1924 World Series
1924 World Series
Pittsburgh
vs. Washington
Game 1, at Griffith Stadium: Cooper vs. Johnson
BUCS OVERCOME 5-RUN 2ND INNING, STEAL GAME 1
Big Train Unable to Hold Big Lead
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates overcame a 5-1 deficit, scored
the game-winning run in the ninth and broke out on top with a 6-5 victory over
the Washington Senators in Game 1 of the World Series at Griffith
Stadium.
All five of Washington's runs were unearned and came in the second inning off
Pittsburgh starter Wilbur Cooper. But Senators ace Walter Johnson was
unable to hold the lead, leaving after eight innings with the game tied at five.
The Pirates broke out on top in the second inning. Rabbit Maranville led
off by grounding a double down the left field line. Charlie Grimm
sacrificed him to center and Earl Smith's long fly to right brought him home.
The Senators then exploded for five runs in their half of the frame. Joe
Judge reached on Maranville's error to open the inning and Ossie Bluege doubled
him home to tie the game. Roger Peckinpaugh's sacrifice bunt advanced
Bluege to third and Muddy Ruel's roller to short made it 2-1. But then,
with the bases empty and two outs, Cooper proved unable to retire anyone.
Johnson doubled into the left field corner and Earl McNeely bounced a single
through the middle to score the Senators pitcher with the third run. Bucky
Harris then raked a double into right-center field, scoring McNeely to make it
4-1 and Same Rice followed with a double to almost the exact same spot, plating
Harris with the fifth run of the inning. Cooper finally ended the carnage
by retiring Goose Goslin on a grounder to third.
With Johnson on the hill, the Senators had to feel mighty good with a 5-1
lead. But the Big Train was not his normal dominating self. In eight
innings he failed to retire Pittsburgh in order even once and the Pirates put
the lead off man on base five times in that span.
Pittsburgh cut into the lead in the fourth. Glen Wright led off with a
walk and, one out later, Maranville tripled him home. The Rabbit scored on
Grimm's infield out and it was 5-3.
Cooper, meanwhile, recovered from the big second inning and held Washington
scoreless until being pulled with two on and two out in the seventh. By
then, the Pirates had tied the game.
In the top of the seventh, Smith walked to start things off. Cooper and
Moore fanned, but Max Carey lined a double to right, scoring Smith all the way
from first. Kiki Cuyler followed with a double of his own, this one to
left-center, and suddenly the game was tied. Johnson retired Wright on a
grounder to third, but the damage had been done.
The Senators did threaten in the bottom of the seventh, driving Cooper from the
game in the process. With two outs Goslin and Joe Judge slapped
back-to-back singles, but Jeff Pfeffer replaced Cooper and ended the inning by
inducing a ground ball to short off the bat of Bluege.
Johnson worked a scoreless top of the eighth and Washington tried to take the
lead in the bottom half. Peckinpaugh started the inning with a single and
moved to second on Ruel's bunt. Nemo Leibold was called upon to hit for
Johnson and he lifted a long fly to right that Eddie Moore ran down with
Peckinpaugh taking third. McNeely then lined hard to Grimm at first base
to end the inning.
In the ninth, pinch hitter Carson Bigbee led off against reliever Firpo Marberry
with a single to right. Moore worked the count to 3-2 and grounded
out. Bigbee had been in motion and took second. This became a
critical play in the game. Carey flied out to deep center with Bigbee
advancing to third. Cuyler was walked intentionally bringing Glen Wright
to the plate. He bounced a grounder through the middle. Peckinpaugh
made the grab behind second base but his flip to Harris pulled the second sacker
off the bag. It was scored an infield hit and Bigbee scored the go-ahead
run on the play. Pie Traynor ground out to end the inning but Pittsburgh
now led for the first time since the middle of the second inning.
Johnny Morrison came on to pitch the ninth and quickly retired Harris and
Rice. Goslin lined a single to right-center to keep the inning alive but
Judge lifted a routine fly to left that Bigbee--who stayed in the game for
defense--grabbed to end the contest.
Game 2 will be tomorrow at Griffith Stadium. Ray Kremer will take the hill
for the Pirates and will be opposed by George Mogridge of the Senators.
