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PINCH THOMAS |
WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN
The Red Sox split another doubleheader
with the Yankees
June 28, 1915
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A fine crowd was on hand at Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox and
Yankees break even in the two games played this afternoon. The first
game was close and interesting and went to New York by a 3 to 2
margin. The Red Sox took a commanding lead at the very start of the
second game and won easily by a 6 to 3 score. There was ore than
10,000 fans at the games, rooting hard for the Red Sox, but they
seemed to fail in showing the finesse necessary to win a
championship. Ray Fisher was the Yankee pitcher in the first game,
and had little trouble in going through the full game, as the Red Sox hitters
failed against him, seemingly half the time going after the first pitch and
producing nothing. The Red Sox used three pitchers, including Shore, Ray Collins
and Carl Mays. In the second game, Vean Gregg started for the Sox and gave way
to Mays after three innings, who pitched another superb game the rest of the
way.
In the opening game the Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second
inning, thanks in great measure to a ground ball that hit a stone and bounded
over Heinie Wagner's head at second base. Birdie Cree had led the inning off
slamming a double off Ernie Shore and scored when Roy Hartzell hit an easy
ground ball to second that went over Wagner. Les Nunamker then got a hit scoring
Hartzell and scored himself on Hugh High's hit, but High was thrown out at
second trying to stretch it.
The Red Sox scored one in the fifth inning. Larry Gardner singled and stole
second. He came home on a base hit by Hick Cady. In the eighth inning they
scored again. Harry Hooper tripled. Bill Rodgers came in to pinch-hit for Heinie
Wagner and grounded out but Hooper scored on play.
The second game was a different story. The Sox came out swinging in the first
inning and scored five quick runs. Hooper burned a line drive to center that was
speared by High, robbing him of a potential homer. Yankee starter, Marty McHale
walked Wagner and then passed Speaker. Duffy Lewis lined the ball off the wall
in left for a double, scoring both Wagner and Speaker. Hoblitzell reached on an
error and Janvrin singled to left. Pinch Thomas came through with the goods off
Ensign Cottrell, who relieved McHale for New York. He doubled to left, scoring
two more Sox runners to get a quick 5-0 lead.
The Yankees scored one in the third and two more in the fourth, but that was
it. Carl Mays reached his stride after that and held New York down for the next
four innings only being touched for two base hits during that time.
The Sox scored their last run in the fifth inning on a pass to Wagner, a
single by Speaker, a groundout by Lewis that sent Wagner to third, and a
sacrifice fly to center. |
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