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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1915-04-20 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 7000 · 1:35

Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York Giants 5–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 2nd. Erskine Mayer earned the win. Beals Becker went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	12
NY1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Erskine Mayer L: Rube Schauer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lord Byron · 1B: Al Orth · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Byrne	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Bancroft	4	2	3	0	0	0
Beals Becker	4	1	1	2	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dode Paskert	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bert Niehoff	4	1	2	0	0	0
Fred Luderus	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bill Killefer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Erskine Mayer	4	0	1	0	0	2

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fred Snodgrass	4	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Doyle	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hans Lobert	4	0	1	0	0	0
Art Fletcher	4	1	1	1	0	0
George Burns	4	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Merkle	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dave Robertson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Chief Meyers	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rube Schauer	3	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erskine Mayer	9.0	7	1	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Schauer	9.0	12	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Byrne: 4/P
Dave Bancroft: 43
Beals Becker: 13

Bot 1

Fred Snodgrass: 6/L
Larry Doyle: 9/F
Hans Lobert: 3/G

Top 2

Gavvy Cravath: W
Dode Paskert: S.1-2
Bert Niehoff: S9.2XH(92);1-3
Fred Luderus: WP.3-H;1-2
Fred Luderus: S.2-H
Bill Killefer: 7/F
Erskine Mayer: D.1-3
Bobby Byrne: 2/FL

Bot 2

Art Fletcher: 13
George Burns: 13
Fred Merkle: S
Dave Robertson: 9/F

Top 3

Dave Bancroft: D
Beals Becker: 7/F
Gavvy Cravath: S.2-H;B-2(TH)
Dode Paskert: 9/F
Bert Niehoff: 63

Bot 3

Chief Meyers: K
Rube Schauer: 63
Fred Snodgrass: K

Top 4

Fred Luderus: 43
Bill Killefer: S
Erskine Mayer: K
Bobby Byrne: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Larry Doyle: S
Hans Lobert: 5/P
Art Fletcher: SB2
Art Fletcher: S8.2-H;B-3(E8)
George Burns: S.3-H(UR)
Fred Merkle: S9.1-3;BX2(96)
Dave Robertson: W
Chief Meyers: 7/F

Top 5

Bobby Byrne: 8/F
Dave Bancroft: S
Beals Becker: HR/9.1-H
Gavvy Cravath: 13
Dode Paskert: 5/P

Bot 5

Rube Schauer: 2/FL
Fred Snodgrass: 63
Larry Doyle: S
Hans Lobert: S.1-2
Art Fletcher: 9/F

Top 6

Bert Niehoff: S
Fred Luderus: K+CS2(26)/DP
Bill Killefer: 5/FL

Bot 6

George Burns: 53
Fred Merkle: 7/F
Dave Robertson: 3/G

Top 7

Erskine Mayer: 8/F
Bobby Byrne: T8.BXH(832)
Dave Bancroft: S
Beals Becker: 31

Bot 7

Chief Meyers: 3/P
Rube Schauer: 2/FL
Fred Snodgrass: 8/F

Top 8

Gavvy Cravath: 8/F
Dode Paskert: 53
Bert Niehoff: 7/F

Bot 8

Larry Doyle: 9/F
Hans Lobert: 8/L
Art Fletcher: 53

Top 9

Fred Luderus: 43
Bill Killefer: 7/F
Erskine Mayer: K

Bot 9

George Burns: 13
Fred Merkle: 43
Dave Robertson: 43

Notes & reviews

Giants manager McGraw ejected by HP umpire Byron for bench jockeying

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