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The Red Sox
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ON THIS DATE (May 2, 1921) ... In a game that was full of thrills and a battle from beginning to end, the Red Sox emerged victorious, beating the Yankees, 2 to 1. More than 11,000 fans came to see Babe Ruth and he didn't disappoint them, banging out his sixth home run. They also saw a pitching classic between Sam Jones and Carl Mays. And in the end, they saw some clutch hitting from Tim Hendryx and Del Pratt. The Babe was the big attraction and it looked at the beginning like he wasn't going to thrill the crowd. He grounded out to Pratt his first time up and struck out his second time up. The third time up he hit a sizzler to Stuffy McInnis, which he blocked with his hip and recovered in time to get Babe in a sprint to first. While Mays allowed only one hit in the first seven innings, the Red Sox were hitting him hard. The only hits made off Jones, in addition to Ruth's home run, were singles by Wally Pipp and Aaron Ward. Ward's hit was a bloop single. Bob Meusel and Frank Baker also hit doubles. Hendryx lost Baker's fly ball in the sun that went for his double. In the second inning, Hendryx led off with a base hit, was sacrificed over to second and went to third on a ground out, where he was stranded. The only Yankee to see second base in the first eight innings was Baker, when Hendryx lost his fly ball in the seventh inning. The Sox finally scored in the eighth inning when McInnis singled to left to lead off. He went to second on Everett Scott's sacrifice bunt and trotted home on a double by Shano Collins to left-center. But Babe was the first man to bat for the Yankees in the ninth inning. Jones got him in the hole with two strikes. Then Babe took the next pitch into the right field bleachers, five or six rows from the top, and not far from the foul pole, to tie the game at 1-1. Wally Pipp next popped out to Muddy Ruel and Meusel hit a fly to deep center. Collins tried to grab it with one hand, while running after it and the ball glanced off his glove. When Meusel saw the ball drop, he took off for third and was thrown out, Collins to Pratt to Vitt. Baker subsequently hit an easy fly out to Hendryx for the final out. Ossie Vitt and Mike Menosky were the first two Sox batters in the ninth inning. Vitt bounced an easy grounder to Roger Peckinpaugh, the shortstop and Menosky lofted a lazy fly out to Tom Connelly in center. Then Pratt hit a line drive to left that bounced off the scoreboard for a double. Mays looked to Miller Huggins for a decision on whether or not to intentionally pass Hendryx, who was the next batter, and pitch to McInnis. They decided to go after Hendryx. The first pitch went wide and the crowd started to boo. The next pitch was one Hendryx liked and he sent it to left-center, where neither Connelly nor Ruth could reach it. Pratt jogged home and the Sox won the battle, 2 to 1. |
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