The 1914 Boston Braves began the series with a win, but the 1906 Chicago Cubs came back to take the next three games. They did so in various ways: an 11-run barrage, an extra-innings victory, and a one-hit shutout courtesy of Jack Pfiester. The Cubs (12-12) got back to .500 as three players went 5-for-15 (.333): Frank Chance, Frank Schulte and Jimmy Slagle. The Braves (9-11) fell below .500 by not hitting well, as their top hitter was Johnny Evers at .286 (4-for-14).
Game #1: Boston 5, Chicago 1
The Braves broke out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning as Charles Schmidt drove in two with a single and Joe Connolly followed with a sacrifice fly. The Cubs’ only run came in the bottom of the third on Harry Steinfeldt’s sacrifice fly. Boston increased the lead in the fourth on winning pitcher Lefty Tyler’s RBI single, and added its fifth and final run in the fifth inning on Hank Gowdy’s sacrifice fly.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (5) AT 1906 CHICAGO CUBS (1)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 3 1 0 0 Jimmy Sheckard 4 1 2 0
Johnny Evers 3 2 1 0 Frank Chance 4 0 3 0
Charles Schmidt 5 0 2 2 Harry Steinfeldt 3 0 0 1
Joe Connolly 4 0 0 1 Johnny Kling 4 0 0 0
Rabbit Maranville 3 0 0 0 Frank Schulte 3 0 0 0
Hank Gowdy 1 1 0 1 Jimmy Slagle 4 0 0 0
Charlie Deal 4 0 0 0 Johnny Evers 4 0 1 0
Les Mann 2 1 0 0 Joe Tinker 3 0 1 0
Lefty Tyler BX 2 0 1 1 Ed Reulbach AYW 2 0 0 0
Solly Hofman 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 27 5 4 5 TOTALS 32 1 7 1
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 003 110 000 -- 5
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 001 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 8, 1906 CHICAGO CUBS 6. 2B--Frank
Chance. SACF--Joe Connolly, Hank Gowdy, Harry Steinfeldt.
SACB--Lefty Tyler BX (2). SB--Charles Schmidt, Frank Chance,
Joe Tinker.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lefty Tyler BX [W] 9.00 7 1 1 1 6 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS
Ed Reulbach AYW [L] 7.00 4 5 5 7 4 0
Orval Overall CXW 2.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
Game #2: Chicago 11, Boston 5
The Cubs couldn’t be stopped early, with multi-run innings in the second, third and fourth. They collected 10 runs on 13 hits in those three frames. Harry Steinfeldt drove in three runs on a pair of singles. He was one of four Cubs to score multiple runs. Jimmy Slagle and Joe Tinker also drove in multiple runs. Only once it was 11-0 did Boston start scoring runs. The run support helped Carl Lundgren win for the first time in six starts.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (5) AT 1906 CHICAGO CUBS (11)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 5 0 1 0 Jimmy Sheckard 4 1 1 1
Johnny Evers 5 2 2 0 Frank Chance 5 2 2 0
Charles Schmidt 5 1 2 0 Harry Steinfeldt 5 2 3 3
Joe Connolly 1 0 0 0 Johnny Kling 4 0 1 1
Ted Cather 2 1 1 2 Frank Schulte 4 2 1 0
Rabbit Maranville 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Slagle 4 1 2 2
George Whitted 3 1 1 0 Johnny Evers 4 2 2 1
Hank Gowdy 3 0 0 1 Joe Tinker 3 1 2 2
Charlie Deal 4 0 1 2 Carl Lundgren BXW 3 0 1 1
Les Mann 4 0 2 0
Dick Crutcher CW 1 0 0 0
Paul Strand BXYW 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 36 5 11 5 TOTALS 36 11 15 11
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 001 040 -- 5
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 034 310 00x -- 11
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 7, 1906 CHICAGO CUBS 4. ERR--Johnny
Evers. 2B--Charles Schmidt, Charlie Deal, Carl Lundgren BXW,
Frank Chance. 3B--Frank Schulte. SACF--Hank Gowdy, Ted
Cather, Jimmy Sheckard, Joe Tinker. SACB--Carl Lundgren BXW.
