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luckymann · 02-23-2022, 06:24 PM

Game 1 in Pittsburgh, October 2nd 1926
Dave Brown (25-12, 2.77) v Frank Lange (22-20, 3.95)

What an amazing renaissance for age-42 Frank Lange, and he’ll be a tough customer with all that experience to call upon. We’ll need to be patient at the plate and tight in the field. Hopefully DB can do the rest.

Despite Traynor’s excellent form down the stretch, I’m sticking with Moore to begin the series. Bressler at 1B in Cobb’s absence.

Brown gets into trouble in the 2nd but a gem from Walker doubles up a runner at home and we escape without conceding. He struggles in the next few as well before finally giving up a run on a Foxx trip in the 5th.

That wakes up our bats, who have just 2 hits to this point, and we tie it up on a single by O’Farrell and then go ahead on another hit by Waner, which also loads the bases with still none down. Bressler does likewise to extend our lead and Williams adds two more with yet another single. Then Beckwith singles one in to make it 6-1 and chase Lange. They are obviously concerned about their BP as they deploy Hod Eller – scheduled to start G3 – in relief, and Toporcer greets him with an RBI single. That’s what this lineup of ours can do.

They regather and score one in the next but Brown keeps them quite after that until I hit for him in the 8th. They get one more in the 9th before we close it out.

Pirates 7, Red Sox 3
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Game 2 in Pittsburgh, October 3rd 1926
Sam Streeter (22-14, 3.12) v Erskine Mayer (18-15, 3.26)
Pirates lead series 1-0

We’ve had problems with Mayer in the past and need to learn from those experiences. Sam had another great season but suffered with control issues throughout, so spotting his pitches is key today and in the series overall.

An early scare when Walker looks to have injured himself making another fine play, but thankfully he’s just a bit shaken up.

We open the scoring in the 3rd on a two-out Bressler single and then, after we load the bases, Beckwith adds a pair with a single.

They hit straight back with one in the 4th and we waste a bases-loaded and none out chance in the home half of that one. That costs us as their big guys get to Streeter in the next as he falls apart, conceding 3 and the lead. This is the side of the Streeter we didn’t want to see. It’s also the end of his game as 56 takes over.

He is in immediate strife as Foxx is just tearing us apart and they add 2 to make it 6-3.

Williams inches us closer in the bottom 7th with a solo shot but our clutch hitting deserts us as Bressler kills a bases-loaded rally with a GIDP. Oh, how we are missing Cobb.

A really unconvincing game, especially from our pitchers, all but ends when they pad their lead with two in the 9th and we go down quietly to lose it 8-4.

Red Sox 8, Pirates 4
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Game 3 in Boston, October 5th 1926
Frank Lange (0-1, 14.54) v Willie Foster (19-13, 3.20)
Series tied 1-1

While most of the 19 wins in Willie’s breakout season were good ones, some of those 13 losses were shockers. It goes without saying we’re looking for the former from him here. With his propensity for giving up the untimely longball, he needs to keep the ball down in the zone and try to minimise the number of baserunners on for the big guys.

The Sox surprise us by bringing Lange back for this one ahead of Eller.

Once again their big boys cause us grief as they take a 1st-inning lead with a run on 2 hits, but Foxx has to leave the game in the next after injuring his hip.

They score again in the 5th as our bats struggle to get anything happening, with Lange showing himself to be a true competitor. We finally get a run in the 7th as Waner finally contributes something, and Foster is lifted in the process. Mirabal relieves him.

They are such a disciplined side and are really showing us up in this department, adding 3 more in the 8th to put us to the sword. We have been really flat these past two games and need to turn things around fast as this series is getting away from us.

Red Sox 5, Pirates 1
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Game 4 in Boston, October 6th 1926
Hod Eller (0-0, 0.00) v Dave Brown (1-0, 2.25)
Red Sox lead series 2-1

I wring some changes to try and spark us to life. Cobb reckons he’s good to go and he comes in at 1B, while Traynor comes in at 2B. Toporcer moves to SS, replacing Moore. Steel Arm Davis is gone for the duration with a fever.

A disastrous start as they smack Brown all over the place, scoring 3 before he’s even made an out and 3 more to really put us in the hole, sending 11 to the plate.

