The 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates won the opener, but the 1909 Detroit Tigers stormed back to take the next three games and claim the series. There were no shutouts, but no slugfests either. Each of the three Tiger wins were decided by one or two runs. Ty Cobb continued his torrid pace, going 8-for-16 (.500). He’s batting .460 halfway through the season for Detroit (9-7). None of the Pirate (6-10) regulars hit over .300 in this series.
Game #1: Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 1
Deacon Phillippe struck out 11 and gave up just one run in the Pirates’ only win of the series. Kitty Bransfield had an RBI single in the first and a two-run triple in the third to make it 3-0. Detroit’s only run came on a Sam Crawford RBI single in the fourth, but Pittsburgh rebuilt a three-run lead on Honus Wagner’s RBI single in the fifth.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (1) AT 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (4)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Davy Jones 4 0 0 0 Fred Clarke 3 1 1 0
Donie Bush 3 1 1 0 Ginger Beaumont 3 0 1 0
Ty Cobb 3 0 1 0 Honus Wagner 3 2 2 1
Sam Crawford 3 0 1 1 Kitty Bransfield 4 0 2 3
Jim Delahanty 4 0 0 0 Claude Ritchey 3 0 0 0
George Moriarty 3 0 0 0 Tommy Leach 4 0 0 0
Tom Jones 4 0 2 0 Wid Conroy 4 0 0 0
Boss Schmidt 4 0 0 0 Harry Smith 3 0 0 0
Ed Killian A 3 0 0 0 Deacon Phillippe AXY 3 1 1 0
TOTALS 31 1 5 1 TOTALS 30 4 7 4
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 100 000 -- 1
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 102 010 00x -- 4
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 7, 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6.
2B--Ty Cobb. 3B--Kitty Bransfield, Honus Wagner. HBP--Ty
Cobb, Honus Wagner. SB--Ginger Beaumont, Kitty Bransfield,
Honus Wagner.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Killian A [L] 8.00 7 4 4 3 4 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Deacon Phillippe AXY [W] 9.00 5 1 1 3 11 0
Game #2: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 2
The Pirates jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the third on Harry Smith’s RBI double and Fred Clarke’s RBI single. Detroit got an RBI single from Tom Jones in the fourth and a sacrifice fly from Donie Bush in the seventh to tie the game. In the top of the ninth, Ty Cobb drove in what turned out to be the winning run with a two-out hit.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (3) AT 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (2)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Davy Jones 4 1 0 0 Fred Clarke 3 0 1 1
Donie Bush 3 0 0 1 Ginger Beaumont 4 0 0 0
Ty Cobb 5 0 3 1 Honus Wagner 3 0 0 0
Sam Crawford 4 0 0 0 Kitty Bransfield 4 0 0 0
Jim Delahanty 4 0 0 0 Claude Ritchey 4 0 1 0
George Moriarty 4 1 2 0 Tommy Leach 4 0 0 0
Tom Jones 4 0 2 1 Wid Conroy 2 1 0 0
Boss Schmidt 4 1 1 0 Harry Smith 3 1 2 1
George Mullin AY 3 0 1 0 Jesse Tannehill AXZ 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 3 9 3 TOTALS 28 2 4 2
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 100 101 -- 3
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 002 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 10, 1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 4.
ERR--George Moriarty. 2B--George Moriarty, Ty Cobb, Tom
Jones, Harry Smith, Claude Ritchey. SACF--Donie Bush.
SACB--Jesse Tannehill AXZ (2). SB--Boss Schmidt, George
Moriarty, Ty Cobb.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
George Mullin AY [W] 9.00 4 2 2 3 3 0
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Jesse Tannehill AXZ [L] 9.00 9 3 3 4 5 0
Game #3: Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 3
Pittsburgh scored first again, but Detroit tallied the next five runs, with Tom Jones’ two-run double making it 5-1 in the sixth. Pittsburgh got two back in the seventh, but was set down in order in both the eighth and ninth innings to end it.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (3) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (5)
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Fred Clarke 3 0 0 1 Davy Jones 3 0 0 0
Ginger Beaumont 3 1 1 1 Donie Bush 3 0 0 0
Honus Wagner 4 0 2 1 Ty Cobb 4 2 3 0
Kitty Bransfield 4 0 0 0 Sam Crawford 4 0 1 1
Claude Ritchey 4 0 0 0 Jim Delahanty 2 1 0 0
Tommy Leach 3 0 0 0 George Moriarty 3 0 1 0
Wid Conroy 3 1 1 0 Tom Jones 4 1 2 2
Harry Smith 4 1 0 0 Boss Schmidt 4 1 1 1
Sam Leever BXZ 2 0 1 0 Ed Willett B 3 0 1 1
Lefty Davis 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Burke 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 3 5 3 TOTALS 30 5 9 5
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 100 000 200 -- 3
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 002 102 00x -- 5
LOB--1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 6.
ERR--Ginger Beaumont, Donie Bush. 2B--Boss Schmidt. HBP--Jim
Delahanty. SACF--Ginger Beaumont. SACB--Jim Delahanty,
George Moriarty, Davy Jones. SB--Ginger Beaumont, Wid
Conroy, Ty Cobb (2), Tom Jones (2).
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sam Leever BXZ [L] 6.00 7 5 5 0 1 0
Ed Doheny BXY 2.00 2 0 0 1 0 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
Ed Willett B [W] 9.00 5 3 2 3 4 0
Game #4: Detroit 6, Pittsburgh 5
Detroit built leads of 3-0 and 5-1, with George Moriarty driving in three of the runs. Detroit was up 6-2 after seven innings, but Pittsburgh countered with three runs in the top of the eighth, two coming off Kitty Bransfield’s single, to make it a one-run game. However, the Pirates left the bases loaded, then went out 1-2-3 in the ninth.
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (5) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (6)
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Fred Clarke 4 1 1 0 Davy Jones 4 1 1 0
Ginger Beaumont 5 1 2 0 Donie Bush 4 2 3 1
Honus Wagner 4 0 0 0 Ty Cobb 4 0 1 0
Kitty Bransfield 3 2 2 2 Sam Crawford 4 2 1 1
Claude Ritchey 4 0 1 1 Jim Delahanty 3 1 3 1
Tommy Leach 3 1 1 0 George Moriarty 3 0 2 3
Wid Conroy 3 0 2 2 Tom Jones 4 0 0 0
Harry Smith 4 0 1 0 Boss Schmidt 4 0 1 0
Jack Chesbro BXYZ 3 0 0 0 Ed Summers BZ 4 0 0 0
Jimmy Burke 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 5 10 5 TOTALS 34 6 12 6
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 010 130 -- 5
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 003 020 10x -- 6
LOB--1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 6.
ERR--Sam Crawford. 2B--George Moriarty, Donie Bush.
3B--Tommy Leach. HBP--Tommy Leach. SACF--Wid Conroy.
SACB--George Moriarty. SB--Wid Conroy, Kitty Bransfield,
Boss Schmidt, Donie Bush (2).
1902 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Chesbro BXYZ [L] 8.00 12 6 6 1 4 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
Ed Summers BZ [W] 9.00 10 5 5 2 2 0
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