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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1914-10-06 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 500 · sunny, dry · 1:30

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–1. New York Giants put up 4 in the 6th. Hank Ritter earned the win. Sandy Piez went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		5	11

W: Hank Ritter L: Erskine Mayer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Arthur O'Connor · 1B: Bill Klem · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Byrne	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jack Martin	3	0	0	1	0	0
Sherry Magee	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	3	0	2	0	1	0
Beals Becker	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Luderus	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Irelan	2	1	0	0	1	1
Red Dooin	2	0	0	0	0	1
Erskine Mayer	3	0	1	0	0	0
Milt Reed	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Bescher	4	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Brainard	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jim Thorpe	4	1	1	0	0	1
Eddie Grant	3	2	2	0	1	0
Sandy Piez	4	1	2	3	0	0
Milt Stock	4	0	3	2	0	0
Walter Holke	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Smith	3	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Ritter	3	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erskine Mayer	8.0	11	2	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marty O'Toole	1.0	0	0	0
Hank Ritter	8.0	4	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Byrne: 5/P
Jack Martin: 9/F
Sherry Magee: 3/FL

Bot 1

Bob Bescher: S
Fred Brainard: 63.1-2
Jim Thorpe: 63.2-3
Eddie Grant: W
Sandy Piez: POCSH(1526)

Top 2

Gavvy Cravath: W
Beals Becker: 3/FL
Fred Luderus: PO1(16)
Fred Luderus: 2/P

Bot 2

Sandy Piez: 7/F
Milt Stock: 13
Walter Holke: S1
Harry Smith: CS2(24)

Top 3

Hal Irelan: K
Red Dooin: K
Erskine Mayer: 3/L

Bot 3

Harry Smith: 43
Hank Ritter: E6
Bob Bescher: 3/P
Fred Brainard: 8/L

Top 4

Bobby Byrne: W
Jack Martin: 54(1)/FO
Sherry Magee: 4/P
Gavvy Cravath: CS2(24)

Bot 4

Jim Thorpe: K
Eddie Grant: 13
Sandy Piez: 43

Top 5

Gavvy Cravath: 7/F
Beals Becker: 53
Fred Luderus: 63

Bot 5

Milt Stock: S
Walter Holke: 9/F
Harry Smith: S.1-2#
Hank Ritter: K
Bob Bescher: 8/F

Top 6

Hal Irelan: W
Red Dooin: FC1/TH2.1-2;B-1
Erskine Mayer: S/BG.2-3;1-2
Bobby Byrne: K
Jack Martin: 8/SF.3-H
Sherry Magee: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Fred Brainard: E5/G
Jim Thorpe: S4/G.1-2;B-1
Eddie Grant: S6/G.2-3;1-2
Sandy Piez: T.3-H;2-H;1-H
Milt Stock: S.3-H(UR)
Walter Holke: 4/P
Harry Smith: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Gavvy Cravath: S
Beals Becker: 46(1)/FO
Fred Luderus: S.1-2
Hal Irelan: 3(B)6(2)/DP/P

Bot 7

Hank Ritter: 31
Bob Bescher: 8/F
Fred Brainard: W
Jim Thorpe: CS2(26)

Top 8

Milt Reed: W
Erskine Mayer: 8/F
Bobby Byrne: PO1(E3).1-2
Bobby Byrne: 63
Jack Martin: 63

Bot 8

Jim Thorpe: 53
Eddie Grant: S
Sandy Piez: S.1-2#
Milt Stock: S.2-H;1-2#
Walter Holke: 1(B)3(1)/DP/P

Top 9

Sherry Magee: 43
Gavvy Cravath: D
Beals Becker: K
Fred Luderus: 43

Notes & reviews

Attempted double steal

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