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Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators

1918-06-26 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 3100 · 2:00

Washington Senators defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3–2. Washington Senators put up 2 in the 8th. Roy Hansen earned the win and Doc Ayers picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
WS1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		3	12

W: Roy Hansen L: Bob Geary SV: Doc Ayers

Umpires — HP: Brick Owens · 1B: George Hildebrand · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Jamieson	4	0	1	0	1	1
Merito Acosta	4	1	2	0	0	1
Tillie Walker	2	1	0	0	2	0
George Burns	4	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Gardner	2	0	0	1	1	0
Wickey McAvoy	4	0	1	0	0	1
Red Shannon	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Dugan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Geary	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Munch	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rube Oldring	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Howie Shanks	5	0	2	0	0
Eddie Foster	3	0	1	0	0
Joe Judge	3	0	0	0	1
Clyde Milan	4	0	1	0	0
Ray Morgan	3	1	1	0	1
Frank Schulte	4	1	2	0	0
Doc Lavan	4	1	2	1	0
Val Picinich	3	0	1	0	0
Jim Shaw	2	0	0	0	0
Burt Shotton	1	0	0	0	0
Walter Johnson	1	0	1	1	0
Eddie Ainsmith	1	0	1	1	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Geary	8.0	12	2	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Shaw	6.0	4	5	4
Roy Hansen	2.0	1	0	1
Doc Ayers	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Jamieson: 8/F
Merito Acosta: S7
Tillie Walker: WP.1-2
Tillie Walker: W
George Burns: S/89.2-H;1-3
Larry Gardner: E1/SH.3-H;1X3(14)
Wickey McAvoy: S5/G.1-2
Red Shannon: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Dugan: K

Bot 1

Howie Shanks: S8
Eddie Foster: SB2
Eddie Foster: 7/F
Joe Judge: 7/F
Clyde Milan: S7.2-3
Ray Morgan: 6/P

Top 2

Bob Geary: 3/P
Charlie Jamieson: S
Merito Acosta: WP.1-2
Merito Acosta: 5/FL
Tillie Walker: W
George Burns: 7/F

Bot 2

Frank Schulte: S9
Doc Lavan: 2/FL
Val Picinich: 7/F
Jim Shaw: 5/FL

Top 3

Larry Gardner: W
Wickey McAvoy: BK.1-2
Wickey McAvoy: FC1/BG.2X3(15);B-1
Red Shannon: WP.1-2
Red Shannon: K
Joe Dugan: 8/F

Bot 3

Howie Shanks: 5/P
Eddie Foster: 4/P
Joe Judge: W#
Clyde Milan: 43

Top 4

Bob Geary: 9/F
Charlie Jamieson: W
Merito Acosta: K
Tillie Walker: 9/F

Bot 4

Ray Morgan: D7
Frank Schulte: 43.2-3
Doc Lavan: S7.3-H
Val Picinich: 4(1)/FO#
Jim Shaw: 4(1)/FO#

Top 5

George Burns: 9/F
Larry Gardner: 7/F
Wickey McAvoy: K

Bot 5

Howie Shanks: 7/F
Eddie Foster: S8
Joe Judge: 4/P
Clyde Milan: 9/F

Top 6

Red Shannon: 43
Joe Dugan: 4/P
Bob Geary: 13

Bot 6

Ray Morgan: 43
Frank Schulte: S1
Doc Lavan: 9/F
Val Picinich: S7.1-2
Burt Shotton: 43

Top 7

Charlie Jamieson: K
Merito Acosta: S8
Tillie Walker: 64(1)/FO
George Burns: 8/F

Bot 7

Howie Shanks: S8
Eddie Foster: 13/SH.1-2
Joe Judge: 7/F
Clyde Milan: 5/P

Top 8

Larry Gardner: 43
Wickey McAvoy: 3/G
Red Shannon: 9/F

Bot 8

Ray Morgan: W
Frank Schulte: 16(1)/FO
Doc Lavan: S8.1-2
Walter Johnson: S7.2-H;1-3(E7)
Eddie Ainsmith: S8/INT.3-H(UR);1XH(5)
Howie Shanks: 7/F

Top 9

Jake Munch: 63
Rube Oldring: 53
Charlie Jamieson: 8/F

Notes & reviews

after apparently scoring Johnson declared out due to 3rd base coach Griffith pushing him toward home
2nd game of scheduled double-header postponed due to wet field

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