10/4/1924, Pit24-Was24, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1924 Pirates 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 14 1 8 0 1924 Senators 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 0 9 1 Pirates AB R H BI AVG Senators AB R H BI AVG Moore rf 5 0 2 0 .400 McNeely cf 5 1 2 1 .400 Carey cf 5 1 2 1 .400 Harris 2b 5 1 2 1 .400 Cuyler lf 4 0 2 1 .500 Rice rf 5 0 1 1 .200 Morrison p 0 0 0 0 .000 Goslin lf 5 0 2 0 .400 Wright ss 4 1 2 1 .500 Judge 1b 5 1 2 0 .400 Traynor 3b 5 0 1 0 .200 Bluege 3b 4 1 1 1 .250 Maranville 2b 4 2 2 1 .500 Peckinpaugh ss 3 0 1 0 .333 Grimm 1b 3 0 1 1 .333 Ruel c 3 0 0 1 .000 Smith c 2 1 1 1 .500 Johnson p 3 1 2 0 .667 Cooper p 3 0 0 0 .000 Leibold ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Pfeffer p 0 0 0 0 .000 Marberry p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bigbee ph 1 1 1 0 1.000 39 5 13 5 36 6 14 6 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Cooper 6.2 11 5 0 0 2 96 71 0.00 Pfeffer W 1-0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 14 10 0.00 Morrison S 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 18 12 0.00 9.0 13 5 0 0 2 128 93 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Johnson 8.0 12 5 5 2 4 92 60 5.63 Marberry L 0-1 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 27 15 9.00 9.0 14 6 6 3 4 119 75 Pit: Bigbee batted for Pfeffer in the 9th Bigbee moved to lf in the 9th Was: Leibold batted for Johnson in the 8th E-Maranville. 2B-Carey(1), Cuyler 2(2), Maranville(1), Harris(1), Rice(1), Bluege(1), Johnson 2(2). 3B-Maranville(1). RBI-Carey(1), Cuyler(1), Wright(1), Maranville(1), Grimm(1), Smith(1), McNeely(1), Harris(1), Rice(1), Bluege(1), Ruel(1). CS-Carey. K-Moore 2, Maranville, Cooper, Harris, Johnson. BB-Cuyler, Wright, Smith. SH-Grimm, Smith, Peckinpaugh, Ruel. GWRBI: Wright Temperature: 61, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 8 MPH. Attendance: 32,091 Game Time: 2:05
Game 2, at Griffith Stadium: Kremer vs. Mogridge
GOSLIN, MOGRIDGE STAR AS NATS EVEN SERIES
Marberry Earns 9th Inning Redeemer
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (AP) - Goose Goslin belted a pair of home runs and George
Mogridge came one out away from a complete game as the Washington Senators
squared the World Series at a game apiece with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over
the Pittsburgh Pirates at Griffith Stadium. Firpo Marberry, who was tagged
with the loss in the opener, came on to close out Game 2 with the potential
go-ahead run at the plate.
Mogridge pitched out of trouble constantly but, unlike Walter Johnson in Game 1,
largely retired the leadoff man in each inning. Pittsburgh leadoff hitters
were retired in each of the first seven frames.
Washington jumped on top in the first inning when Bucky Harris singled with one
out and was driven home two batters later when Goslin deposited the first of his
two longballs into the right-center field stands for a 2-0 lead.
The Pirates pushed across an unearned run in the second to halve that
advantage. Rabbit Maranville reached on a one-out error by third baseman
Ossie Bluege and advanced to third on Charlie Grimm's bloop single to
left. Walter Schmidt's fly to center then scored Maranville to make it
2-1.
The Senators regained their two-run lead when Goslin led off the fourth with a
home run deep into the seats in straight away right field.
There were few serious scoring opportunities from that point until the top of
the eighth when Mogridge danced around a two-out, two-on Pirates threat by
retiring Grimm on a grounder to Harris at second.
The Senators went down in order in the home half of the eighth and then
Pittsburgh put together a "what could have been" threat in the top of
the ninth. Walter Mueller pinch hit for Schmidt and drew a lead off walk
on a 3-2 pitch. Earl Smith then was called upon to hit for Babe Adams, who
had thrown a pair of scoreless innings in relief of starter Ray Kremer. On
the very first pitch Smith tapped a grounder to the left of Roger Peckinpaugh at
short who made the pick up, tagged second, and fired to Joe Judge at first just
in time to double up Smith. The play brought the sellout crowd at Griffith
Stadium to its feet and they remained their, in anticipation of Mogridge ending
the game. But Eddie Moore roped a one-hop double off the left-center field
fence, bringing Max Carey to the plate as the potential tying run.
Senators skipper Harris decided to stick with Mogridge, who surrendered only
three home runs in nearly 230 regular season innings, to face Carey. But
the Pirates center fielder lined a sharp single to center. Taking no
unnecessary risks, Moore held up at third. Kiki Cuyler came to the plate
representing the potential go-ahead run. Harris summoned Marberry from the
bullpen. The right-hander had taken the loss in relief in Game 1.
