Pete Fox’s hitting streak is stopped after 29 games.
Pete Fox’s hitting streak is stopped after 29 games.
Pete Fox’s hitting streak is stopped after 29 games.
The White Sox tie a major-league record with eight sacrifice bunts in a 7 – 6 win over the Boston.
At Sportsman’s Park, George Sisler becomes a one-man wrecking crew when he comes to the plate with the bases loaded in back-to-back frames in the Browns’ 10-5 victory over Washington. The St. Louis first baseman drives in seven runs in two innings, tripling with the bases jammed in the third and hitting a grand slam in the fourth.
Cubs 1B Lee Cotter equals a major-league record for total chances when he makes 21 putouts and one assist in a game against Brooklyn.
Harry Frazee, owner of the Boston Red Sox since 1916, sells out for over $1 million to a group of Ohio businessmen, who bring in veteran front office man Bob Quinn from St. Louis to run the club. Frazee’s departure is welcomed by Boston fans who are fed up with the sale of Frazee’s best players over the years, many of them to the rival New York Yankees.
In Detroit, Boston’s Babe Ruth tops the Tigers, 1 – 0, allowing just Donie Bush’s scratch single in the 8th. Ruth deflects the ball but the throw by the shortstop is too late. Ruth has a single and triple, but a pinch triple by Chick Shorten in the 9th drives home the only run. Ruth strikes out Bobby Veach, Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb in the 9th; for the last, he shakes off catcher and player/manager Bill Carrigan. In early 1942, in a speech in Los Angeles, Ruth will call this game his greatest thrill. The Babe also relates to writer John Carmichael that his greatest game was the “called shot” in the 1932 World Series.
The Red Sox sweep the White Sox, winning 5 – 3 and 3 – 1. Babe Ruth starts both games, lasting a third of an inning in the opener, but pitching a 3 – 1 complete game win in the nitecap. Ruth starts the opener to give Rube Foster more time to warm up, and leaves after retiring the first batter.
On July 11, 1914, 19-year-old – Babe Ruth makes his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox against the Cleveland Naps. Ruth pitches 7 innings, gives up 3 runs and 8 hits, he records the win as the starting pitcher when he leaves for a pinch-hitter Duffy Lewis in the bottom of the seventh. Lewis…
Only 26 people are on hand to see Newark (IL) fade, 2 – 0, at Baltimore.
The Giants outhit the Cardinals, 18-16, and win, 13 – 9, in St. Louis. Christy Mathewson goes all the way, walking none but allowing three home runs. Bill Steele takes the Redbird defeat.
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