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darnoff · 04-03-2015, 08:06 AM

1914 World Series

Game 1

This game started out as a pitching duel between Boston's "Smoky Joe" Wood and San Francisco's Jeff Tesreau. The pitching was dominant early until Babe Ruth hit a solo homer off Tesreau in the 4th to start the scoring. In the next frame, Chief Meyers singled and Tesreau himself double to put runners at 2nd and 3rd with one out. Leadoff man Fred Snodgrass hit a sac fly to right field, scoring Meyers and tying the game. In the bottom of the 6th, the Red Sox put together three singles, a walk and two sac flies to score two runs and take a 3-1 lead. The following inning, San Francisco went to their bullpen and Ernie Shore could not even get an out, allowing 4 hits and 2 walks - 5 of which scored - as the Red Sox blew the game open and won 10-4.

Game 2

This game was very different than Game 1 because the offenses showed up right away. The visiting Giants scored two runs in the first inning off Elmer Steele. Boston's Tris Speaker countered in the bottom of the frame with a solo home run off Dick Rudolph. The Giants took a 3-1 lead in the 2nd inning, but in the bottom of the 3rd, Boston got three singles and scored two runs. Then Gavvy Cravath hit a 2-run homer en route to a 6-3 Red Sox win.

Game 3

Boston starting pitcher Ray Collins tossed 7 scoreless innings in this one. His teammates gave him a 1-0 lead in the 3rd when Harry Hooper doubled in Everett Scott. Then in the 5th, an error by Giants first baseman Fred Merkle allowed pitcher Collins to reach base to lead off the 5th. He later scored on two consecutive singles. Two outs later, Marty Krug drove in another run with a bases loaded single - giving Boston two unearned runs in the inning. In the 7th, San Francisco's bullpen fell apart again as Hooks Wiltse came in to face two lefties and failed by allowing a walk and then a home run to Babe Ruth. In the next inning, Wiltse allowed two walks and two singles when again facing the lefties at the top of the lineup. He was pulled for Louis Drucke, but he allowed two more runs to score on singles and the Red Sox went on to rout the Giants for a 3-0 Series lead.

Game 4

What a crazy Game 4! The Giants scored a run in the 1st and another in the 3rd off Rube Foster, but the Red Sox committed three errors in those two innings. The Red Sox countered with a run in the 4th off Christy Mathewson. In the bottom of that inning, shortstop Milt Stock singled and stole second, then Mathewson helped his own cause with an RBI single. He moved to second on a walk and then scored on an RBI single from Larry Doyle. Giants right fielder Steve Evans added a solo home run in the 5th for a 5-1 Giants lead. Meanwhile, Mathewson was pitching beautifullly, but then in the bottom of the 6th, he gave up two singles to Harry Hooper and Tris Speaker. He struck out Babe Ruth but then Gavvy Cravath doubled home both runners. Catcher Les Nunamaker later singled in Cravath and suddently the Red Sox had closed the gap to 5-4.

In the 7th, Mathewson gave up a single to pinch hitter Steve Yerkes, followed by a 2-run homer from leadoff man Larry Gardner, giving Boston a 7-6 lead. In the bottom of the 8th, Fred Merkle led off with a double off of reliever Nick Altrock. The Red Sox then brought in Buck O'Brien to pitch and Giants catcher Chief Meyers singled, moving Merkle to third. After a ground out moved Meyers to second, pinch hitter Dave Robertson hit a deep sac fly to score Merkle and tie the game. Unfortunately, Meyers did not tag up at second as he should have. Fred Snodgrass was walked and the Giants put in pinch runner Josh Devore for Meyers at second (this meant that both runners had a speed rating of 9!). Heinie Groh singled but Red Sox right fielder Harry Hooper gunned Devore down at the plate. Oh, if only Meyers had advanced to 3rd earlier.

In the top of the 9th, the Giants sent in closer Red Ames to pitch and a new catcher in Art Wilson, replacing Meyers. Boston's Gardner got a 1-out single. After Harry Hooper struck out and with Tris Speaker at the plate, Gardner decided to test the new Giants catcher by stealing second, but Wilson threw him out to end the inning. In the bottom of the 9th, Larry Doyle singled and moved to third when Red Sox catcher Nunamaker threw the ball into center field on a steal attempt. He then scored the winning run on a George Burns single.

