Another intracity battle resulted in a split, as the series between the 1912 Boston Red Sox and the 1914 Boston Braves saw the visiting team win all four games. Three of the four contests were decided by one run. Joe Connolly hit .400 (6-for-15) for the Braves (8-8). Tris Speaker batted .375 (6-for-15) for the Red Sox (8-12). The Braves’ Dick Rudolph tossed a shutout in game #3.
Game #1: Red Sox 4, Braves 3 (12 inn.)
The Red Sox jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first as Larry Gardner had a sacrifice fly and Jake Stahl followed with a two-run double. It stayed that way until the eighth, when the Braves scored three times to tie the game, featuring RBI singles by Joe Connolly and Rabbit Maranville, and a sacrifice fly by Charlie Deal. The game went to extra innings, and finally, in the top of the 12th, the Red Sox’s Clyde Engle had a pinch-hit, two-out single. After a stolen base and a walk, he scored on Steve Yerkes’ hit. The Braves went quietly in the bottom of the 12th.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX (4) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (3)
1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Harry Hooper 5 0 1 0 Herbie Moran 5 1 1 0
Steve Yerkes 6 1 2 1 Johnny Evers 5 1 2 0
Tris Speaker 3 1 0 0 Joe Connolly 4 1 3 1
Duffy Lewis 4 1 2 0 Rabbit Maranville 5 0 1 1
Larry Gardner 3 0 0 1 Charles Schmidt 5 0 0 0
Jake Stahl 4 0 1 2 Charlie Deal 3 0 1 1
Heinie Wagner 5 0 1 0 Ted Cather 1 0 0 0
Bill Carrigan 5 0 0 0 Les Mann 5 0 0 0
Hugh Bedient BYZ 3 0 0 0 Hank Gowdy 5 0 0 0
Forrest Cady 1 0 0 0 Lefty Tyler BX 2 0 0 0
Clyde Engle 1 1 1 0 Red Smith 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 4 8 4 TOTALS 43 3 8 3
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 300 000 000 001 -- 4
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 000 030 000 -- 3
LOB--1912 BOSTON RED SOX 7, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 8. ERR--Steve
Yerkes, Larry Gardner, Les Mann, Johnny Evers. 2B--Jake
Stahl, Charlie Deal. HBP--Johnny Evers. SACF--Larry Gardner,
Charlie Deal. SACB--Duffy Lewis, Larry Gardner, Joe
Connolly. SB--Clyde Engle, Joe Connolly (2), Herbie Moran.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Hugh Bedient BYZ 9.00 7 3 2 1 3 0
Charley Hall BY [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Van Dyke CYW [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Lefty Tyler BX 8.00 5 3 0 1 4 0
Paul Strand BXYW 3.00 1 0 0 2 3 0
Otto Hess C [L] 1.00 2 1 1 1 0 0
Game #2: Red Sox 7, Braves 3
The Red Sox once again scored three times in the top of the first, and this time didn’t let up. Duffy Lewis had a sacrifice fly and Jake Stahl and Heinie Wagner had run-scoring hits in the first inning. Lewis then had a two-run single in the second to make it 5-0. Stahl and Bill Carrigan had RBI singles in the fifth inning to push the lead to 7-2.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX (7) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (3)
1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Harry Hooper 5 1 1 0 Herbie Moran 3 1 0 0
Steve Yerkes 5 1 1 0 Johnny Evers 3 1 1 0
Tris Speaker 5 2 3 0 Joe Connolly 4 0 0 1
Duffy Lewis 4 1 2 3 Rabbit Maranville 3 1 2 1
Larry Gardner 2 1 0 0 Charles Schmidt 4 0 1 0
Jake Stahl 4 1 2 2 Charlie Deal 2 0 0 1
Heinie Wagner 4 0 1 1 Les Mann 4 0 0 0
Bill Carrigan 4 0 2 1 Hank Gowdy 4 0 1 0
Ray Collins BZ 4 0 0 0 Dick Crutcher CW 1 0 1 0
Red Smith 1 0 0 0
Ted Cather 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 7 12 7 TOTALS 29 3 6 3
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 320 020 000 -- 7
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 010 002 000 -- 3
LOB--1912 BOSTON RED SOX 6, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 5.
