The 1909 Detroit Tigers’ hopes for a championship suffered a big blow as they lost three of four games to the 1912 Boston Red Sox. Detroit (13-11) began the week tied for second but now won’t be any better than fourth. Bill Carrigan batted .429 (6-for-14) with six RBI to lead the Red Sox (13-15), while Buck O’Brien tossed a shutout to win game three. The Tigers were led by Ty Cobb’s .333 average (5-for-15), though that dropped his season average to .432.
Game #1: Boston 4, Detroit 1
The Tigers suffered a blow in the second inning when starting pitcher Ed Killian was ejected during his plate appearance. The Tigers had a 1-0 lead at the time thanks to Tom Jones’ double and Donie Bush’s run-scoring single. Wild Bill Donovan pitched well in long relief for a while, but Boston scored twice in the sixth on Duffy Lewis’ two-run double, and then added two more on an error in the seventh inning.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (1) AT 1912 BOSTON RED SOX (4)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Ty Cobb 5 0 1 0 Harry Hooper 4 0 0 0
George Moriarty 5 0 1 0 Larry Gardner 4 1 0 0
Sam Crawford 4 0 0 0 Tris Speaker 3 1 1 0
Tom Jones 4 1 1 0 Duffy Lewis 4 0 1 2
Donie Bush 3 0 2 1 Jake Stahl 4 0 0 0
Davy Jones 3 0 0 0 Bill Carrigan 4 0 1 0
Jim Delahanty 3 0 0 0 Steve Yerkes 1 1 0 0
Boss Schmidt 4 0 1 0 Heinie Wagner 2 1 1 0
Matty McIntyre 1 0 0 0 Hugh Bedient BYZ 2 0 0 0
Bill Donovan BYW 1 0 0 0
Oscar Stanage 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 1 6 1 TOTALS 28 4 4 2
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 010 000 000 -- 1
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 000 002 20x -- 4
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 10, 1912 BOSTON RED SOX 5. ERR--Sam
Crawford, Jim Delahanty (2), Heinie Wagner, Jake Stahl.
2B--Tom Jones, Duffy Lewis. HBP--Jim Delahanty, Davy Jones.
SACB--Bill Donovan BYW, Hugh Bedient BYZ, Steve Yerkes.
SB--Ty Cobb, Donie Bush.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Killian A 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Bill Donovan BYW [L] 7.00 4 4 1 2 4 0
1912 BOSTON RED SOX
Hugh Bedient BYZ [W] 9.00 6 1 1 1 1 0
Game #2: Boston 4, Detroit 2
The Red Sox struck for four runs in the third inning, and that would be all they would need. Harry Hooper had an RBI triple, Larry Gardner had an RBI single and Bill Carrigan had a two-run single. The Tigers scored once in the eighth on Sam Crawford’s RBI single and once in the ninth on Jim Delahanty’s RBI single, but could only cut the Red Sox lead in half by the end.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS (2) AT 1912 BOSTON RED SOX (4)
1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Ty Cobb 3 1 1 0 Harry Hooper 3 1 1 1
George Moriarty 4 0 1 0 Larry Gardner 4 1 2 1
Sam Crawford 4 0 2 1 Tris Speaker 3 1 0 0
Tom Jones 3 0 1 0 Duffy Lewis 4 0 0 0
Donie Bush 4 0 0 0 Jake Stahl 4 0 1 0
Davy Jones 4 1 1 0 Bill Carrigan 4 0 3 2
Jim Delahanty 4 0 1 1 Steve Yerkes 3 0 0 0
Boss Schmidt 4 0 1 0 Heinie Wagner 3 1 2 0
George Mullin AY 3 0 0 0 Ray Collins BZ 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 2 8 2 TOTALS 31 4 9 4
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 011 -- 2
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 004 000 00x -- 4
LOB--1909 DETROIT TIGERS 6, 1912 BOSTON RED SOX 8.
ERR--George Moriarty, Heinie Wagner. 2B--Bill Carrigan,
Heinie Wagner. 3B--Harry Hooper. SACB--Steve Yerkes, Ray
Collins BZ. SB--Ty Cobb, Davy Jones, Tom Jones, Bill
Carrigan.