Game 5

This game was another pitching duel between Joe Wood and Jeff Tesreau. The Giants finally got on the board in the 6th on an RBI double by Fred Merkle with two outs. Chief Meyers singled home Merkle and then shortstop Milt Stock drove in Meyers with a triple. With a 3-0 lead, Tesreau was left in to pitch in the 7th and 8th. In the 8th, he did give up a 2-out solo home run to Harry Hooper after striking out the previous two batters. He continued to pitch in the 9th and struck out Babe Ruth, then got Gavvy Cravath to fly out. One out away from a complete game, he allowed a double to Marty Krug. The Giants then brought in closer Red Ames who allowed an RBI single to Les Nunamaker. Ames then struck out shortstop Everett Scott to end the game. The Series now returns to Boston with the Giants still facing elimination for the third time.

Game 6

In a somewhat surprising move, the Giants made a change in starting pitchers, deciding to go with lefty Rube Marquard instead of righty Dick Rudolph, who struggled in Game 2. Plus the top 4 batters in Boston's lineup are all left handed, and lefty pitchers have had much more success against them so far in the series than righties have. The move paid off too as Marquard tossed eight innings, allowing just 2 runs. Meanwhile, Boston's Elmer Steele, who finished 2nd in the AL in ERA to teammate Joe Wood during the regular season, was banged up again as San Fran pushed across 6 runs, tying the Series and forcing a deciding Game 7. Now Boston must feel like their backs are against the wall after losing three straight games. However, they are at home for this deciding game. I must say that I am shocked that the Giants have clawed back to force a tie, but this should be an exciting game!

Game 7

In the top of the 1st, Giants third baseman Heinie Groh got a 1-out triple off Boston starter Ray Collins, but his teammates could not drive him in. But in the 3rd, shortstop Milt Stock surprised Collins and the Red Sox with a solo home run near the foul pole in left field. Then in the 4th, Collins began to struggle. With one out, he allowed a walk to George Burns, who stole second base and then tagged and moved to third on a sac fly. Fred Merkle then hit a clutch single to plate the run. That was followed by a Chief Meyers single and then a 2-run double from Stock to open up the game 4-0 in San Francisco's favor. In the bottom of that inning, Babe Ruth woke up his Red Sox teammates with a solo home run off Al Demaree.

In the 5th, the Giants scored a run off reliever Hugh Bedient for a 5-1 lead. Then Demaree began to struggle. With two outs, he hit pinch hitter Steve Yerkes to bring up the top of the order. All they did was single, double to drive in Yerkes and then homer - by Tris Speaker - to tie the game at 5-5.

In the 6th, the Giants had runners at 2nd and 3rd against Rube Foster with one out, but he struck out Fred Snodgrass and got Heinie Groh to fly out. Foster then pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 7th. In the bottom of the 8th, the Giants decided to remove Dick Rudolph, who had pitched well in relief, for their last lefty, Hooks Wiltse, to face the lefty-heavy top of Boston's lineup. It turned out to be a mistake as the first batter, Harry Hooper hit a solo home run on a full count. He then walked the next two batters and San Fran brought in closer Red Ames who got a shallow fly out from Gavvy Cravath and then enduced a clutch double play ball from Marty Krug. Boston's Fred Anderson, who pitched a 1-2-3 8th inning, walked Fred Snodgrass with one out but then got Groh to hit into a game and series-ending 6-4-3 double play.

Recap

This Series looked like it was going to be a blow-out after Boston took the first three games, but the Giants showed a lot of heart by winning the next three against long odds. San Francisco's relief pitching struggled in their four losses, which felt like the key to me. And that is surprising considering they were the top bullpen in the NL this year.

Both offenses performed well and both teams got the same quality in starting pitching, but Boston's relief pitching was more reliable. It also didn't hurt that the top four men in the Red Sox lineup had respective OPS's of .987, .973, 1.062 and 2.100!

