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darnoff · 06-18-2015, 11:25 PM

1919 World Series

Game 1

The Giants started off right away with a run off two singles in the first inning against Boston ace Joe Wood. Wood and his opponent, Dick Rudolph, seemed to have everything under control after that. After seven innings, the score was still 1-0. Then in the top of the 8th, Tris Speaker hit a 2-out solo home run off Rudolph to tie the game. Boston made another dramatic move. In the previous inning, they brought in closer Fritz Coumbe to bail out Wood from a 2-out, bases loaded jam and he did just that by striking out power hitter Ross Youngs. Coumbe then went on to pitch the 8th, 9th and 10th innings without allowing a base runner!

In the top of the 11th, Giants reliever Ferdie Schupp allowed three singles to score a run and give Boston a 2-1 lead. With one out, he then intentionally walked pinch hitter Duffy Lewis to load the bases and setup a force play. San Fran then brought in closer Rosy Ryan to get out of the jam. He struck out shortstop Everett Scott and then left-handed batting second baseman Larry Gardner pulled a ball sharply down the first base line. A normally sure-handed George Kelly misplayed the ball and another run scored. Ryan then struck out catcher Les Nunamaker to end the bases loaded threat.

Now with a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 11th, the Red Sox had things wrapped up, right? Not so fast, said Giants left fielder and 1918 BOY Dave Robertson as he led off the inning with a solo homer off new reliever Rube Kroh, a lefty who was brought in just to face lefty batters like Robertson. Kroh struck out the next two batters but then third baseman Heinie Groh singled to keep the game alive. Light-hitting shortstop Gene Paulette followed with another single, moving Groh to third and suddenly the winning run was on first base with the pitcher's spot coming up. The Giants pinch hit with Fred Merkle, a dangerous right-handed bat used to face the lefty Kroh, but Boston countered with right-handed pitcher Hugh Bedient, a former closer. With a 2-2 count, Bedient enduced a weak ground ball from Merkle which Bedient fielded himself and tossed to first base to end the game.

If this game was any sign, then this is going to be an exciting series!

Game 2

The Giants hit four home runs and scored seven runs in the first three innings off Boston starter Carl Mays, chasing him from the game early. It felt like a blowout the entire game, but then in the 8th, Boston scored three runs - two on Babe Ruth's second homer of the game followed by a solo shot from Gavvy Cravath. That was all the Red Sox could muster, but I think their point was made - as long as their pitching holds up and can handle the balanced Giants attack, the top of Boston's lineup can score runs.

Game 3

Boston got right to work in this game, scoring two runs in the first inning off Rube Marquard. They added a run in the 4th, but the Giants came right back to score two runs in the 5th off Rube Foster. Boston closer Fritz Coumbe relieved Foster with two shutout innings, sitting six Giants down in a row.

Game 4

With the game tied 1-1 in the top of the 3rd inning, Giants slugger Dave Robertson hit a 2-run homer off Ray Collins. His teammates pushed across another run in the inning, giving San Fran a 4-1 lead. In the bottom of the 5th, Babe Ruth hit a 2-run home run with two outs off Jeff Tesreau to narrow the score to 4-3. Ruth then tied the game with a solo homer off reliever Eric Erickson in the 7th. In the 8th, Boston had runners at 1st and 3rd with two out but catcher Les Nunamaker struck out against Ferdie Schupp to end the threat. In the very next frame, George Burns tripled off Buck O'Brien with one out and scored on a sac fly by Ross Youngs. Closer Rosy Ryan then came in to finish off the heart of the Red Sox lineup, with a walk to Ruth his only blemish... but to be honest, that was probably the smartest thing he could have done - take Boston's main weapon out of the equation.

Game 5

Believe it or not, this was actually a close game through five innings as both pitchers - Joe Wood and Dick Rudolph - were tossing shutouts. In the 6th, Wood allowed three runs, two of them on a Dave Robertson homer. In the next inning, the wheels completely came off for Boston. Wood allowed a 2-run homer to Ross Youngs and then gave up a walk and a single. With one out, Boston brought in reliever Fred Anderson who got an out and then allowed a 3-run dinger to Gene Paulette, a man with just 11 career home runs. To add insult to injury, reliever Buck O'Brien walked the bases loaded in the 9th and then coughed up a Grand Slam to Robertson to cap off this shutout that turned into a 12-0 rout.