This time around Marberry quickly moved ahead of Cuyler 1-2 before the left
fielder fouled off three consecutive offerings. Marberry then fired a high
fastball right past the Pittsburgh slugger, ending the game.
Game 3 will be tomorrow at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Curly Ogden of the
Senators is expected to take on Emil Yde of the Pirates.
10/5/1924, Pit24-Was24, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1924 Pirates 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 11 0 1924 Senators 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x 3 5 1 3 1 Pirates AB R H BI AVG Senators AB R H BI AVG Moore rf 5 0 1 0 .300 Leibold cf 4 0 0 0 .000 Carey cf 5 0 3 0 .500 Harris 2b 4 1 1 0 .333 Cuyler lf 5 0 4 0 .667 Rice rf 4 0 0 0 .111 Wright ss 3 0 0 0 .286 Goslin lf 3 2 2 3 .500 Traynor 3b 4 0 0 0 .111 Judge 1b 3 0 0 0 .250 Maranville 2b 3 1 0 0 .286 Peckinpaugh ss 3 0 1 0 .333 Grimm 1b 4 0 1 0 .286 Bluege 3b 3 0 0 0 .143 Schmidt c 2 0 0 1 .000 Ruel c 2 0 1 0 .200 Mueller ph 0 0 0 0 .000 Mogridge p 3 0 0 0 .000 Kremer p 2 0 0 0 .000 Marberry p 0 0 0 0 .000 Barnhart ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 29 3 5 3 Adams p 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith ph 1 0 0 0 .333 35 1 10 1 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Kremer L 0-1 6.0 5 3 3 1 0 78 51 4.50 Adams 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 22 17 0.00 8.0 5 3 3 1 1 100 68 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Mogridge W 1-0 8.2 10 1 0 3 1 121 78 0.00 Marberry S 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 7 6 6.75 9.0 10 1 0 3 2 128 84 Pit: Barnhart batted for Kremer in the 7th Mueller batted for Schmidt in the 9th Smith batted for Adams in the 9th E-Bluege. 2B-Moore(1), Cuyler(3). HR-Goslin 2(2). RBI-Schmidt(1), Goslin 3(3). CS-Carey. K-Cuyler, Kremer, Mogridge. BB-Wright, Maranville, Mueller, Ruel. SH-Schmidt. GWRBI: Goslin Temperature: 65, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 1 MPH. Attendance: 32,361 Game Time: 2:05
Game 3, at Forbes Field: Ogden vs. Yde
YDE, BUCS MUFFLE NATS
A Tone Is Set As Pirates Take 2-1 Series Lead
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 6 (AP) - Emil Yde fired a complete game five-hitter, allowing
only two unearned runs in the final inning, as the Pittsburgh Pirates cruised
past the Washington Senators 6-2 before a sellout crowd at Forbes Field to take
a 2-1 World Series advantage.
A tone has been set in this World Series: Pirates pitchers have held Senators
hitters to a .231 average, allowing just 10 runs in the three games. Half
of those runs came in the second inning of Game 1 and only three of the tallies
have been earned. Pittsburgh hurlers have demonstrated remarkable control
thus far, walking only two Washington batters.
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fifth as Yde and Curly Ogden
matched zeroes. In the bottom half of the frame, Pie Traynor led off with
a single to center, Pittsburgh's first hit of the game. Rabbit Maranville
then attempted to sacrifice Traynor along, but his bunt was so good that he beat
Ogden's throw to first for a hit, putting runners on first and second.
Charlie Grimm then dropped another good bunt. Ogden made a nice play and
threw Grimm out at first but the runners advanced to second and third.
Earl Smith was walked intentionally to fill the bases with Yde at the plate and
Ogden got ahead of him 0-2 but then made a big mistake, leaving a fastball over
the heart of the plate. Yde lined it into center field for a clean single,
scoring Traynor and Maranville to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead. Ogden
avoided further trouble by fanning Eddie Moore and retiring Max Carey on a fly
to left.
Pittsburgh seized firm control of the game in the sixth. Kiki Cuyler led
off with a single to center and took second when Earl McNeely misplayed the ball
for an error. Glen Wright attempted to sacrifice Cuyler to third but
fouled a couple of attempts off before working the count full and then drew a
base on balls. Traynor then dropped a successful sacrifice of his own,
leaving runners at second and third and one out with Maranville at the
plate. Washington manager Bucky Harris called upon Joe Martina to replace
Ogden on the mound and brought the infield in to cut off the run. That
they did, as Maranville rolled weakly to Ossie Bluege at third who cut Cuyler
down at the plate. Just when it appeared that the Senators might escape
the inning, everything collapsed. Grimm lined a single to right, scoring
Wright with the game's third run and chasing Maranville to third. Smith
then lined a base hit to left-center, plating Maranville and sending Grimm to
third. It was now 4-0 and Martina filled the bases when he walked Yde.
