GAME 1 - West Side Grounds
Chief Bender vs Mordecai Brown
1911 A's 10, 1906 Cubs 3
The anticipated pitcher's duel between Chief Bender and Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown never materialized. Bender was solid giving up 2 earned (3 total) runs, while going the distance. Brown gave up 8 runs (7 earned) in 8 innings. The bottom of Philadelphia's lineup did all the damage. The number 7 and 8 hitters Jack Barry (3-4, 2 runs) and Jack Lapp (3-5, 6 RBI) carried the offensive load. Backstop Lapp was a double shy of the cycle.
A's lead series 1-0
GAME 2 - West Side Grounds
Cy Morgan vs Ed Reulbach
A's 2, Cubs 1
Frank "Home Run" Baker led off the game by taking one on the elbow. A error by Frank Chance at 1st put runners on 1st and second. Stuffy McInnins delivered a 1 out single to plate Baker and make it 1-0. Rube Oldring's grounder to 1st scored Eddie Collins to make it 2-0. That would be all the runs the A's would muster on the day. Thankfully for the A's Cy Morgan looked more like Cy Young and allowed just 1 run in the 4th and blanked the Cubbies the rest of the way. Reulbach was the hard luck loser thanks to Chance's error.
A's lead series 2-0
GAME 3 - Shibe Park
Jack Taylor vs Jack Coombs
A's 5, Cubs 3
Philly kept up their 1st inning dominance by tallying 3 in the opening stanza. After "Home Run" Baker led off with a single, Eddie Collins executed a perfect hit and run to put runners on the corners for Danny Murphy, who tripled both gents in to make it two zip. With 2 outs Oldring single to make it 3-0. Chicago made it a game but cutting the A's lead to 1 with 2 runs in the 4th thanks to a Frank Schulte homer. The dominant A's answered right back with 2 in the bottom of the inning to go back up by 3 and never looked back.
A's win series 3-0
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