Rube Marquard spins a masterpiece to tie world series at a game each
October 10, 1912, At Fenway Park Game 2 of the World Series, in the top of the second, Red Murray doubled to center. He advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Fred Merkle and scored on a sacrifice fly by Buck Herzog, giving the Giants a 1–0 lead. Three innings later, Herzog doubled and scored on a single by Art Fletcher, stretching New York’s lead to 2–0. It stayed that way until the bottom of the ninth. Rube Marquard, who pitched a complete game for the Giants, got Tris Speaker to pop up to start the inning. Duffy Lewis followed with a grounder to first baseman Merkle, who flipped to Marquard covering first, but Marquard couldn’t find the bag and Lewis reached with an infield single. Larry Gardner followed with an RBI double, narrowing the Giant lead to 2–1. First baseman/playing manager Jake Stahl grounded to Marquard, who threw out Gardner at third base for the second out as Stahl took first. Manager Stahl then took himself out of the game for pinch-runner Olaf Henriksen. The next Boston hitter, Heinie Wagner, reached on an error by Merkle, with Henriksen, representing the tying run, advancing to third. Wagner, the potential winning run, then stole second to get into scoring position but the next batter, Hick Cady, lined out to the right field to end the game. Although Josh Devore missed the ball with his glove, he managed to catch it with his bare left hand, allowing the Giants to hang on for a 2–1 victory and even the series at a game apiece.
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