Round 1: 1930 vs. 1905

[Providence A's]

05. 1930 World Series Champion A's 102-52 (.662)
vs.
12. 1905 AL Champion A's 92-56 (.622)

[Providence A's]

Game 1
1905
Philadelphia Athletics
92 - 56 (0.622)
Rube Waddell (1.48)
@
1930
Philadelphia Athletics
102 - 52 (0.662)
Lefty Grove (2.54)

[Porter]

im going to go with the 1930 A's for its a home game for them

[Providence A's]

I think 1930 will easily take the series

[awefullspellare]

That 1905 pitcher has a sweet ERA!

[Providence A's]

Game 1 lineups:

1905 A's
1 LF Danny Hoffman
2 2B Danny Murphy
3 1B Harry Davis
4 CF Topsy Hartsel
5 RF Socks Seybold
6 SS John Knight
7 C Ossee Schreckengost
8 3B Lave Cross
9 P Rube Waddell

1930 A's
1 RF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 LF Al Simmons
4 1B Jimmie Foxx
5 C Mickey Cochrane
6 3B Jimmy Dykes
7 CF Mule Haas
8 SS Joe Boley
9 P Lefty Grove

[Providence A's]

1930 wins game by a score of 7 - 0. Lefty Grove was player of the game throwing a 4-hit shutout. Waddell threw a CG in the loss giving up only 4 earned runs.

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1930 leads the series 1 - 0.

[Providence A's]

Game 2 will have Andy Coakley (1.84) for 1905 vs. Bill Shores (4.19) for 1930.

Lineups:

1905 A's
1 LF Danny Hoffman
2 2B Danny Murphy
3 1B Harry Davis
4 CF Topsy Hartsel
5 RF Socks Seybold
6 SS John Knight
7 C Ossee Schreckengost
8 3B Lave Cross
9 P Andy Coakley

1930 A's
1 RF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 LF Al Simmons
4 1B Jimmie Foxx
5 C Mickey Cochrane
6 3B Jimmy Dykes
7 CF Mule Haas
8 SS Joe Boley
9 P Bill Shores

[awefullspellare]

1.48 ERA and gives up 4 ER and 7 total. That's crap.

[Providence A's]

Nobody's perfect and 1930 had some good hitters.

[Providence A's]

1930 wins game 2 by a score of 7 - 3 in extra innings. Both teams score a run in the 10th. And Bing Miller hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 11th to win the game! He was the player of the game.

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1930 leads the series 2 - 0.

[Providence A's]

Game 3 will feature George Earnshaw (4.44) for 1930 vs. Eddie Plank (2.26) for 1905.

Lineups:

1930 A's
1 RF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 LF Al Simmons
4 1B Jimmie Foxx
5 C Mickey Cochrane
6 3B Jimmy Dykes
7 CF Mule Haas
8 SS Joe Boley
9 P George Earnshaw

1905 A's
1 LF Danny Hoffman
2 2B Danny Murphy
3 1B Harry Davis
4 CF Topsy Hartsel
5 RF Socks Seybold
6 SS Monte Cross
7 C Ossee Schreckengost
8 3B Lave Cross
9 P Eddie Plank

[Providence A's]

1930 wins by a score of 8 - 0. Mule Haas hit 2 triples and drove in 4 runs. George Earnshaw threw a CG 7 hit shutout and was player of the game. Plank gets ruffed up giving up 7 earned in 7 and 1/3 though it doesn't matter if your team can't score.

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1930 leads the series 3 - 0.

[Providence A's]

Game 4 will feature Rube Walberg (4.69) for 1930 as they go for the sweep vs. Weldon Henley (2.60) as 1905 tries to avoid the sweep.

Lineups:

1930 A's
1 RF Bing Miller
2 2B Max Bishop
3 LF Al Simmons
4 1B Jimmie Foxx
5 C Mickey Cochrane
6 3B Jimmy Dykes
7 CF Mule Haas
8 SS Joe Boley
9 P Rube Walberg

1905 A's
1 LF Danny Hoffman
2 2B Danny Murphy
3 1B Harry Davis
4 CF Topsy Hartsel
5 RF Socks Seybold
6 SS Monte Cross
7 C Ossee Schreckengost
8 3B Lave Cross
9 P Weldon Henley

[Providence A's]

1930 finishes off the sweep with a score of 10 - 5 by scoring 5 runs in the top of the 11th after both teams scored a run in the 10th. Al Simmons and Jimmie Foxx homered for 1930. 1905 helped 1930 with 3 errors that led to 4 unearned runs. Al Simmons was player of the game.

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