Brink of Disaster

Tigers at Red Sox, May 13, 1908

Brink of Disaster

Apparently no lead is safe, even in 1908.

The Tigers went into the bottom of the 9th inning of this one with a 9-4 lead. But the Tigers managed to come back.

A dizzying rally was capped off by a balk by relief pitcher George Suggs with runners on first and third:

That balk made this a one run game. And Denny Sullivan wasn’t done yet:

Fortunately for Detroit, the Tigers were able to come back in the 10th inning. Claude Rossman delivered the game winning blow:

And that was the end of this wild and crazy affair.

Ed Summers pitched better than the boxscore shows. The 3 errors that Detroit gave up led to the demise of the big lead.

On a personal note, I’m still worried that I’m not bunting enough. We should have more than 2 successful sacrifices in a game like this. The hard part is figuring out how to bunt consistently in a game with 19 runs and 27 hits.