The 1912 New York Giants took three of four games from the 1914 Boston Braves in their first series of the season. The Giants scored late to win a pair of one-run games. Larry Doyle went 8-for-17 (.471) to lead New York and Christy Mathewson had the best start of the series, giving up one earned run in a complete-game win in game #2. Three Braves went 6-for-16 (.375): Charles Schmidt, Johnny Evers and Rabbit Maranville.
Game #1: New York 7, Boston 3
The Giants jumped out to a 5-0 lead as Fred Snodgrass drove in two with a single in the second inning, Jack Meyers had an RBI base hit in the third, and two unearned runs came in after an error in the fourth. Snodgrass drove in another run with a single in the fifth to make it 7-2.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (7) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (3)
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Fred Snodgrass 5 0 2 3 Herbie Moran 5 0 0 0
Larry Doyle 5 1 2 0 Johnny Evers 4 0 0 0
Beals Becker 5 1 2 0 Joe Connolly 3 0 0 0
Red Murray 4 0 1 0 Rabbit Maranville 4 1 2 0
Fred Merkle 5 0 0 0 Charles Schmidt 4 1 1 0
Buck Herzog 4 1 2 0 Charlie Deal 4 1 2 0
Jack Meyers 5 2 3 1 Les Mann 4 0 2 2
Art Fletcher 4 2 1 0 Hank Gowdy 4 0 1 0
Red Ames BYZ 2 0 0 1 Lefty Tyler BX 3 0 1 0
Josh Devore 1 0 0 0 Red Smith 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 7 13 5 TOTALS 36 3 9 2
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 021 220 000 -- 7
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 200 010 -- 3
LOB--1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 11, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 7.
ERR--Jack Meyers, Rabbit Maranville, Lefty Tyler BX, Charlie
Deal. 2B--Art Fletcher, Red Murray, Beals Becker. HBP--Art
Fletcher. SACF--Red Ames BYZ. SACB--Red Ames BYZ. SB--Fred
Snodgrass, Buck Herzog, Larry Doyle, Les Mann, Hank Gowdy,
Rabbit Maranville (3), Charlie Deal.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Red Ames BYZ [W] 8.00 9 3 2 1 5 0
Hooks Wiltse BYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Lefty Tyler BX [L] 9.00 13 7 5 2 11 0
Game #2: New York 3, Boston 2
Fred Merkle and Art Fletcher drove in runs in the second inning to put the Giants ahead 2-0. Boston tied it in the eighth on Les Mann’s RBI single. But the Giants went back ahead in the top of the ninth when Jack Meyers had a two-out single, then scored on Fletcher’s RBI double.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (3) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (2)
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Fred Snodgrass 5 0 0 0 Herbie Moran 5 0 1 0
Larry Doyle 4 0 1 0 Johnny Evers 4 0 1 0
Beals Becker 4 0 1 0 Joe Connolly 3 0 0 0
Red Murray 4 1 3 0 Rabbit Maranville 4 1 0 0
Fred Merkle 4 1 1 1 Charles Schmidt 4 0 1 0
Buck Herzog 4 0 0 0 Charlie Deal 2 1 2 0
Jack Meyers 3 1 2 0 Les Mann 3 0 1 1
Art Fletcher 5 0 2 2 Hank Gowdy 4 0 2 1
Christy Mathewson AY 4 0 2 0 Dick Crutcher CW 3 0 0 0
Red Smith 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 3 12 3 TOTALS 33 2 8 2
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 020 000 001 -- 3
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 100 010 -- 2
LOB--1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 16, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 8.
ERR--Beals Becker, Rabbit Maranville. 2B--Art Fletcher (2),
Hank Gowdy. HBP--Jack Meyers, Joe Connolly. SACB--Red
Murray, Christy Mathewson AYZZ, Les Mann, Charlie Deal.
SB--Red Murray, Christy Mathewson AYZZ, Beals Becker (2),
Hank Gowdy, Herbie Moran.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Christy Mathewson AY [W] 9.00 8 2 1 1 7 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Dick Crutcher CW [L] 9.00 12 3 3 6 6 0
Game #3: Boston 9, New York 2
Boston salvaged a win by taking an early lead and repeatedly posting multi-run innings. Rabbit Maranville had four hits and Johnny Evers went 3-for-3 with three RBI, including a solo homer in the fifth.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (9) AT 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (2)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 5 3 2 0 Fred Snodgrass 5 0 1 0
Johnny Evers 3 2 3 3 Larry Doyle 5 1 3 0
Joe Connolly 5 1 1 1 Beals Becker 4 0 0 0
Rabbit Maranville 5 2 4 1 Red Murray 4 1 2 1
Charles Schmidt 4 0 2 2 Fred Merkle 4 0 1 1
Charlie Deal 5 0 1 1 Buck Herzog 3 0 1 0
Les Mann 4 0 0 0 Jack Meyers 4 0 1 0
Hank Gowdy 5 0 0 0 Art Fletcher 4 0 0 0
Dick Rudolph BYZ 4 1 1 0 Jeff Tesreau AX 2 0 1 0
Josh Devore 1 0 0 0
Tillie Shafer 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 9 14 8 TOTALS 37 2 10 2
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 202 020 030 -- 9
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 100 000 -- 2
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 10, 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 9.
ERR--Charles Schmidt, Beals Becker, Larry Doyle. 2B--Rabbit
Maranville (2), Herbie Moran, Jack Meyers, Fred Merkle, Red
Murray. HR--Johnny Evers. SACB--Dick Rudolph BYZ, Johnny
Evers (2). SB--Buck Herzog, Larry Doyle.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Rudolph BYZ [W] 9.00 10 2 2 1 4 0
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS
Jeff Tesreau AX [L] 7.00 9 6 6 3 2 1
Hooks Wiltse BYZ 2.00 5 3 3 0 1 0
Game #4: New York 6, Boston 5
Boston overcame a 3-0 deficit to tie the game at three in the fifth, then went ahead 5-4 in the seventh on Les Mann’s two-run single. The Giants regained the lead with two runs in the bottom of the eighth despite not getting a hit. Back-to-back errors helped score one run, and Art Fletcher put the Giants ahead with his second sacrifice fly of the game.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (5) AT 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (6)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 4 1 0 0 Fred Snodgrass 3 2 2 0
Johnny Evers 5 0 2 2 Larry Doyle 3 0 2 0
Joe Connolly 4 0 0 0 Beals Becker 4 0 1 1
Rabbit Maranville 3 1 0 0 Red Murray 4 1 1 2
Charles Schmidt 4 1 2 1 Fred Merkle 4 1 0 0
Charlie Deal 3 0 0 0 Buck Herzog 2 2 1 0
Les Mann 4 0 1 2 Jack Meyers 2 0 0 0
Hank Gowdy 3 1 1 0 Art Fletcher 2 0 0 2
Bill James AY 2 1 1 0 Rube Marquard BXYZ 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 5 7 5 TOTALS 28 6 7 5
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 030 200 -- 5
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 210 010 02x -- 6
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 9, 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 6. ERR--Bill
James AY (2), Jack Meyers. 2B--Johnny Evers. HR--Red Murray.
SACF--Charles Schmidt, Art Fletcher (2). SACB--Bill James AY
(2), Jack Meyers, Buck Herzog, Larry Doyle. SB--Fred
Snodgrass.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill James AY [L] 8.00 7 6 4 3 7 1
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS
Rube Marquard BXYZ [W] 9.00 7 5 3 6 8 0
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