May 2, 1917 - interesting baseball story (OT)

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Posted By: <b>Kyle</b><p>Hi Everyone,<br /><br />While watching the Cubs pregame this afternoon, they mentioned a cool "on this date" baseball story that I thought would be interesting to share:<br /><br />Wednesday, May 2nd, 1917<br /><br />The Cubs lefthander Hippo Vaughn and righthander Fred Toney of the Reds toe the mound in Chicago for a one-of-a-kind game. The Reds put up an all righthanded batting order, benching Edd Roush, who will lead the NL with a .341 BA. At the end of 9, both pitchers have no-hitters. With one out in the top of the 10th, Larry Kopf lines the first hit of the game. One out later, Hal Chase lines to Cy Williams, who drops the ball for an error. Chase then steals 2B, and with runners on 2B and 3B, Jim Thorpe hits a swinging bunt near the mound. Vaughn picks it up and, with no play at 1B, fires home, but C Art Wilson, not expecting the throw, freezes and the ball hits his chest protector. Kopf slides in for the only run. Toney sets the Cubs down in order and has the 4th 10-inning no-hitter to date. The run scored by the Reds is their first in 34 innings.<br /><br /><br />Happy Tuesday, <br />Kyle

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Posted By: <b>Gilbert Maines</b><p>Another quite unusual game took place less than two months later - In a nine inning game, Ernie Shore retired 27 in order while only facing 26. As shown below:<br /><br />June 23, 1917: In the first of two games at Boston, Babe Ruth starts for the Red Sox and walks the leadoff man, griping to plate umpire Brick Owens after each pitch. On ball 4, Ruth plants a right to the umpire's jaw and is ejected. Ernie Shore hastily relieves. The runner Ray Morgan is then caught stealing, and Shore retires all 26 men he faces in a 4–0 win, getting credit in the books for a perfect game.