Salt Lake City Bees (115-53) vs. Arizona Wrens (121-47)
Game 5
On the brink of elimination the Arizona Wrens turned to
John Baker to save their season, and Baker delivered with a complete game 3 hitter while striking out 10 as the Wrens won 3-1.
Rip Williams drove in a pair of runs for Arizona.
James Drohan took the loss for Salt Lake City after 9 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, and 9 K.
Both pitchers showed their dominance in today's game with
Gus Thompson allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits while striking out 7 for the Aces, and
James Drohan allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits while striking out 8 for the Bees. The difference today was 3 errors by the Aces and 2 unearned runs as the Bees capture the season opener 4-2.
Game 6
The Wrens and Bees set a Spalding Cup record with a 17 inning game which the Wrens pulled off the 7-6 win to send the series to a winner take all Game 7. Arizona showed determined throughout the game, coming back from a 3-0 deficit, 4-3 deficit, and finally a 6-4 deficit in the 13th inning.
Charlie Frank was the goat in Game 1 for the Wrens, but a walk-off single in the bottom of the 17th helped redeem himself. For the game Frank was 4-8 with 2 RBI, and remained error free.
Joseph Herr added 4 hits and 2 RBI for the Wrens. Arizona starter
Ed Walker would leave the game after 13 innings, with
Jesse Tannehill coming on in relief to pick up the win with four hitless innings while striking out 5.
Doc Scanlon took the loss in relief for Salt Lake City.
With the Wrens win both teams will face off in a winner take all seventh game.
Game 7
With the series tied at three games apiece we'd once again see a matchup between
Addie Joss and
Jack Chesbro. The last time the two faced off in Game 4 it resulted in a 1-0 game. We'd again get to see a pitching duel today that would end in a 1-0 game. Once again it would be Joss who would pick up the complete game shutout win as the Bees capture their first Spalding Cup.
Jack Chesbro once again gets the loss to drop to 1-3 in the postseason this year. 38 innings, 32 hits, 3 earned runs, 27 strikeouts, and a 0.71 ERA.
But a somewhat shaky fourth inning in which Chesbro allowed back to back singles to
Kevin Ratter and
Harry Davis to lead off the inning gave the Bees the base runners they needed. Two fielders choices later and the one and only run of the game would score.
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Spalding Cup Most Valuable Player
After the game
Addie Joss would be named the Spalding Cup Most Valuable Player after a dominating Spalding Cup performance where he was 4-0 in 4 starts with a 0.47 ERA, allowing 25 hits and 2 runs in 38 1/3 innings, while walking 5 and striking out 17.
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