Apparently frustrated, Martina then lost his composure completely and plunked
Moore with a breaking ball to force in Pittsburgh's fifth run. Harris made
his second pitching change of the inning, bringing in Allen Russell who finally
brought the inning to an end by inducing Carey to ground to short.
The Pirates added a sixth run in the seventh when Cuyler singled, stole second
on a botched hit-and-run, took third on Pittsburgh's third sacrifice of the
game, and scored on Traynor's infield hit.
Yde, meanwhile, was cruising along, allowing only four baserunners through eight
innings.
The Senators made some noise in the ninth, but it was too little and too
late. McNeely reached on an error by Traynor and took second on Bluege's
single. Sam Rice flied to center, moving McNeely to third, and Goose
Goslin was hit by a pitch to fill the bases. Joe Judge then walked to
force in a run, incredibly bringing the tying run to the on deck circle.
Pirates manager Bill McKechnie met on the mound with Yde and decided to leave
him in the game. He was not disappointed. Bluege lifted a sacrifice
fly to right to score a second run, but kept the potential tying run away from
home plate, and Roger Peckinpaugh ended the game with a routine grounder to
short.
Game 4 is tomorrow at Forbes Field. Tom Zachary of the Senators will face
Lee Meadows of the Pirates.
10/6/1924, Was24-Pit24, Forbes Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1924 Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 5 1 1924 Pirates 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 x 6 8 1 6 1 Senators AB R H BI AVG Pirates AB R H BI AVG McNeely cf 4 1 0 0 .222 Moore rf 3 0 0 1 .231 Harris 2b 4 1 1 0 .308 Carey cf 4 0 0 0 .357 Rice rf 4 0 1 0 .154 Cuyler lf 4 1 2 0 .615 Goslin lf 3 0 2 0 .545 Wright ss 2 1 0 0 .222 Judge 1b 3 0 1 1 .273 Traynor 3b 3 1 2 1 .250 Bluege 3b 3 0 0 1 .100 Maranville 2b 3 2 1 0 .300 Peckinpaugh ss 4 0 0 0 .200 Grimm 1b 3 1 1 1 .300 Ruel c 3 0 0 0 .125 Smith c 2 0 1 1 .400 Ogden p 2 0 0 0 .000 Gooch c 1 0 0 0 .000 Martina p 0 0 0 0 .000 Yde p 3 0 1 2 .333 Russell p 0 0 0 0 .000 28 6 8 6 Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Zahniser p 0 0 0 0 .000 31 2 5 2 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Ogden L 0-1 5.1 4 4 4 3 1 68 42 6.75 Martina 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 17 9 27.00 Russell 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 21 16 6.75 Zahniser 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.00 8.0 8 6 6 4 1 111 72 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Yde W 1-0 9.0 5 2 0 1 3 118 79 0.00 9.0 5 2 0 1 3 118 79 Was: Taylor batted for Russell in the 8th Pit: Gooch inserted at c in the 8th E-McNeely, Traynor. 2B-Rice(2). RBI-Judge(1), Bluege(2), Moore(1), Traynor(1), Grimm(2), Smith(2), Yde 2(2). SB-Cuyler(1). K-McNeely, Harris, Rice, Moore. BB-Judge, Wright, Maranville, Smith, Yde. SH-Bluege, Wright, Traynor, Grimm. HBP-Goslin, Moore. HB-Martina, Yde. GWRBI: Yde Temperature: 63, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to left at 8 MPH. Attendance: 25,290 Game Time: 1:52
Game 4, at Forbes Field: Zachart vs. Meadows
MEADOWS, BUCS PUMMEL NATS; TAKE 3-1 SERIES LEAD
Senators' Bats' Slumber Persists
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 7 (AP) - If Game 3 of the World Series seemed to set a trend,
Game 4 appeared to cement it. Lee Meadows tossed a five-hit complete game
shutout while Pirates batsmen banged out 13 hits en route to a 7-0 victory,
pushing the Washington Senators to the brink of World Series elimination.
The Senators will send Walter Johnson to the mound in Game 5, tomorrow at Forbes
Field. He'll be opposed by Wilbur Cooper in a rematch of Game 1.
Washington's best scoring opportunity came in the very first inning. Bucky
Harris ripped a one-out double to left and advanced to third on Sam Rice's
looping single in front of Kiki Cuyler. But Goose Goslin bounced into an
inning ending 6-4-3 double play. It would be the only time in the game
that the Senators had more than one man on base at a time and the only time they
advanced a runner past second.
