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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN June 7, 1915 ... With two of the top pitchers on the mound, the Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox by a score of 3 to 0 at Fenway Park. The field was damp and slow after some heavy rain and large quantities of sawdust had to be scattered around the base lines. Heavy clouds hung over the ballpark so it should have been slowly played. But the reverse was just the case, as the game was played in less than an hour and a half. With Joe Wood and Red Faber were on the firing lines and the fans figured they would see a great ballgame. Faber had won eight straight games while Wood had been showing some really good work of late. Had both teams fielded a perfect game, the Red Sox would've scored one run on three singles in the seventh inning. With his great speed Wood was in the hole only once during the game and that was in the fourth inning when the bases were full with two outs. But Joe struck out Jim Bretton to end the threat. Faber also showed some great speed and command of his pitches. Not one Red Sox baserunners saw first base until there were two outs in the fifth inning, when Everett Scott drew a pass. Larry Gardner hit the ball down to Buck Weaver, whose throw was low to first and so there were two men on. Pinch Thomas next sent a fly ball to left-center that Finners Quinlan misjudged, and in the mix up Thomas got three bases, while Scott and Gardner both scored. The Red Sox scored their third run in the seventh inning with one out. Dick Hoblitzell smashed a single to center, the first clean base hit of the game, and went to third on Scott's single over second. Gardner singled to center to score Hobby and then was doubled up on Thomas's grounder to Eddie Collins. Considering the few games that Joe Wood has pitched this season, his work during this game was very good and proved to be very satisfactory to manager Bill Carrigan. The White Sox had not shown any special strength of scoring runs in the last three games, because of the good work by the Boston pitching staff. Bobby Wallace, the former St. Louis Browns player, made his first appearance as an umpire and should make a fine running mate for Billy Evans. |
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