The 1911 Philadelphia Athletics kept their championship hopes alive by taking three of four games from the 1914 Boston Braves. The A’s (14-10) got an 11-inning shutout from Chief Bender in the finale and saw Rube Oldring bat .438 (7-for-16), including a walk-off homer in that contest. Joe Connolly batted .375 (6-for-16) for the Braves (10-14).
Game #1: Philadelphia 10, Boston 4
It was a close game heading to the eighth inning, as Philadelphia held a 3-2 lead. The A’s then broke the game open with a seven-run outburst, which came on only four hits (plus two walks and two hit batsmen). The big blows were a two-run double by Eddie Collins and a bases-loaded triple by Rube Oldring.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (10) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (4)
1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Bris Lord 5 1 2 1 Herbie Moran 5 0 2 0
Eddie Collins 5 1 1 2 Johnny Evers 4 1 0 0
Home Run Baker 5 1 1 0 Charles Schmidt 4 0 1 0
Danny Murphy 4 1 0 0 Joe Connolly 3 2 2 2
Rube Oldring 5 2 5 3 Rabbit Maranville 4 1 1 1
Stuffy McInnis 5 2 2 1 Hank Gowdy 3 0 0 0
Jack Barry 4 0 2 0 Charlie Deal 4 0 1 1
Ira Thomas 4 1 2 2 Les Mann 4 0 0 0
Jack Coombs BY 3 1 0 1 Lefty Tyler BX 2 0 1 0
Red Smith 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 10 15 10 TOTALS 34 4 8 4
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 000 300 070 -- 10
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 002 020 -- 4
LOB--1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 11, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 7.
ERR--Charlie Deal. 2B--Eddie Collins. 3B--Rube Oldring, Home
Run Baker, Rabbit Maranville. HR--Joe Connolly. HBP--Eddie
Collins, Home Run Baker, Bris Lord. SACF--Ira Thomas.
SACB--Jack Coombs BY, Jack Barry. SB--Jack Barry, Herbie
Moran.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Coombs BY [W] 9.00 8 4 4 4 4 1
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Lefty Tyler BX [L] 7.33 12 8 8 2 4 0
Paul Strand BXYW 1.67 3 2 2 0 1 0
Game #2: Philadelphia 3, Boston 2
The Athletics took a 2-0 lead in the first on RBI singles by Danny Murphy and Stuffy McInnis. Boston tied it with runs in the third and fifth. Herbie Moran led off the third with a walk and later scored on an error, and he then had a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Philadelphia scored what turned out to be the game-winning run in the sixth thanks to three consecutive singles by McInnis, Jack Barry and Ira Thomas, with the last one plating McInnis.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (3) AT 1914 BOSTON BRAVES (2)
1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI 1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI
Bris Lord 3 0 0 0 Herbie Moran 2 1 0 1
Eddie Collins 5 0 0 0 Johnny Evers 4 0 1 0
Home Run Baker 5 1 1 0 Charles Schmidt 4 0 1 0
Danny Murphy 4 1 2 1 Joe Connolly 4 0 2 0
Rube Oldring 3 0 1 0 Rabbit Maranville 2 0 0 0
Stuffy McInnis 4 1 2 1 Hank Gowdy 4 0 0 0
Jack Barry 3 0 1 0 Charlie Deal 4 0 0 0
Ira Thomas 4 0 2 1 Les Mann 3 1 1 0
Cy Morgan BXW 3 0 0 0 Dick Crutcher CW 1 0 0 0
Ted Cather 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 3 9 3 TOTALS 29 2 5 1
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 200 001 000 -- 3
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 001 010 000 -- 2
LOB--1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 9, 1914 BOSTON BRAVES 5.
ERR--Eddie Collins. 2B--Home Run Baker. HBP--Rube Oldring.
SACF--Herbie Moran. SACB--Cy Morgan BXW, Dick Crutcher CW,
Rabbit Maranville. SB--Les Mann, Rabbit Maranville.