The Pirates, meanwhile, began pecking away at Tom Zachary in the third
inning. With two outs, Eddie Moore reached on a Roger Peckinpaugh two-base
error. Max Carey followed with a run-scoring single to center and it was
1-0.
Pittsburgh doubled its lead in the fourth. With one out, Pie Traynor
singled to right. He advanced to second on a hit-and-run ground out off
the bat of Rabbit Maranville. Charlie Grimm lined a single to center; the
throw to the plate was cut off with Grimm thrown out trying to advance to
second, but Traynor had already crossed the plate and the Pirates led 2-0.
Three more runs came across in the fifth, knocking Zachary from the came in the
process. Walter Schmidt led off with an infield hit and moved to second on
Meadows' sacrifice. Moore than roped a triple into the left-center field
gap to put Pittsburgh ahead 3-0. Carey walked and Cuyler rapped a single
to center, scoring Moore and moving Carey to second. That was it for
Zachary; he was replaced by Firpo Marberry. He immediately yielded a
single up the middle off the bat of Glen Wright, plating Carey to make it
5-0. Traynor grounded into a double play to end the inning, but the way
the Senators were hitting--or not hitting--the game seemed over.
If there was any doubt, it was erased in the seventh when Pittsburgh plated two
more runs when Wright singled home Moore and Cuyler.
That was that. Washington never even put up a mild threat to get back in
the game.
The Senators appear whipped. The club has now scored a grand total of 10
runs in the four games of the Series thus far, with just five runs in their last
33 innings. The Senators are hitting .215 as a team. The Pirates, by
contrast, are hitting .338. If Washington is to send the series back to
the nation's capital it will likely take a yeoman's effort from ace starter
Walter Johnson.
10/7/1924, Was24-Pit24, Forbes Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1924 Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 2 1924 Pirates 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 x 7 13 0 6 1 Senators AB R H BI AVG Pirates AB R H BI AVG Leibold cf 4 0 0 0 .000 Moore rf 5 3 2 1 .278 Harris 2b 4 0 1 0 .294 Carey cf 2 1 1 1 .375 Rice rf 4 0 2 0 .235 Cuyler lf 4 1 2 1 .588 Goslin lf 4 0 1 0 .467 Wright ss 4 0 2 3 .308 Judge 1b 3 0 0 0 .214 Traynor 3b 4 1 1 0 .250 Bluege 3b 3 0 0 0 .077 Maranville 2b 4 0 1 0 .286 Peckinpaugh ss 3 0 1 0 .231 Grimm 1b 4 0 1 1 .286 Ruel c 3 0 0 0 .091 Schmidt c 4 1 2 0 .333 Zachary p 2 0 0 0 .000 Meadows p 3 0 1 0 .333 Marberry p 0 0 0 0 .000 34 7 13 7 McNeely ph 1 0 0 0 .200 Speece p 0 0 0 0 .000 31 0 5 0 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Zachary L 0-1 4.1 6 5 4 1 1 68 44 8.31 Marberry 2.2 5 2 2 0 1 39 28 6.75 Speece 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 14 11 0.00 8.0 13 7 6 1 2 121 83 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Meadows W 1-0 9.0 5 0 0 0 2 85 60 0.00 9.0 5 0 0 0 2 85 60 Was: McNeely batted for Marberry in the 8th E-Harris, Peckinpaugh. 2B-Harris(2), Cuyler(4). 3B-Moore(1). RBI-Moore(2), Carey(2), Cuyler(2), Wright 3(4), Grimm(3). K-Harris, Bluege, Wright, Meadows. BB-Carey. SH-Carey, Meadows. GWRBI: Carey Temperature: 49, Sky: clear, Wind: none. Attendance: 24,805 Game Time: 1:45
Game 5, at Forbes Field: Johnson vs. Cooper
SENATORS SURVIVE, FORCE RETURN TO D.C. FOLLOWING 10-INNING
NAIL-BITER
Big Train Victorious Despite Shaky Effort
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8 (AP) - In one of the tensest, most nerve-wracking games in
World Series history the Washington Senators forced a Game 6 at Griffith Stadium
tomorrow by eking out a 6-5 ten-inning victory in Game 5 over the Pittsburgh
Pirates. The sellout crowd at Forbes Field witnessed a competitive,
generally well-played game whose outcome was in doubt right down to the final
pitch.
