Speaker hit the first ball pitched for an easy foul which should have been caught by Merkle. The ball dropped between Merkle, Meyers and Mathewson. As was afterward proved the capture of this foul would have saved the championship for the Giants.
Speaker, with another life, singled to right and Engle scored the tieing run. The Giants still had a chance, but a feeble one, for Yerkes was on third, with but one out. Gardner flied to Devore. The New York outfielder caught the ball and made a game effort to stop the flying Yerkes at the plate, but failed to do so, and the game was over and the series belonged to Boston.
Yet so keen had been the struggle, so great the excitement, so wonderful the rally of the New York club after having once given the series away, that it was the opinion generally that the defeated were as great in defeat as the victors were great in victory.
The scores of the games are as follows:
FIRST GAME.
BOSTON. AB. R. H. P. A. E. NEW YORK. AB. R. H. P. A. E.
Hooper, r.f. 3 1 1 1 0 0 Devore, l.f. 3 1 0 0 0 0
Yerkes, 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 Doyle, 2b 4 1 2 2 7 0
Speaker, c.f 3 1 1 0 1 0 Snodgrass, c.f. 4 0 1 2 0 0
Lewis, l.f. 4 0 0 2 0 0 Murray, r.f. 3 0 1 1 0 0
Gardner, 3b 4 0 0 1 1 0 Merkle, 1b 3 1 1 12 0 0
Stahl, 1b 4 0 0 6 1 0 Herzog, 3b 4 0 2 1 1 0
Wagner, ss 3 1 2 5 3 1 Meyers, c 3 0 1 6 1 0
Cady, c 3 0 1 11 1 0 Fletcher, ss 4 0 0 3 1 1
Wood, p 3 1 0 1 1 0 Tesreau, p 2 0 0 0 2 0
McCormick[1] 1 0 0 0 0 0
Crandall, p 1 0 0 0 1 0
Becker[2] 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Totals 31 4 6 27 9 1 Totals 33 3 8 27 13 1
1: McCormick batted for Tesreau in the seventh inning. 2: Becker ran for Meyers in ninth inning.
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0-4
New York 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3
Sacrifice hits—Hooper, Cady. Two-base hits—Hooper, Wagner, Doyle. Three-base hit—Speaker. Double play—Stahl and Wood. Pitching record—Off Tesreau, 5 hits and 4 runs in 25 times at bat in 7 innings; off Crandall, 1 hit, 0 runs in 6 times at bat in 2 innings. Struck out—By Wood 11, Devore, Snodgrass, Merkle, Herzog, Meyers, Fletcher 3, Tesreau 2, Crandall; by Tesreau 4, Hooper, Speaker, Stahl, Gardner; by Crandall 2, Stahl, Gardner. Bases on balls—By Wood 2, Devore, Murray; by Tesreau 4, Hooper, Speaker, Wagner, Wood. First base on errors—Boston 1, New York 1. Fumbles—Wagner, Fletcher. Hit by pitched ball—By Wood, Meyers. Left on bases—Boston 6, New York 6. Umpires—Klem and Evans; field umpires—Rigler and O'Loughlin. Scorers—Richter and Spink. Time of game—2.10. Weather—Clear and warm.
SECOND GAME.
NEW YORK. AB. R. H. P. A. E. BOSTON. AB. R. H. P. A. E.
Snodgrass, l.f-r.f 4 1 1 0 0 0 Hooper, r.f. 5 1 3 3 0 0
Doyle, 2b 5 0 1 2 5 0 Yerkes, 2b 5 1 1 3 4 0
Becker, c.f. 4 1 0 0 1 0 Speaker, c.f. 5 2 2 2 0 0
Murray, r.f-l.f 5 2 3 3 0 0 Lewis, l.f. 5 2 2 2 0 1
Merkle, 1b 5 1 1 19 0 1 Gardner, 3b 4 0 0 2 0 0
Herzog, 3b 4 1 3 2 4 0 Stahl, 1b 5 2 2 10 0 0
Meyers, c 4 0 2 5 0 0 Wagner, ss 5 0 0 5 5 5
Fletcher, ss 4 0 0 1 3 3 Carrigan, c 5 0 0 6 4 0
McCormick[1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 Collins, p 3 0 0 0 1 0
Mathewson, p 5 0 0 1 6 0 Hall, p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Shafer[2], ss 0 0 0 0 3 0 Bedient, p 1 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson[3], c 0 0 0 0 1 1
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Totals 40 6 11 33 23 5 Totals 44 6 10 33 14 1
1: McCormick batted for Fletcher in tenth inning. 2: Shafer ran for Meyers in tenth inning and succeeded Fletcher as shortstop in same inning. 3: Wilson succeeded Meyers as catcher in tenth inning.