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luckymann · 12-11-2021, 08:33 PM

Game 1 in Washington, October 4th 1919
Dick Redding (20-14, 3.04) v Walter Johnson (22-15, 2.49)

So crucial with the best-of-nine and 3-4-2 format to get at least one win from this first roadtrip, or else you put yourself under huge pressure for the subsequent homestand. 0-3 just psychologically seems so much deeper in the hole than 0-2. This will be tough for Train, his first appearance back in his old park and in front of his former fans, now foes. He’ll need to tamp down the emotions and forget about all that. Easier said than done. Redding knows what’s needed in these playoff games, he’s done it all before and will be tough to beat. Not that he’s had a great season, and his playoff record is not great, but we get Louis Drucke back from injury just in time.

After 2 scoreless frames, Wood goes solo yard to put us ahead. Not much action until the 6th, when we double our lead with one on a Marcell groundout.

Train retires the first 16 he faces before surrendering a single in the home 6th. That leads nowhere and a well-executed hit-and-run in the next gets us a third run on a Groh double. They respond in the bottom half of that frame with their first run after Jackson triples.

They inch closer in the home 8th with another run as Train starts to flag a bit.

I hit for Walter in the 9th and we get an insurance run on an RBI double by Bigbee. Reuther walks one but Drucke nails down the win with a one-out save. A nice, disciplined performance to kick things off.

Pirates 4, Senators 2
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Game 2 in Washington, October 5th 1919
Eddie Cicotte (23-15, 2.34) v Wilbur Cooper (20-13, 2.72)
Pirates lead series 1-0

We can only hope that Wilbur’s couple of uneventful cameos in last year’s playoffs have helped him get past his earlier problems. Nowhere to hide him in the 9-game format as all 4 starters will be called upon at least once and I’m not sure our second-liners like Reuther, Mays and Williams are up for it. So we need him to be competitive here against a tough stalwart in Eddie Cicotte.

Drama early as Cicotte is forced from the game with an arm injury after pitching a scoreless 1st. Southpaw Gus Salve comes on in his place.

Little to report from this point as the pitchers hold sway, allowing no runs and just a handful on thru 8.

We finally break the deadlock on a run-scoring trip by Charleston with two out in the 9th.

Cooper closes it out for a superb 5-hitter as we go two up.

Pirates 1, Browns 0
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BTW The irony of Eddie Cicotte being injured in the sim version of the series that was his undoing IRL is not lost on me...

Game 3 in Washington, October 6th 1919
Hippo Vaughn (20-14, 2.31) v Harry Krause (16-6, 2.25)
Pirates lead series 1-0

Two wily southpaw veterans go at it today. Krause has been a key add for us and we are looking for Harry to continue what he’s done all season. The bats need to wake up—I don’t see this being another 1-0 scoreline.

They get to him straight away, tagging him for 2 on 3 hits in a very nervy 1st. Our bats begin quietly again and we fall further behind in the 4th as they score another run.

More trouble in the next as they belt him about, adding 3 more and I’ve seen enough. Mays comes on in relief. He has been a liability all season and will almost certainly be off to a new home unless something dramatically changes. He is absolutely terrible here, giving up another 6 as they humiliate us 12-0. Our offence manages just 4 hits. An absolute shocker.

Browns 12, Pirates 0
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Game 4 in Pittsburgh, October 8th 1919
Walter Johnson (1-0, 2.25) v Dick Redding (0-1, 3.38)
Pirates lead series 2-1

For a side leading by a game going into a homestand with a fourth-straight Championship in reach, things are pretty flat. These lads have given their all just to get here and that in itself – considering the loss of our main offensive bellwether in Cobb – has been an amazing achievement. But right now the offence seems to have fallen into one of its regular bouts of torpor, as shown by the fact that Carey’s 250 BA is the highest among our starters. So I go for a bit of a gamble here and give a couple of the backup guys a start: Friberg, who despite being just 19 has shown real promise in his rookie season, will start for Groh at 2B; and Baker will come in at 1B, with Charlie going to CF and Scoops Carey to LF, with Elmer Smith to RF and Wood on the bench. Let’s see if that puts a fire under them as Train takes on Cannonball Redding again.

