fly to center. Acosta walked to fill the bases and brought up Kid Foster to the plate with hopes of a hit, but the best he could do was foul out to the catcher. Gallia was given his second start on the mound for Washington, and after getting away well at the beginning he was hit hard and finally gave way to Doc Ayers in the eighth-inning. The game was well played with three doubleplays making the contest interesting and providing a throw from the fans. Rip Williams robbed Tris Speaker of a pretty drive down the first base line in the third inning, when he nabbed the speedy line drive and threw to second to complete a doubleplay. Gallia had shown signs of getting hit hard in this inning, with two runs and three hits having been scored with only one out, but the play by Williams gave Gallia a second breath and he went along fairly well until the sixth inning when the Red Sox grabbed another run. The Sox scored again in the seventh with Hal Janvrin getting an base hit into center to start things off. Pinch Thomas followed him with another base hit and George Foster sacrificed them both along. Harry Hooper flew out to center, with Janvrin tagging up and beating Milan's throw to the plate, to make it 4 to 2. The final run was scored in the ninth-inning on Pinch Thomas' double to left, scoring on Foster's single and making the final score 5 to 2. The Red Sox got 12 hits, three of them coming in each of the third and sixth innings. Heinie Wagner's triple, which hit the bleacher stands in left field, was the longest hit of the afternoon, although Kid Foster was also given a triple on his long hit the left in the opening inning. Tris speaker made a great catch on Ray Morgan's fly ball in the first inning. He grabbed it over his right shoulder while running toward the centerfield fence. A few raindrops started to fall just before the game started and it seemed to cut down the attendance. The Harvard baseball team was on hand and saw the game from several boxes behind the Red Sox dugout. |
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