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The second World Series saw the Chicago White Sox hoping to become the first repeat champion. Indianapolis meanwhile was making its first appearance and had home field advantage with the better record. Both teams had allowed the fewest runs in their respective leagues.

The White Sox raced to an early 5-1 lead, holding on for a 6-4 road win to open the series. SS Germany Smith had two solo home runs in the game.



Indianapolis had the counter punch with a 6-1 victory in game two, putting the game away with a four-run eighth inning. Hardie Henderson was the winning pitcher with four hits and one run allowed over 7.2 innings with five strikeouts.



The series shifted to Chicago in game three and the White Sox got the better of Indianapolis 2-1 in a pitcher’s duel. The big swing was Germany Smith’s two-run homer in the fourth inning. Chicago’s John Healy scattered eight hits with nine strikeouts and one run allowed in his complete game win. The Clowns’ Perry Werden allowed only three hits in his complete game, but took the loss.



Indianapolis evened the series back up on a 5-3 road win for game four. The Clowns went ahead with two runs in the ninth inning on two hits and one error.



The Clowns rolled 7-1 over Chicago in game five, putting them up 3-2 with the series finishing in Indianapolis. George Knight had 7.2 innings with one run, three hits, two walks, and nine strikeouts. Indy had three home runs in the game with #9 hitter Charlie Bastian going 2-4 with a homer, double, and three RBI.



Chicago took a dominant 9-2 win at Indianapolis in game six, forcing a decisive game seven for back-to-back World Series. Tony Mullane allowed two runs and six hits with seven strikeouts in his complete game.



Game seven of the 1885 World Series was a partly cloudy, 58 degree Tuesday afternoon in Indianapolis. The Clowns struck first with a Pop Corkhill double, followed by an error in right field to score him. It stayed 1-0 until a huge sixth inning by Chicago with five hits and five runs, including four doubles. This chased starting pitcher Perry Werden from the game, although the bullpen wouldn’t allow any more after him.

Indy got one back in the bottom of the sixth, then had their own five-run seventh inning. It started with a Jimmy Knowles triple, who was knocked in by Pop Corkhill. The bases got loaded up from there and LF Tom York hit an absolute nuke 468 feet to center for a go-ahead grand slam. That put the score at 7-5, which held as the Clowns dethroned the White Sox as World Series champs.



Likely centuries from now, they’ll talk about the grand slam by the 35-year old York as one of the biggest hits in the history of the game. This earned him World Series MVP, going 8-24 overall with six RBI.