Game 6

What an incredible game! With the Giants up 3-games-to-2, this was do or die for Boston. Both starting pitchers - Waite Hoyt for San Fran and Carl Mays for Boston - pitched brilliantly. This was redemption for Mays after his first awful outing. He allowed just 2 hits and no runs over six innings. Hoyt allowed four hits and no runs over seven innings. With the score 0-0 in the top of the 7th, Boston loaded the bases with no outs. Hoyt remained in the game to face Boston's 7-8-9 hitters, who were barely hitting above .100 in the series. Sure enough, third baseman Fred Thomas struck out and shortstop Everett Scott flied out to shallow right field, unable to score a run. Now with two outs, Boston gambled and removed Mays for pinch hitter Larry Gardner, who flew out to end the threat.

Boston setup man Hugh Bedient entered the game and allowed three singles and one run, giving San Francisco a huge 1-0 lead. Then Tris Speaker, who had struggled throughout the series, hit a solo homer in the top of the 8th off Giants setup man Ernie Shore to tie the score back up. Bedient sat the 1-2-3 hitters in San Francisco's lineup down in the 8th. Then in the 9th, Boston third baseman Marty Krug got a clutch 1-out double. Boston pinch ran with speedy infielder Hap Myers, and then Fred Thomas flied out, leaving Myers at second with two outs. Boston decided to pinch hit for shortstop Scott and it paid off as Chick Shorten collected his second double in three pinch hit appearances, scoring Myers and giving Boston a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the 9th, Boston closer Fritz Coumbe had a 3-up, 3-down inning as the Red Sox won and tied the series, forcing a deciding Game 7.

Game 7

Boston scored quick thanks to a 3-run homer by Gavvy Cravath in the first inning off Rube Marquard. That really stung for the Giants, but they did get one of those runs back off a George Kelly double off Rube Foster. In the 4th, the Giants manufactured another run with a clutch 2-out single from Frankie Frisch to make it 3-2. In the top of the 5th, Cravath hit a huge double down the third base line that bounced around in foul territory, allowing two runs to score. They then added another run in the 6th when Everett Scott, who was 2-for-22 in the series before this game, shocked the Giants with a leadoff home run. San Francisco added two runs in the 7th, but Boston got one right back in the 8th. Hugh Bedient pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 8th for Boston and closer Fritz Coumbe got three straight outs in the 9th to clinch Boston's third World Series title!

Recap

San Francisco has a much more balanced lineup, but Boston scored runs when they needed them. Two of San Francisco's wins were blowouts, while Boston won three of the four 1-run games. There were two difference makers for Boston, as far as I am concerned. With almost no one doing anything around him, Babe Ruth managed to hit .385 with 4 homers and 7 RBI. He struck out plenty and drove in seven runs, but only one run came in Boston's four victories. Gavvy Cravath struck out even more, but he hit some clutch homers while knocking in 7 runs of his own. Tris Speaker hit just .233, but both of his homers came in crucial spots in games Boston won. It seemed like when Speaker was hitting, Boston was winning.

The second factor was closer Fritz Coumbe, who had the most dominant World Series performance I think I have seen. He pitched in five games and Boston won four of them. In the four victories, Coumbe earned a win and three saves. But more than that, he pitched more combined innings than two of Boston's starting pitchers. He tossed more than one inning in three of his four appearances, including an impressive 3 1/3 innings in Game 1. All in all, he pitched 9 1/3 innings, allowing one hit, no walks, no runs with five strikeouts, all on just 94 pitches. Amazing!

