In our 7th World Series it will be the Piladelphia Phillies in their first series versus the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox won am impressive 101 games on the season mostly due to their strong starting rotation of Dutch Leonard who set the era record at 1.30 and won 24 games, followed by Ernie Shore who won 18 games and posted a 2.11 era, and rookie Babe Ruth who posted a 17-10 record with a 2.35 era. The Phillies are led by starters Alexander, 21 wins 1.69 era, Erskine also 21 wins with a 2.72 era and Eppa Rixey who won 16 games and had an era of 2.39. The Phillies also have a true slugger in Gavvy Cravath who set the major league mark in home runs with 31.
The series starts in Boston where the visiting Phillies jump out to a 5-0 start and lead after 7 innings. The Red Sox sent 10 batters to the plate in the 8th and scored 4 runs but it was too little too late as the Phillies take the opener 5-4. Babe Ruth takes the loss and Mayer is credited with the win.
BOX SCORE GAME ONE
The Red Sox come back strong in game two behind a excellent pitching performance by Ernie Shore who held the Phillies to 4 hits and strong hitting by Duffy Lewis who was 3 for 5 with 2 RBI, and catcher Pinch Thomas who was 4 for 4 on the day.
BOX SCORE GAME TWO
With the series now moved to Philadelphia the Phillies