They get to Walter early with back-to-back doubles in the 1st giving them the lead and pad it with another run in the 2nd as Train really struggles to find his groove. Yet another run in the next and then disaster strikes as he has to leave the game with pain in his elbow. Wood comes in to replace him and keeps them from going further ahead with a GIDP.

They make it 4-0 in the 4th as the game starts to get away from us. They already have 11 hits to our 1.

We finally get on the scoresheet in the bottom 4th on a triple by Smith but we leave him stranded there. We do, however, inch closer again in the next as Lundy doubles one in, his first meaningful contribution of the series so far.

Williams has done well to keep them close but flags in the 8th as they all but put us away with 3 more runs. 16 hits to 5 now.
It finishes 7-3 and the Series is tied at 2. It feels like we are down by 2.

Browns 7, Pirates 3
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Game 5 in Pittsburgh, October 9th 1919
Wilbur Cooper (1-0, 0.00) v Lew Moren (0-1, 6.19)
Series tied 2-2

The news on Walter is that he’ll miss his next turn but be available in either Game 8 or 9, should the Series go that far. Wood’s presence is most fortuitous, and he’ll be kept solely for pitching until then. We’ll run the same OF formation as Game 4, with Baker at 1B.

They’ve lost Cicotte for the year, so Wilbur takes on Lew Moren in this one.

Precisely the start we didn’t need sees us gift them a no-hit unearned run via two errors in the top 1st. We leave a man stranded in the home half and a third error nearly costs us in the next before Cooper steadies and gets us out of the jam unscathed.

We get another rally going in the 2nd and Easterly ties the game with an RBI triple, then scores on a Baker sac fly. Another trip with two out by Cooper and an infield hit to Groh make it 3-1.

They start belting Cooper all over the park and take the lead again with 3 on 4 hits and our 4th error.

We load the bases with none out in the 5th. Lundy puts us in front with a 2-run single and a Marcell SF makes it 6-4, but again we leave runs on the deck and with their bats just scorching us you know this wastefulness will come get us.

Sure enough, they load the bases with none down in the 6th and one scores on a single, then another on a SF and it is 6-6.

Cooper has gone back to his bad old ways and I have no choice but to hook him after 6. Reuther comes in.

We get the go-ahead run in the 8th on a two-out hit by Baker. Drucke comes in for the 9th and blows the save.

7-7. Extra innings. The last thing we needed. Mays on the mound. He gets a clean 10th.

Easterly singles with one out. Baker doubles him all the way home for the walkoff win. These guys.

Pirates 8, Senators 7 (10 innings)
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Game 6 in Pittsburgh, October 10h 1919
Harry Krause (0-1, 12.46) v Hippo Vaughn (1-0, 0.00)
Pirates lead series 3-2

A Game 3 rematch and it goes without saying Harry needs to be vastly improved and our bats need to find a way to solve Vaughn.

We go ahead in the 2nd on a two-out Whitted double but they leapfrog us in the 4th with a deuce. We then tie it on a Snyder single in the bottom half of that inning.

In the 5th, we get men at the corners with one out but their CF Devore makes an outstanding assist on a deep flyout to shut us down and keep the score knotted.

Still tied at 2 in the middle 7th, I roll the dice and hit for Krause. It comes to nothing and Williams takes over. He immediately gives up the lead and they tack another one on for good measure.

We have one last crack at them in the 9th, putting the tying runs aboard with one out. A Smith walk loads them up. Marcell flies out but then Lundy comes up with a huge two-out 2-run double and it is tied up once more. Charleston has a chance to walk it off but can only ground to SS and more innings are needed.

I had Wood PH and he now stays in to pitch.

Whitted muffs one and it costs us big time as they go ahead, but Wood is ineffective as well and they tag him for another to make it 6-4.

We’ve got nothing and the series is all square yet again.