Series MVP

Babe Ruth, 1B: .667 AVG, .767 OBP, 1.333 SLG, 4 HR, 8 RBI

04-03-2015, 08:06 AM	#385
darnoff All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Atlanta, GA area Posts: 662	1914 World Series Game 1 This game started out as a pitching duel between Boston's "Smoky Joe" Wood and San Francisco's Jeff Tesreau. The pitching was dominant early until Babe Ruth hit a solo homer off Tesreau in the 4th to start the scoring. In the next frame, Chief Meyers singled and Tesreau himself double to put runners at 2nd and 3rd with one out. Leadoff man Fred Snodgrass hit a sac fly to right field, scoring Meyers and tying the game. In the bottom of the 6th, the Red Sox put together three singles, a walk and two sac flies to score two runs and take a 3-1 lead. The following inning, San Francisco went to their bullpen and Ernie Shore could not even get an out, allowing 4 hits and 2 walks - 5 of which scored - as the Red Sox blew the game open and won 10-4. Game 2 This game was very different than Game 1 because the offenses showed up right away. The visiting Giants scored two runs in the first inning off Elmer Steele. Boston's Tris Speaker countered in the bottom of the frame with a solo home run off Dick Rudolph. The Giants took a 3-1 lead in the 2nd inning, but in the bottom of the 3rd, Boston got three singles and scored two runs. Then Gavvy Cravath hit a 2-run homer en route to a 6-3 Red Sox win. Game 3 Boston starting pitcher Ray Collins tossed 7 scoreless innings in this one. His teammates gave him a 1-0 lead in the 3rd when Harry Hooper doubled in Everett Scott. Then in the 5th, an error by Giants first baseman Fred Merkle allowed pitcher Collins to reach base to lead off the 5th. He later scored on two consecutive singles. Two outs later, Marty Krug drove in another run with a bases loaded single - giving Boston two unearned runs in the inning. In the 7th, San Francisco's bullpen fell apart again as Hooks Wiltse came in to face two lefties and failed by allowing a walk and then a home run to Babe Ruth. In the next inning, Wiltse allowed two walks and two singles when again facing the lefties at the top of the lineup. He was pulled for Louis Drucke, but he allowed two more runs to score on singles and the Red Sox went on to rout the Giants for a 3-0 Series lead. Game 4 What a crazy Game 4! The Giants scored a run in the 1st and another in the 3rd off Rube Foster, but the Red Sox committed three errors in those two innings. The Red Sox countered with a run in the 4th off Christy Mathewson. In the bottom of that inning, shortstop Milt Stock singled and stole second, then Mathewson helped his own cause with an RBI single. He moved to second on a walk and then scored on an RBI single from Larry Doyle. Giants right fielder Steve Evans added a solo home run in the 5th for a 5-1 Giants lead. Meanwhile, Mathewson was pitching beautifullly, but then in the bottom of the 6th, he gave up two singles to Harry Hooper and Tris Speaker. He struck out Babe Ruth but then Gavvy Cravath doubled home both runners. Catcher Les Nunamaker later singled in Cravath and suddently the Red Sox had closed the gap to 5-4. In the 7th, Mathewson gave up a single to pinch hitter Steve Yerkes, followed by a 2-run homer from leadoff man Larry Gardner, giving Boston a 7-6 lead. In the bottom of the 8th, Fred Merkle led off with a double off of reliever Nick Altrock. The Red Sox then brought in Buck O'Brien to pitch and Giants catcher Chief Meyers singled, moving Merkle to third. After a ground out moved Meyers to second, pinch hitter Dave Robertson hit a deep sac fly to score Merkle and tie the game. Unfortunately, Meyers did not tag up at second as he should have. Fred Snodgrass was walked and the Giants put in pinch runner Josh Devore for Meyers at second (this meant that both runners had a speed rating of 9!). Heinie Groh singled but Red Sox right fielder Harry Hooper gunned Devore down at the plate. Oh, if only Meyers had advanced to 3rd earlier. In the top of the 9th, the Giants sent in closer Red Ames to pitch and a new catcher in Art Wilson, replacing Meyers. Boston's Gardner got a 1-out single. After Harry Hooper struck out and with Tris Speaker at the plate, Gardner decided to test the new Giants catcher by stealing second, but Wilson threw him out to end the inning. In the bottom of the 9th, Larry Doyle singled and moved to third when Red Sox catcher Nunamaker threw the ball into center field on a steal attempt. He then scored the winning run on a George Burns single. Game 