Series MVP

Fritz Coumbe, CL, BOS: 1-0, 3 SV, 9.1 IP, 1 H, 0.00 ERA, 5 K

06-18-2015, 11:25 PM	#458
darnoff All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Atlanta, GA area Posts: 662	1919 World Series Game 1 The Giants started off right away with a run off two singles in the first inning against Boston ace Joe Wood. Wood and his opponent, Dick Rudolph, seemed to have everything under control after that. After seven innings, the score was still 1-0. Then in the top of the 8th, Tris Speaker hit a 2-out solo home run off Rudolph to tie the game. Boston made another dramatic move. In the previous inning, they brought in closer Fritz Coumbe to bail out Wood from a 2-out, bases loaded jam and he did just that by striking out power hitter Ross Youngs. Coumbe then went on to pitch the 8th, 9th and 10th innings without allowing a base runner! In the top of the 11th, Giants reliever Ferdie Schupp allowed three singles to score a run and give Boston a 2-1 lead. With one out, he then intentionally walked pinch hitter Duffy Lewis to load the bases and setup a force play. San Fran then brought in closer Rosy Ryan to get out of the jam. He struck out shortstop Everett Scott and then left-handed batting second baseman Larry Gardner pulled a ball sharply down the first base line. A normally sure-handed George Kelly misplayed the ball and another run scored. Ryan then struck out catcher Les Nunamaker to end the bases loaded threat. Now with a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 11th, the Red Sox had things wrapped up, right? Not so fast, said Giants left fielder and 1918 BOY Dave Robertson as he led off the inning with a solo homer off new reliever Rube Kroh, a lefty who was brought in just to face lefty batters like Robertson. Kroh struck out the next two batters but then third baseman Heinie Groh singled to keep the game alive. Light-hitting shortstop Gene Paulette followed with another single, moving Groh to third and suddenly the winning run was on first base with the pitcher's spot coming up. The Giants pinch hit with Fred Merkle, a dangerous right-handed bat used to face the lefty Kroh, but Boston countered with right-handed pitcher Hugh Bedient, a former closer. With a 2-2 count, Bedient enduced a weak ground ball from Merkle which Bedient fielded himself and tossed to first base to end the game. If this game was any sign, then this is going to be an exciting series! Game 2 The Giants hit four home runs and scored seven runs in the first three innings off Boston starter Carl Mays, chasing him from the game early. It felt like a blowout the entire game, but then in the 8th, Boston scored three runs - two on Babe Ruth's second homer of the game followed by a solo shot from Gavvy Cravath. That was all the Red Sox could muster, but I think their point was made - as long as their pitching holds up and can handle the balanced Giants attack, the top of Boston's lineup can score runs. Game 3 Boston got right to work in this game, scoring two runs in the first inning off Rube Marquard. They added a run in the 4th, but the Giants came right back to score two runs in the 5th off Rube Foster. Boston closer Fritz Coumbe relieved Foster with two shutout innings, sitting six Giants down in a row. Game 4 With the game tied 1-1 in the top of the 3rd inning, Giants slugger Dave Robertson hit a 2-run homer off Ray Collins. His teammates pushed across another run in the inning, giving San Fran a 4-1 lead. In the bottom of the 5th, Babe Ruth hit a 2-run home run with two outs off Jeff Tesreau to narrow the score to 4-3. Ruth then tied the game with a solo homer off reliever Eric Erickson in the 7th. In the 8th, Boston had runners at 1st and 3rd with two out but catcher Les Nunamaker struck out against Ferdie Schupp to end the threat. In the very next frame, George Burns tripled off Buck O'Brien with one out and scored on a sac fly by Ross Youngs. Closer Rosy Ryan then came in to finish off the heart of the Red Sox lineup, with a walk to Ruth his only blemish... but to be honest, that was probably the smartest thing he could have done - take Boston's main weapon out of the equation. Game 5 Believe it or not, this was actually a close game through five innings as both pitchers - Joe Wood and Dick Rudolph - were tossing shutouts. In the 6th, Wood allowed three runs, two of them on a Dave Robertson homer. In the next inning, the wheels completely came off for Boston. Wood allowed a 2-run homer