The 1912 New York Giants entered week seven with a two-game lead, though the 1917 Chicago White Sox and 1911 Philadelphia Athletics were breathing down their neck after good showings. The Giants responded with a four-game sweep of the 1906 Chicago Cubs to increase their advantage to three games with eight to play. After a shutout by Red Ames, the final three victories all came by one run, the last two with walk-off hits. None of the Giants (18-6) had more than four hits in the four games. Harry Steinfeldt batted .412 (7-for-17) for the Cubs (12-16).
Game #1: New York 4, Chicago 0
Red Ames tossed a four-hit shutout, and only allowed two Cub baserunners to reach second base. The Giants got an RBI single from Fred Merkle in the second inning and an RBI double from Beals Becker in the fourth inning, and then Larry Doyle put the game away in the top of the ninth with a two-run homer, his league-leading sixth of the season.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (4) AT 1906 CHICAGO CUBS (0)
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Fred Snodgrass 3 1 0 0 Jimmy Sheckard 2 0 0 0
Larry Doyle 5 1 1 2 Frank Chance 3 0 0 0
Red Murray 4 0 0 0 Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 2 0
Jack Meyers 5 0 1 0 Johnny Kling 4 0 0 0
Buck Herzog 3 2 1 0 Frank Schulte 4 0 1 0
Beals Becker 2 0 1 1 Jimmy Slagle 4 0 1 0
Fred Merkle 3 0 1 1 Johnny Evers 4 0 0 0
Art Fletcher 4 0 1 0 Joe Tinker 3 0 0 0
Red Ames BYZ 4 0 1 0 Ed Reulbach AYW 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 4 7 4 TOTALS 31 0 4 0
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 010 100 002 -- 4
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 10, 1906 CHICAGO CUBS 7.
ERR--Beals Becker. 2B--Jack Meyers, Beals Becker. HR--Larry
Doyle. SACB--Fred Snodgrass, Jimmy Sheckard. SB--Buck
Herzog, Harry Steinfeldt.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Red Ames BYZ [W] 9.00 4 0 0 2 8 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS
Ed Reulbach AYW [L] 9.00 7 4 4 7 7 1
Game #2: New York 4, Chicago 3
The Giants scored twice in the first inning on an RBI single by Jack Meyers and a sacrifice fly by Buck Herzog, and twice more in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Beals Becker and an RBI double by Fred Merkle to make it 4-0. That would have seemed to be enough for Christy Mathewson, who retired the first 12 batters he faced and didn’t give up a hit until the seventh inning. But in the top of the ninth, the Cubs scored three times on four hits. Johnny Kling’s two-run double made it 4-3 with one out. Mathewson recovered to get the final two outs and improve to 6-0 in six starts.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (4) AT 1906 CHICAGO CUBS (3)
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Fred Snodgrass 3 1 1 0 Jimmy Sheckard 4 1 0 0
Larry Doyle 4 0 0 0 Frank Chance 4 1 1 0
Red Murray 2 1 0 0 Harry Steinfeldt 4 1 1 1
Jack Meyers 3 1 2 1 Johnny Kling 4 0 2 2
Buck Herzog 2 1 0 1 Frank Schulte 4 0 0 0
Beals Becker 3 0 0 1 Jimmy Slagle 4 0 0 0
Fred Merkle 3 0 2 1 Johnny Evers 3 0 0 0
Art Fletcher 4 0 0 0 Joe Tinker 3 0 0 0
Christy Mathewson AY 4 0 0 0 Carl Lundgren BXW 2 0 0 0
Solly Hofman 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 28 4 5 4 TOTALS 33 3 5 3
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 200 002 000 -- 4
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 000 000 003 -- 3
LOB--1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 7, 1906 CHICAGO CUBS 3. ERR--Buck
Herzog, Jimmy Sheckard, Johnny Kling. 2B--Fred Merkle (2),
Johnny Kling. HBP--Red Murray. SACF--Buck Herzog, Beals
Becker. SACB--Red Murray, Buck Herzog. SB--Jack Meyers, Fred
Snodgrass.
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Christy Mathewson AY [W] 9.00 5 3 3 0 3 0
1906 CHICAGO CUBS
Carl Lundgren BXW [L] 9.00 5 4 3 5 2 0
Game #3: New York 5, Chicago 4 (11 inn.)
