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Chicago Cubs @ Boston Red Sox

1918-09-10 · 1918 World Series · Game 5 of 6 ◀ Game 4 Game 6 ▶ · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 24694 · 1:42

Chicago Cubs defeated Boston Red Sox 3–0. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 8th. Hippo Vaughn earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	7
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Hippo Vaughn L: Sad Sam Jones SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hank O'Day · 1B: George Hildebrand · 2B: Bill Klem · 3B: Brick Owens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Flack	2	1	0	0	2	0
Charlie Hollocher	3	2	3	0	1	0
Les Mann	3	0	1	1	0	0
Dode Paskert	3	0	1	2	1	0
Fred Merkle	3	0	1	0	1	1
Charlie Pick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Deal	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Killefer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hippo Vaughn	4	0	0	0	0	3

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Harry Hooper	4	1	0	1
Dave Shean	3	1	0	0
Amos Strunk	4	1	0	2
George Whiteman	3	1	0	0
Stuffy McInnis	3	0	0	0
Everett Scott	3	0	0	0
Fred Thomas	3	1	0	0
Sam Agnew	2	0	0	0
Sad Sam Jones	1	0	1	0
Wally Schang	1	0	0	1
Hack Miller	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hippo Vaughn	9.0	5	1	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sad Sam Jones	9.0	7	5	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Flack: W
Charlie Hollocher: S8/8S.1-2
Les Mann: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Dode Paskert: 7/LDP.2X2(74)

Bot 1

Harry Hooper: S8/L8S
Dave Shean: 14/SH.1-2
Amos Strunk: K
George Whiteman: 9/F9LDF/FL

Top 2

Fred Merkle: W
Charlie Pick: 3/G.1-2
Charlie Deal: 6/P
Bill Killefer: 13/G1

Bot 2

Stuffy McInnis: 4/P4MD
Everett Scott: 63
Fred Thomas: 13

Top 3

Hippo Vaughn: 63
Max Flack: 63
Charlie Hollocher: W
Les Mann: SB2
Les Mann: D7/G5L.2-H
Dode Paskert: 63

Bot 3

Sam Agnew: 63
Sad Sam Jones: W
Harry Hooper: K/C
Dave Shean: 8/F

Top 4

Fred Merkle: 8/L
Charlie Pick: 5/P
Charlie Deal: 8/F

Bot 4

Amos Strunk: D9/F9D
George Whiteman: 3/BP
Stuffy McInnis: 3/LDP.2X2(36)

Top 5

Bill Killefer: 9/F9S
Hippo Vaughn: K
Max Flack: 43/G4M

Bot 5

Everett Scott: 7/F
Fred Thomas: S9/G34
Sam Agnew: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Charlie Hollocher: S8/8S
Les Mann: 8/F
Dode Paskert: W.1-2
Fred Merkle: S7.2XH(72);1-3(THH);B-2
Charlie Pick: 8/F

Bot 6

Sad Sam Jones: 8/F8
Harry Hooper: 8/F
Dave Shean: 13

Top 7

Charlie Deal: K
Bill Killefer: 1/L1
Hippo Vaughn: K

Bot 7

Amos Strunk: 43
George Whiteman: S7
Stuffy McInnis: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Max Flack: W
Charlie Hollocher: S5/BG5S.1-2
Les Mann: 4/P
Dode Paskert: D7/L78D.2-H;1-H
Fred Merkle: K/C
Charlie Pick: S4/G.2XH(4253)

Bot 8

Everett Scott: 63
Fred Thomas: 3/FL
Wally Schang: K

Top 9

Charlie Deal: 63
Bill Killefer: 13
Hippo Vaughn: K/C

Bot 9

Hack Miller: 7/F7DW
Harry Hooper: 6/P7LS
Dave Shean: S6/G
Amos Strunk: K

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Sam Jones
Jones knocked it down with his bare hand
Merkle scooped low throw
Vaughn: bare-handed stop
Hollocher was caught off 1B by Agnew but dashed to 2B
Paskert tried for home when the ball got away from Shean
Debut game for Hack Miller $Mann: great catch up the embankment
Hollocher: great running catch

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