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DICK HOBLITZELL |
THE LAST ONE FOR 86 YEARS
The Red Sox make it six in a row
April 20, 1918 ...
The Red Sox continued winning today at Fenway Park, defeating the New York Yankees by a score of 4 to 3. Today it was Dick Hoblitzell squeezing in Harry Hooper with the winning run in the eighth inning. The only real negative happened in the first
inning as a foul ball hit Otis Strunk in the hand, bruising his fingers. He will be unavailable for three or four days.
Carl Mays and Slim Love were the pitchers and the Yankees had no problem hitting Mays, getting eleven hits and at least one in every inning. In the opening inning they hit him up for a run, but he was able to steady the boat and, although he gave up two
more runs, actually pitched well. Both team played a solid defense with multiple doubleplays being reeled off.
Harry Hooper, Hoblitzell, Everett Scott and Stuffy McInnis made some slick plays, and Sam Agnew was rock solid behind the plate. The big highlight was the final play of the game. There were two on in the ninth, and the Red Sox were leading by one
run with two out, when Harry Hooper made a terrific running catch to end the game.
In the first inning, down 1-0, the Red Sox came back to chalk up three runs and take the lead. Harry Hooper walked and stole second. Dave Shean whacked a double to right to score him and scored himself on Wally Schang's double to center.
Hobby sacrificed him to third and Stuffy McInnis' line drive to Roger Peckinpaugh scored him.
The Yanks tied up the game in the sixth and the Sox went back in the lead for good in the eighth inning. Hooper doubled to start it off and took third on Shean's sacrifice. Hobby laid down the bunt to squeeze him in with, what would be, the winning
run.
About 300 members of the 317th Field Signal Battalion from Fort Devens went through maneuvers on the field before the game, to the delight of the crowd. |
