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RAY KEATING |
WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN
No hitting support for Rube Foster
April 27, 1915
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It was anything but an ideal day for baseball, as a strong wind blew
across the field, giving the fans a lot of discomfort, except for
those who were fortunate enough to have heavy overcoats. The game
itself was well played and with the exception of some bad judgment
used by the Sox, their performance at the plate left a lot to be
desired. Ray Keating was on the mound for New York and made the Sox
batters look very ordinary. Rube Foster pitched an excellent game,
but lost his control in the seventh inning when New York scored what proved to
be the winning run on a triple to left-center by Wally Pipp, who scored on a
ground ball to first. The run was enough to win the game, but a second run was
scored off Ray Collins in the ninth-inning, when he threw the ball to first
while a runner was scoring at home.
There were several good plays made in the field, including one by Tris
Speaker who hauled down a fly ball, with his back to the plate at the bank,
while running at full speed.
Wally Pipp opened up the seventh inning with a triple to left-center bank and
Cook hit a grounder to short, that Everett Scott fielded cleanly, holding the
runner at third. Roger Peckinpaugh hit one back to the box that bounced over
Foster's head and was play by Heinie Wagner to first, but Pipp scored on the
play. Ray Collins came in to pitch the ninth-inning and after singles to Hugh
High and Wally Pipp, Cool hit a grounder to Hobby, who played it to second for
the force out. Peckinpaugh hopped one back to Collins who deliberately through
the first, allowing High to score the New York second run.
In the last three innings, Del Gainor, who drew a pass, was the only Red Sox
base runner to reach first.
Foster pitched a masterful game but several times he was down three balls and
no strikes and each time he forced the batter to ground out. His work was the
best shown by any of the Red Sox pitchers yet this year. |
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