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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1915-05-03 · Day game · West Side Grounds · 5 innings · Att: 3800 · 1:00

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. Chicago Cubs put up 4 in the 3rd. George Pierce earned the win and Bert Humphries picked up the save. Bill Hinchman went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
CHN	0	1	4	0	0	5	4

W: George Pierce L: Wilbur Cooper SV: Bert Humphries

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Max Carey	3	0	2	0	1
Doc Johnston	3	0	0	0	0
Doug Baird	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Hinchman	2	1	2	1	0
Honus Wagner	2	0	0	0	1
Sheldon Lejeune	2	0	0	0	1
Jim Viox	2	0	0	0	0
George Gibson	2	0	1	0	0
Wilbur Cooper	2	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wilbur Good	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Fisher	1	1	0	0	1	0
Frank Schulte	1	1	1	1	1	0
Heinie Zimmerman	1	0	0	1	0	0
Vic Saier	1	2	1	1	1	0
Cy Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Bresnahan	2	0	1	0	0	0
Art Phelan	2	0	0	0	0	1
George Pierce	1	0	0	0	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilbur Cooper	4.1	4	4	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Pierce	4.0	3	0	3
Bert Humphries	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Carey: K/C
Doc Johnston: 63
Doug Baird: 13

Bot 1

Wilbur Good: 43
Bob Fisher: 8
Frank Schulte: W
Heinie Zimmerman: CS2(24)

Top 2

Bill Hinchman: HR/9
Honus Wagner: K
Sheldon Lejeune: 4
Jim Viox: 63

Bot 2

Heinie Zimmerman: 7
Vic Saier: HR/9
Cy Williams: 13
Roger Bresnahan: S7/5
Art Phelan: SB2
Art Phelan: K

Top 3

George Gibson: 9/L
Wilbur Cooper: 63
Max Carey: D7
Doc Johnston: 43

Bot 3

George Pierce: K/C
Wilbur Good: S7
Bob Fisher: W.1-2
Frank Schulte: S8.2-H;1-3;B-2
Heinie Zimmerman: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Vic Saier: W
Cy Williams: SBH;SB2
Cy Williams: WP.2-H
Cy Williams: 53

Top 4

Doug Baird: 9
Bill Hinchman: S8/46
Honus Wagner: 13.1-2
Sheldon Lejeune: K

Bot 4

Roger Bresnahan: 53/BG
Art Phelan: 53
George Pierce: W
Wilbur Good: SB2
Wilbur Good: SB3
Wilbur Good: CSH(2)

Top 5

Jim Viox: 7
George Gibson: S8
Wilbur Cooper: 8
Max Carey: D9/89.1-3
Doc Johnston: 3/G

Bot 5

Wilbur Good: 53

Notes & reviews

Pittsburgh manager Clarke ejected by HP umpire Byron for creating a false argument to delay game with impending rain; batter Pearce swung at bad pitches to speed up game and pitcher threw at him to prevent him from swinging; Pearce tried to swing at ball 4 that nearly hit him, throwing his bat at pitcher; Byron ejected him as well
Pirates made no play on Vaughn as they tried to prolong game
Vaughn purposely slowed as he arrived home to speed up game; Costello ejected for delaying tactics
Game called for rain

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