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SAM AGNEW |
WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN
The Red Sox win it with bunts and a squeeze
August 21, 1915
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The Red Sox were out-hit, out-fielded and out-played, but still won the game and it wasn't close. The difference was Babe Ruth. When eleven St. Louis players were on base and at least three times were a hit away from tying up the game, Ruth
came up with big pitches to put out any threat. On the mound for the Browns was a man considered one of the best pitchers in the league - Carl Weilman. He was effective, but the Sox batters did some nice small work with bunts and a squeeze play to get the necessary runs across the
plate. In the fourth inning and down a run, Hooper worked a base on balls. Everett Scott laid down a bunt and beat the throw to first base. Then Tris Speaker bunted again and he too was safe to load the bases. Del Gainor followed with a perfect doubleplay ground
ball to Jimmy Austin, who threw home in hopes of getting the force at the plate, but Sam Agnew dropped the ball allowing Harry Hooper to score. Duffy Lewis then duplicated the groundball to Austin and again Agnew dropped the throw. With the bases still full, Jack Barry and Speaker worked
the suicide squeeze perfectly to get the third run. After that it was all the Babe. He scattered the hits he allowed, walked only one, and struck out six. |