The Cubs built leads of 2-0 and 4-1 and outhit New York 11-6. But the Giants made it 4-3 on Jack Meyers’ two-run double in the sixth inning. In the bottom of the ninth, Buck Herzog led off with a triple and scored on Fred Merkle’s sacrifice fly. The Cubs put runners into scoring position in both the 10th and 11th but couldn’t capitalize. In the bottom of the 11th, after a couple of walks, pinch-hitter Tillie Shafer came through with a two-out, walk-off RBI single.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS (4) AT 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (5)
1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Jimmy Sheckard 5 1 2 0 Fred Snodgrass 4 0 0 0
Frank Chance 4 1 1 0 Larry Doyle 5 1 2 0
Harry Steinfeldt 5 1 3 1 Red Murray 4 1 0 0
Johnny Kling 5 0 1 1 Jack Meyers 5 0 1 2
Frank Schulte 4 0 1 1 Buck Herzog 4 2 1 0
Jimmy Slagle 5 0 1 0 Beals Becker 3 1 1 0
Johnny Evers 4 1 1 0 Fred Merkle 3 0 0 1
Joe Tinker 5 0 1 1 Art Fletcher 5 0 0 0
Mordecai Brown ACXZ 4 0 0 0 Jeff Tesreau AX 3 0 0 0
Josh Devore 1 0 0 0
Tillie Shafer 1 0 1 1
TOTALS 41 4 11 4 TOTALS 38 5 6 4
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 110 020 000 00 -- 4
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 010 002 001 01 -- 5
LOB--1906 CHICAGO CUBS 11, 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 8.
ERR--Harry Steinfeldt, Fred Merkle, Buck Herzog (2).
2B--Johnny Evers, Jimmy Sheckard, Jack Meyers. 3B--Buck
Herzog, Larry Doyle. HBP--Frank Schulte, Red Murray.
SACF--Harry Steinfeldt, Fred Merkle. SACB--Johnny Evers,
Jimmy Sheckard, Frank Chance, Mordecai Brown ACXZ. SB--Jimmy
Sheckard, Harry Steinfeldt, Beals Becker.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mordecai Brown ACXZ [L] 10.67 6 5 4 5 6 0
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS
Jeff Tesreau AX 9.00 9 4 4 1 2 0
Hooks Wiltse BYZ [W] 2.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
Game #4: New York 2, Chicago 1
The Cubs again took the early lead, as Frank Chance walked in the first inning and eventually scored on Johnny Kling’s sacrifice fly. Chicago wouldn’t score again off of Rube Marquard, who struck out 14 Cubs. Light-hitting shortstop Art Fletcher was the hero for the Giants. He collected their first hit off of Jack Pfiester in the fifth inning with a game-tying solo home run. In the bottom of the ninth, a hit-by-pitch, a walk and the Cubs’ fourth error loaded the bases with one out. Fletcher ended the game with an RBI single.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS (1) AT 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS (2)
1906 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Jimmy Sheckard 4 0 2 0 Fred Snodgrass 3 0 1 0
Frank Chance 3 1 1 0 Larry Doyle 4 0 0 0
Harry Steinfeldt 4 0 1 0 Red Murray 3 0 0 0
Johnny Kling 3 0 0 1 Jack Meyers 3 1 0 0
Frank Schulte 4 0 1 0 Buck Herzog 3 0 0 0
Jimmy Slagle 2 0 0 0 Beals Becker 2 0 0 0
Johnny Evers 4 0 0 0 Fred Merkle 4 0 1 0
Joe Tinker 4 0 1 0 Art Fletcher 4 1 2 2
Jack Pfiester AXYZ 3 0 0 0 Rube Marquard BXYZ 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 1 6 1 TOTALS 29 2 5 2
1906 CHICAGO CUBS 100 000 000 -- 1
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 010 001 -- 2
LOB--1906 CHICAGO CUBS 7, 1912 NEW YORK GIANTS 8. ERR--Jimmy
Sheckard, Harry Steinfeldt, Johnny Kling, Jack Pfiester
AXYZ. 2B--Joe Tinker. HR--Art Fletcher. HBP--Jack Meyers.
SACF--Johnny Kling. SACB--Jimmy Slagle, Red Murray, Fred
Snodgrass, Buck Herzog. SB--Jimmy Sheckard, Harry
Steinfeldt, Frank Chance, Fred Snodgrass.
1906 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Pfiester AXYZ [L] 8.33 5 2 2 2 4 1
1912 NEW YORK GIANTS
Rube Marquard BXYZ [W] 9.00 6 1 1 2 14 0
SO--Johnny Evers (2), Jimmy Sheckard, Frank Schulte (2),
Harry Steinfeldt (3), Johnny Kling, Jack Pfiester AXYZ (2),
Joe Tinker (3), Art Fletcher, Fred Merkle (2), Beals Becker.
BB--Jimmy Slagle, Frank Chance, Beals Becker (2).
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