Senators 6, Pirates 4 (10 innings)
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Game 7 in Pittsburgh, October 11th 1919
Al Mamaux (13-14, 3.27) v Rube Manning (1-0, 3.00)
Series tied 3-3

This key matchup brings the 4th starters from each team into the fray. Mamaux started the year well but really tailed off, so what we get from him today is anyone’s guess. To go to Washington facing elimination is not something we want to face, so once again we need to dig deep and find a way to get the win.

It gets ugly early as Mamaux gives up 3 in the 1st. We don’t get one out of the infield in the first 4 but get something going in the 5th. Baker knocks one in with a single but once again our clutch hitting is dreadful as we leave them loaded.

Mamaux is constantly in trouble, walking 5 but somehow not conceding. However, his adventures mean he is done after 6. Reuther takes over in the 7th.

We have a go at them in the 8th, putting two in scoring position with none out. One scores on a Lundy SF to make it 3-2 but we can’t get the key hit to tie it up.

They show us how to get it done in the 9th with a run on 3 straight hits then put us to the sword with another one. Our bats, as has been the case for most of this series, have nothing to offer and we do indeed head to the nation’s capital at the precipice.

Senators 5, Pirates 2
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Game 8 in Washington, October 13th 1919
Dick Redding (1-1, 3.18) v Walter Johnson (1-1, 4.35)
Senators lead series 4-3

So Train does get his Game 8 but not under the fairytale circumstances we would have liked, rather with the assignment of keeping our season alive. Baseball’s a funny game, here he is against his old rotation partner and good friend and in front of so many who used to root for him but now want nothing more than to see him get beat. Let’s see how he responds.

They take a 2nd-inning lead as Train gives up a two-out single to Redding. Once again our bats are making little impact, with just 2 singles thru 5.

Train is giving it everything but it is clear he’s labouring and they double their lead in the home 5th.

Smith cancels that out in the next with a solo shot and Train then ties it at 2 in the top 7th with a run-scoring double.

Train barely gets out of the bottom 7th and then we load the bases in the 8th with one out. Bigbee can only manage a forceout at home and with Walter up I decide to lift him for the other Johnson in our squad, Ernie. A flyout ends the inning, another wasted chance.

Wood on the hill.

Top of the 9th, Charlie leads off with a single and Carey bunts him to second. They walk Smith to set up the DP. We leave them where they are.

Reuther takes over in the 9th. For the third time, spare frames are required.

In the 10th, a couple of two-out walks and a Charleston double get us ahead by 2. Carey singles to make it 5-2.

Reuther sends them down in order for an unbelievably gutsy win that sends the series to a deciding Game 9.

Did you expect anything different?

Pirates 5, Senators 2 (10 innings)
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Game 9 in Washington, October 14th 1919
Hippo Vaughn (2-0, 1.89) v Wilbur Cooper (1-0, 3.00)
Series tied 4-4

Undoubtedly because of the success he’s had against us so far, they decide to push Vaughn back out there to try and get his third win of the series. For us, the huge responsibility falls on Wilbur’s shoulders. This has been another epic series and deserves an appropriate climax. Although I’d take a 10-0 win, if it’s all the same to everyone.

There goes that idea, then, as they get to Cooper early with a run in the 1st. We still are hopeless against Vaughn with just a single thru 4.

Cooper keeps them quiet until a messy 6th sees them double their leads. We have 2 hits and 2 errors to this point.

We finally get it together in the 7th, loading the bases on a leadoff single and walks to the next two hitters. Yet again, however, we are dire when it counts, and leave all three standing there uselessly.

I have hit for Cooper, so Wood stays in to pitch.

They put us away with a run in the 8th and Vaughn locks it down with his second shutout win in a superlative performance.

I’ll always be proud of what we did this year, just as I’ll always be disappointed with how poorly we played in this Series. Kudos to the Sens, they outplayed us in every facet of the game.

