Duffy Lewis again leads charge.
Boston left fielder knocks in five.
Fenway Park. 1915. Game 135. Attendance 26,575.
The Red Sox signal they will not go quietly. They win their fourth in the last five games, improving their record to 64-71. Duffy Lewis doubles and drives in five runs. Catcher Forrest Cady also doubles and plates four. First-sacker Dick Hoblitzell collects 3 RBI. And Smoky Joe Wood, former 34 game winner (1912), clamps down on the powerful Yankee line-up as Boston prevails 18-2.
The Red Sox send 15 men to the plate in the first inning. Duffy Lewis goes 2 for 2 and drives in three. Lewis drives in two more in a six-run 6th, collecting four hits and five RBI. In the ninth, Lewis is plunked by a pitch, recalling similar events earlier in the year. That time the Sox had let it pass. This time a few of the Boston players, notably Carl Mays and rookie southpaw Babe Ruth, take exception.
"Some sonofabitch is going to pay." barks the Babe on the Boston bench. '"Don't let it cost us a game..." intones manager Bill 'Rough' Carrigan, biting his words. "That's all I gotta say about it."
In game 131 Lewis had become the first man on either squad to knock in 100 on the season as Boston roughed up Ruffing, 9-2. Then game 133 saw Babe Ruth win his third straight decision, going eight strong innings (one run on three hits) to beat Lefty Gomez and the Yanks. Of course the rookie southpaw helped at the bat with two hits, a double, and 2 RBI.
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