Boston’s Smoky Joe Wood and rookie Buck O’Brien toss back-to-back shutouts to beat Cleveland. Wood wins, 6 – 0, and O’Brien follows with a 3 – 0 win. O’Brien, who relieved in his last appearance, will finish all five of his starts, going 5-1.
Red Sox pitcher Smoky Joe Wood tops the St. Louis Browns, 3 – 2, for his 20th win.
In the first game of a twin bill at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, Red Sox right-hander Joe Wood whiffs twelve Browns en route to a 5-0 no-hitter. ‘Smokey,’ a nickname coined due to his blazing fastball, throws the fifth hitless game in franchise history, and last to be accomplished in the Boston ballpark.
At St. Louis, Smoky Joe Wood allows only a single to Burt Shotton in pitching a one-hitter. Boston wins, 6 – 1.
In the season opener before 25,000 at New York’s Hilltop Park, the Boston Red Sox sport laced collars, the last major league team to wear a collar. Boston sends the New York Highlanders into extra innings before the game is called at the end of 14 innings with the score, 4 – 4. Ed Cicotte starts for Boston, with Joe Wood relieving in the 8th inning. Hippo Vaughn goes all the way for New York, retiring Boston batters in the 4th and 12th innings on four pitches. He needs just three pitches in the 10th.
Red Sox reliever Smoky Joe Wood fans 10 Cleveland batters in just four innings as visiting Boston wins, 6 – 4.
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