1912 season Smoky Joe Wood
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equally compelling in drama, wood s red sox faced john mcgraw s new york giants in historic 1912 world series. after slugging out in 7 close games, teams met deciding game 8 @ fenway future hall of famer christy mathewson starting giants. after boston tied score 1–1 in bottom of seventh, wood came in pitch. matched mathewson in eighth , ninth, , game went innings. in top of tenth, fred merkle got wood knocking in run single. in bottom of tenth, clyde engle, pinch-hitting wood, hit easy fly ball fred snodgrass in center field, , snodgrass dropped ball. given new life, snodgrass muff cost giants speaker , larry gardner each knocked in run overcome 1-run deficit. wood , red sox won game 3–2 , series 4-3-1. wood, game third win in series against 1 loss. struck out 11 batters in 1 game, becoming first pitcher record double-digit strikeouts in world series game.
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