In another series with close, low-scoring results, the 1915 Philadelphia Phillies and 1914 Boston Braves split their four games. The first two contests were both decided by one run with some late-inning heroics, and the final two games both had 3-1 final scores. Charles Schmidt hit .462 (6-for-13) for the Braves (6-6), and Lefty Tyler threw a one-hit shutout in the opening contest. Fred Luderus batted 5-for-15 (.333) to lead the Phillies (7-9).
Game #1: Boston 1, Philadelphia 0
Boston’s Lefty Tyler retired the first 23 batters of the game before Philadelphia’s George Whitted doubled with two out in the eighth. Tyler would also give up a ninth-inning walk in a one-hit shutout. The Phillies’ Al Demaree was almost equally impressive, throwing eight shutout innings. But in the bottom of the ninth, Joe Connolly led off with a single, and was then sacrificed to second base. He stole third base, and the catcher’s throw went into left field, allowing him to score the walk-off winning run via the error.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (0) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (1)
1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Bobby Byrne 4 0 0 0 Herbie Moran 4 0 1 0
Dave Bancroft 3 0 0 0 Johnny Evers 3 0 0 0
Beals Becker 3 0 0 0 Joe Connolly 3 1 1 0
Gavvy Cravath 3 0 0 0 Rabbit Maranville 3 0 0 0
Fred Luderus 3 0 0 0 Charles Schmidt 3 0 2 0
George Whitted 3 0 1 0 Charlie Deal 3 0 0 0
Bert Niehoff 3 0 0 0 Les Mann 3 0 0 0
Bill Killefer 2 0 0 0 Hank Gowdy 3 0 1 0
Al Demaree C 3 0 0 0 Lefty Tyler BX 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 27 0 1 0 TOTALS 28 1 5 0
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 000 000 -- 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 1, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 5.
ERR--Bill Killefer. 2B--George Whitted, Charles Schmidt.
SACB--Rabbit Maranville, Johnny Evers. SB--Joe Connolly,
Herbie Moran.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Al Demaree C [L] 8.33 5 1 0 1 5 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Lefty Tyler BX [W] 9.00 1 0 0 1 8 0
Game #2: Philadelphia 4, Boston 3 (11 inn.)
The Phillies looked to have the game in hand as they held a 3-0 lead heading to the bottom of the ninth. Earlier, Fred Luderus opened the scoring with an RBI double in the fourth, and in the seventh, Bert Niehoff had a sacrifice fly and Bill Killefer had an RBI single. But, Boston rallied for three runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Les Mann had a two-run triple, followed by a Hank Gowdy RBI single. In the top of the 11th, Niehoff drove in another run with a two-out single. The Braves got the potential tying run to third base in the bottom of the 11th before the final out was made.
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (4) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (3)
1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Bobby Byrne 5 0 0 0 Herbie Moran 4 0 1 0
Dave Bancroft 4 0 0 0 Johnny Evers 3 0 1 0
Beals Becker 5 0 1 0 Joe Connolly 5 0 0 0
Gavvy Cravath 4 3 2 0 Rabbit Maranville 5 1 0 0
Fred Luderus 5 1 2 1 Charles Schmidt 5 1 3 0
George Whitted 5 0 0 0 Charlie Deal 3 0 0 0
Bert Niehoff 4 0 2 2 Les Mann 4 1 1 2
Bill Killefer 5 0 1 1 Hank Gowdy 5 0 3 1
Erskine Mayer BYZ 4 0 1 0 Dick Crutcher CW 1 0 0 0
Red Smith 1 0 0 0
Ted Cather 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 4 9 4 TOTALS 37 3 9 3
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 100 200 01 -- 4
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 000 003 00 -- 3
LOB--1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 7, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 8.
ERR--Dave Bancroft. 2B--Fred Luderus (2), Erskine Mayer BYZ,
Hank Gowdy, Johnny Evers. 3B--Les Mann. SACF--Bert Niehoff.