5 This game was another pitching duel between Joe Wood and Jeff Tesreau. The Giants finally got on the board in the 6th on an RBI double by Fred Merkle with two outs. Chief Meyers singled home Merkle and then shortstop Milt Stock drove in Meyers with a triple. With a 3-0 lead, Tesreau was left in to pitch in the 7th and 8th. In the 8th, he did give up a 2-out solo home run to Harry Hooper after striking out the previous two batters. He continued to pitch in the 9th and struck out Babe Ruth, then got Gavvy Cravath to fly out. One out away from a complete game, he allowed a double to Marty Krug. The Giants then brought in closer Red Ames who allowed an RBI single to Les Nunamaker. Ames then struck out shortstop Everett Scott to end the game. The Series now returns to Boston with the Giants still facing elimination for the third time. Game 6 In a somewhat surprising move, the Giants made a change in starting pitchers, deciding to go with lefty Rube Marquard instead of righty Dick Rudolph, who struggled in Game 2. Plus the top 4 batters in Boston's lineup are all left handed, and lefty pitchers have had much more success against them so far in the series than righties have. The move paid off too as Marquard tossed eight innings, allowing just 2 runs. Meanwhile, Boston's Elmer Steele, who finished 2nd in the AL in ERA to teammate Joe Wood during the regular season, was banged up again as San Fran pushed across 6 runs, tying the Series and forcing a deciding Game 7. Now Boston must feel like their backs are against the wall after losing three straight games. However, they are at home for this deciding game. I must say that I am shocked that the Giants have clawed back to force a tie, but this should be an exciting game! Game 7 In the top of the 1st, Giants third baseman Heinie Groh got a 1-out triple off Boston starter Ray Collins, but his teammates could not drive him in. But in the 3rd, shortstop Milt Stock surprised Collins and the Red Sox with a solo home run near the foul pole in left field. Then in the 4th, Collins began to struggle. With one out, he allowed a walk to George Burns, who stole second base and then tagged and moved to third on a sac fly. Fred Merkle then hit a clutch single to plate the run. That was followed by a Chief Meyers single and then a 2-run double from Stock to open up the game 4-0 in San Francisco's favor. In the bottom of that inning, Babe Ruth woke up his Red Sox teammates with a solo home run off Al Demaree. In the 5th, the Giants scored a run off reliever Hugh Bedient for a 5-1 lead. Then Demaree began to struggle. With two outs, he hit pinch hitter Steve Yerkes to bring up the top of the order. All they did was single, double to drive in Yerkes and then homer - by Tris Speaker - to tie the game at 5-5. In the 6th, the Giants had runners at 2nd and 3rd against Rube Foster with one out, but he struck out Fred Snodgrass and got Heinie Groh to fly out. Foster then pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 7th. In the bottom of the 8th, the Giants decided to remove Dick Rudolph, who had pitched well in relief, for their last lefty, Hooks Wiltse, to face the lefty-heavy top of Boston's lineup. It turned out to be a mistake as the first batter, Harry Hooper hit a solo home run on a full count. He then walked the next two batters and San Fran brought in closer Red Ames who got a shallow fly out from Gavvy Cravath and then enduced a clutch double play ball from Marty Krug. Boston's Fred Anderson, who pitched a 1-2-3 8th inning, walked Fred Snodgrass with one out but then got Groh to hit into a game and series-ending 6-4-3 double play. Recap This Series looked like it was going to be a blow-out after Boston took the first three games, but the Giants showed a lot of heart by winning the next three against long odds. San Francisco's relief pitching struggled in their four losses, which felt like the key to me. And that is surprising considering they were the top bullpen in the NL this year. Both offenses performed well and both teams got the same quality in starting pitching, but Boston's relief pitching was more reliable. It also didn't hurt that the top four men in the Red Sox lineup had respective OPS's of .987, .973, 1.062 and 2.100! Series MVP Babe Ruth, 1B: .667 AVG, .767 OBP, 1.333 SLG, 4 HR, 8 RBI __________________ Currently working on the Major League Historical Replay Formerly known as Matt from TN (multiple attempts to reclaim my old account failed) Proud creator of Time Warp Baseball and Set in Stone