The consensus prior to the start of the contest was that the Senators, whose
bats had been asleep for nearly the entire series, would need an epic
performance from ace starter Walter Johnson to force a sixth game. That
wouldn't happen. For the second straight start Johnson wasn't particularly
sharp, but he put forth a gutsy performance and was rewarded with the victory.
Washington broke out on top in the very first inning. With two outs, Sam
Rice doubled to right-center field off Pirates starter Wilbur Cooper.
Goose Goslin followed with a bullet single to center. The ball was so
sharply struck that Rice was prepared to stop at second but when Pittsburgh
center fielder Max Carey misplayed the ball, Rice scored on the error.
The Pirates tied the game immediately in their half of the frame. Eddie
Moore led off with a walk--the first of five consecutive times reaching base
safely--and was sacrificed to second by Carey. Kiki Cuyler reached on an
infield single, moving Moore to third, and Glen Wright followed with a sacrifice
fly to center.
Cooper held the Senators scoreless in the second and the roof caved in on
Johnson in the bottom half of the inning. After Rabbit Maranville struck
out, Charlie Grimm walked. Earl Smith followed with a single through the
box, advancing Grimm to second. Cooper fanned, but Moore drove a first
pitch fastball over the left-center field wall for a three-run home run, putting
Pittsburgh on top 4-1.
In previous games, this sort of thing had meant a death knell for the Senators,
but this time would prove very different. For the first time in the
Series, Washington came back.
Earl McNeely led off the third by lacing a base hit between short and
third. Bucky Harris followed by driving a sharp grounder through the right
side, chasing McNeely to third. Rice followed by drilling a ball just
inside the first base line into the right field corner for a three-run
triple. Goslin struck out for the first out of the inning but Rice scored
on Joe Judge's infield grounder to tie the contest at four.
From that point on, the two starters matched zeroes until the eighth
inning. The Senators had mild threats but Johnson found himself pitching
out of trouble constantly. Pie Traynor tripled with two outs in the third,
but was stranded. The Pirates very nearly broke the tie in the fourth, but
McNeely gunned down Grimm at the plate to end the inning when the Pittsburgh
first baseman tried to score on Moore's single to center. The fifth ended
when Muddy Ruel threw out Traynor attempting to steal second base and the
Pirates stranded two runners in the sixth and another in scoring position in the
seventh.
Washington finally snapped the deadlock in the top of the eighth. Ossie
Bluege led off the fame with a double to deep center. Roger Peckinpaugh
sacrificed the runner to third. Ruel then lifted a fly to right that was
deep enough to bring Bluege home, and the Senators led 5-4.
Johnson retired the Pirates in order--the only time this happened all game
long--in the bottom half of the eighth and the Senators looked to add some
insurance in the ninth. McNeely reached on an infield single and Harris
bunted him to second. Rice popped out and Goslin was walked
intentionally. Judge followed with a grounder to Maranville at second to
end the inning.
Johnson looked to nail the game down in the bottom half of the inning. It
started off well enough as Smith grounded to Judge at first. But Carson
Bigbee came on to hit for Cooper and reached on an infield single to the right
side. Moore followed by a grounding a single through the middle, with
Bigbee stopping at second. Carey's grounder to short netted a force at
second but the relay to first was too late to double up the hitter and runners
were at first and third with two gone. That brought up Cuyler,
Pittsburgh's best hitter in the Series, as the last hope and once again the left
fielder came through by dumping a single in front of Rice in right field.
Bigbee trotted home with the tying run and Carey raced around to third.
With the game- and Series-winning run at third, Johnson faced the Pirates'
regular season RBI leader in Glen Wright. He lifted a long fly to left but
Goslin was able to chase it down on the warning track to send the game to extra
innings.
With the momentum apparently favoring the Pirates, the Senators got set to face
reliever Johnny Morrison. Morrison plunked Bluege with an 0-1 pitch to
start the inning. Peckinpaugh followed with a perfect bunt to move the
potential go-ahead run into scoring position. Ruel then came through with
a sharp single between Traynor and Wright, advancing Bluege to third. The
pitcher's spot was due and manager Harris decided to sent Nemo Leibold to the
plate to hit for Johnson. Leibold came through with a sacrifice fly to
center. McNeely lined out to Carey in center to end the inning.
Again Washington tried to turn a one-run lead into a victory. Firpo
Marberry was called upon for the fourth time in five games. The
right-hander retired Traynor on a ground out, but Maranville came through with a
sharp single to right. Grimm popped to short, but Smith drew a walk,
moving the tying run into scoring position. Clyde Barnhart was summoned to
pinch hit for Morrison and Marberry worked ahead 0-2 before inducing a grounder
to the right of second baseman Harris. He fielded the ball and flipped to
Peckinpaugh for the force at second to finally end the game.