SB--Johnny Evers (2), Harry Steinfeldt, Frank Chance, Joe
Tinker.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Crutcher CW [L] 3.00 12 10 10 0 1 0
Paul Strand BXYW 5.00 3 1 1 0 3 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS
Carl Lundgren BXW [W] 8.00 11 5 4 1 11 0
Jack Taylor BR 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #3: Chicago 5, Boston 2 (11 inn.)
Boston took a pair of one-run leads, but Chicago tied the game up soon after both times. It stayed 2-2 until the top of the 11th. With one out, the Cubs strung together five consecutive singles, with Johnny Evers driving in the first two runs and Joe Tinker the final one as Chicago scored three times to earn the extra-innings win. Mordecai Brown went all 11 innings for the victory.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS (5) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (2)
1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Jimmy Sheckard 5 0 0 0 Herbie Moran 4 1 1 0
Frank Chance 3 1 0 0 Johnny Evers 3 0 1 1
Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 0 0 Charles Schmidt 5 0 0 0
Johnny Kling 5 1 2 0 Joe Connolly 5 1 1 0
Frank Schulte 4 2 3 1 Hank Gowdy 4 0 0 1
Jimmy Slagle 4 1 3 0 Charlie Deal 5 0 1 0
Johnny Evers 5 0 1 3 Les Mann 4 0 1 0
Joe Tinker 5 0 1 1 George Whitted 4 0 0 0
Mordecai Brown ACXZ 5 0 0 0 Dick Rudolph BYZ 2 0 0 0
Ted Cather 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 5 10 5 TOTALS 37 2 5 2
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 010 001 000 03 -- 5
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 100 100 000 00 -- 2
LOB--1906 CHICAGO CUBS 7, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 7. 2B--Johnny
Evers. 3B--Joe Connolly. HBP--Frank Chance, Herbie Moran.
SACF--Frank Schulte, Hank Gowdy. SB--Jimmy Slagle, Les Mann,
Herbie Moran.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mordecai Brown ACXZ [W] 11.00 5 2 2 3 8 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Dick Rudolph BYZ 9.00 5 2 2 3 3 0
Tom Hughes CXYZ [L] 2.00 5 3 3 0 1 0
Game #4: Chicago 3, Boston 0
Jack Pfiester tossed a masterpiece, a one-hit, four-walk shutout with six strikeouts. The walks helped Boston get runners to third base in both the second and sixth innings, but no further. Pfiester’s no-hit bid was broken up by Hank Gowdy’s single in the seventh. Gowdy was thrown out at home trying to score on a fly out. The Cubs were already up 3-0 at that time, as Frank Schulte drove in two with a triple and then scored on Jimmy Slagle’s sacrifice fly in the fourth inning.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS (3) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (0)
1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Jimmy Sheckard 4 0 0 0 Herbie Moran 2 0 0 0
Frank Chance 3 1 0 0 Johnny Evers 3 0 0 0
Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 1 0 Charles Schmidt 3 0 0 0
Johnny Kling 3 1 1 0 Joe Connolly 3 0 0 0
Frank Schulte 4 1 1 2 Rabbit Maranville 3 0 0 0
Jimmy Slagle 3 0 0 1 Hank Gowdy 3 0 1 0
Johnny Evers 3 0 1 0 Charlie Deal 2 0 0 0
Joe Tinker 2 0 0 0 Les Mann 3 0 0 0
Solly Hofman 1 0 0 0 Bill James AY 2 0 0 0
Jack Pfiester AXYZ 2 0 0 0 Red Smith 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 3 4 3 TOTALS 25 0 1 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 000 300 000 -- 3
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1906 CHICAGO CUBS 3, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 5. 3B--Frank
Schulte. HBP--Johnny Evers. SACF--Jimmy Slagle. SACB--Jack
Pfiester AXYZ, Charles Schmidt, Rabbit Maranville.
SB--Johnny Evers, Hank Gowdy, Herbie Moran.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Pfiester AXYZ [W] 9.00 1 0 0 4 6 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Bill James AY [L] 8.00 3 3 3 2 3 0
Otto Hess C 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 