to Ross Youngs and then gave up a walk and a single. With one out, Boston brought in reliever Fred Anderson who got an out and then allowed a 3-run dinger to Gene Paulette, a man with just 11 career home runs. To add insult to injury, reliever Buck O'Brien walked the bases loaded in the 9th and then coughed up a Grand Slam to Robertson to cap off this shutout that turned into a 12-0 rout. Game 6 What an incredible game! With the Giants up 3-games-to-2, this was do or die for Boston. Both starting pitchers - Waite Hoyt for San Fran and Carl Mays for Boston - pitched brilliantly. This was redemption for Mays after his first awful outing. He allowed just 2 hits and no runs over six innings. Hoyt allowed four hits and no runs over seven innings. With the score 0-0 in the top of the 7th, Boston loaded the bases with no outs. Hoyt remained in the game to face Boston's 7-8-9 hitters, who were barely hitting above .100 in the series. Sure enough, third baseman Fred Thomas struck out and shortstop Everett Scott flied out to shallow right field, unable to score a run. Now with two outs, Boston gambled and removed Mays for pinch hitter Larry Gardner, who flew out to end the threat. Boston setup man Hugh Bedient entered the game and allowed three singles and one run, giving San Francisco a huge 1-0 lead. Then Tris Speaker, who had struggled throughout the series, hit a solo homer in the top of the 8th off Giants setup man Ernie Shore to tie the score back up. Bedient sat the 1-2-3 hitters in San Francisco's lineup down in the 8th. Then in the 9th, Boston third baseman Marty Krug got a clutch 1-out double. Boston pinch ran with speedy infielder Hap Myers, and then Fred Thomas flied out, leaving Myers at second with two outs. Boston decided to pinch hit for shortstop Scott and it paid off as Chick Shorten collected his second double in three pinch hit appearances, scoring Myers and giving Boston a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the 9th, Boston closer Fritz Coumbe had a 3-up, 3-down inning as the Red Sox won and tied the series, forcing a deciding Game 7. Game 7 Boston scored quick thanks to a 3-run homer by Gavvy Cravath in the first inning off Rube Marquard. That really stung for the Giants, but they did get one of those runs back off a George Kelly double off Rube Foster. In the 4th, the Giants manufactured another run with a clutch 2-out single from Frankie Frisch to make it 3-2. In the top of the 5th, Cravath hit a huge double down the third base line that bounced around in foul territory, allowing two runs to score. They then added another run in the 6th when Everett Scott, who was 2-for-22 in the series before this game, shocked the Giants with a leadoff home run. San Francisco added two runs in the 7th, but Boston got one right back in the 8th. Hugh Bedient pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 8th for Boston and closer Fritz Coumbe got three straight outs in the 9th to clinch Boston's third World Series title! Recap San Francisco has a much more balanced lineup, but Boston scored runs when they needed them. Two of San Francisco's wins were blowouts, while Boston won three of the four 1-run games. There were two difference makers for Boston, as far as I am concerned. With almost no one doing anything around him, Babe Ruth managed to hit .385 with 4 homers and 7 RBI. He struck out plenty and drove in seven runs, but only one run came in Boston's four victories. Gavvy Cravath struck out even more, but he hit some clutch homers while knocking in 7 runs of his own. Tris Speaker hit just .233, but both of his homers came in crucial spots in games Boston won. It seemed like when Speaker was hitting, Boston was winning. The second factor was closer Fritz Coumbe, who had the most dominant World Series performance I think I have seen. He pitched in five games and Boston won four of them. In the four victories, Coumbe earned a win and three saves. But more than that, he pitched more combined innings than two of Boston's starting pitchers. He tossed more than one inning in three of his four appearances, including an impressive 3 1/3 innings in Game 1. All in all, he pitched 9 1/3 innings, allowing one hit, no walks, no runs with five strikeouts, all on just 94 pitches. Amazing! Series MVP Fritz Coumbe, CL, BOS: 1-0, 3 SV, 9.1 IP, 1 H, 0.00 ERA, 5 K __________________ 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 Last edited by darnoff; 06-18-2015 at 11:29 PM.