The Senators had started elimination in the face and lived to tell the
tale. They will do so again in Game 6 at Griffith Stadium tomorrow when
George Mogridge is expected to take on Ray Kremer in a Game 2 rematch.
10/8/1924, Was24-Pit24, Forbes Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1924 Senators 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 12 1 10 0 1924 Pirates 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 12 2 10 1 Senators AB R H BI AVG Pirates AB R H BI AVG McNeely cf 6 1 2 0 .250 Moore rf 4 2 4 3 .409 Harris 2b 4 1 1 0 .286 Carey cf 3 0 0 0 .316 Rice rf 5 2 3 2 .318 Cuyler lf 5 0 3 1 .591 Goslin lf 4 0 2 0 .474 Wright ss 4 0 0 1 .235 Judge 1b 5 0 0 1 .158 Traynor 3b 5 0 1 0 .238 Bluege 3b 4 2 1 0 .118 Maranville 2b 4 0 1 0 .278 Peckinpaugh ss 2 0 0 0 .200 Grimm 1b 4 1 1 0 .278 Ruel c 4 0 3 1 .267 Smith c 3 1 1 0 .375 Johnson p 3 0 0 0 .333 Cooper p 3 0 0 0 .000 Leibold ph 0 0 0 1 .000 Bigbee ph 1 1 1 0 1.000 Marberry p 0 0 0 0 .000 Morrison p 0 0 0 0 .000 37 6 12 5 Barnhart ph 1 0 0 0 .500 37 5 12 5 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Johnson W 1-0 9.0 11 5 5 3 5 124 83 5.29 Marberry S 2 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 20 14 5.40 10.0 12 5 5 4 5 144 97 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Cooper 9.0 11 5 4 2 2 121 83 2.30 Morrison L 0-1 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 11 8 4.50 10.0 12 6 5 2 2 132 91 Was: Leibold batted for Johnson in the 10th Pit: Bigbee batted for Cooper in the 9th Barnhart batted for Morrison in the 10th E-Bluege, Cuyler, Cooper. 2B-Rice(3), Bluege(2). 3B-Rice(1), Traynor(1). HR-Moore(1). RBI-Rice 2(3), Judge(2), Ruel(2), Leibold(1), Moore 3(5), Cuyler(3), Wright(5). SB-Cuyler(2). CS-Wright. K-Goslin, Bluege, Carey, Cuyler, Traynor, Maranville, Cooper. BB-Goslin, Peckinpaugh, Moore, Grimm, Smith 2. SH-Harris, Peckinpaugh 2, Ruel, Leibold, Carey 2, Wright, Maranville. HBP-Bluege, Johnson. HB-Cooper, Morrison. GWRBI: Leibold Temperature: 51, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 21 MPH. Attendance: 24,712 Game Time: 2:10
Game 6, at Griffith Stadium: Kremer vs. Mogridge
BUCS WIN SEESAW GAME 6, CAPTURE SERIES
3-Run 8th Keys Victory; Cuyler's 15 Hits in Series Paces Offense
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates scored three runs in the eighth
inning, overcoming a 5-4 deficit, and went on to defeat the Washington Senators
7-5 in Game 6, winning the 1924 World Series four games to two. The
Pirates clearly had the better of the play in the Series and deserved to win.
Kiki Cuyler banged out 15 hits for the Pirates, posting a .577 batting average
for the victors. Eddie Moore scored seven runs and hit .385 while batting
for the cycle in the Series.
Both teams scored first inning runs in Game 6. Glen Wright triple scored
Moore for Pittsburgh and Joe Judge doubled home Nemo Leibold for Washington.
The Pirates took the lead with a pair of runs in the third off Senators starter
George Mogridge. Cuyler led off with a single and moved to second when
Wright walked. Pie Traynor's sacrifice moved both runners ahead a base and
Rabbit Maranville drew a base on balls to fill the sacks. Charlie Grimm's
flied to shallow center for the second out but Mogridge wouldn't avoid damage in
the frame. Walter Schmidt singled to left, scoring both Cuyler and Wright
and Pittsburgh led 3-1.
The Senators came back and took the lead in the fifth against Ray Kremer.
Ruel singled to right leading off the frame and Mogridge bunted him to
second. Leibold walked and Harris doubled to right, scoring Ruel and
chasing Leibold to third. Sam Rice then ripped a single to right to plate
both Leibold and Harris and Washington had its first lead of the contest.
