Bucky Harris was in another quandary prior to the fifth game. It would be the final game in Washington, if not the final game of the Series. Harris, anxious to end it, was unsure whether he would go with one of his lefties, Dutch Ruether or Tom Zachary, or with his eventual choice, his best available pitcher, Stan Coveleskie, who had shared with Johnson the number-one role throughout the season. Vic Aldridge would be the opposing pitcher, and Ossie Bluege, who'd been beaned by Aldridge in the second game and hadn't played since, would be back in the lineup. Bluege would double and field flawlessly.
Coveleski pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the first inning, as game five also got off to a hectic start. The beloved Nats replied with a run. Sam Rice led off by lining a single to right. Bucky Harris, still playing with a spiked hand which affected his hitting, was able to move Rice over. Goslin then blooped a double near the left field foul line to drive in the first run. From then on, though, it was all downhill for the Senators. Coveleskie surrendered a couple of walks and a single in the third, for a couple of runs. After Series star Moon Harris hit his third home run in five games in the bottom of the fourth, the score remained 2-2 until the Pirates bunched three more singles and a walk for a couple of runs, chasing Coveleskie in the seventh.
The Bucs were not to relinquish that lead, although Nemo Leibold and Sam Rice combined to bring in a run to narrow the margin to 4-3 in the seventh. Pittsburgh would win this one 6-3. Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright doubled and scored off Tom Zachary in the eighth, and drove in Clyde Barnhart with a single off Marberry, who had to come in to rescue Zachary in the eighth. Although he pitched to only two batters, Marberry aggravated the arm injury which had caused him to miss the last five weeks of the season -- he would not pitch in this World Series again.
Moon Harris home run:
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05-26-2023, 04:22 AM
1925 World Series -- Game 5
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