The first series of the campaign saw the Pirates and the Red Sox each win two games. Runs were aplenty, with Pittsburgh totaling 19 runs, while Boston plated 17 (including 10 in one game). Boston’s Larry Gardner went 9-for-18 (.500), while Pittsburgh’s Fred Clarke hit a team-best .444 (8-for-18).
Game #1: Pittsburgh 5, Boston 1
Three consecutive extra-base hits in the top of the third helped score three runs and put Pittsburgh up 4-0. Fred Clarke hit a one-out double, followed by a triple by Ginger Beaumont and a double by Honus Wagner. Deacon Phillippe scattered four hits and didn’t give up an earned run in the victory.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (5) AT 1912 BOSTON RED SOX (1)
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Fred Clarke 5 2 2 0 Harry Hooper 4 1 1 0
Ginger Beaumont 5 1 1 1 Steve Yerkes 3 0 0 0
Honus Wagner 4 1 1 1 Tris Speaker 4 0 2 1
Kitty Bransfield 4 1 2 0 Duffy Lewis 4 0 0 0
Claude Ritchey 4 0 1 1 Larry Gardner 4 0 0 0
Tommy Leach 4 0 1 1 Jake Stahl 3 0 0 0
Wid Conroy 4 0 0 0 Heinie Wagner 4 0 0 0
Harry Smith 3 0 1 0 Bill Carrigan 3 0 1 0
Deacon Phillippe AXY 3 0 0 0 Hugh Bedient BYZ 3 0 0 0
Forrest Cady 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 5 9 4 TOTALS 33 1 4 1
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 013 000 100 -- 5
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 000 010 000 -- 1
LOB--1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6, 1912 BOSTON RED SOX 8.
ERR--Deacon Phillippe AXYZ, Tommy Leach, Tris Speaker, Larry
Gardner. 2B--Fred Clarke, Honus Wagner, Bill Carrigan.
3B--Ginger Beaumont, Harry Hooper. HBP--Steve Yerkes.
SACB--Deacon Phillippe AXYZ, Harry Smith. SB--Fred Clarke.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Deacon Phillippe AXY [W] 9.00 4 1 0 2 8 0
1912 BOSTON RED SOX
Hugh Bedient BYZ [L] 9.00 9 5 4 0 2 0
Game #2: Boston 10, Pittsburgh 6
The Red Sox led 5-2 after Tris Speaker’s two-RBI double in the bottom of the sixth. The Pirates came back to score two in the seventh and two in the eighth to go up 6-5. Boston responded with a five-run eighth inning, which included a two-run single by Larry Gardner and a solo homer from Jake Stahl.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (6) AT 1912 BOSTON RED SOX (10)
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Fred Clarke 5 1 2 1 Harry Hooper 5 3 3 0
Ginger Beaumont 4 1 0 0 Steve Yerkes 1 1 0 0
Honus Wagner 2 0 0 0 Tris Speaker 4 2 2 3
Kitty Bransfield 4 0 1 1 Duffy Lewis 5 0 2 3
Claude Ritchey 4 1 1 1 Larry Gardner 5 1 4 2
Tommy Leach 4 1 2 0 Jake Stahl 5 1 1 1
Wid Conroy 3 2 2 2 Heinie Wagner 5 0 1 0
Harry Smith 3 0 0 0 Bill Carrigan 3 0 0 0
Jesse Tannehill AXZ 1 0 0 1 Ray Collins BZ 3 1 1 0
Jimmy Burke 1 0 0 0 Forrest Cady 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 31 6 8 6 TOTALS 37 10 15 9
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 001 001 220 -- 6
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 201 002 05x -- 10
LOB--1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 5, 1912 BOSTON RED SOX 9.
ERR--Wid Conroy, Harry Smith, Claude Ritchey. 2B--Duffy
Lewis. 3B--Wid Conroy. HR--Jake Stahl. HBP--Honus Wagner.