The Pirates tied the game in the sixth. Schmidt started things off with a
base hit and pinch hitter Clyde Barnhart singled him to third. That was
the end of the line for Mogridge; he was replaced by Allen Russell. He got
Moore on pop fly to Harris, but Max Carey's roller to first scored Schmidt to
make the score 4-4.
Washington immediately reclaimed the lead in the bottom half of the
inning. Against reliever Jeff Pfeffer, Ossie Bluege led off with a ringing
triple to right-center field. Roger Peckinpaugh struck out but Ruel ripped
a single past a drawn in infield and the Senators were ahead 5-4.
But the Pirates rose up to reclaim the lead for good in the eighth. Earl
Smith pinch hit for Schmidt and walked. Carson Bigbee ran for Smith.
Johnny Gooch pinch hit for Pfeffer and flied to right but Moore lined an infield
single off Russell's leg. Carey flied to center and it seemed that Russell
might dodge a bullet, but he walked Cuyler to fill the bases and Wright followed
with a sharp grounder down the third base line that the diving Bluege was able
to smother, but was unable to turn into an out. Bigbee scored the tying
run and then Traynor delivered the coup de grace with a line single to
left-center, plating Moore and Cuyler to make it 7-5.
The Senators went down in order against reliever Johnny Morrison in the
eighth. Leibold reached on an infield single with one out in the ninth but
never moved off first base. Sam Rice's two-out roller to Grimm,
unassisted, was the final out and the Pirates were world champions.
Washington simply couldn't contain the Pittsburgh hitters. The Pirates hit
a remarkable .337 as a club in the six games and averaged 5 1/2 more baserunners
per contest than the Senators. Pittsburgh outscored Washington 32-21 in
the Series.
10/9/1924, Pit24-Was24, Griffith Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1924 Pirates 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 7 12 0 12 2 1924 Senators 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 9 2 7 1 Pirates AB R H BI AVG Senators AB R H BI AVG Moore rf 4 2 1 0 .385 Leibold cf 3 2 3 0 .250 Carey cf 3 0 0 1 .273 Harris 2b 4 1 1 1 .280 Cuyler lf 4 2 2 0 .577 Rice rf 4 0 1 2 .308 Morrison p 0 0 0 0 .000 Goslin lf 2 0 0 0 .429 Wright ss 4 1 2 2 .286 Judge 1b 4 0 1 1 .174 Traynor 3b 4 0 1 2 .240 Bluege 3b 4 1 1 0 .143 Maranville 2b 4 0 1 0 .273 Peckinpaugh ss 4 0 0 0 .158 Grimm 1b 4 0 0 0 .227 Ruel c 4 1 2 1 .316 Schmidt c 3 1 2 2 .444 Mogridge p 1 0 0 0 .000 Smith ph 0 0 0 0 .375 Russell p 1 0 0 0 .000 Bigbee pr 1 1 1 0 1.000 Martina p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kremer p 2 0 1 0 .250 McNeely ph 1 0 0 0 .235 Barnhart ph 1 0 1 0 .667 32 5 9 5 Pfeffer p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gooch ph 1 0 0 0 .000 35 7 12 7 Pirates INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Kremer 5.0 5 4 4 4 0 85 49 5.73 Pfeffer W 2-0 2.0 3 1 1 1 3 38 24 2.70 Morrison S 2 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 22 13 2.25 9.0 9 5 5 5 5 145 86 Senators INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Mogridge 5.0 8 4 4 5 1 80 43 2.63 Russell BS 1, L 0-1 2.2 2 3 3 2 2 44 27 9.00 Martina 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 27 13 5.40 9.0 12 7 7 8 4 151 83 Pit: Barnhart batted for Kremer in the 6th Smith batted for Schmidt in the 8th Bigbee ran for Smith in the 8th Gooch batted for Pfeffer in the 8th Bigbee moved to lf in the 8th Gooch moved to c in the 8th Was: McNeely batted for Martina in the 9th E-Harris, Goslin. 2B-Harris(3), Judge(1). 3B-Wright(1), Bluege(1). RBI-Carey(3), Wright 2(7), Traynor 2(3), Schmidt 2(3), Harris(2), Rice 2(5), Judge(3), Ruel(3). SB-Rice(1). CS-Carey, Wright, Bigbee. K-Moore, Traynor, Grimm, Kremer, Harris 2, Peckinpaugh, Russell, McNeely. BB-Moore 2, Carey, Cuyler, Wright, Maranville, Smith, Gooch, Leibold 2, Rice, Goslin 2. SH-Carey, Traynor, Harris, Mogridge. HBP-Grimm. HB-Mogridge. GWRBI: Traynor Temperature: 55, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: in from left at 11 MPH. Attendance: 30,821 Game Time: 2:29