The Buck stops here … at home

Buck Freeman scores the only run Boston needs 122 years ago today to beat Pittsburgh in the eighth and final game of the first World Series in history.

Freeman, a first baseman and the pride of Catasauqua, Pa., leads off the bottom of the fourth inning with a triple to right off Pirates starter Deacon Phillippe and later scores on a one-out, two-run single to center by Hobe Ferris.

Boston eventually wins the game 3-0 – and the 1903 World Series – in front of a Tuesday afternoon home crowd of 7,455.

Freeman, the first player to be a home run champion in both the American and National leagues, eventually finishes his pro career in 1910 in the minor leagues with the Class B Harrisburg Senators.

With Harrisburg in 1910, Freeman bats .286 in 113 games with the last four homers of the 163 he hits during a 21-year career in the game.

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