Senators 3, Pirates 0
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WASHINGTON WINS SERIES 5-4
SERIES MVP: Hippo Vaughn (Washington)

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luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 12,831	1919 World Series Recap Game 1 in Washington, October 4th 1919 *Dick Redding (20-14, 3.04) v Walter Johnson (22-15, 2.49)* So crucial with the best-of-nine and 3-4-2 format to get at least one win from this first roadtrip, or else you put yourself under huge pressure for the subsequent homestand. 0-3 just psychologically seems so much deeper in the hole than 0-2. This will be tough for Train, his first appearance back in his old park and in front of his former fans, now foes. He’ll need to tamp down the emotions and forget about all that. Easier said than done. Redding knows what’s needed in these playoff games, he’s done it all before and will be tough to beat. Not that he’s had a great season, and his playoff record is not great, but we get Louis Drucke back from injury just in time. After 2 scoreless frames, Wood goes solo yard to put us ahead. Not much action until the 6th, when we double our lead with one on a Marcell groundout. Train retires the first 16 he faces before surrendering a single in the home 6th. That leads nowhere and a well-executed hit-and-run in the next gets us a third run on a Groh double. They respond in the bottom half of that frame with their first run after Jackson triples. They inch closer in the home 8th with another run as Train starts to flag a bit. I hit for Walter in the 9th and we get an insurance run on an RBI double by Bigbee. Reuther walks one but Drucke nails down the win with a one-out save. A nice, disciplined performance to kick things off. Pirates 4, Senators 2 BOX SCORE Game 2 in Washington, October 5th 1919 *Eddie Cicotte (23-15, 2.34) v Wilbur Cooper (20-13, 2.72)* Pirates lead series 1-0 We can only hope that Wilbur’s couple of uneventful cameos in last year’s playoffs have helped him get past his earlier problems. Nowhere to hide him in the 9-game format as all 4 starters will be called upon at least once and I’m not sure our second-liners like Reuther, Mays and Williams are up for it. So we need him to be competitive here against a tough stalwart in Eddie Cicotte. Drama early as Cicotte is forced from the game with an arm injury after pitching a scoreless 1st. Southpaw Gus Salve comes on in his place. Little to report from this point as the pitchers hold sway, allowing no runs and just a handful on thru 8. We finally break the deadlock on a run-scoring trip by Charleston with two out in the 9th. Cooper closes it out for a superb 5-hitter as we go two up. Pirates 1, Browns 0 BOX SCORE *BTW The irony of Eddie Cicotte being injured in the sim version of the series that was his undoing IRL is not lost on me...* Game 3 in Washington, October 6th 1919 *Hippo Vaughn (20-14, 2.31) v Harry Krause (16-6, 2.25)* Pirates lead series 1-0 Two wily southpaw veterans go at it today. Krause has been a key add for us and we are looking for Harry to continue what he’s done all season. The bats need to wake up—I don’t see this being another 1-0 scoreline. They get to him straight away, tagging him for 2 on 3 hits in a very nervy 1st. Our bats begin quietly again and we fall further behind in the 4th as they score another run. More trouble in the next as they belt him about, adding 3 more and I’ve seen enough. Mays comes on in relief. He has been a liability all season and will almost certainly be off to a new home unless something dramatically changes. He is absolutely terrible here, giving up another 6 as they humiliate us 12-0. Our offence manages just 4 hits. An absolute shocker. Browns 12, Pirates 0 BOX SCORE Game 4 in Pittsburgh, October 8th 1919 *Walter Johnson (1-0, 2.25) v Dick Redding (0-1, 3.38)* Pirates lead series 2-1 For a side leading by a game going into a homestand with a fourth-straight Championship in reach, things are pretty flat. These lads have given their all just to get here and that in itself – considering the loss of our main offensive bellwether in Cobb – has been an amazing achievement. But right now the offence seems to have fallen into one of its regular bouts of torpor, as shown by the fact that Carey’s 250 BA is the highest among our starters. So I go for a bit of a gamble here and give a couple of the backup guys a start: Friberg, who despite being just 19 has