Editing 1905 World Series (section)

== Matchups ==
=== Game 1 ===
[[File:Conference on the field at the Columbia Avenue Grounds, 1905 World Series.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Conference on the field during one of the games at Columbia Park.]]

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|Date=Monday, October 9, 1905
|Location=[[Columbia Park]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|Road='''New York'''|RoadAbr=NYG
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The opening game was a [[pitchers' duel]] between Christy Mathewson and Eddie Plank. Both got out of jams, shutting the opposing offense down. In the Giants' top of the fifth, Mathewson singled, but was forced by Roger Bresnahan, who [[Stolen base|stole]] second shortly afterwards. After George Browne [[pop fly|popped out]], Mike Donlin singled to left, scoring Bresnahan and advancing Donlin to second. After Dan McGann [[base on balls|walk]]ed, Sam Mertes doubled, bringing home Donlin. In the Athletics' half of the sixth, Ossee Schreckengost doubled and advanced to third on a [[wild pitch]], but did not score, and was the lone runner to reach third base against Mathewson in the entire series. The Giants added an [[insurance run]] in the ninth, when Billy Gilbert scored on Bresnahan's single. This was the first of Mathewson's three [[complete game|complete-game]] [[shutout (baseball)|shutout]]s, a World Series record that may never be matched.

=== Game 2 ===
[[File:Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics, 1905 World Series.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Philadelphia Athletics and [[Connie Mack]] before one of the games at the Polo Grounds.]]

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|Date=Tuesday, October 10, 1905
|Location=[[Polo Grounds|Polo Grounds (III)]] in [[Upper Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
|Road='''Philadelphia'''|RoadAbr=PHA
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The A's called on Chief Bender to turn the tables on the Giants. His opponent was 21-game winner "Iron Man" Joe McGinnity. The game was scoreless until the top of the third. Ossee Schreckengost, leading off, reached on a Dan McGann's [[error (baseball)|error]]. Bender [[sacrifice bunt|sacrifice]]d, moving Schreckengost to second. After a [[Ground out (baseball)|groundout]] by Topsy Hartsel moved Schreckengost to third, Bris Lord singled to left and drove Ossee home with an [[unearned run]]. The slim margin held until the top of the eighth, when the A's scored multiple times. With one out, Schreckengost was once again the catalyst, singling to center. After Bender flied out to right field, Hartsel's double scored Schreckengost all the way from first (helped by an error from Bresnahan), and a single by Lord brought Hartsel home, making it 3–0 in favor of the A's with all three runs unearned. Bender continued to cruise, got out of late-inning jams and ended up with a complete-game shutout that tied the series at one game each.

=== Game 3 ===
[[File:1904 Christy Mathewson-restore.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Christy Mathewson]], winning pitcher of Games 1, 3, and 5]]

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|Date=Thursday, October 12, 1905
|Location=Columbia Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|Road='''New York'''|RoadAbr=NYG
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Christy Mathewson once again took the mound for the Giants in Game 3. Opposing him this time was Andy Coakley, who [[Hit by pitch|hit]] the first batter he faced, [[Roger Bresnahan]], with a pitch. A single to right by Mike Donlin moved Bresnahan to third with one out. Dan McGann singled to right, bringing Bresnahan home. An error by Danny Murphy scored Donlin and put Sam Mertes on base. Bill Dahlen walked, [[bases loaded|loading the bases]] with one out, but Art Devlin hit into a [[double play]] to end the rally. The Giants put the game away in the top of the fifth. Bresnahan walked with one out. George Browne singled and went to second on the throw to third base. Donlin was [[Intentional base on balls|walked intentionally]], setting up a possible inning-ending double play, but things continued to crumble for Coakley and the A's. McGann reached on another error by Danny Murphy, reloading the bases and scoring a run. Mertes singled, reloading the bases and driving in another run. Bill Dahlen hit into a [[force play]] at second, scoring Donlin. After Dahlen stole second, Devlin singled, bringing home McGann and sending Dahlen to third. Devlin then stole second and Dahlen stole home on a [[double steal]], scoring the fifth and last run of the Giants' fifth. They scored two more runs in the top of the ninth, when McGann doubled home Browne and Donlin. Mathewson pitched his second complete-game shutout, giving the Giants a 2–1 lead in the series. This was the first 9–0 World Series game—the next one occurred when the Cubs shut out the Tigers by that lopsided score in Game 1 in {{wsy|1945}}, although Detroit ended up taking that series four games to three.

=== Game 4 ===
[[File:Polo grounds panorama.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Polo Grounds during one of the games.]]

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|Date=Friday, October 13, 1905
|Location=Polo Grounds (III) in Upper Manhattan, New York
|Road=Philadelphia|RoadAbr=PHA
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Eddie Plank returned for the A's against Joe McGinnity for the Giants in Game 4. Both [[left on base|left men on base]] in [[scoring position]] early on, and kept the game scoreless until the bottom of the fourth, when Sam Mertes led off the inning by reaching on an error by Monte Cross. After Bill Dahlen flied to right Art Devlin grounded out, moving Mertes to second. With two outs, Billy Gilbert singled to left, bringing Mertes home for the only run of the game, McGinnity outdueling Plank 1–0 and giving the Giants a three-games-to-one lead.

=== Game 5 ===
[[File:New York Giants team picture.jpg|thumb|right|300px|New York Giants at the Polo Grounds before one of the games.]]

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|Date=Saturday, October 14, 1905
|Location=Polo Grounds (III) in Upper Manhattan, New York
|Road=Philadelphia|RoadAbr=PHA
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|WP=[[Christy Mathewson]] (3–0)|LP=[[Chief Bender]] (1–1)|SV=
|BoxURL=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1905/B10140NY11905.htm
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The Giants looked to wrap up the series behind the perennial Christy Mathewson, who faced Chief Bender this time. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fifth, when Sam Mertes scored during a bizarre double play involving Bill Dahlen and Billy Gilbert; with one out, Mertes on third, and Dahlen on second, Gilbert hit a [[sacrifice fly]] that scored Mertes, but Dahlen was out attempting to advance to third, and this third out was recorded after Mertes had scored. In the eighth, the Giants got an insurance run when Mathewson scored on George Browne's ground out after Roger Bresnahan's double had sent him to third with less than two out. Mathewson then took the mound for the top of the ninth and induced three ground outs, thereby completing arguably the single greatest performance by any player in World Series history with his third complete-game shutout of the series.