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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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THE LAST ONE FOR 86 YEARS June 17, 1918 ... The Red Sox received great pitching from Carl Mays today, while the Browns pitchers failed to deliver. The end result was that the Red Sox walked away with the game at Sportsman's Park this afternoon, the score being 8 to 0. Mays was in grand form with the heat apparently steaming him up to his best, as he allowed only four hits and, with the exception of three of the hits, did not allow the ball out of the infield until the final play, when Ray Demmitt lined one out to Harry Hooper. Earl Smith opened the fifth with a single right. It was the first hit off Mays. The Browns pitchers were just as ineffective as Carl Mays was good. They issued eight walks during the afternoon, and five of the eight runs made by the visitors, were directly due to these free passes. With the Browns, working under a handicap right from the start, the fans gave most of their attention to the doings of Babe Ruth, who gave them interesting entertainment. On his first two trips to the plate, he was passed intentionally, and the fans were in perfect accord with the actions of manager Jimmy Austin in not giving the big Red Sox slugger a chance to drive over runs. On his next two trips to the plate, though, there were none on base and Ruth was permitted to do his best. The populace howled when Byron Houck struck out the fence buster the first time, and got him on an easy hop back to the pitcher. The next time Ruth got even though. In the eighth inning, when he came up with two men on base and to out, the Babe slammed a liner to right center for two bases, scoring the two runners. Bert Gallia started the game by walking Harry Hooper. He was forced at second by Dave Shean, who moved to second on the groundout. Ruth was passed, and Gallia was unable to get the ball over for Wally Schang, who walked to fill the bases. Fred Thomas singled to center, scoring Shean and Ruth, and when Jack Tobin made a wild throw home, Schang also scored to give the Sox a quick 3-0 lead. In the third, Fred Thomas walked and stole second base. Everett Scott singled to left and Thomas went to third. He scored on George Whiteman's fly to Earl Smith. The Sox scored two more in the fifth. Wally Schang opened with a walk. Everett Scott singled to center and Whiteman sent a low liner to Tobin, which he let go through his hands allowing Schang and Scott to score. Carl Mays started the eighth by beating out a slow grounder to short. Amos Strunk singled to left and Mays stopped at second. Dave Davenport was pitching for the Browns and Babe stepped into one of his deliveries droving the ball to the fence in right-center, scoring Mays and Strunk to make it 8-0. Carl Mays has given up only one run in his last three starts. |
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