[Nick Soulis]

FINAL SERIES

Cubs 18 Hit Parade Has Them On The Brink
Late Inning Rally Leaves The Yankees Desperate

West Side Grounds - The long journey is almost over and the 1906 Cubs can taste the victory of a champion. In game three of this series the Cubs did it to the Yankees again with a 10-7 and may have broken the backs and the will of the pinstripe dyanasty.

The Cubbies won their third game in a row of the series and had 10,000 of their fans on hand jubilent as well as countless others stalking outside the ballayard. Joe Tinker once again was the star of the day going 4-5 with four RBI. The Cubs shortstop is batting .692 in the series while driving in 10 runs, this to go along with his excellent defense.

The Yankees actually broke this game open in the 3rd and the 4th inning against Chicago starter Bob Wicker. Four singles lead to three runs and later an error by Wicker allowed the visitors to get up to a 5-2 lead. Irv Noren doubled in the 7th and the Yankees had a 7-3 lead looking to fully get back into this series.

The Cubs calmly struk back with vengence. In the bottom of the 7th Harry Dteinfeldt tripled while Johnny Kling then shortly after drove him home. Tinker then would drive in a run and later score as the home side came all the way back and scored four runs to tie the game. With the bases loaded in the 8th the Yankees had no choice but to face Tinker again and his single scored two giving his team the lead. The Cubs scored seven runs in two inning and went into the 9th with a three run advantage.

Ed Ruelbach closed the door working around a Yogi Berra double and Chicago celebrated a win that now has them a game away from a sweep and the ulitmate prize.

"We need to stay composed" said manager Franck Chance, "we havenet won anyting yet but to a man we all believe we will get there."

The Yankees now need a miracle and in a situation where a team is in a 3-0 hole, the first win may very well be the most difficult.
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Game 3
1906 Cubs lead series 3-0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Yankees 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 11 1 Chicago Cubs 1906 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 3 X 10 18 4

NEW YORK BATTING LINESCORES CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORES

Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI G. Woodling LF 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 .143 0 2 G. McDougald 2B 5 0 2 2 0 1 4 .250 0 2 Y. Berra C 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 .222 0 1 J. Collins 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .083 0 0 M. Mantle CF 3 1 2 1 2 0 1 .400 0 2 I. Noren RF 4 0 1 1 1 0 4 .200 0 1 B. Brown 3B 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 .250 0 0 B. Martin SS 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 .273 0 1 E. Lopat P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 a-D. Bollweg PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 J. Sain P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Totals 35 7 11 7 6 2 26 a - D. Bollweg pinch hit for E. Lopat in the 8th BATTING Doubles: Y. Berra (1, 9th Inning off E. Reulbach, 0 on, 0 outs) I. Noren (1, 7th Inning off O. Overall, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: Y. Berra 2 , J. Collins , G. McDougald 2 , B. Brown , G. Woodling ,M. Mantle 2 , I. Noren 2 , B. Martin 2 2-out RBI: M. Mantle Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , Y. Berra 2 , I. Noren GIDP: Y. Berra , G. McDougald , B. Brown , I. Noren , B. Martin Sac Bunt: E. Lopat Team LOB: 13 FIELDING Errors: B. Brown (1) Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI J. Evers 2B 6 0 2 2 0 0 5 .250 0 3 J. Sheckard LF 6 0 1 0 0 0 9 .214 0 0 F. Chance 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 7 .286 0 1 D. Gessler RF 5 3 3 1 0 0 2 .286 1 1 H. Steinfeldt 3B 4 3 3 2 1 0 2 .545 1 3 J. Kling C 5 2 3 1 0 0 2 .462 0 2 S. Hofman CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 .429 0 1 J. Tinker SS 5 1 4 4 0 0 0 .692 0 10 B. Wicker P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 a-J. Slagle PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 O. Overall P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 b-F. Schulte PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 0 0 E. Reulbach P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Totals 43 10 18 10 4 2 33 a - J. Slagle pinch hit for B. Wicker in the 6th b - F. Schulte pinch hit for O. Overall in the 8th BATTING Doubles: J. Tinker 2 (5, 2nd Inning off E. Lopat, 2 on, 0 outs; 6th Inning off E. Lopat, 0 on, 0 outs) Triples: H. Steinfeldt (1, 7th Inning off E. Lopat, 1 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: H. Steinfeldt (1, 3rd Inning off E. Lopat, 0 on, 1 out) D. Gessler (1, 5th Inning off E. Lopat, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: J. Kling 3 , F. Chance , J. Evers 2 , H. Steinfeldt 8 , J. Tinker 6 , D. Gessler 6 , J. Sheckard , S. Hofman 2-out RBI: J. Evers , D. Gessler Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , F. Chance 3 , H. Steinfeldt , J. Sheckard , S. Hofman Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING SB: J. Kling (1) , J. Evers (1) , D. Gessler (1) FIELDING Errors: B. Wicker 2 (2) , H. Steinfeldt (2) , J. Tinker (2) Double Plays: 5 (Chance-Tinker-Wicker, Tinker-Evers-Chance, Chance-Tinker-Wicker, Overall-Tinker-Chance, Overall-Tinker-Chance)

NEW YORK PITCHING LINESCORES CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORES

Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA E. Lopat 7.0 15 7 6 2 1 2 125 76 7.71 J. Sain L (0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 2 1 0 21 10 9.53 PITCHING Game Score: E. Lopat 20 Batters Faced: E. Lopat 39, J. Sain 8 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Lopat 13-8, J. Sain 2-0 Pitches - Strikes: E. Lopat 125-76, J. Sain 21-10 Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA B. Wicker 6.0 9 6 1 2 1 0 83 52 1.50 O. Overall W (1-0) 2.0 1 1 1 3 1 0 31 15 4.50 E. Reulbach SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 9 0.00 PITCHING Game Score: B. Wicker 39 Batters Faced: B. Wicker 30, O. Overall 8, E. Reulbach 4 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Wicker 11-5, O. Overall 3-0, E. Reulbach 1-1 Pitches - Strikes: B. Wicker 83-52, O. Overall 31-15, E. Reulbach 18-9

GAME NOTES

Player of the Game: Joe Tinker Ballpark: West Side Park II Weather: Partly Cloudy (51 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 10 mph Start Time: 3:05 pm EST Time: 2:43 Attendance: 10891