shown real promise in his rookie season, will start for Groh at 2B; and Baker will come in at 1B, with Charlie going to CF and Scoops Carey to LF, with Elmer Smith to RF and Wood on the bench. Let’s see if that puts a fire under them as Train takes on Cannonball Redding again. They get to Walter early with back-to-back doubles in the 1st giving them the lead and pad it with another run in the 2nd as Train really struggles to find his groove. Yet another run in the next and then disaster strikes as he has to leave the game with pain in his elbow. Wood comes in to replace him and keeps them from going further ahead with a GIDP. They make it 4-0 in the 4th as the game starts to get away from us. They already have 11 hits to our 1. We finally get on the scoresheet in the bottom 4th on a triple by Smith but we leave him stranded there. We do, however, inch closer again in the next as Lundy doubles one in, his first meaningful contribution of the series so far. Williams has done well to keep them close but flags in the 8th as they all but put us away with 3 more runs. 16 hits to 5 now. It finishes 7-3 and the Series is tied at 2. It feels like we are down by 2. Browns 7, Pirates 3 BOX SCORE Game 5 in Pittsburgh, October 9th 1919 *Wilbur Cooper (1-0, 0.00) v Lew Moren (0-1, 6.19)* Series tied 2-2 The news on Walter is that he’ll miss his next turn but be available in either Game 8 or 9, should the Series go that far. Wood’s presence is most fortuitous, and he’ll be kept solely for pitching until then. We’ll run the same OF formation as Game 4, with Baker at 1B. They’ve lost Cicotte for the year, so Wilbur takes on Lew Moren in this one. Precisely the start we didn’t need sees us gift them a no-hit unearned run via two errors in the top 1st. We leave a man stranded in the home half and a third error nearly costs us in the next before Cooper steadies and gets us out of the jam unscathed. We get another rally going in the 2nd and Easterly ties the game with an RBI triple, then scores on a Baker sac fly. Another trip with two out by Cooper and an infield hit to Groh make it 3-1. They start belting Cooper all over the park and take the lead again with 3 on 4 hits and our 4th error. We load the bases with none out in the 5th. Lundy puts us in front with a 2-run single and a Marcell SF makes it 6-4, but again we leave runs on the deck and with their bats just scorching us you know this wastefulness will come get us. Sure enough, they load the bases with none down in the 6th and one scores on a single, then another on a SF and it is 6-6. Cooper has gone back to his bad old ways and I have no choice but to hook him after 6. Reuther comes in. We get the go-ahead run in the 8th on a two-out hit by Baker. Drucke comes in for the 9th and blows the save. 7-7. Extra innings. The last thing we needed. Mays on the mound. He gets a clean 10th. Easterly singles with one out. Baker doubles him all the way home for the walkoff win. These guys. Pirates 8, Senators 7 (10 innings) BOX SCORE Game 6 in Pittsburgh, October 10h 1919 *Harry Krause (0-1, 12.46) v Hippo Vaughn (1-0, 0.00)* Pirates lead series 3-2 A Game 3 rematch and it goes without saying Harry needs to be vastly improved and our bats need to find a way to solve Vaughn. We go ahead in the 2nd on a two-out Whitted double but they leapfrog us in the 4th with a deuce. We then tie it on a Snyder single in the bottom half of that inning. In the 5th, we get men at the corners with one out but their CF Devore makes an outstanding assist on a deep flyout to shut us down and keep the score knotted. Still tied at 2 in the middle 7th, I roll the dice and hit for Krause. It comes to nothing and Williams takes over. He immediately gives up the lead and they tack another one on for good measure. We have one last crack at them in the 9th, putting the tying runs aboard with one out. A Smith walk loads them up. Marcell flies out but then Lundy comes up with a huge two-out 2-run double and it is tied up once more. Charleston has a chance to walk it off but can only ground to SS and more innings are needed. I had Wood PH and he now stays in to pitch. Whitted muffs one and it costs us big time as they go ahead, but Wood is ineffective as well and they tag him for another to make it 6-4. We’ve got nothing and the series is all square yet again. Senators 6, Pirates 4 (10 innings) BOX SCORE Game 7 in Pittsburgh, October 11th 1919 *Al Mamaux (13-14, 3.27) v Rube