Fenway Fables

April 30, 1918 at Fenway Park
Red sox 8, Senators 1  (11-2)

The Red Sox closed out a spectacular month with their most lopsided win of the season.  Babe Ruth did it all and he not only held the Senators to a run on six hits, but he also singled, stole a base and scored two runs.

Sam Agnew was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with a double and he scored two runs.

April 27, 1918 at Shibe Park
Red Sox 4, Athletics 1  (10-2)

Bullet Joe Bush held the Athletics to just a single run as the Red Sox won their third straight game.  Bush gave up the run on seven hits and he struck out three in the contest.

Amos Strunk tripled and he scored two runs in the contest.  In all, the Sox managed just five hits but they helped themselves out with five walks.

April 26, 1918 at Shibe Park
Red Sox 2, Athletics 1  (9-2)

The Red Sox got their share of breaks in this one as they guaranteed themselves at least a split in their four game series with the Athletics.  The Red Sox didn’t get a hit in the first six innings but they did their share of damage in the seventh.  Amos Strunk broke that up and on a steal attempt of third base, Strunk scored when Athletics starter Scott Perry threw a wild pitch.  Dick Hoblitzell then doubled and he moved to third on Everett Scott’s single before Hoblitzell scored on an error by Kopp out in leftfield.

Dutch Leonard picked up the win with a shaky start.  He gave up one run on seven hits and ten walks with one strike out.

April 25, 1918 at Shibe Park
Red Sox 6, Athletics 1  (8-2)

The Red Sox drew eleven walks and picked up twelve hits as they dismantled the Athletics in the second game of their series in Philadelphia.  Amos Strunk had a team high four hits with a run while Wally Schang crossed the plate twice.

Lost in all of the offense was a solid start by Carl Mays.  He gave up one run on nine hits and a walk with six strikeouts and the win pushed his record to 3-0 on the season.

April 24, 1918 at Shibe Park
Athletics 3, Red Sox 0  (7-2)

Babe Ruth threw seven shutout innings to start this one but he was tagged for three runs in the eighth as the Red Sox lost their second game of the season.  It was their first road game and Ruth gave up just five hits, unfortunately one of them was a three run homer by George Burns.  He walked three and struck out one.

The Red Sox were held to just six hits in the contest.  Harry Hooper was a perfect three for three with a double and he also stole two bases.

April 23, 1918 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 1, Yankees 0  (7-1)

The Red Sox were two outs away from being no hit in this one before Amos Strunk singled to break it up.  Babe Ruth followed that up with a pinch hit single to put runners at the corner and after an intentional walk before George Whiteman hit a fly ball that was muffed to score Strunk to win the game.

Bullet Joe Bush threw a fine game and he improved to 2-0 on the season.  He gave up three hits and four walks with a strikeout in the shutout.

April 22, 1918 at Fenway Park
Yankees 11, Red Sox 4  (6-1)

Dutch Leonard and Sad Sam Jones combined to give up eleven runs on thirteen hits as the Red Sox took their first loss of the season.   Leonard took the loss and he pitched just 3 1/3 innings.  He gave up six of those hits along with five walks in a tough outing.

Stuffy McInnis was the hitting star.  He was the only Red Sox with two hits and he also scored one of the runs.

April 20, 1918 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 5, Yankees 4  (6-0)

Catcher Sam Agnew picked off three different baserunners to help the Red Sox win their sixth straight game to open the season.  Give some credit to Carl Mays in this one too.  He was hit hard for three runs in the first inning but he buckled down and gave up just one run the rest of the way to let the Red Sox come back.  In all, he gave up four runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

Harry Hooper was the star of the game.  Not only did he go two for three with a double, a stolen base and two runs but he also made the defensive play of the game.  With two outs in the ninth and two runners on, Hooper made a nice leaping catch to stop what would have been a triple but ended the game.

April 19, 1918 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 2, Yankees 1  (4-0)

Two errors resulted in the two Red sox runs as they took the first game of their doubleheader on Patriots Day.  It also helped that the Red Sox played flawless ball and they got some nice pitching from Bullet Joe Bush.  He gave up just a single run on four hits and five walks with four strikeouts.

Amos Strunk and Everett Scott each had a pair of singles i the contest.  Dave Shean singled, stole a base and he scored on the Red Sox two runs.

April 19, 1918 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 9, Yankees 5  (5-0)

The bad news is, starter Babe Ruth gave up more runs by a starting pitcher then any other starter to date.  The good news was, The Red Sox scored nine runs and they once again capitalized on Yankees’ errors to walk away with their fifth straight win to open up the season.  Ruth gave up five runs on thirteen hits and three walks with four strikeouts.

The big inning for the Red Sox was a five run fifth inning.  Harry Hooper went two for three with a stolen base and two runs while Amos Strunk went two for three with one run.

April 17, 1918 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 5, Athletics 4  (3-0)

Wally Schang singled with the bases loaded and drove in two runs as the Red Sox completed a two run come back in the bottom of the ninth.  The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead into the eighth but the A’s scored two in the eighth to tie it and two in the ninth to take the lead before the Red Sox stormed back with a three run bottom of the ninth to finish their three game sweep over the A’s to start the season.

Harry Hooper tripled and scored a run in the contest while Stuffy McInnins singled twice and scored two runs.  Dutch Leonard had a shutout through seven innings before the wheels fell of the wagon but the hitters made sure he still got the win.  He gave up the four runs on nine hits and four walks with nine strikeouts.