Saturday, January 21, 2012

1911 Top Mound Showdown - Collins v Ford

Ray Collins (10-67, Red Sox) v Russ Ford (10-68, Yankees)

1911 Red Sox   010 000 101  -  3  7  1
1911 Yankees   000 100 001  -  2  5  1

W - Collins        L - Ford

Les Nunamaker singled home Larry Gardner to give the Sox a 1-0 lead in the top second. The Highlanders answered with a run in the bottom of the fourth on Larry Gardner single that plated Cozy Dolan. The Red Sox regained the lead on a seventh inning single by Nunamaker that scored Heinie Wagner.

Boston added an insurance run in the top of the ninth thanks to a John Knoght error that scored Clyde Engle. Harry Wolter led off the bottom of the inning with a single and scored on a Dolan single, but Collins finished off the next three hitters for the complete game win.
 
            IP    H   R   ER   SO   BB     
Collins      7    5   2    0    6    1
Ford         9    7   3    2    5    2

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