Lee, Senators Snap Streak (5/11/01)

After a rain-out postponed yesterday's game against the Philadelphia Athletics to August 12th, the Washington Senators cooled off the red hot Boston Pilgrims bats. Watty Lee held the Pilgrims to just 8 hits and 2 runs in a complete game effort. The sad part was Pilgrims starter Ted Lewis (2-1, 6.00 ERA) allowed 3 first inning runs to the Senators but blanked them the rest of the way. The problem was the Pilgrims couldn't generate any offense against the Senators and Lee. Buck Freeman and Lewis himself knocked in the only runs before Freeman left the game. Chick Stahl being out certainly didn't help and Freeman leaving after a few innings hurt, but they still had plenty of chances to get a run. As it was, the Senators snapped Boston's five game win streak with a 3-2 victory at the Huntington Avenue Grounds.

                             Boston Beaneaters owner Frank Selee laughs at the Pilgrims

Jackass of the Night is Charlie Jones. He was 0 for 4 out of the 3 hole in a game that ended by one run. One big hit here or there and the Pilgrims may have pulled it out.

                                                              Jones The Jackass

The Good:

Jimmy Collins was 2 for 4 with a run scored.

Buck Freeman was 1 for 1 with an rbi before leaving the game.

Freddy Parent was 2 for 4.

Lou Criger was 1 for 3.

One of the rare times the losing pitcher ends up on the Good list but Ted Lewis went the distance and allowed just 3 runs on just 3 hits, all in the first inning. He walked 6 and struck out 2. At the plate he was 0 for 3 but drove in a run.

The Bad:

Charlie Hemphill was 0 for 4.

Larry McLean was 0 for 3.

The Ugly:

Tommy Dowd was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.

Hobe Ferris was just 1 for 4 but scored a run.

Final Thoughts:

Well that game was a kick in the pants. Ted Lewis held the Senators to just 3 hits in a bad first inning but the Pilgrims couldn't capitalize. They scratched out two runs but couldn't get anything else. First Chick Stahl being out then Buck Freeman leaving took two big bats out of the lineup as the game progressed. Larry McLean and Charlie Jones went 0 for 7 and that's a big reason the Pilgrims failed to come back. Can't really blame Lewis for this one, he even drove in one of the two runs the Pilgrims scored. The less said of this disaster, the better. The loss dropped the Pilgrims to 7-6, 3.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers for first place in the AL East. The Pilgrims look to rebound tomorrow afternoon against the Senators when Win Kellum (1-2) takes on Bill Carrick of Washington. The game begins at 2 PM at the Huntington Avenue Grounds.