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Philadelphia Phillies @ Chicago Cubs

1917-09-21 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 1500 · 1:36

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Chicago Cubs 4–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 1st. Pete Alexander earned the win. Gavvy Cravath went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Pete Alexander L: Phil Douglas SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hank O'Day · 1B: Pete Harrison · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dode Paskert	4	1	2	0	0	1
Dave Bancroft	2	1	1	0	1	1
Milt Stock	3	2	2	0	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	4	0	2	3	0	0
Possum Whitted	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Luderus	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bert Niehoff	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Killefer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Alexander	3	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Flack	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Kilduff	4	1	1	0	0	2
Harry Wolter	4	0	2	1	0	0
Larry Doyle	3	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Merkle	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cy Williams	3	0	1	0	0	1
Charlie Pechous	4	0	2	0	0	1
Pickles Dillhoefer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Douglas	2	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Alexander	9.0	9	1	5

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Douglas	9.0	8	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dode Paskert: K/C
Dave Bancroft: W
Milt Stock: S9/G3.1-H(E9/TH3)(NR)(UR);B-3
Gavvy Cravath: S9/3.3-H(UR)
Possum Whitted: 43.1-2
Fred Luderus: PB.2-3
Fred Luderus: 8/L

Bot 1

Max Flack: 3/G
Pete Kilduff: 43
Harry Wolter: S7/6
Larry Doyle: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Bert Niehoff: 43
Bill Killefer: 31
Pete Alexander: K

Bot 2

Fred Merkle: S6/G56
Cy Williams: K/C
Charlie Pechous: S9/9S-.1-2
Pickles Dillhoefer: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Dode Paskert: S6/G
Dave Bancroft: 23/SH.1-2
Milt Stock: 8/FDP.2X2(84)

Bot 3

Phil Douglas: W
Max Flack: 46(1)/FO
Pete Kilduff: S9.1-2
Harry Wolter: D9/9L.2-H;1-3
Larry Doyle: 8/F/SF.3-H;2-3
Fred Merkle: 9/F

Top 4

Gavvy Cravath: 4/P
Possum Whitted: 3/P/FL
Fred Luderus: D9/F9DW
Bert Niehoff: K/C

Bot 4

Cy Williams: S4/G.B-2(E4/TH1)
Charlie Pechous: 3/P/FL
Pickles Dillhoefer: FLE2
Pickles Dillhoefer: 4/LDP.2X2(46)

Top 5

Bill Killefer: 43
Pete Alexander: 53
Dode Paskert: S3/G
Dave Bancroft: CS2(24)

Bot 5

Phil Douglas: 63
Max Flack: 8/F89XD
Pete Kilduff: K

Top 6

Dave Bancroft: S8
Milt Stock: 34/SH.1-2
Gavvy Cravath: 13.2-3
Possum Whitted: K/C

Bot 6

Harry Wolter: 6/P
Larry Doyle: D9
Fred Merkle: 63.2-3
Cy Williams: HP
Charlie Pechous: CSH(21526)

Top 7

Fred Luderus: 4/P4D
Bert Niehoff: K
Bill Killefer: 13

Bot 7

Charlie Pechous: S3/G
Pickles Dillhoefer: K
Phil Douglas: 43.1-2
Max Flack: S4/G.2XH(432)

Top 8

Pete Alexander: 43
Dode Paskert: E4/G
Dave Bancroft: SB2
Dave Bancroft: K
Milt Stock: S1/G.2-3
Gavvy Cravath: SB2
Gavvy Cravath: S9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);B-3(THH)(E9/THH)
Possum Whitted: 3/G

Bot 8

Pete Kilduff: K
Harry Wolter: 43
Larry Doyle: 43

Top 9

Fred Luderus: 43
Bert Niehoff: 63
Bill Killefer: 9/F

Bot 9

Fred Merkle: 53
Cy Williams: 43
Charlie Pechous: K

Notes & reviews

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