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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1914-06-17 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 8000 · 1:32

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–0. New York Giants put up 2 in the 6th. Christy Mathewson earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
NY1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		5	9

W: Christy Mathewson L: George McQuillan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Bob Emslie · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Max Carey	4	2	0
Mike Mowrey	4	1	0
Joe Kelly	3	1	0
Honus Wagner	3	0	0
Ed Konetchy	3	0	0
Mike Mitchell	3	0	0
Alex McCarthy	3	0	2
George Gibson	3	1	1
George McQuillan	2	0	1
Ham Hyatt	1	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Bescher	2	3	1	0	2	0
George Burns	2	1	2	1	1	0
Art Fletcher	4	1	2	1	0	0
Larry Doyle	4	0	1	0	0	1
Fred Merkle	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dave Robertson	4	0	2	2	0	0
Milt Stock	3	0	1	0	0	0
Chief Meyers	4	0	0	0	0	0
Christy Mathewson	4	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George McQuillan	8.0	9	4	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Christy Mathewson	9.0	5	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Carey: S7
Mike Mowrey: 7(B)3(1)/DP
Joe Kelly: 53

Bot 1

Bob Bescher: D7
George Burns: SB3
George Burns: S7.3-H
Art Fletcher: 8
Larry Doyle: SB2
Larry Doyle: 6/P
Fred Merkle: 8

Top 2

Honus Wagner: 7
Ed Konetchy: 13
Mike Mitchell: 53

Bot 2

Dave Robertson: S9
Milt Stock: 13/SH.1-2
Chief Meyers: 7
Christy Mathewson: 3/FL

Top 3

Alex McCarthy: 43
George Gibson: S7
George McQuillan: 6/P
Max Carey: 9

Bot 3

Bob Bescher: 5/FL
George Burns: S8
Art Fletcher: 8
Larry Doyle: CS2(24)

Top 4

Mike Mowrey: 2/FL
Joe Kelly: S8/G46
Honus Wagner: 7
Ed Konetchy: 63

Bot 4

Larry Doyle: E4/G.B-1
Fred Merkle: K
Dave Robertson: 64(1)/FO
Milt Stock: CS2(26)

Top 5

Mike Mitchell: 63
Alex McCarthy: K
George Gibson: 9

Bot 5

Milt Stock: 43
Chief Meyers: 9
Christy Mathewson: 7

Top 6

George McQuillan: K
Max Carey: 53
Mike Mowrey: S7/5
Joe Kelly: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Bob Bescher: W
George Burns: 13/SH.1-2
Art Fletcher: S8.2-3
Larry Doyle: K/C
Fred Merkle: SB2
Fred Merkle: W
Dave Robertson: S9.3-H;2-H;1-2
Milt Stock: 4/P

Top 7

Joe Kelly: 53
Honus Wagner: 63
Ed Konetchy: 53

Bot 7

Chief Meyers: 9
Christy Mathewson: 8
Bob Bescher: W
George Burns: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
George Burns: W
Art Fletcher: SB2
Art Fletcher: SBH;SB3
Art Fletcher: S7.3-H
Larry Doyle: S8.1-2
Fred Merkle: 7

Top 8

Mike Mitchell: 63
Alex McCarthy: K
George Gibson: K

Bot 8

Dave Robertson: 3/FL
Milt Stock: S9/4
Chief Meyers: 43.1-2
Christy Mathewson: WP.2-3
Christy Mathewson: 3/G

Top 9

Ham Hyatt: 8
Max Carey: S6
Mike Mowrey: 16(1)3/GDP