The Browns cuff Red Sox starter Babe Ruth for four unearned runs in the 3rd, win, 9 – 8 in a game that should have been protested
On July 25, 1915 — 1915 – In the first of two games, the Browns cuff Red Sox starter Babe Ruth for four unearned runs in the 3rd, and the young lefty is relieved by Carl Mays. Boston ties the score, 4 – 4, in the 4th, but the Browns eventually win, 9 – 8. In the nightcap, a 1 – 1 tie, George Sisler pitches the last two innings for the Browns.
The Red Sox missed an opportunity to protest the game, the Browns batting order was given to the home plate umpire had Del Pratt hitting third, Tillie Walker fourth, and Ivan Howard fifth. The first two times through the order, Howard hit third, Pratt fourth, and Walker fifth. Babe Ruth held them scoreless in the first two innings, but the Browns rallied for four in the third, including hits by all three of the ones batting out of order. (Technically, Walker was in order once Pratt’s at-bat was not protested.) The Red Sox did not pick up on it, so the hits were allowed to stand. In the fourth, the Browns went back to the correct order and told the home plate umpire what they were doing. The Red Sox did not even realize that had happened until the fifth inning when they talked to the plate ump. He informed them that they were way too late in their objections,
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