Hugh McQuillan was having his own problems with the Nationals, and Washington quickly got two runs back in the fourth, with Joe Judge, who had three hits and a walk on this day, supplying a double sandwiched between walks. Displaced third baseman Ralph Miller, who hadn't played the position in the majors since 1921, drove in the first run with a sac fly and, following another walk -- to Muddy Ruel -- McQuillan was gone, pulled in favor of another righthander, Rosy Ryan. Harris sent Benny Tate, an untried rookie catcher, to pinch hit for Marberry. The move paid off, as Tate earned a walk off Ryan, scoring a second run.
Rosy Ryan's presence in this game became even more of a factor when he strode to the plate with one out and nobody on base against new Nats reliever Allan Russell. To everyone's astonishment, including his own, Ryan clubbed a vicious home run into the upper deck of the distant right field stands at the Polo Grounds. Raloh Miller's suspect fielding skills resulted in a 5-2 Giants lead in the sixth. Miller stopped a ground ball off Gowdey's bat, but lost the handle on it. Lindstrom later doubled to bring Gowdey around.
Joe Martina, 6-8, 4.67 in 1924, his only season in the big leagues, pitched an uneventful seventh for the Griffithmen, as the Senators were sometimes called by the writers. The Nats pulled within two in the eighth. Bluege singled with one out, was helped along when Ralph Miller walked, and then scored on an infield single by Mule Shirley, who was pinch hitting for Martina.
In the bottom of the inning, Harris brought in underarmer Byron Speece, a 27-year-old rookie righthander who had pitched well on the 21 occasions Bucky called upon him during the regular season (2-1, 2.65). Speece just didn't have any luck at all on this day. He gave up just one clean hit, to Hank Gowdey, after Travis Jackson had beaten a slow roller to first. Rosy Ryan, who pitched 4.2 innings for the victory in this game, then grounded to Speece, bringing in the run. Speece then made a very nice play on a perfect bunt toward third by Frank Frisch, pouncing on the ball and making the play to Ruel at the plate to nip Gowdey and end the inning.
The Nats made a valiant effort in the ninth, scoring a run and loading the bases with one out. The Giants' third pitcher of the inning, Mule Watson, only 28 but making what would turn out to be his last appearance in the major leagues, got Miller to foul out to Lindstrom at third, and Ruel to ground into a force-out to wrap up the game, a 6-4 loss for Washington.
Kelly scores New York's third run in Game 3 of the 1924 World Series:
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