John Ward vs. Tommy Bond 10/10/1879 @ South End Grounds
John Ward retakes the hill for the Grays trying to stave off elimination, while Tommy Bond looks to continue his DMB dominance by sweeping the Grays in front of the hometown fans.
George Wright lined the 1st pitch of the game into centerfield for a lead off single. One out later, a slow ground ball went for an infield hit that put runners on 1st and second. Tommy Bond induced a slow roller from Paul Hines, that he fielded easily, then dropped it, picked it up, and dropped it again for an error, loading the bases with one out. With the infield at double play depth the Red Caps were unable to turn an inning ending DP, that allowed George Wright to score the 1st run of the game.
Not to be out done, Sadie Houck took the 1st pitch he saw from John Ward, and deposited into the left field bleachers for a game tying HR.
Red Caps 1 Grays 1 (1)
In the 3rd, Tommy Bond stroked a line drive double, and after a Grays’ error there were runners at the corners with just one out. John O’Rourke doubled to drive in a run, a groundball and a passed ball led to 2 more runs.
Red Caps 4 Grays 1 (3)
In the 4th Joe Start led off the inning with a triple and scored on a passed ball. In the 5th George Wright led off with a single and later scored on a sac fly to get the Grays within a run.
Red Caps 4 Grays 3 (5)
In the 6th, 2 Sadie Houck errors led to 2 unearned runs and a Grays’ one run lead.
Grays 5 Red Caps 4 (6)
The Red Caps tied the score after Charley Jones singled and came around to score after Grays’ catcher Emil Gross allowed 2 passed balls in the inning.
Red Caps 5 Grays 5 (6)
The see-saw battle continued when Sadie Houck committed his 3rd error of the game putting Paul Hines on base for Mike McGeary’s rbi double.
Grays 6 Red Caps 5 (7)
Continuing the pattern for this series, John O’Rourke took the 1st pitch he saw in the 8th and crushed a lead off triple off John Ward. Charley Jones would promptly single him in with the tying run.
Both teams would go down in order in the 9th, sending this game into extra innings, the 2nd of the series.
Red Caps 6 Grays 6 (9)
Tommy Bond set the Grays down in order in the 10th. In the bottom of the inning with 2 outs, Charley Jones walked on close 3-2 pitch that could have ended the inning. John Ward, obviously still miffed about the call served up a fat pitch to John Morrill that he lined into right for a base hit. Still miffed at the call, John Ward served up another fat pitch to Ezra Sutton. Sutton blooped a fly ball into left that fell in for a walk-off single that won the game and the Series for the Red Caps.
FINAL- Red Caps 7 Grays 6 (10)
10/10/1879, PRO79-BOS79, South End Grounds 1879
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP 1879 Grays 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 6 9 1 8 1 1879 Red Caps 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 11 8 5 2
Grays AB R H BI AVG Red Caps AB R H BI AVG
G. Wright ss 5 1 2 0 .316 Houck ss 5 2 1 1 .389
O'Rourke lf 5 1 0 0 .263 O'Rourke cf 5 2 2 1 .333
Gross c 5 0 2 0 .375 Jones lf 3 2 2 1 .353
Hines cf 4 1 0 1 .222 Morrill 1b 4 0 1 1 .250
Start 1b 5 1 1 1 .278 Sutton 3b 5 0 3 1 .412
McGeary 3b 5 0 1 1 .176 Snyder c 4 0 1 0 .250
Farrell 2b 4 1 0 0 .000 Burdock 2b 3 0 0 0 .067
York ph 1 0 0 0 .250 Cogswell ph 1 0 0 0 .333
Mathews rf 5 1 1 0 .111 Hawes rf 3 0 0 0 .000
Ward p 4 0 2 1 .250 Foley ph 1 0 0 0 .000
43 6 9 4 Bond p 4 1 1 0 .214
38 7 11 5
Grays INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Ward L 0-3 9.2 11 7 5 3 3 126 85 3.14
9.2 11 7 5 3 3 126 85
Red Caps INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bond W 4-0 10.0 9 6 1 0 2 134 95 1.96
10.0 9 6 1 0 2 134 95
PRO: York batted for Farrell in the 10th
Hines moved to 2b in the 10th
York moved to cf in the 10th
BOS: Cogswell batted for Burdock in the 9th
Foley batted for Hawes in the 9th
Morrill moved to 2b in the 10th
Cogswell moved to 1b in the 10th
Foley moved to rf in the 10th
E-Farrell, Houck 3, O'Rourke, Morrill, Sutton, Burdock, Bond. 2B-McGeary, O'Rourke, Sutton, Bond. 3B-Start, O'Rourke. HR-Houck(1). SB-Sutton(3). CS-Jones. K-O'Rourke, York, O'Rourke, Jones, Snyder. BB-Jones 2, Morrill. SF-Hines. PB-Gross 3, Snyder. GWRBI: Sutton Temperature: 47, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 26 MPH.
(Is it my imagination or does it seem like there was a
lot more wind in the the 19th Century)
Summary: Both teams combined to hit 3 HRs in this series a huge power surge compared to just 1 HR in the 1st 3 DMB Series. The MVP once again has to be Tommy Bond. He didn’t dominate like he did in his 3 previous MVP performances. He still “managed” to go 4-0 with a 1.96 ERA. Not bad for a slightly sub par performance.
Tommy Bond 4x DMB World Series MVP
DMB team batting -- 1879 Boston Red Caps
League championship
S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS Sutton 3b .412 .389 .471 4 17 7 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Houck rf .389 .389 .667 4 18 7 2 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jones lf .353 .421 .529 4 17 6 0 0 1 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 Cogswell 1b .333 .333 .333 4 15 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 O'Rourke* of .333 .316 .611 4 18 6 1 2 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 Morrill 3b .250 .278 .250 4 16 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Snyder c .250 .250 .250 4 16 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 Burdock 2b .067 .125 .067 4 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Hawes rf .000 .000 .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Foley of .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 f Richmond sp .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .214 .214 .286 4 14 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total .285 .297 .384 4 151 43 5 2 2 26 18 4 11 0 0 6 3
DMB team batting -- 1879 Providence Grays
League championship
S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS Gross c .375 .375 .375 3 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G. Wright ss .316 .316 .316 4 19 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Brown c .300 .300 .500 3 10 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 Start* 1b .278 .278 .444 4 18 5 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 O'Rourke rf .263 .263 .316 4 19 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 York* lf .250 .400 .250 4 12 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 Hines cf .222 .211 .278 4 18 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 McGeary 2b .176 .176 .235 4 17 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Hague 3b .091 .091 .091 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Farrell 2b .000 .000 .000 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .190 .190 .333 4 21 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total .236 .248 .306 4 157 37 4 2 1 18 12 3 8 0 0 3 0
DMB team pitching -- 1879 Boston Red Caps
League championship
S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF f Richmond* sp 0.00 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 Bond sp 1.96 4 0 0 4 4 3 0 36.2 35 17 8 2 6 1 3 153 Total 1.89 4 0 1 4 4 3 0 38.0 37 18 8 3 8 1 3 161
DMB team pitching -- 1879 Providence Grays
League championship
S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF Ward sp 3.14 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 28.2 33 20 10 3 8 2 2 123 Mathews sp 3.38 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 8.0 10 6 3 1 3 0 1 36 Total 3.19 0 4 0 4 4 4 0 36.2 43 26 13 4 11 2 3 159
Boston Red Caps