Manning (1-0, 3.00)* Series tied 3-3 This key matchup brings the 4th starters from each team into the fray. Mamaux started the year well but really tailed off, so what we get from him today is anyone’s guess. To go to Washington facing elimination is not something we want to face, so once again we need to dig deep and find a way to get the win. It gets ugly early as Mamaux gives up 3 in the 1st. We don’t get one out of the infield in the first 4 but get something going in the 5th. Baker knocks one in with a single but once again our clutch hitting is dreadful as we leave them loaded. Mamaux is constantly in trouble, walking 5 but somehow not conceding. However, his adventures mean he is done after 6. Reuther takes over in the 7th. We have a go at them in the 8th, putting two in scoring position with none out. One scores on a Lundy SF to make it 3-2 but we can’t get the key hit to tie it up. They show us how to get it done in the 9th with a run on 3 straight hits then put us to the sword with another one. Our bats, as has been the case for most of this series, have nothing to offer and we do indeed head to the nation’s capital at the precipice. Senators 5, Pirates 2 BOX SCORE Game 8 in Washington, October 13th 1919 *Dick Redding (1-1, 3.18) v Walter Johnson (1-1, 4.35)* Senators lead series 4-3 So Train does get his Game 8 but not under the fairytale circumstances we would have liked, rather with the assignment of keeping our season alive. Baseball’s a funny game, here he is against his old rotation partner and good friend and in front of so many who used to root for him but now want nothing more than to see him get beat. Let’s see how he responds. They take a 2nd-inning lead as Train gives up a two-out single to Redding. Once again our bats are making little impact, with just 2 singles thru 5. Train is giving it everything but it is clear he’s labouring and they double their lead in the home 5th. Smith cancels that out in the next with a solo shot and Train then ties it at 2 in the top 7th with a run-scoring double. Train barely gets out of the bottom 7th and then we load the bases in the 8th with one out. Bigbee can only manage a forceout at home and with Walter up I decide to lift him for the other Johnson in our squad, Ernie. A flyout ends the inning, another wasted chance. Wood on the hill. Top of the 9th, Charlie leads off with a single and Carey bunts him to second. They walk Smith to set up the DP. We leave them where they are. Reuther takes over in the 9th. For the third time, spare frames are required. In the 10th, a couple of two-out walks and a Charleston double get us ahead by 2. Carey singles to make it 5-2. Reuther sends them down in order for an unbelievably gutsy win that sends the series to a deciding Game 9. Did you expect anything different? Pirates 5, Senators 2 (10 innings) BOX SCORE Game 9 in Washington, October 14th 1919 *Hippo Vaughn (2-0, 1.89) v Wilbur Cooper (1-0, 3.00)* Series tied 4-4 Undoubtedly because of the success he’s had against us so far, they decide to push Vaughn back out there to try and get his third win of the series. For us, the huge responsibility falls on Wilbur’s shoulders. This has been another epic series and deserves an appropriate climax. Although I’d take a 10-0 win, if it’s all the same to everyone. There goes that idea, then, as they get to Cooper early with a run in the 1st. We still are hopeless against Vaughn with just a single thru 4. Cooper keeps them quiet until a messy 6th sees them double their leads. We have 2 hits and 2 errors to this point. We finally get it together in the 7th, loading the bases on a leadoff single and walks to the next two hitters. Yet again, however, we are dire when it counts, and leave all three standing there uselessly. I have hit for Cooper, so Wood stays in to pitch. They put us away with a run in the 8th and Vaughn locks it down with his second shutout win in a superlative performance. I’ll always be proud of what we did this year, just as I’ll always be disappointed with how poorly we played in this Series. Kudos to the Sens, they outplayed us in every facet of the game. Senators 3, Pirates 0 BOX SCORE WASHINGTON WINS SERIES 5-4 SERIES MVP: Hippo Vaughn (Washington) S+ HOME REPORTS HOME PIRATES HOME __________________ HISTORICAL DO-OVERS PIRATES A'S RED SOX DODGERS CUSTOM SAVES ECLIPSE LEAGUE MOON SHOT LEAGUE EVERYMAN LEAGUE GULF LEAGUE Last edited by luckymann; 12-11-2021 at 10:23 PM.