ERR--Rabbit Maranville. 2B--Tris Speaker, Duffy Lewis,
Charles Schmidt, Rabbit Maranville. HBP--Johnny Evers.
SACF--Duffy Lewis, Rabbit Maranville, Charlie Deal. SB--Tris
Speaker (2), Duffy Lewis, Johnny Evers.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Collins BZ [W] 9.00 6 3 3 3 2 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Dick Crutcher CW [L] 5.00 10 7 6 1 2 0
George Davis CYW 3.00 2 0 0 1 2 0
Tom Hughes CXYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Game #3: Braves 1, Red Sox 0
A terrific pitcher’s duel saw the Braves’ Dick Rudolph beat the Red Sox’s Buck O’Brien. Rudolph tossed a three-hit shutout and walked only one. O’Brien gave up three hits in his eight innings of work. The only run came in the third inning as Johnny Evers drew a one-out walk, and Joe Connolly followed with a triple. The Red Sox only got baserunners as far as second base.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (1) AT 1912 BOSTON RED SOX (0)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 4 0 0 0 Harry Hooper 4 0 0 0
Johnny Evers 3 1 1 0 Steve Yerkes 4 0 0 0
Joe Connolly 4 0 2 1 Tris Speaker 4 0 1 0
Rabbit Maranville 4 0 0 0 Duffy Lewis 4 0 1 0
Charles Schmidt 2 0 1 0 Larry Gardner 3 0 0 0
Charlie Deal 1 0 0 0 Jake Stahl 3 0 0 0
Les Mann 2 0 0 0 Heinie Wagner 2 0 1 0
Hank Gowdy 4 0 0 0 Bill Carrigan 2 0 0 0
Dick Rudolph BYZ 4 0 0 0 Buck OBrien B 2 0 0 0
Forrest Cady 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 28 1 4 1 TOTALS 29 0 3 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 001 000 000 -- 1
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 8, 1912 BOSTON RED SOX 4. 2B--Joe
Connolly. 3B--Joe Connolly. SACB--Les Mann (2), Charlie
Deal, Bill Carrigan. SB--Tris Speaker.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Rudolph BYZ [W] 9.00 3 0 0 1 3 0
1912 BOSTON RED SOX
Buck OBrien B [L] 8.00 3 1 1 4 4 0
Ben Van Dyke CYW 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
Game #4: Braves 2, Red Sox 1
The Braves again won a low-scoring game. They scored twice in the third inning as Les Mann and Hank Gowdy led off with back-to-back doubles. Winning pitcher Bill James then drove in a run with a single. The Red Sox finally got a run in the bottom of the eighth on Bill Carrigan’s RBI single. But, Carrigan was later thrown out at home trying to score the tying run. James also pitched out of trouble in the ninth, as the Red Sox had the potential tying run on second with one out.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (2) AT 1912 BOSTON RED SOX (1)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 4 0 2 0 Harry Hooper 4 0 1 0
Johnny Evers 3 0 0 0 Steve Yerkes 3 0 0 0
Joe Connolly 3 0 1 0 Tris Speaker 4 0 2 0
Rabbit Maranville 4 0 1 0 Duffy Lewis 3 0 0 0
Charles Schmidt 4 0 0 0 Larry Gardner 4 0 1 0
Charlie Deal 4 0 0 0 Jake Stahl 4 0 0 0
Les Mann 4 1 1 0 Heinie Wagner 2 1 0 0
Hank Gowdy 2 1 1 1 Bill Carrigan 3 0 1 1
Bill James AY 3 0 1 1 Smoky Joe Wood AKZ 2 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 2 7 2 TOTALS 29 1 6 1
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 002 000 000 -- 2
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 010 -- 1
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 6, 1912 BOSTON RED SOX 5.
ERR--Heinie Wagner. 2B--Les Mann, Joe Connolly, Hank Gowdy,
Rabbit Maranville. SACB--Joe Connolly, Duffy Lewis, Smoky
Joe Wood AKZ. SB--Heinie Wagner, Larry Gardner.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill James AY [W] 9.00 6 1 1 2 3 0
1912 BOSTON RED SOX
Smoky Joe Wood AKZ [L] 9.00 7 2 2 3 4 0
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