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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1915-07-12 · Day game · Baker Bowl · 1:55

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 2–1. George McQuillan earned the win and Wilbur Cooper picked up the save. Beals Becker went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: George McQuillan L: Erskine Mayer SV: Wilbur Cooper

Umpires — HP: Ernie Quigley · 1B: Bob Emslie · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Carey	5	0	1	0	0	1
Zip Collins	3	1	0	0	1	0
Doc Johnston	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Hinchman	4	1	3	1	0	0
Honus Wagner	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jim Viox	3	0	2	0	1	0
Doug Baird	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Schang	3	0	0	0	0	0
George McQuillan	4	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George McQuillan	8.1	8	1	3
Wilbur Cooper	0.2	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erskine Mayer	8.0	8	1	4
Ben Tincup	1.0	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Carey: S5/BG
Zip Collins: 16(1)/FO
Doc Johnston: 43.1-2
Bill Hinchman: D9.2-H
Honus Wagner: K

Bot 1

Bobby Byrne: 8
Dave Bancroft: S9
Beals Becker: 8
Gavvy Cravath: CS2(26)

Top 2

Jim Viox: D9/89
Doug Baird: 13/SH.2-3
Bobby Schang: FC1.3XH(12);B-1
George McQuillan: 43

Bot 2

Gavvy Cravath: W
Bert Niehoff: 7
Possum Whitted: S9.1-2
Fred Luderus: 7/L
Bill Killefer: 13

Top 3

Max Carey: 9/L
Zip Collins: 43
Doc Johnston: S7
Bill Hinchman: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Erskine Mayer: S7
Bobby Byrne: 46(1)/FO
Dave Bancroft: 3/P
Beals Becker: 6/P

Top 4

Bill Hinchman: 43
Honus Wagner: D8/8D/L
Jim Viox: 8
Doug Baird: K/C

Bot 4

Gavvy Cravath: 5/P
Bert Niehoff: 7/L
Possum Whitted: S4/P
Fred Luderus: 9

Top 5

Bobby Schang: 6/P
George McQuillan: 3/G
Max Carey: 9/L/9D

Bot 5

Bill Killefer: 5/P
Erskine Mayer: 8/89D
Bobby Byrne: 7/L

Top 6

Zip Collins: W
Doc Johnston: 9
Bill Hinchman: D9/9D.1-3
Honus Wagner: FC6.3XH(62);2-H(E2)(NR);B-1
Jim Viox: S8/78.1-3
Doug Baird: 7/L

Bot 6

Dave Bancroft: K/C
Beals Becker: 43
Gavvy Cravath: 43

Top 7

Bobby Schang: 13
George McQuillan: K/C
Max Carey: 6/P

Bot 7

Bert Niehoff: 63
Possum Whitted: 43
Fred Luderus: K

Top 8

Zip Collins: 8/89D
Doc Johnston: 3/P
Bill Hinchman: D8/L
Honus Wagner: K

Bot 8

Dode Paskert: 7
Oscar Dugey: 3/G
Bobby Byrne: S7
Dave Bancroft: K

Top 9

Jim Viox: W
Doug Baird: S7.1-2
Bobby Schang: 3/SH.2-3;1-2
George McQuillan: K/C
Max Carey: K

Bot 9

Beals Becker: HR/9
Gavvy Cravath: S7
Bert Niehoff: S7.1-2
Possum Whitted: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Fred Luderus: W
Ed Burns: 4(B)4(2)/LDP

Notes & reviews

Catcher Killefer carelessly rolled ball back to mound, but pitcher was behind plate backing up play, so error
Killefer ejected by HP umpire Quigley for arguing balls and strikes; Paskert took over at bat

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