Place: Fenway Park;
Boston, MA
Event: Mogridge Out-duels
Leonard for First No-Hitter in Yankees' History
LHP
George Mogridge took the mound against fellow lefty Dutch Leonard on
a Tuesday afternoon at Fenway Park and pitched what surely had to be
the game of his life, shutting down the Yankees in a 2-1 no-hitter.
It was the first-ever no-hitter by a Yankees' pitcher, as well as the
first pitched at Fenway.
Mogridge
allowed only four balls to be hit beyond the infield, the only Boston
run coming in the seventh inning on a combination of a walk to Boston
second baseman Jack Barry, a bad throw to SS Roger Peckinpaugh from
2B Fritz Maisel in an effort to start the double play, an intentional
walk to OF Tillie Walker, and finally a sacrifice fly from the bat of
PH Jimmy Walsh.
Indeed,
the Yankees themselves went into the sixth inning with only one hit,
and scored their first run of the day on a two-out double off the bat
of Angel Aragon, who would play only 15 games in 1917. Aragon had two
RBI in 45 AB, that year.
Peckinpaugh
reached on a miscue in the top of the ninth by Boston third baseman
Mike McNally, who entered to play the hot corner after Walsh's
pinch-hit appearance. Boston catcher Hick Cady threw the ball past
shortstop Everett Scott when Peckinpaugh stole second (advancing to
third on the throw), and McNally made a low throw to first off a
grounder from Les Nunamaker that Del Gainer had to dig out of the
dirt, allowing Peckinpaugh to score.
Boston
and New York made seven errors between them, three by the Yankees
(two by Maisel).
Mogridge
walked three and struck out three in winning his second game of the
year.
From
The New York Times; April 25th, 1917:
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