October 11th, 1906 World Series Game 1: St. Louis Browns (0-0) @ Boston Beaneaters (0-0)
BSN: Heinie Berger (1-0; 0.00) v SLA: Kevin Slowey (10-6; 2.28)
Late-season signing Heinie Berger’s first FL game was the one that got his Beaneaters into this Series and, while he doesn’t get things all his own way, he keeps his perfect record intact with a complete game win to get Boston an early series lead. David Eckstein goes 3-for-4 with an RBI as the Beaneaters break a 3-3 tie with one in the 6th and stretch their advantage with a deuce in the 7th, and Berger keeps the Browns quiet for the remainder.
FINAL SCORE: Boston 6, St. Louis 3
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October 12th, 1906 World Series Game 2: St. Louis Browns (0-1) @ Boston Beaneaters (1-0)
BSN: Kent Greenfield (21-15; 3.13) v SLA: Hooks Wiltse (23-14; 2.77)
Two 20-game winners go head-to-head and this one doesn’t disappoint.
The visitors take a 1-0 lead in the 4th on an RBI single by Ping Bodie, a run that holds up all the way to the 7th, when Boston ties it up on a throwing error by Browns catcher Tucker Barnhart. The hosts then bust it open with four in the 8th, with a bases-clearing double by Mike Sharperson doing most of the damage.
The visitors rally in the top 9th, scoring 3 on a two-out bases-loaded two-bagger by Mike Mowrey, but Greenfield gets Jimmy Sebring to ground out and end the game as Boston scrapes through to go 2-0 up heading to the Gateway City.
FINAL SCORE: Boston 5, St. Louis 4
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October 14th, 1906 World Series Game 3: Boston Beaneaters (2-0) @ St. Louis Browns (0-2)
SLA: Frank Castillo (20-13; 2.84) v BSN: Andy Coakley (23-10; 2.20)
Home field advantage notwithstanding, it doesn’t get any easier here for the Browns as the Beaneaters send another 23-game winner to the mound in Andy Coakley. Still, St. Louis has a 20-game winner of their own going for them in Frank Castillo and once again the game lives up to the hype.
The pitchers dominate thru 6 with the home side looking the more likely to score, having a man thrown out at home trying to do just that in the 3rd. And yet, as is so often the case, it is the other side that breaks the deadlock, with Boston taking a 1-0 lead in the 7th in an identical play to the previous game, with catcher Kelly Stinnett throwing one away trying to catch Campbell stealing third.
The Browns finally get on the scoresheet in the bottom 8th courtesy of a game-tying RBI single by Sebring, and then – after surviving a close call in the top 9th – walk it off 2-1 as Stinnett redeems himself with the game-winning single.
FINAL SCORE: St. Louis 2, Boston 1
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