1909 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
George Mullin AY [L] 8.00 9 4 2 3 5 0
1912 BOSTON RED SOX
Ray Collins BZ [W] 9.00 8 2 2 2 2 0
Game #3: Boston 5, Detroit 0
Boston’s Buck O’Brien pitched a three-hit shutout. The Tigers got runners to third base in both the second and third innings, but couldn’t get either one home. O’Brien retired 19 straight batters at one point. Duffy Lewis got the Red Sox on the board in the first with an RBI double. Bill Carrigan had two-run singles in both the sixth and eighth innings.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX (5) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (0)
1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Harry Hooper 5 0 1 0 Ty Cobb 3 0 1 0
Larry Gardner 5 1 2 0 George Moriarty 4 0 0 0
Tris Speaker 4 2 2 0 Sam Crawford 4 0 1 0
Duffy Lewis 5 2 3 1 Tom Jones 4 0 0 0
Jake Stahl 3 0 1 0 Donie Bush 2 0 0 0
Bill Carrigan 3 0 2 4 Davy Jones 2 0 0 0
Steve Yerkes 4 0 0 0 Jim Delahanty 3 0 0 0
Heinie Wagner 4 0 1 0 Boss Schmidt 3 0 0 0
Buck OBrien B 4 0 0 0 Ed Willett B 2 0 1 0
Matty McIntyre 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 5 12 5 TOTALS 28 0 3 0
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 100 002 020 -- 5
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1912 BOSTON RED SOX 8, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 4. 2B--Duffy
Lewis. SACB--Bill Carrigan, Jake Stahl. SB--Ty Cobb.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Buck OBrien B [W] 9.00 3 0 0 3 3 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
Ed Willett B [L] 8.00 11 5 5 1 3 0
Ralph Works BY 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Game #4: Detroit 2, Boston 1
Detroit’s Ed Summers outdueled Smoky Joe Wood as the Tigers avoided the series sweep. Detroit scored first in the fourth inning on Jim Delahanty’s two-out RBI single. Boston tied it in the sixth as Tris Speaker doubled and scored on Jake Stahl’s single. The Tigers broke the deadlock in the eighth as George Moriarty led off with a single, stole second, advanced to third on a groundout and scored on Tom Jones’ sacrifice fly. The Red Sox loaded the bases with one out in the top of the ninth but Summers got the final two outs.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX (1) AT 1909 DETROIT TIGERS (2)
1912 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1909 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Harry Hooper 4 0 1 0 Ty Cobb 4 0 2 0
Larry Gardner 2 0 0 0 George Moriarty 3 1 1 0
Tris Speaker 4 1 1 0 Sam Crawford 4 0 0 0
Duffy Lewis 4 0 1 0 Tom Jones 3 0 0 1
Jake Stahl 4 0 2 1 Donie Bush 4 1 0 0
Bill Carrigan 3 0 0 0 Davy Jones 2 0 0 0
Steve Yerkes 4 0 1 0 Jim Delahanty 3 0 2 1
Heinie Wagner 2 0 0 0 Boss Schmidt 2 0 0 0
Smoky Joe Wood AKZ 3 0 1 0 Ed Summers BZ 2 0 0 0
Forrest Cady 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 1 7 1 TOTALS 27 2 5 2
1912 BOSTON RED SOX 000 001 000 -- 1
1909 DETROIT TIGERS 000 100 01x -- 2
LOB--1912 BOSTON RED SOX 9, 1909 DETROIT TIGERS 6. ERR--Tris
Speaker (2), Donie Bush. 2B--Tris Speaker, Duffy Lewis,
Steve Yerkes, Smoky Joe Wood AKZ, Jake Stahl. SACF--Tom
Jones. SACB--Larry Gardner, Boss Schmidt, George Moriarty,
Ed Summers BZ. SB--Jake Stahl, George Moriarty.
1912 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Smoky Joe Wood AKZ [L] 8.00 5 2 1 1 3 0
1909 DETROIT TIGERS
Ed Summers BZ [W] 9.00 7 1 1 5 1 0
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