Buffalo Takes Two-Game Lead After 11-Inning Affair
BUFFALO, NY. October 8, 1912 -
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| R | H | E |
| Chicago |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 13 | 1 |
| Buffalo |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | 1 |
W: R. Sandler (9 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K)
L: M. Monk (3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K)
Player of the Game: B. Henke (3 for 6, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB)
In a three hour and twenty minute, eleven inning contest yesterday afternoon, the Chicago Orphans took a two-game lead after scoring the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th inning.
Chicago once again got off to an early lead, this time going up 3-o after four innings. In the bottom of the 5th, Buffalo put two on the board. Bob Young singled, then Mike Hodge ripped a double into left field. Travis Hathorn was next, and he drove in Young with a seeing-eye single. Marino then hit a deep fly ball allowing Hodge to tag up and score.
Chicago held Buffalo in check throughout the next three innings, keeping the score at 4-2. But in the bottom of the 9th, Paul Flood, Bob Young, and Mike Hodge strung together three doubles before an out was recorded to tie the game. Unfortunately, they couldn't put the winning run across and the game went into extra innings.
Both teams were held scoreless in the 10th, and the Orphans came to bat in the 11th looking to strike. Kirby Shafer led the inning off with bloop single, and then Bob Henke doubled down the third base line, driving in Shafer. Gilbert Stiles would hit a single, but the Orphans were held to one in the inning.
In the bottom of the 11th, the Blues looked to come back a second time. But they would have no such luck. Bob Young struck out, Mike Hodge grounded out to short, and then Larry Nord made the final out on a fly ball to center.
Today is an off-day, with the teams traveling to Chicago to play games 3 and 4.