SACF--Jesse Tannehill AXZ. SACB--Jesse Tannehill AXZ, Harry
Smith, Steve Yerkes (2). SB--Ginger Beaumont, Fred Clarke,
Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper, Larry Gardner (2).
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jesse Tannehill AXZ [L] 7.67 15 10 9 4 3 1
Ed Doheny BXY 0.33 0 0 0 0 1 0
1912 BOSTON RED SOX
Ray Collins BZ [W] 8.00 8 6 6 3 3 0
Charley Hall BY 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #3: Pittsburgh 4, Boston 0
Sam Leever shut down the Red Sox in a six-hit shutout. He got out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth inning, and left runners stranded on first and third in the sixth. Ginger Beaumont’s RBI single started the scoring in the third. Leever helped himself with an RBI double in the fourth. The Pirates then got RBI singles from Kitty Bransfield in the fifth and seventh innings.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX (0) AT 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (4)
1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Harry Hooper 4 0 1 0 Fred Clarke 3 1 1 0
Steve Yerkes 4 0 0 0 Ginger Beaumont 4 0 1 1
Tris Speaker 4 0 1 0 Honus Wagner 4 2 2 0
Duffy Lewis 4 0 1 0 Kitty Bransfield 4 0 2 2
Larry Gardner 4 0 1 0 Claude Ritchey 4 0 0 0
Jake Stahl 3 0 0 0 Tommy Leach 3 1 1 0
Heinie Wagner 4 0 1 0 Wid Conroy 3 0 2 0
Bill Carrigan 4 0 1 0 Harry Smith 3 0 0 0
Buck OBrien B 2 0 0 0 Sam Leever BXZ 2 0 1 1
TOTALS 33 0 6 0 TOTALS 30 4 10 4
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 001 110 10x -- 4
LOB--1912 BOSTON RED SOX 8, 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 9.
ERR--Ginger Beaumont. 2B--Tris Speaker, Sam Leever BXZ, Wid
Conroy, Honus Wagner. HBP--Fred Clarke. SACB--Sam Leever
BXZ, Harry Smith. SB--Bill Carrigan, Fred Clarke, Honus
Wagner.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Buck OBrien B [L] 8.00 10 4 4 4 1 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Sam Leever BXZ [W] 9.00 6 0 0 2 6 0
Game #4: Boston 6, Pittsburgh 4
After falling behind 3-0 after three innings, the Red Sox scored in five of the next six innings to even up the series. Duffy Lewis’ RBI single put the Red Sox ahead 4-3 in the seventh inning. Larry Gardner had a pair of RBI singles among his four hits.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX (6) AT 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (4)
1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Harry Hooper 4 1 2 1 Fred Clarke 5 1 3 0
Steve Yerkes 3 1 1 0 Ginger Beaumont 5 2 4 1
Tris Speaker 5 2 3 1 Honus Wagner 5 0 1 1
Duffy Lewis 5 0 1 1 Kitty Bransfield 4 0 0 0
Larry Gardner 5 1 4 2 Claude Ritchey 4 0 0 0
Jake Stahl 4 0 0 0 Tommy Leach 4 1 1 0
Heinie Wagner 3 0 0 0 Wid Conroy 4 0 1 1
Bill Carrigan 4 1 1 0 Harry Smith 4 0 1 0
Smoky Joe Wood AKZ 2 0 0 0 Jack Chesbro BXYZ 3 0 0 0
Jimmy Burke 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 35 6 12 5 TOTALS 39 4 12 3
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 000 120 111 -- 6
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 201 000 010 -- 4
LOB--1912 BOSTON RED SOX 10, 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 8.
ERR--Jake Stahl, Larry Gardner, Harry Smith. 2B--Ginger
Beaumont, Harry Smith. 3B--Wid Conroy. SACB--Steve Yerkes,
Smoky Joe Wood AKZ (2). SB--Tris Speaker, Larry Gardner (3),
Ginger Beaumont (2).
1912 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Smoky Joe Wood AKZ [W] 9.00 12 4 3 0 6 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Jack Chesbro BXYZ [L] 9.00 12 6 6 5 5 0
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