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Providence 3 – Babe Ruth Starting Pitcher – Complete Game Victory – 1 for 4 at
bat doubled scored
In the
first game of a Fourth of July double header, Babe Ruth pitched a 4-3 complete
game victory. He gave up 6 hits, struck
out 7, walked 1, hit one batsman, and threw one wild pitch. After giving up two runs in the first inning,
he settled down while the Orioles took a 4-2 lead scoring one run each in 4
separate innings. Babe gave up a run in
the seventh, but retired the Grays in the last two innings to preserve the
victory, giving him a 12-6 record and the Orioles a 47-22 record for the
year. He also hit a double in the
game. It was the Orioles fifth win in a
row. After the game, Babe asked Dunn for
the rest of the day off – but not to rest.
Instead he went back to his alma mater, St. Mary’s Industrial School, to
pitch in an afternoon game there. This
would turn out to be Babe’s last pitching start as an Oriole.
