Cubs: 6 Tigers:1 (Cubs lead 3-0)
W: Overall (1-0)
L: Donovan (0-1)
Orval Overall led the National League with 8 shutouts in 1907. Overall, he won 23 games with a 1.68 ERA. He faced Wild Bill Donovan in a rematch of Game 1. Both pitchers went the distance and posted quality starts. Donovan allowed only 3 earned runs to Overall's 1. However, Tiger defense allowed 3 unearned runs.
Detroit scored first in the fourth inning. Ty Cobb tripled with two out. Claude Rossman singled in the Georgia Peach for a 1-0 lead. The next two batters reached base to fill the sacks. A hit could blow the contest open. However, shortstop Charley O'Leary struckout to end the threat. Detroit did not score again.
Overall helped his cause with a 2-run single in the top of the fifth. The game remained 2-1 until the seventh inning. The Cubs scored three unearned runs in the frame to put the game away. The tacked on an insurance score in the ninth for a 6-1 victory.
W: Overall (1-0)
L: Donovan (0-1)
Orval Overall led the National League with 8 shutouts in 1907. Overall, he won 23 games with a 1.68 ERA. He faced Wild Bill Donovan in a rematch of Game 1. Both pitchers went the distance and posted quality starts. Donovan allowed only 3 earned runs to Overall's 1. However, Tiger defense allowed 3 unearned runs.
Detroit scored first in the fourth inning. Ty Cobb tripled with two out. Claude Rossman singled in the Georgia Peach for a 1-0 lead. The next two batters reached base to fill the sacks. A hit could blow the contest open. However, shortstop Charley O'Leary struckout to end the threat. Detroit did not score again.
Overall helped his cause with a 2-run single in the top of the fifth. The game remained 2-1 until the seventh inning. The Cubs scored three unearned runs in the frame to put the game away. The tacked on an insurance score in the ninth for a 6-1 victory.
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