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Originally Posted by Sean
Matty's biggest mistake in that game came on the previous hitter. He walked the light-hitting Steve Yerkes, putting the winning run on base, and bringing up Speaker (who hit .383 that year).
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Excellent point! Matty and his great control missed with 4 pitches to walk the guy ahead of Speaker, who turned out to be the winning run.
From 1905 through 1916, which blankets the T206 era, there were 4 do-or-die games where the Giants needed to win to survive. Matty lost 3 of them - the final games that lost the 1912 and 1913 World Series, and the final game that lost the 1908 pennant.
Ames lost the last game of the 1911 Series, Game 6, after Matty won Game 1 and lost Games 3 and 4...