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(1930) Philadelphia A's 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2
The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball. The World Series is played between the American League and National League champions and the Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff.
The 1930-year was the Year of the Hitter, as the National League batted an incredible 0.303, and the American League was not far behind at 0.288. Athletics ace Lefty Grove barely noticed, though, pacing the American League with a 2.54 Earned Run Average while racking up a 28-5 record. Philly's 2nd number starter, right-hander George Earnshaw, went 22-13 despite a 4.44 Earned Run Average. Saint Louis featured solid pitching, but the Cards' biggest winner during the regular season, Wild Bill Hallahan, won only 15 games.
The World Series opened in Philadelphia, with Grove facing Cardinal spitballer Burleigh Grimes. Saint Louis grabbed a 2-1 lead in the third inning, but Grove held the Cardinals scoreless from there, as Al Simmons and Mickey Cochrane smashed solo home runs, and the Athletics cruised to a 5-2 victory. In Game 2, Earnshaw limited the Redbirds to six hits and one run. Philly scored two runs apiece in the first, third and fourth innings, all off Cardinal starter Flint Rhem, and the contest ended at 6-1.
The Series resumed in Saint Louis, where the home team found new life after a day off for travel. Hallahan tossed a seven-hit shutout in Game 3 to beat the Athletics 5-0. In Game 4, knuckleballer Jesse Haines out dueled Grove, 3-1. The Cardinals scored two unearned runs in the fourth, thanks to third baseman Jimmy Dykes' throwing error. Game 5 matched Earnshaw against Grimes, and after eight innings there still was no score. Mickey Cochrane led off the top of the ninth with a walk, and after Al Simmons flied out, Jimmie Foxx smashed a two-run homer deep into the left-field bleachers.
Back in Philadelphia, Earnshaw drew the starting assignment for Game 6, despite having pitched seven innings just two days earlier. In winning two games, George Earnshaw pitched 25 innings, allowing 13 hits with an Earned Run Average of 0.72. Manager Connie Mack attributed his team's triumph to the presence of President Herbert Hoover, who had witnessed three Philadelphia victories during the regular season. The final was 7-1, and Philadelphia had its second straight World Series.
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