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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1917-07-07 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 6000 · 1:55

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 7th. Frank Miller earned the win and Elmer Jacobs picked up the save. William Fischer went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Frank Miller L: Pete Alexander SV: Elmer Jacobs

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Carey	5	2	2	0	0	1
Carson Bigbee	5	1	1	0	0	0
Lee King	5	1	2	1	0	0
Honus Wagner	4	0	2	1	1	0
William Fischer	4	0	3	1	1	0
Chuck Ward	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Pitler	4	0	1	0	0	1
Alex McCarthy	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Miller	7.0	6	1	3
Elmer Jacobs	2.0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Alexander	7.0	10	2	4
Jimmy Lavender	1.0	1	0	0
Joe Oeschger	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Carey: 7
Carson Bigbee: 43
Lee King: E4/TH
Honus Wagner: SB2
Honus Wagner: W
William Fischer: S8.2-H(UR);1-2
Chuck Ward: K23

Bot 1

Dode Paskert: 8
Dave Bancroft: 43
Milt Stock: 53

Top 2

Jake Pitler: 63
Alex McCarthy: 3/G
Frank Miller: 9

Bot 2

Gavvy Cravath: 3/FL
Possum Whitted: S8
Fred Luderus: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Max Carey: K
Carson Bigbee: S9
Lee King: S7.1-3
Honus Wagner: 6/P
William Fischer: CSH(242)

Bot 3

Bert Niehoff: D7
Bill Killefer: FC1/SH/TH3.2-3;B-1
Pete Alexander: 2/FL
Dode Paskert: W.1-2
Dave Bancroft: K
Milt Stock: 4/P

Top 4

William Fischer: W
Chuck Ward: 34/SH.1-2
Jake Pitler: K
Alex McCarthy: 8

Bot 4

Gavvy Cravath: 3/G
Possum Whitted: 13
Fred Luderus: K

Top 5

Frank Miller: 43
Max Carey: S5
Carson Bigbee: 143.1-3
Lee King: S7/L.3-H
Honus Wagner: SB2
Honus Wagner: 53

Bot 5

Bert Niehoff: 13
Bill Killefer: S8
Pete Alexander: 13.1-2
Dode Paskert: 5/P

Top 6

William Fischer: S9
Chuck Ward: 16(1)/FO
Jake Pitler: S9.1-3
Alex McCarthy: CSH(252).1-3
Alex McCarthy: K23

Bot 6

Dave Bancroft: 9
Milt Stock: 3/P
Gavvy Cravath: K

Top 7

Frank Miller: 63
Max Carey: D8/89
Carson Bigbee: FC6.2-3(E5/TH2);B-2
Lee King: 8.3XH(8E2)(NR)(UR);2-3(TH)
Honus Wagner: S8.3-H(UR)
William Fischer: S6.1-3(E6/TH);B-2
Chuck Ward: 4/P

Bot 7

Possum Whitted: 5/P
Fred Luderus: 8
Bert Niehoff: E2/P
Bill Killefer: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Jake Pitler: 63
Alex McCarthy: S7
Frank Miller: 4/P
Max Carey: 8

Bot 8

Frank Schulte: D8
Dode Paskert: S9.2-3
Dave Bancroft: S7.3-H;1-2
Milt Stock: K
Gavvy Cravath: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Carson Bigbee: 43
Lee King: 13
Honus Wagner: S8
William Fischer: 3/G

Bot 9

Possum Whitted: 9/L
Fred Luderus: 8
Bert Niehoff: 63

Notes & reviews

Attempted double-steal
Failed squeeze play
Carey was trapped between 2nd and 3rd but 3Bman made errant throw during rundown allowing Carey to reach 3rd and Bigbee 2nd

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