We load the bases with none out in the 2nd but have to trade two for one as O’Farrell meekly rolls into a DP. We come at them again in the next, as Beckwith clears the loaded bases with a double and we’re right back in it.

Brown settles right down and we close to within one in the 7th when Walker triples and scores on a Williams SF. Then Beckwith crushes one over the Monster and it is tied at 6. That ends Eller’s game but we keep at them, loading the bases again and taking the lead on a two-out 2-run single by a resurgent Waner. Then Cobb singles to reload them and Walker knocks one in with another base hit. Stirring stuff by the lads.

I have hit for Brown during all of this and Mirabal takes over. He, Braxton and Comstock keep them quiet as we get a win for the ages.

Pirates 9, Red Sox 6
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Game 5 in Boston, October 7th 1926
Erskine Mayer (1-0, 3.86) v Sam Streeter (0-1, 6.00)
Series tied 2-2

One of the key elements of yesterday’s epic comeback win was that we used up a lot of their pitching juice. Mayer only threw 6 pitches but, when you add to that the warm-ups and the general exertion of getting ready to enter a game, it takes a toll more often than not. So we’ll be looking to take advantage of that with him starting this one.

I’m going to stick with yesterday’s lineup apart from Taylor coming in at catcher for O’Farrell.

Today it’s our turn for some 1st-inning fireworks as Walker puts us ahead with a 2-run bomb. We add a third on a Toporcer single and a fourth on an infield hit by Traynor.

Streeter begins nervously, walking two and then giving up an RBI single to Glenn Wright, but Waner cancels that out with a leadoff homer in the next.

Things stay quiet until the top 6th when Streeter singles in a pair to make it 7-1, chasing Mayer. A couple hits and a balk get us another one, but Foxx answers with a 2-run HR in the bottom half to keep them in it.

Beckwith then smokes another longball, adding 2 and you can see that one hurt. But theirs is a quality unit and they won’t lie down, adding one in the 7th and another in the 8th as I give Streeter the hook.

Still, they keep coming, loading the bases before we finally put them away and head home needing one win to win it all.

Pirates 10, Red Sox 5
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Game 6 in Pittsburgh, October 9th 1926
Willie Foster (0-1, 3.00) v Frank Lange (1-1, 5.84)
Pirates lead series 3-2

It’s like deja-vu all over again as we call on Willie Foster to clinch for us in a Game 6. Anything even remotely resembling his 3-hitter gem last year will be fine by me.

We get off on the right foot with a run in the first via a Walker groundout but our joy is short-lived as they get square with one in the 3rd, then go ballistic in the next, adding 4. More trouble in the next and I yank him out of there, though I fear at 6-1 it is already too late. Another one coming in makes our job even harder.

It gets worse from there as they add 2 runs in the next and another pair in the 6th as things become downright ugly. Our pitching has basically self-destructed in this series and now it is us who had to dive deep into the BP here.

A dark day indeed for our ballclub as we lose 12-1.

Red Sox 12, Pirates 1
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Game 7 in Pittsburgh, October 10th 1926
Dave Brown (2-0, 5.14) v Hod Eller (0-0, 5.40)
Series tied 3-3

Well it is going to take every ounce of intestinal fortitude from this group to bounce back from yesterday’s debacle, but if any bunch of ballplayers can do it, ours can. We get to send our ace out there and everything rests with him being able to turn around what has, in spite of his two wins, been a pretty ordinary series. Eller going for them.

Moore and Bressler back in, Traynor and Cobb out.

Straight away we are under pressure as a Williams error gifts them an unearned run in the 1st, but he atones with an RBI single in the bottom half and we score another one on a Beckwith groundout.

Trouble again in the 4th as Brown’s woes continue and they tie it at 2 with a run on 3 hits, but once again we have the ready reply, retaking the lead on a Moore double.

We have a runner thrown out at home in the 6th and narrowly escape a threat in the 7th, which is Brown’s last. But they get the tying run off Comstock in the 8th and this one is going right down to the wire.

Walker singles to lead off the bottom 8th and moves to second on a passed ball. We waste two outs but then Moore comes up with the biggest hit of his career, putting us on top 4-3 with a single.

Braxton comes in to try and close it out. He fans Oms for the first out, does the same to Flowers.

Sewell hits a grounder to Toporcer, who makes no mistake and somehow we have done it again. By the skin of our teeth.

