The 1912 New York Giants continued their strong start to the season, sweeping the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates. The pitching was excellent, as the most runs that were scored by one team was four, and Christy Mathewson tossed a shutout. Fred Merkle went 5-for-14 (.357) with four extra-base hits to lead the Giants (7-1). Ginger Beaumont batted 7-for-15 (.467) in a losing cause for the Pirates (2-6).
Game #1: New York 4, Pittsburgh 3 (10 inn.)
The Pirates’ Deacon Phillippe was cruising along with a no-hitter through six innings (as well as a 3-0 lead), but things fell apart in the seventh. Fred Merkle hit a two-run homer and Jack Meyers drove in a run with a double to tie the game. In the top of the 10th, pinch-hitter Tillie Shaffer led off with a single. The Giants loaded the bases with no one out and Beals Becker ended it with a walk-off sacrifice fly.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (3) AT 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (4)
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Fred Clarke 5 1 2 0 Fred Snodgrass 5 0 1 0
Ginger Beaumont 4 1 3 0 Larry Doyle 4 0 0 0
Honus Wagner 4 0 1 1 Beals Becker 4 0 0 1
Kitty Bransfield 4 0 0 1 Red Murray 3 1 1 0
Claude Ritchey 5 1 1 0 Fred Merkle 3 1 2 2
Tommy Leach 4 0 0 0 Buck Herzog 1 1 0 0
Wid Conroy 4 0 1 1 Jack Meyers 4 0 1 1
Harry Smith 4 0 0 0 Art Fletcher 4 0 0 0
Deacon Phillippe AXY 4 0 0 0 Red Ames BYZ 2 0 0 0
Tillie Shafer 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 38 3 8 3 TOTALS 31 4 6 4
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 012 000 000 0 -- 3
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 300 1 -- 4
LOB--1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 10, 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 7.
ERR--Buck Herzog (2). 2B--Jack Meyers, Fred Merkle. HR--Fred
Merkle. HBP--Honus Wagner, Buck Herzog. SACF--Kitty
Bransfield, Beals Becker. SACB--Tommy Leach, Buck Herzog.
SB--Fred Clarke, Tillie Shafer, Fred Snodgrass.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Deacon Phillippe AXY [L] 9.33 6 4 4 5 6 1
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS
Red Ames BYZ 9.00 8 3 3 2 7 0
Hooks Wiltse BYZ [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Game #2: New York 3, Pittsburgh 0
Christy Mathewson was dominant with a two-hit, one-walk shutout. The Giants got sacrifice flies from Art Fletcher in the second and Red Murray in the eighth, plus an RBI triple from Buck Herzog in the sixth.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (0) AT 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (3)
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Fred Clarke 4 0 1 0 Fred Snodgrass 4 0 0 0
Ginger Beaumont 4 0 1 0 Larry Doyle 4 1 1 0
Honus Wagner 4 0 0 0 Beals Becker 4 0 1 0
Kitty Bransfield 3 0 0 0 Red Murray 3 0 2 1
Claude Ritchey 3 0 0 0 Fred Merkle 3 2 1 0
Tommy Leach 3 0 0 0 Buck Herzog 4 0 2 1
Wid Conroy 2 0 0 0 Jack Meyers 2 0 0 0
Harry Smith 3 0 0 0 Art Fletcher 2 0 2 1
Jesse Tannehill AXZ 3 0 0 0 Christy Mathewson AY 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 0 2 0 TOTALS 28 3 9 3
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 000 -- 0
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 010 001 01x -- 3
LOB--1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 4, 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 6.
3B--Buck Herzog. HBP--Kitty Bransfield, Jack Meyers.
SACF--Art Fletcher, Red Murray. SACB--Christy Mathewson
AYZZ. SB--Fred Clarke, Red Murray, Beals Becker, Larry
Doyle.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jesse Tannehill AXZ [L] 8.00 9 3 3 1 5 0
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS
Christy Mathewson AY [W] 9.00 2 0 0 1 4 0
Game #3: New York 3, Pittsburgh 1
Errors led to two of the three Giant runs, while Larry Doyle hit a solo homer in the third inning for the other one. Jeff Tesreau gave up just one run on an RBI single by Claude Ritchey in the fourth, but it was already 3-0 at that point.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (3) AT 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (1)
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Fred Snodgrass 3 0 1 0 Fred Clarke 4 0 1 0
Larry Doyle 4 1 1 1 Ginger Beaumont 4 0 1 0
Beals Becker 3 1 1 0 Honus Wagner 4 1 2 0
Red Murray 4 0 0 0 Kitty Bransfield 4 0 0 0
Fred Merkle 4 1 1 0 Claude Ritchey 4 0 1 1
Buck Herzog 2 0 0 0 Tommy Leach 3 0 1 0
Jack Meyers 3 0 0 0 Wid Conroy 3 0 0 0
Art Fletcher 3 0 0 0 Harry Smith 4 0 0 0
Jeff Tesreau AX 3 0 0 0 Sam Leever BXZ 2 0 1 0
Jimmy Burke 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 3 4 1 TOTALS 33 1 7 1
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 012 000 000 -- 3
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 100 000 -- 1
LOB--1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 2, 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 7.
ERR--Wid Conroy, Harry Smith. 2B--Fred Merkle, Fred Clarke.
HR--Larry Doyle. SACB--Buck Herzog. SB--Beals Becker (3),
Ginger Beaumont, Tommy Leach.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jeff Tesreau AX [W] 9.00 7 1 1 2 2 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Sam Leever BXZ [L] 7.00 4 3 1 2 4 1
Ed Doheny BXY 2.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
Game #4: New York 3, Pittsburgh 2
Pittsburgh got out to a 2-0 lead in the fourth on Claude Ritchey’s RBI triple and a run-scoring double play. But the Giants rallied from multiple runs down for the second time in the series. Fred Snodgrass had a sacrifice fly and Beals Becker had an RBI single to tie it in the fifth. In the top of the ninth, Fred Merkle led off with a double and scored on a Jack Meyers single for what turned out to be the game-winning run. Rube Marquard struck out 11 in the win.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (3) AT 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (2)
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Fred Snodgrass 4 0 0 1 Fred Clarke 4 0 1 0
Larry Doyle 4 0 0 0 Ginger Beaumont 3 0 2 0
Beals Becker 3 0 1 1 Honus Wagner 3 0 0 0
Red Murray 4 0 0 0 Kitty Bransfield 4 1 1 0
Fred Merkle 4 1 1 0 Claude Ritchey 3 1 2 1
Buck Herzog 3 0 0 0 Tommy Leach 2 0 0 0
Jack Meyers 4 1 2 1 Wid Conroy 4 0 0 0
Art Fletcher 4 1 2 0 Harry Smith 4 0 0 0
Rube Marquard BXYZ 2 0 0 0 Jack Chesbro BXYZ 3 0 0 0
Jimmy Burke 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 3 6 3 TOTALS 31 2 6 1
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 020 001 -- 3
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 200 000 -- 2
LOB--1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 8, 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 8.
ERR--Larry Doyle, Wid Conroy, Harry Smith. 2B--Fred Merkle,
Claude Ritchey. 3B--Claude Ritchey. HBP--Rube Marquard BXYZ,
Ginger Beaumont, Fred Clarke, Honus Wagner. SACF--Fred
Snodgrass. SACB--Buck Herzog, Rube Marquard BXYZ, Tommy
Leach. SB--Ginger Beaumont, Kitty Bransfield.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rube Marquard BXYZ [W] 9.00 6 2 2 2 11 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Jack Chesbro BXYZ [L] 9.00 6 3 1 2 9 0
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