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April 30, 1917: We took the lead against Boston in game one, going up 1-0 in the top of the second off an RBI single by pitcher Pat Ragan. But Boston scored two in the bottom of the inning off a triple by Al Cabrera, and in the bottom of the third they added a sac-fly by Jack Barry to extend their lead to 3-1. Pat Ragan scored another run for us in the fourth thanks to a groundout by Jimmy Walsh, but Boston added two runs back in the seventh and were able to cruise to victory from there, beating us 5-2. Ragan took the loss, lasting 5.1 innings with six hits, three walks, two strikeouts and three earned runs, and we were outhit 9-7. Manuel Cueto led with two hits, but Ragan had the best offensive night with a hit, a run and an RBI.
May 1, 1917: Wally Schang grounded out but allowed Stuffy McInnis to score a run for us in the top of the first for an early lead, and Mike Mowrey added an RBI double in the fourth to extend that lead to 2-0. Heinie Wagner hit an RBI single for the Red Sox in the bottom of the ninth, but we were able to strand Pinch Thomas on third and escaped with the 2-1 win as a result. We outhit them 11-9, led by Johnny Bassler who hit twice with a run scored, while Mike Mowrey added two hits and an RBI. Gene Packard got the win, improving to 2-1 with a 1.46 ERA after a 7.2 inning five hit effort, walking one and striking out four.
May 2, 1917: Boston took the lead in the bottom of the second off a single by Al Demaree, but in the top of the fifth we tied it off a single by Dick Rudolph, taking the lead moments later with an RBI single by Amos Strunk. Wally Schang and Tony DeFate each hit RBI singles in the seventh to add on, and we stranded two Red Sox runners in the ninth to get out of here with a solid 4-1 victory! Dick Rudolph got the win with a seven hit, one walk, three strikeout and one run complete game, and we outhit them 11-7, led by Strunk (two hits and two RBIs) and DeFate (two hits, one RBI).
May 3, 1917: Boston took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second with a Pinch Thomas double and a groundout by Mike McNally, but Rube Oldring got us on the board with an RBI double in the top of the fourth to keep things close. Unfortunately that was all the “close” we were gonna get, as they held us off from there to win 2-1, outhitting us 10-8. Pedro Dibut lasted 6.2 innings this time with nine hits, a walk, three strikeouts and two earned runs, taking the loss and falling to 1-2 despite a 1.30 ERA through 34.2 innings. We’ll now head back home for one four-game series against the Yankees (8-12) while we continue to stay mired at .500, currently wih a 10-10 record. We’ll then spend three weeks on the road before again hosting the Yanks to end the month.
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