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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1915-09-11 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 4500 · 1:52

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 4th. Erskine Mayer earned the win. Milt Stock went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Erskine Mayer L: Bob Harmon SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Milt Stock	5	0	3	2	0	1
Dave Bancroft	5	0	2	0	0	1
Dode Paskert	3	1	1	0	1	0
Gavvy Cravath	5	0	2	1	0	1
Fred Luderus	4	1	2	0	0	0
Possum Whitted	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bert Niehoff	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ed Burns	3	0	1	0	1	0
Erskine Mayer	4	0	0	0	0	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Carey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Doc Johnston	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ed Barney	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bill Hinchman	4	0	1	2	0	0
Honus Wagner	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Viox	4	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Baird	3	0	1	0	1	0
George Gibson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Harmon	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dan Costello	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erskine Mayer	9.0	7	2	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Harmon	9.0	12	4	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Milt Stock: 43
Dave Bancroft: E4/TH
Dode Paskert: 64(1)/FO
Gavvy Cravath: S9.1-3(E9);B-2
Fred Luderus: 7

Bot 1

Max Carey: 8
Doc Johnston: S7
Ed Barney: S9.1-2
Bill Hinchman: 15(2)3/GDP

Top 2

Possum Whitted: K
Bert Niehoff: K
Ed Burns: 6/P

Bot 2

Honus Wagner: 9
Jim Viox: K
Doug Baird: W
George Gibson: SB2
George Gibson: 43

Top 3

Erskine Mayer: K
Milt Stock: S6/G
Dave Bancroft: SB2
Dave Bancroft: K
Dode Paskert: W
Gavvy Cravath: 4/P

Bot 3

Bob Harmon: 23
Max Carey: 7
Doc Johnston: 4/P

Top 4

Fred Luderus: D7
Possum Whitted: 13.2-3
Bert Niehoff: IW
Ed Burns: W.1-2
Erskine Mayer: K
Milt Stock: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Dave Bancroft: 7

Bot 4

Ed Barney: 63
Bill Hinchman: 4/L
Honus Wagner: 43

Top 5

Dode Paskert: 53
Gavvy Cravath: K
Fred Luderus: D9/9D
Possum Whitted: W
Bert Niehoff: 8

Bot 5

Jim Viox: 9
Doug Baird: 53
George Gibson: 3/FL

Top 6

Ed Burns: S7/6
Erskine Mayer: K/C
Milt Stock: S9.1XH(942);B-2
Dave Bancroft: S9.2XH(92)

Bot 6

Bob Harmon: 63
Max Carey: 6/FL
Doc Johnston: W
Ed Barney: D7.1-3
Bill Hinchman: S9.3-H;2-H
Honus Wagner: K

Top 7

Dode Paskert: D9/89
Gavvy Cravath: S7/6.2-H
Fred Luderus: 8/L
Possum Whitted: S6/G.1-2
Bert Niehoff: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Jim Viox: 13
Doug Baird: 3/P
George Gibson: S9
Bob Harmon: S7.1-2
Max Carey: 5/P

Top 8

Ed Burns: 8/L
Erskine Mayer: 13
Milt Stock: K/C

Bot 8

Doc Johnston: 13
Ed Barney: 2/BG/INT
Bill Hinchman: 63

Top 9

Dave Bancroft: S7
Dode Paskert: 13/SH.1-2
Gavvy Cravath: 9(B)6(2)/LDP

Bot 9

Dan Costello: 5/FL
Jim Viox: 2/FL
Doug Baird: S8
George Gibson: 8/L

Notes & reviews

Wagner ejected by HP umpire Orth for arguing balls and strikes
Pirates manager Clarke ejected by 1B umpire Byron for arguing interference ruling on Barney

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