Pirates 4, Red Sox 3
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luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 13,882	1926 World Series Recap Game 1 in Pittsburgh, October 2nd 1926 *Dave Brown (25-12, 2.77) v Frank Lange (22-20, 3.95)* What an amazing renaissance for age-42 Frank Lange, and he’ll be a tough customer with all that experience to call upon. We’ll need to be patient at the plate and tight in the field. Hopefully DB can do the rest. Despite Traynor’s excellent form down the stretch, I’m sticking with Moore to begin the series. Bressler at 1B in Cobb’s absence. Brown gets into trouble in the 2nd but a gem from Walker doubles up a runner at home and we escape without conceding. He struggles in the next few as well before finally giving up a run on a Foxx trip in the 5th. That wakes up our bats, who have just 2 hits to this point, and we tie it up on a single by O’Farrell and then go ahead on another hit by Waner, which also loads the bases with still none down. Bressler does likewise to extend our lead and Williams adds two more with yet another single. Then Beckwith singles one in to make it 6-1 and chase Lange. They are obviously concerned about their BP as they deploy Hod Eller – scheduled to start G3 – in relief, and Toporcer greets him with an RBI single. That’s what this lineup of ours can do. They regather and score one in the next but Brown keeps them quite after that until I hit for him in the 8th. They get one more in the 9th before we close it out. Pirates 7, Red Sox 3 BOX SCORE Game 2 in Pittsburgh, October 3rd 1926 *Sam Streeter (22-14, 3.12) v Erskine Mayer (18-15, 3.26)* Pirates lead series 1-0 We’ve had problems with Mayer in the past and need to learn from those experiences. Sam had another great season but suffered with control issues throughout, so spotting his pitches is key today and in the series overall. An early scare when Walker looks to have injured himself making another fine play, but thankfully he’s just a bit shaken up. We open the scoring in the 3rd on a two-out Bressler single and then, after we load the bases, Beckwith adds a pair with a single. They hit straight back with one in the 4th and we waste a bases-loaded and none out chance in the home half of that one. That costs us as their big guys get to Streeter in the next as he falls apart, conceding 3 and the lead. This is the side of the Streeter we didn’t want to see. It’s also the end of his game as 56 takes over. He is in immediate strife as Foxx is just tearing us apart and they add 2 to make it 6-3. Williams inches us closer in the bottom 7th with a solo shot but our clutch hitting deserts us as Bressler kills a bases-loaded rally with a GIDP. Oh, how we are missing Cobb. A really unconvincing game, especially from our pitchers, all but ends when they pad their lead with two in the 9th and we go down quietly to lose it 8-4. Red Sox 8, Pirates 4 BOX SCORE Game 3 in Boston, October 5th 1926 *Frank Lange (0-1, 14.54) v Willie Foster (19-13, 3.20)* Series tied 1-1 While most of the 19 wins in Willie’s breakout season were good ones, some of those 13 losses were shockers. It goes without saying we’re looking for the former from him here. With his propensity for giving up the untimely longball, he needs to keep the ball down in the zone and try to minimise the number of baserunners on for the big guys. The Sox surprise us by bringing Lange back for this one ahead of Eller. Once again their big boys cause us grief as they take a 1st-inning lead with a run on 2 hits, but Foxx has to leave the game in the next after injuring his hip. They score again in the 5th as our bats struggle to get anything happening, with Lange showing himself to be a true competitor. We finally get a run in the 7th as Waner finally contributes something, and Foster is lifted in the process. Mirabal relieves him. They are such a disciplined side and are really showing us up in this department, adding 3 more in the 8th to put us to the sword. We have been really flat these past two games and need to turn things around fast as this series is getting away from us. Red Sox 5, Pirates 1 BOX SCORE Game 4 in Boston, October 6th 1926 *Hod Eller (0-0, 0.00) v Dave Brown (1-0, 2.25)* Red Sox lead series 2-1 I wring some changes to try and spark us to life. Cobb reckons he’s good to go and he comes in at 1B, while Traynor comes in at 2B. Toporcer moves to SS, replacing Moore. Steel Arm Davis is gone for the duration with a fever. A disastrous start as they smack Brown all over the place, scoring 3 before he’s even made an out and 3 more to really put us in the hole, sending 11 to the plate. We load the bases with none out in the 2nd