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Cy Morgan BXW [W] 9.00 5 2 1 2 8 0
1914 BOSTON BRAVES
Dick Crutcher CW [L] 7.00 8 3 3 3 3 0
Tom Hughes CXYZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Game #3: Boston 5, Philadelphia 3
The Braves avoided the sweep by taking Game #3 despite being outhit 11-6. Joe Connolly put Boston ahead 2-1 in the fifth with an RBI single. The Braves added three more in the sixth as Herbie Moran had a two-run double and Johnny Evers had a sacrifice fly. Boston’s Dick Rudolph improved to 5-0 in six starts.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (5) AT 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (3)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 4 0 1 2 Bris Lord 5 0 0 0
Johnny Evers 2 1 0 1 Eddie Collins 4 1 3 0
Charles Schmidt 5 0 0 0 Home Run Baker 4 0 1 0
Joe Connolly 4 0 1 1 Danny Murphy 3 2 3 0
Rabbit Maranville 5 1 1 0 Rube Oldring 3 0 0 0
Hank Gowdy 4 1 1 0 Stuffy McInnis 4 0 1 1
Charlie Deal 3 1 1 1 Jack Barry 4 0 1 1
Les Mann 2 1 1 0 Ira Thomas 4 0 0 0
Dick Rudolph BYZ 4 0 0 0 Eddie Plank AX 2 0 1 0
Jack Lapp 1 0 0 0
Amos Strunk 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 33 5 6 5 TOTALS 35 3 11 2
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 113 000 -- 5
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 000 102 000 -- 3
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 9, 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Jack Barry, Bris Lord. 2B--Charlie Deal, Herbie Moran,
Eddie Collins, Danny Murphy. SACF--Johnny Evers.
SACB--Johnny Evers, Rube Oldring. SB--Les Mann, Hank Gowdy,
Eddie Collins, Jack Barry.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Rudolph BYZ [W] 9.00 11 3 3 1 1 0
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
Eddie Plank AX [L] 7.00 6 5 4 5 1 0
Harry Krause BY 2.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
Game #4: Philadelphia 3, Boston 0 (11 inn.)
Chief Bender and Bill James put on the best pitching duel to date, as the two hurlers took shutouts into the 11th inning. Bender went 11 innings and gave up just four hits and three walks while striking out 10. The Athletics finally got to James in the bottom of the 11th. He had only given up five hits to that point but Eddie Collins and Claud Derrick singled and after an out, Rube Oldring slugged a walk-off three-run homer.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES (0) AT 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS (3)
1914 BOSTON BRAVES AB R H BI 1911 PHILADELPHIA AT AB R H BI
Herbie Moran 5 0 1 0 Bris Lord 5 0 0 0
Johnny Evers 4 0 1 0 Eddie Collins 4 1 1 0
Charles Schmidt 5 0 1 0 Home Run Baker 2 0 1 0
Joe Connolly 5 0 1 0 Claud Derrick 3 1 1 0
Rabbit Maranville 4 0 0 0 Danny Murphy 5 0 1 0
Hank Gowdy 1 0 0 0 Rube Oldring 5 1 1 3
Charlie Deal 3 0 0 0 Stuffy McInnis 4 0 1 0
Les Mann 4 0 0 0 Jack Barry 4 0 1 0
Bill James AY 4 0 0 0 Ira Thomas 4 0 1 0
Chief Bender BXZ 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 0 4 0 TOTALS 40 3 8 3
1914 BOSTON BRAVES 000 000 000 00 -- 0
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 000 000 000 03 -- 3
LOB--1914 BOSTON BRAVES 7, 1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Bill James AY, Stuffy McInnis. 2B--Johnny Evers, Jack
Barry. 3B--Ira Thomas. HR--Rube Oldring. SACB--Charlie Deal,
Johnny Evers. SB--Home Run Baker.
1914 BOSTON BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill James AY [L] 10.33 8 3 3 1 4 1
1911 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
Chief Bender BXZ [W] 11.00 4 0 0 3 10 0
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