The Southern California Hornets stayed hot and closed out the 1901 HRBL campaign by taking two of three games from the Guests in the Corn. The Hornets came back from the trade break by winning three of four series and going 7-5.
It might be enough to keep the Hornets (18-26) out of the cellar, depending on other games. SoCal might have spoiled Guests’ chances at the playoffs, as they’ll now need to sweep their final three-game series.
Fred Clarke batted .500 (6-for-12) with three doubles and four RBI to raise his team-leading batting average to .354.
Herson Division Standings: Ocala 25-19 (.568), Asheville 24-20 (.545), Guests 21-20 (.512), Carolina 17-24 (.415), SoCal 18-26 (.409)
Game #42 — SoCal 3, Guests 2
Eddie Plank (6-8) was terrific, keeping the Corn off the board until the eighth inning. The Hornets led 3-0 at that point. Dick Padden had an RBI triple in the second inning, followed by a Herman Long sacrifice fly. In the top of the eighth, Fred Tenney led off with a single and later scored on a Harry Steinfeldt sacrifice fly. The Guests broke up the shutout in the bottom of the eighth, scoring twice, though only one run was earned. With the tying and go-ahead runs on base, Plank got the final out in the eighth, then pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.
SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI GUESTS IN THE CORN AB R H BI
Fred Tenney 4 1 1 0 Win Mercer DZ 3 0 0 0
Roger Bresnahan 4 0 0 0 Ed Delahanty 4 0 2 0
Fred Clarke 4 0 3 0 Buck Freeman 5 0 0 0
Harry Steinfeldt 3 0 0 1 Tom McCreery 4 1 0 0
Algie McBride 4 0 0 0 Gene DeMontreville 4 1 2 0
Fred Crolius 2 1 0 0 Malachi Kittredge 3 0 2 1
Dick Padden 3 1 1 1 Fred Jacklitsch 2 0 0 0
Herman Long 2 0 0 1 Billy Clingman 4 0 1 0
Eddie Plank BZ 3 0 0 0 Roy Patterson BZ 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 29 3 5 3 TOTALS 33 2 8 1
SOCAL HORNETS 020 000 010 -- 3
GUESTS IN THE CORN 000 000 020 -- 2
LOB--SOCAL HORNETS 5, GUESTS IN THE CORN 11. ERR--Harry
Steinfeldt, Billy Clingman. 2B--Fred Clarke, Malachi
Kittredge. 3B--Dick Padden. HBP--Fred Jacklitsch.
SACF--Harry Steinfeldt, Herman Long. SACB--Dick Padden, Fred
Jacklitsch, Malachi Kittredge. SB--Billy Clingman.
SOCAL HORNETS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eddie Plank BZ [W] 9.00 8 2 1 4 2 0
GUESTS IN THE CORN
Roy Patterson BZ [L] 9.00 5 3 3 3 0 0
Game #43 — SoCal 12, Guests 11
SoCal led 9-2 after the top of the fourth. Fred Clarke had a two-run double in the first inning. He was intentionally walked his next two times up, and Harry Steinfeldt made them pay with a two-run double in the third inning and a two-run single in the fourth inning. Algie McBride also had a two-run double in the fourth. Bill Reidy (5-4) couldn’t maintain the big lead, as the Guests cut the deficit to 10-8 after six innings. It was still 10-8 in the ninth. SoCal picked up two big insurance runs on an RBI single by Roger Bresnahan and a bases-loaded walk to McBride. They needed all of them, as the Guests scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth against the bullpen, including a two-run homer by John Skopec. Harry Howell came in relief with one out. An error put the tying run on second base, but Howell got the second out, then picked the runner off second to end the contest and get the save.
SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI GUESTS IN THE CORN AB R H BI
Fred Tenney 5 3 1 1 Win Mercer DZ 5 2 1 0
Roger Bresnahan 6 3 4 1 Ed Delahanty 5 2 2 2
Fred Clarke 4 2 2 2 Buck Freeman 4 1 2 1
Harry Steinfeldt 5 1 2 4 Tom McCreery 5 0 3 2
Algie McBride 5 0 2 3 Gene DeMontreville 5 1 2 1
Fred Crolius 5 0 1 1 Malachi Kittredge 4 1 1 0
Bill Fox 6 1 2 0 Fred Jacklitsch 5 2 3 1
Herman Long 5 1 3 0 Billy Clingman 5 1 2 1
Bill Reidy CZ 2 0 0 0 Tom Hughes BYZ 1 0 0 0
Joe Sugden 1 0 1 0 John Skopec DW 4 1 2 3
*Tommy Dowd 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 44 12 18 12 TOTALS 43 11 18 11
SOCAL HORNETS 203 410 002 -- 12
GUESTS IN THE CORN 101 213 003 -- 11
LOB--SOCAL HORNETS 13, GUESTS IN THE CORN 9. ERR--Fred
Tenney, Gene DeMontreville, Billy Clingman. 2B--Harry
Steinfeldt, Algie McBride, Fred Clarke (2), Fred Jacklitsch.
3B--Tom McCreery. HR--John Skopec DW. HBP--Harry Steinfeldt,
Win Mercer DZ. SACF--Fred Crolius. SACB--Bill Reidy CZ.
SB--Roger Bresnahan, Buck Freeman, Win Mercer DZ (2), Billy
Clingman.
SOCAL HORNETS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Reidy CZ [W] 8.00 16 8 8 2 2 0
Roger Denzer DZ 0.33 2 3 3 1 0 1
Harry Howell CZ [S] 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
GUESTS IN THE CORN
Tom Hughes BYZ [L] 4.00 8 9 6 2 2 0
John Skopec DW 5.00 10 3 3 3 4 0
Game #44 — Guests 6, SoCal 4
The Guests got three runs in the first inning, and it stayed 3-0 through five innings. The Hornets got on the board in the sixth on Fred Clarke’s two-run single. But the Corn rebuilt the lead with two runs in the bottom of the sixth, and Ed Delahanty homered in the seventh to make it 6-2. SoCal rallied in the ninth, as Harry Steinfeldt had an RBI triple and Algie McBride had an RBI single to bring the tying run to the plate with no outs. But the Guests got the final three outs to win the finale. Only three of Bill Bernhard’s (3-7) six runs allowed were earned.
SOCAL HORNETS AB R H BI GUESTS IN THE CORN AB R H BI
Fred Tenney 4 0 0 0 Win Mercer DZ 4 1 2 0
Roger Bresnahan 3 0 0 0 Ed Delahanty 4 1 1 1
Fred Clarke 4 1 1 2 Buck Freeman 4 1 1 0
Harry Steinfeldt 4 1 1 1 Tom McCreery 4 1 1 2
Algie McBride 3 0 2 1 Gene DeMontreville 4 1 1 1
Fred Crolius 4 0 0 0 Malachi Kittredge 3 1 1 1
Bill Fox 3 0 0 0 Fred Jacklitsch 3 0 1 0
Dick Padden 1 0 0 0 Billy Clingman 3 0 1 1
Herman Long 3 1 0 0 Togie Pittinger BZ 4 0 1 0
Bill Bernhard CZ 2 1 0 0
Tommy Dowd 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 4 4 4 TOTALS 33 6 10 6
SOCAL HORNETS 000 002 002 -- 4
GUESTS IN THE CORN 300 002 10x -- 6
LOB--SOCAL HORNETS 4, GUESTS IN THE CORN 6. ERR--Herman
Long, Bill Fox, Buck Freeman, Win Mercer DZ. 2B--Win Mercer
DZ, Malachi Kittredge. 3B--Harry Steinfeldt, Tom McCreery.
HR--Ed Delahanty. SACB--Fred Jacklitsch, Billy Clingman.
SB--Togie Pittinger BZ.
SOCAL HORNETS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Bernhard CZ [L] 7.00 9 6 3 1 2 1
Harry Howell CZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
GUESTS IN THE CORN
Togie Pittinger BZ [W] 8.00 2 2 1 3 4 0
George Merritt DZ 1.00 2 2 1 0 0 0
