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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1917-05-26 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 7000 · 1:45

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Braves 6–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 6th. Bill Doak earned the win. Walton Cruise went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	6	9
BSN	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

W: Bill Doak L: Pat Ragan SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bruno Betzel	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Smith	4	1	2	1	1	0
Dots Miller	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	3	2	1	0	1	1
Walton Cruise	2	1	2	1	1	0
Tom Long	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Smith	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bill Doak	4	1	1	0	0	2

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Twombly	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rabbit Maranville	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Wilhoit	4	0	1	0	0	1
Sherry Magee	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ed Konetchy	4	1	0	0	0	0
Red Smith	4	0	1	1	0	0
Hank Gowdy	2	0	0	0	2	1
Johnny Rawlings	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Ragan	2	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Bailey	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Doak	9.0	2	4	6

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Ragan	8.0	7	4	4
Art Nehf	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bruno Betzel: 99
Jack Smith: S
Dots Miller: PO1(99)
Dots Miller: 99

Bot 1

George Twombly: 99
Rabbit Maranville: W
Joe Wilhoit: SB2
Joe Wilhoit: K
Sherry Magee: K23#

Top 2

Rogers Hornsby: S/G
Walton Cruise: 99/SH.1-2
Tom Long: 5E3.2-2
Mike Gonzalez: 3/P
Fred Smith: S9.2-H(UR);1-3;BX2(963)

Bot 2

Ed Konetchy: 99
Red Smith: 99
Hank Gowdy: W
Johnny Rawlings: PO1(E1).1-2
Johnny Rawlings: 99

Top 3

Bill Doak: 99
Bruno Betzel: 99
Jack Smith: 99

Bot 3

Pat Ragan: K
George Twombly: 99
Rabbit Maranville: 99

Top 4

Dots Miller: 99
Rogers Hornsby: W
Walton Cruise: S.1-2
Tom Long: K
Mike Gonzalez: K

Bot 4

Joe Wilhoit: S8/F
Sherry Magee: 8/F
Ed Konetchy: 99(1)/FO
Red Smith: D7.1-H
Hank Gowdy: K

Top 5

Fred Smith: 99
Bill Doak: K
Bruno Betzel: 99

Bot 5

Johnny Rawlings: 99
Pat Ragan: 99
George Twombly: 99

Top 6

Jack Smith: W
Dots Miller: 99/SH.1-2
Rogers Hornsby: FC1.2X3(1E5);B-2
Walton Cruise: IW
Tom Long: 64(1)/FO.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);BX1(4E3)
Mike Gonzalez: SB2
Mike Gonzalez: 99

Bot 6

Rabbit Maranville: 99
Joe Wilhoit: 99
Sherry Magee: K

Top 7

Fred Smith: 99
Bill Doak: S
Bruno Betzel: 99/SH.1-2
Jack Smith: T.2-H
Dots Miller: 99

Bot 7

Ed Konetchy: 99
Red Smith: 99
Hank Gowdy: W
Johnny Rawlings: 99

Top 8

Rogers Hornsby: K
Walton Cruise: HR/9
Tom Long: W
Mike Gonzalez: CS2(26)
Mike Gonzalez: 99

Bot 8

Fred Bailey: K
George Twombly: W
Rabbit Maranville: 99
Joe Wilhoit: E5.1-2
Sherry Magee: 99

Top 9

Fred Smith: T8.B-H(E6)(NR)
Bill Doak: K
Bruno Betzel: D
Jack Smith: 6(B)4(2)/DP

Bot 9

Ed Konetchy: 99
Red Smith: 99
Hank Gowdy: 99

Notes & reviews

reportedly first ever HR hit into Braves Field RF bleachers

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