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NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS VS BOSTON RUSTLERS
A ridiculous seeding saw a terrible Boston team this highly ranked. But the Rustlers stunned everyone with a 3-1 victory in Game 1. New York out-hit Boston 12-10 but also committed 4 errors. Cy Young got the win. Russ Ford allowed just 1 earned run but got the loss. Birdie Cree and Harry Wolter each went 3-for-4 for the Highlanders. New York took Game 2 7-2 to even the series up as it headed to the Big Apple. The Highlanders scored 3 in the top of the 4th to take a 4-2 lead and led from there on out. New York had 13 hits in the game but also committed 3 errors. Ray Caldwell allowed just 1 earned run in 7.2 innings to get the victory. Birdie Cree went 4-for-4 and Harry Wolter went 3-for-4. The Highlanders sneaked past the Rustlers 3-2 in Game 3. New York had 10 hits in the game. Russ Ford got the win. Cy Young allowed just 2 earned runs but got the loss. Jeff Sweeney went 3-for-4. The Highlanders dropped a close Game 4 to Boston 8-7 as Boston tied the series back up. Trailing 3-2, the Rustlers scored 3 in the top of the 6th to take the lead for good. Each team scored 3 runs in a wild 9th inning to close out the scoring. Both teams had 11 hits but New York committed 4 errors in the game. Doc Miller went 3-for-5 and scored 3 times. Wilbur Good had 4 RBI. For the Highlanders, Birdie Cree went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI, Bert Daniels also went 3-for-5 and Otis Johnson had a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 4th. The Highlanders pinned a Gae 5 loss on Boston 6-4 to take a 3-2 lead in the series. New York scored 3 in the bottom of the 1st to take a 3-0 lead but the Rustlers cane back with 4 in the top of the 3rd to take a 4-3 lead that they were unable to maintain. The Highlanders had 11 hits and 3 errors in the game. Roy Hartzell went 3-for-3 with 3 RBI and Hal Chase went 3-for-5. In 10 home games so far in The Gauntlet, the Highlanders were 8-2. Boston shut out New York 2-0 in Game 6 and the series will go the distance. The Rustlers out-hit the Highlanders 13-10. Yes, New York had 10 hits and did not get a single run. Cy Young pitched 8 innings to get the win. Russ Ford got the loss. Buck Herzog hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 1st. The loss dropped New York's record to 3-5 on the road in The Gantlet. The Highlanders were definitely doing much better at home. But Game 7 was in Boston. Did not help the Rustlers one bit as New York clobbered Boston 16-1. The game was close through 5 innings. But, in the top of the 6th, the Highlanders scored 11 runs to take a 13-1 lead and all that was left was to play through the rest of the innings. New York had 18 hits while Boston committed 4 errors. Ray Caldwell got the win. Roy Hartzell went 5-for-5 with 4 RBI, Bert Daniels went 3-for-3 and scored 3 runs and Birdie Cree went 3-for-4 and scored 4 runs. Cree was named Series MVP.
NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS WIN 4 GAMES TO 3
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