Baltimore 9 Jersey City 6 – Starting
Pitcher – Taken out in 8th Inning – No Decision – 1 for 4 at bat
Having pitched less than two innings
the previous day, Dunn started Babe against the Jersey City Skeeters. Going into the seventh inning, the Orioles led
3-0. Babe gave up a run in the seventh,
but the Orioles came back in the eighth to take a 6-1 lead. However, Babe did not make it out of the
eighth inning giving up three more runs.
Jersey City tied the game 6-6, after Ruth left the game. But the Birds came back scoring three more
runs in the ninth inning for a 9-6 victory, and a season record of 21-14. Since the Orioles took the lead, after he
left the game, Ruth was not credited for the win.
Babe did not
play in the last two games against Jersey City which the Orioles won. However, during the grueling 24 game road
trip in all seven other cities of the International League, Babe had played in
14 games. He was the starting pitcher in
8 games, once a relief pitcher, started in the outfield in 2 games and pinch
hit in three games. Between May 20th
and June 1st, he played in eleven of the twelve games and appeared
in both games of three double headers during the stretch.
Did Dunn overuse his rookie pitcher
on the road? While Babe completed all three
of his starts during the Orioles initial 13 game home series, during the road
trip he only finished half of the 8 games he started. In the first home series, Babe gave up only 5
runs in 29 innings pitched. His road
record was 25 runs in 59 1/3 innings pitched.
He also started two games as a lead off right fielder during the road
trip and pinch hit in three games allowing him little rest. During the first home series, he only pinch
hit twice and never played the field for an entire game.
When
the Orioles returned to Baltimore on June 4th, to begin a thirty
game home stand, Babe was primarily used as a starting pitcher. He was sufficiently rested between starts
returning good results.
