The 1922 New York Giants maintained their strong play, winning three of four games against the 1925 Washington Senators to keep the top winning percentage in the league. If not for a Walter Johnson masterpiece that gave the Senators (6-6) a game two victory, New York (6-2) might have won all four.
Somehow the Giants won three games despite hitting .191 and not having any regular hit better than .250 on the week. Muddy Ruel hit .375 (6-for-16) for the Senators, who hit just .195 as a team.
Game #1: New York 2, Washington 1 (12 inn.)
The Senators took the lead on Goose Goslin’s RBI groundout in the third, but they’d only have two more baserunners the rest of the contest. New York tied it in the fifth when Ross Youngs led off with a single and scored on Casey Stengel’s double. It stayed 1-1 until the top of the 12th. Youngs led off with a double and scored on George Kelly’s single.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1925 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 6 0 1 0 Earl McNeely 5 0 0 0
Heinie Groh 4 0 0 0 Bucky Harris 4 1 0 0
Frankie Frisch 5 0 0 0 Sam Rice 5 0 2 0
Irish Meusel 5 0 1 0 Goose Goslin 5 0 1 1
Ross Youngs 5 2 2 0 Joe Judge 5 0 0 0
George Kelly 4 0 1 1 Ossie Bluege 4 0 0 0
Casey Stengel 4 0 2 1 Roger Peckinpaugh 4 0 0 0
Frank Snyder 4 0 0 0 Muddy Ruel 4 0 0 0
Art Nehf BZ 2 0 0 0 Stan Coveleski AZ 3 0 0 0
Bill Cunningham 1 0 0 0 Joe Harris 1 0 0 0
Johnny Rawlings 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 41 2 8 2 TOTALS 40 1 3 1
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 010 000 001 -- 2
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 001 000 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 8, 1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 6.
ERR--Dave Bancroft, Heinie Groh, Bucky Harris. 2B--Ross
Youngs, Casey Stengel. 3B--Sam Rice. SACB--Art Nehf BZ,
Casey Stengel, Roger Peckinpaugh. SB--Goose Goslin, Sam
Rice.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Art Nehf BZ 9.00 3 1 1 2 1 0
Claude Jonnard BXY [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Hugh McQuillan B [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS
Stan Coveleski AZ 10.00 5 1 1 3 3 0
Firpo Marberry BKY [L] 2.00 3 1 1 0 1 0
Game #2: Washington 5, New York 0
Walter Johnson pitched a gem with a two-hit shutout and improved to 3-0 after his third start. Only two Giants made it as far as second base. Goose Goslin and Earl McNeely both hit two-run homers for Washington in the first and fourth innings, respectively. Goslin also had an RBI double in the third.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1925 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 3 0 0 0 Earl McNeely 4 1 2 2
Heinie Groh 4 0 0 0 Bucky Harris 4 1 1 0
Frankie Frisch 4 0 0 0 Sam Rice 4 1 1 0
Irish Meusel 4 0 1 0 Goose Goslin 4 1 2 3
Ross Youngs 3 0 0 0 Joe Judge 3 0 2 0
George Kelly 4 0 0 0 Ossie Bluege 4 0 0 0
Casey Stengel 2 0 0 0 Roger Peckinpaugh 3 0 0 0
Frank Snyder 3 0 0 0 Muddy Ruel 4 1 2 0
Phil Douglas BZ 2 0 0 0 Walter Johnson AXY 2 0 0 0
Johnny Rawlings 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 30 0 2 0 TOTALS 32 5 10 5
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 000 000 -- 0
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 201 200 00x -- 5
LOB--1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 6, 1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 7.
ERR--Roger Peckinpaugh. 2B--Johnny Rawlings, Joe Judge,
Goose Goslin, Bucky Harris, Sam Rice. HR--Earl McNeely,
Goose Goslin. SACB--Walter Johnson AXY (2).
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Douglas BZ [L] 7.00 9 5 5 1 1 2
Jack Scott CXY 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS
Walter Johnson AXY [W] 9.00 2 0 0 3 3 0
Game #3: New York 3, Washington 2
Casey Stengel broke a 1-1 tie with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Giants tacked on another run in the seventh when Heinie Groh led off with a single and later scored on Ross Youngs’ base hit. Washington closed within a run in the top of the ninth on Muddy Ruel’s two-out RBI double, but the Giants’ Rosy Ryan got the final out.
1925 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Earl McNeely 2 0 0 0 Dave Bancroft 4 0 2 1
Bucky Harris 3 0 0 0 Heinie Groh 3 1 1 0
Sam Rice 4 0 0 0 Frankie Frisch 2 0 0 0
Goose Goslin 4 0 0 0 Irish Meusel 4 0 0 0
Joe Judge 4 1 2 0 Ross Youngs 4 0 1 1
Ossie Bluege 4 0 1 0 George Kelly 4 0 0 0
Roger Peckinpaugh 4 1 2 1 Casey Stengel 3 1 1 1
Muddy Ruel 4 0 2 1 Frank Snyder 4 1 2 0
Tom Zachary B 2 0 0 0 Rosy Ryan BX 2 0 0 0
Joe Harris 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 7 2 TOTALS 30 3 7 3
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 000 001 001 -- 2
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 010 001 10x -- 3
LOB--1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 7, 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 9.
ERR--Earl McNeely, Roger Peckinpaugh (2), Dave Bancroft.
2B--Muddy Ruel, Joe Judge, Frank Snyder (2). HR--Casey
Stengel. HBP--Earl McNeely. SACB--Bucky Harris, Heinie Groh.
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Zachary B [L] 8.00 7 3 2 5 2 1
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS
Rosy Ryan BX [W] 9.00 7 2 2 2 8 0
Game #4: New York 6, Washington 4
The Senators jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the third, with Sam Rice driving in two of the runs. New York scored three times in the bottom of the third to tie the game. Washington went back ahead 4-3 on Muddy Ruel’s RBI double in the fourth. New York tied it on George Kelly’s solo home run in the fifth. The Giants went ahead in the seventh when Frankie Frisch led off with a triple and scored on Irish Meusel’s sacrifice fly. Later in the inning, George Kelly singled and eventually scored on a wild pitch.
1925 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Earl McNeely 3 2 1 0 Dave Bancroft 2 1 0 0
Bucky Harris 2 0 1 1 Heinie Groh 4 1 2 0
Sam Rice 3 0 2 2 Frankie Frisch 5 2 2 1
Goose Goslin 4 0 0 0 Irish Meusel 2 0 0 2
Joe Judge 4 0 0 0 Ross Youngs 4 0 1 1
Ossie Bluege 3 1 0 0 George Kelly 4 2 3 1
Roger Peckinpaugh 4 0 0 0 Casey Stengel 3 0 0 0
Muddy Ruel 4 1 2 1 Frank Snyder 3 0 0 0
Dutch Ruether BY 2 0 0 0 Jesse Barnes BZ 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 4 6 4 TOTALS 30 6 8 5
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 102 100 000 -- 4
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 003 010 20x -- 6
LOB--1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 4, 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 9.
2B--Muddy Ruel (2). 3B--Frankie Frisch. HR--George Kelly.
SACF--Bucky Harris, Sam Rice, Irish Meusel (2). SACB--Dutch
Ruether BY. SB--Earl McNeely (2), Sam Rice, Frankie Frisch,
Heinie Groh.
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dutch Ruether BY [L] 6.67 8 6 6 7 3 1
Firpo Marberry BKY 1.33 0 0 0 0 2 0
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS
Jesse Barnes BZ [W] 9.00 6 4 4 3 1 0
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