but have to trade two for one as O’Farrell meekly rolls into a DP. We come at them again in the next, as Beckwith clears the loaded bases with a double and we’re right back in it. Brown settles right down and we close to within one in the 7th when Walker triples and scores on a Williams SF. Then Beckwith crushes one over the Monster and it is tied at 6. That ends Eller’s game but we keep at them, loading the bases again and taking the lead on a two-out 2-run single by a resurgent Waner. Then Cobb singles to reload them and Walker knocks one in with another base hit. Stirring stuff by the lads. I have hit for Brown during all of this and Mirabal takes over. He, Braxton and Comstock keep them quiet as we get a win for the ages. Pirates 9, Red Sox 6 BOX SCORE Game 5 in Boston, October 7th 1926 *Erskine Mayer (1-0, 3.86) v Sam Streeter (0-1, 6.00)* Series tied 2-2 One of the key elements of yesterday’s epic comeback win was that we used up a lot of their pitching juice. Mayer only threw 6 pitches but, when you add to that the warm-ups and the general exertion of getting ready to enter a game, it takes a toll more often than not. So we’ll be looking to take advantage of that with him starting this one. I’m going to stick with yesterday’s lineup apart from Taylor coming in at catcher for O’Farrell. Today it’s our turn for some 1st-inning fireworks as Walker puts us ahead with a 2-run bomb. We add a third on a Toporcer single and a fourth on an infield hit by Traynor. Streeter begins nervously, walking two and then giving up an RBI single to Glenn Wright, but Waner cancels that out with a leadoff homer in the next. Things stay quiet until the top 6th when Streeter singles in a pair to make it 7-1, chasing Mayer. A couple hits and a balk get us another one, but Foxx answers with a 2-run HR in the bottom half to keep them in it. Beckwith then smokes another longball, adding 2 and you can see that one hurt. But theirs is a quality unit and they won’t lie down, adding one in the 7th and another in the 8th as I give Streeter the hook. Still, they keep coming, loading the bases before we finally put them away and head home needing one win to win it all. Pirates 10, Red Sox 5 BOX SCORE Game 6 in Pittsburgh, October 9th 1926 *Willie Foster (0-1, 3.00) v Frank Lange (1-1, 5.84)* Pirates lead series 3-2 It’s like deja-vu all over again as we call on Willie Foster to clinch for us in a Game 6. Anything even remotely resembling his 3-hitter gem last year will be fine by me. We get off on the right foot with a run in the first via a Walker groundout but our joy is short-lived as they get square with one in the 3rd, then go ballistic in the next, adding 4. More trouble in the next and I yank him out of there, though I fear at 6-1 it is already too late. Another one coming in makes our job even harder. It gets worse from there as they add 2 runs in the next and another pair in the 6th as things become downright ugly. Our pitching has basically self-destructed in this series and now it is us who had to dive deep into the BP here. A dark day indeed for our ballclub as we lose 12-1. Red Sox 12, Pirates 1 BOX SCORE Game 7 in Pittsburgh, October 10th 1926 *Dave Brown (2-0, 5.14) v Hod Eller (0-0, 5.40)* Series tied 3-3 Well it is going to take every ounce of intestinal fortitude from this group to bounce back from yesterday’s debacle, but if any bunch of ballplayers can do it, ours can. We get to send our ace out there and everything rests with him being able to turn around what has, in spite of his two wins, been a pretty ordinary series. Eller going for them. Moore and Bressler back in, Traynor and Cobb out. Straight away we are under pressure as a Williams error gifts them an unearned run in the 1st, but he atones with an RBI single in the bottom half and we score another one on a Beckwith groundout. Trouble again in the 4th as Brown’s woes continue and they tie it at 2 with a run on 3 hits, but once again we have the ready reply, retaking the lead on a Moore double. We have a runner thrown out at home in the 6th and narrowly escape a threat in the 7th, which is Brown’s last. But they get the tying run off Comstock in the 8th and this one is going right down to the wire. Walker singles to lead off the bottom 8th and moves to second on a passed ball. We waste two outs but then Moore comes up with the biggest hit of his career, putting us on top 4-3 with a single. Braxton comes in to try and close it out. He fans Oms for the first out, does the same to Flowers. Sewell hits a grounder to Toporcer, who makes no mistake and somehow we have done it again. By the skin of our teeth. 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