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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM April 29, 1912 ... The Philadelphia Athletics came from behind in the sixth inning of today's game and beat the Red Sox by a score of 7 to 1. Up until the sixth inning Buck O'Brien held the visitors to two singles and no runs. The Speed Boys scored one run in the fourth on Heinie Wagner's double and a wild throw to first by Jack Barry. But in the sixth inning, Philadelphia came across with three sharp drives by Bris Lord, Eddie Collins and Frank Baker, along with being helped by a passed ball. Two Philly runners came over the plate and it looked like enough to win, as the Red Sox were at the mercy of the A's ace, Eddie Plank. Errors by the Red Sox allowed the Athletics to score two more runs in the seventh inning, when Hugh Bradley failed to pull out a low throw from Heinie Wagner on a ground ball by Stuffy McInnis. Jack Barry then doubled, but the next two men went down, which could have meant three outs and no runs, but then Lord singled to score Barry and Philly was in the lead 4 to 1. The Red Sox had a fine chance to take a big lead in the fifth inning, when with men at second and third and no one out, Bradley sent up a weak pop-up to Danny Murphy in short right. Larry Gardner then bounced one back to Plank for a force out and Duffy Lewis was thrown out to end the inning. Jack Bushelman worked the eighth inning and passed the first man up. Eddie Collins came up, bunted, and Rube Oldring went all the way around to third base on Bushelman's wild throw to first. Tris Speaker made a great catch on a shot by Baker to center, and rifled the ball back to first for a doubleplay. Lewis closed the inning by making a fine running catch close to the bank in left field. Casey Hageman came in for the Red Sox to pitch the ninth-inning and three more runs resulted. Wagner's fumble, solid singles by Barry and Plank, and a double by Oldring accounted for the scoring. Of the seven hits made by the Red Sox, three of them were made by Wagner in four times up, including a double. But the Sox failed to figure out Plank when it meant runs, and things broke very nicely for the A's after the fifth inning, as timely drives were hit when needed. O'Brien pitched a great game and retired for the purpose of giving the young pitchers a chance to work, when it was obvious that his teammates would not find Plank for enough runs to tie the score. |
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