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Chicago Cubs @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1917-08-27 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 1000 · 1:23

Brooklyn Robins defeated Chicago Cubs 7–1. Brooklyn Robins put up 4 in the 5th. Jack Coombs earned the win. Casey Stengel went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
BRO	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		7	11

W: Jack Coombs L: Phil Douglas SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Rigler · 1B: Kitty Bransfield · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Flack	4	0	1	0	0	0
Les Mann	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rollie Zeider	4	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Merkle	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cy Williams	2	1	0	0	1	0
Charlie Deal	3	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Kilduff	3	0	1	1	0	0
Rowdy Elliott	1	0	0	0	1	0
Phil Douglas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Wolter	0	0	0	0	1	0
Pickles Dillhoefer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Prendergast	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Ivy Olson	4	2	2	1	1
Jake Daubert	4	0	1	0	0
Hi Myers	4	2	2	2	0
Casey Stengel	4	1	2	3	1
Jim Hickman	4	0	0	0	2
Zack Wheat	3	0	1	0	0
Frank O'Rourke	3	1	2	0	1
Otto Miller	1	0	0	0	1
Jack Coombs	3	1	1	1	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Douglas	5.0	10	0	4
Mike Prendergast	3.0	1	0	3

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Coombs	9.0	5	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Flack: 8/F
Les Mann: K
Rollie Zeider: 7/F

Bot 1

Ivy Olson: S9/L
Jake Daubert: 8/F
Hi Myers: SB2
Hi Myers: T8/F89XDW.2-H
Casey Stengel: HR7/F78XD/IPHR.3-H
Jim Hickman: K
Zack Wheat: 9/F

Top 2

Fred Merkle: 9/F
Cy Williams: 3/G
Charlie Deal: S7
Pete Kilduff: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Frank O'Rourke: S6/G
Otto Miller: 13/SH.1-2
Jack Coombs: WP.2XH(2525)
Jack Coombs: K

Top 3

Rowdy Elliott: W
Phil Douglas: 9/F
Max Flack: D8/89D.1-3;BX3(86)
Les Mann: 4/P

Bot 3

Ivy Olson: 63
Jake Daubert: 8/F8XD
Hi Myers: 8/F

Top 4

Rollie Zeider: 7/F
Fred Merkle: 7/F
Cy Williams: 31

Bot 4

Casey Stengel: K
Jim Hickman: K/C
Zack Wheat: 2/P/FL

Top 5

Charlie Deal: 6/P
Pete Kilduff: 31
Rowdy Elliott: 3/P/FL

Bot 5

Frank O'Rourke: S5/G
Otto Miller: 13/SH.1-2
Jack Coombs: T/89D.2-H
Ivy Olson: D8/89.3-H
Jake Daubert: S1/BG.2-3
Hi Myers: CS2(24)
Hi Myers: S6/G.3-H;B-2(E6/TH1)
Casey Stengel: S7.2-H(UR);BX2(756)

Top 6

Harry Wolter: W
Max Flack: 96(1)/FO/F9S
Les Mann: 3/P/FL
Rollie Zeider: 3/G

Bot 6

Jim Hickman: 63
Zack Wheat: T/78
Frank O'Rourke: K
Otto Miller: K/C

Top 7

Fred Merkle: S9
Cy Williams: W.1-2
Charlie Deal: 5(2)3/GDP.1-2
Pete Kilduff: T7.2-H;BXH(762)

Bot 7

Jack Coombs: 7/F
Ivy Olson: K
Jake Daubert: 43

Top 8

Pickles Dillhoefer: 8/F
Mike Prendergast: 43
Max Flack: 3/G

Bot 8

Hi Myers: 43
Casey Stengel: 63
Jim Hickman: 6/P

Top 9

Les Mann: 5/P/FL
Rollie Zeider: S7
Fred Merkle: 3/LDP.1X1(3)

Notes & reviews

Flack overran 2B

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