SACB--Dick Crutcher CW, Charlie Deal (2), Johnny Evers.
SB--Bert Niehoff (2).
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Erskine Mayer BYZ [W] 10.00 8 3 0 3 6 0
George McQuillan BZ [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Dick Crutcher CW 8.00 6 3 3 2 9 0
Paul Strand BXYW 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Tom Hughes CXYZ [L] 2.00 2 1 1 0 2 0
Game #3: Boston 3, Philadelphia 1
Boston scored first on a Charles Schmidt sacrifice fly in the top of the first. Philadelphia tied it in the fourth on a Beals Becker solo home run. The Braves went back ahead in the seventh. With two outs, Johnny Evers and Joe Connolly had back-to-back RBI singles.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (3) AT 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (1)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 5 0 1 0 Bobby Byrne 4 0 0 0
Johnny Evers 4 1 3 1 Dave Bancroft 4 0 1 0
Joe Connolly 5 0 2 1 Beals Becker 4 1 2 1
Rabbit Maranville 3 0 0 0 Gavvy Cravath 4 0 1 0
Charles Schmidt 2 0 1 1 Fred Luderus 4 0 2 0
Charlie Deal 2 0 0 0 George Whitted 4 0 1 0
Les Mann 4 1 1 0 Bert Niehoff 4 0 0 0
Hank Gowdy 2 1 0 0 Bill Killefer 3 0 0 0
Dick Rudolph BYZ 2 0 0 0 Eppa Rixey BY 1 0 0 0
George Paskert 1 0 0 0
Milt Stock 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 3 8 3 TOTALS 34 1 7 1
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 100 000 200 -- 3
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 100 000 -- 1
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 9, 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 8.
ERR--Johnny Evers. HR--Beals Becker. HBP--Rabbit Maranville.
SACF--Charles Schmidt. SACB--Charlie Deal (2), Dick Rudolph
BYZ, Eppa Rixey BY. SB--Herbie Moran.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Rudolph BYZ9.00 7 1 1 1 9 1
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Eppa Rixey BY (L) 7.00 6 3 3 4 2 0
George Chalmers BY 2.00 2 0 0 1 0 0
Game #4: Philadelphia 3, Boston 1
Boston got a first-inning run again as Herbie Moran singled and later scored on a balk. But that would be all the Braves would get against Grover Cleveland Alexander, as he gave up only three more hits and allowed only one to make it into scoring position. The Phillies tied it in the second on Bert Niehoff’s RBI single, went ahead in the third as Dave Bancroft scored on a wild pitch, and got an insurance run on Bill Killefer’s RBI single in the eighth.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (1) AT 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (3)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1915 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 4 1 1 0 Bobby Byrne 4 0 1 0
Johnny Evers 3 0 1 0 Dave Bancroft 3 1 0 0
Joe Connolly 4 0 1 0 Beals Becker 2 0 0 0
Rabbit Maranville 4 0 0 0 Gavvy Cravath 3 0 1 0
Charles Schmidt 3 0 0 0 Fred Luderus 3 1 1 0
Charlie Deal 2 0 0 0 George Whitted 4 0 1 0
Les Mann 3 0 1 0 Bert Niehoff 4 1 2 1
Hank Gowdy 3 0 0 0 Bill Killefer 3 0 1 1
Bill James AY 3 0 0 0 Grover C Alexander A 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 1 4 0 TOTALS 28 3 7 2
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 100 000 000 -- 1
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 011 000 01x -- 3
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 3, 1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 11.
ERR--Johnny Evers, Bobby Byrne. 2B--Joe Connolly, Fred
Luderus, Bert Niehoff, Bobby Byrne. HBP--Dave Bancroft.
SACB--Johnny Evers, Grover C Alexander ACXYZ (2), Beals
Becker.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill James AY (L) 8.00 7 3 2 6 3 0
1915 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Grover C Alexander A
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