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Ira Flagstead comes thru and
the Sox walk-off June 5, 1925 ... The Red Sox ambushed the Cleveland Indians 5 to 4 in the final inning. The lead went back and forth throughout most of the game, but in the top of the ninth, with the score tied at three apiece, Bennie Karr put the Tribe out front when he crashed a home run into the right field bleachers. As throughout the game, the lead was brief because in the bottom of the ninth the Sox got a lucky break. Phil Todt, the first Sox batter, stroked an easy ground ball, that took a bad hop to bounce by secondbaseman, Joe Sewell. Bill Wambsgnass made a couple of unsuccessful attempts to lay down a bunt and then stroked a single to left. Dud Lee's attempt at bunting resulted in a pop-up to the catcher. Roy Carlyle was trotted out to bat for the catcher, Johnnie Heving and worked Karr for a free pass. Ira Flagstead, who had been benched for a few days because he was slumping, then came up to pinch-hit for the Sox pitcher, Red Ruffing. He delivered a single to right to scored Todt with the tying run and Wamby followed him in with the game winner. Ruffing had pitched a great game, but was not given any real support, and kept plugging away. He was given a 1-0 lead in the first inning on three singles, but gave that run back in the second inning. In the third inning, with two outs, Homer Ezzell reached on an infield hit. Ike Boone lofted a long fly ball to right that Pat McNulty lost in the sun. Ezzell scored and Boone legged it to third base, putting the Sox back up, 2-1. In the fourth inning the Indians tied the game once again, on a gift. The Indians had two base hits and Wamby muffed a ball that allowed a run to score. The 2-2 tie game lasted until the seventh, when the Sox let the lead get away. An error by Dud Lee, a base hit and a walk, loaded the bases for Tris Speaker. He grounded out, a runner scored, and Cleveland was back up 3-2. But the the Indians again let the Sox back in on a wild pitch, with Johnnie Heving on third, after he had doubled. That made the score 3-3, until Karr's homer in the top of the ninth. |
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