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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1917-07-18 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 5000 · 1:22

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 7th. Erskine Mayer earned the win. Bill Killefer went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11
PHI	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0		3	6

W: Erskine Mayer L: Fred Toney SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Heinie Groh	5	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Kopf	3	0	2	0	0	0
Edd Roush	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Chase	4	0	2	1	0	1
Tommy Griffith	3	0	2	0	1	0
Greasy Neale	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bill McKechnie	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Clarke	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Toney	3	0	0	0	0	0
Clarence Mitchell	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Thorpe	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Evers	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Bancroft	4	0	0	0	0	1
Possum Whitted	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	3	1	1	0	1	0
Fred Luderus	3	0	1	0	1	0
Milt Stock	2	1	0	0	0	1
Dode Paskert	2	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Killefer	3	0	2	3	0	1
Erskine Mayer	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Toney	8.0	6	3	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erskine Mayer	9.0	11	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Heinie Groh: S8.B-2(E8)
Larry Kopf: 99/SH.2-3
Edd Roush: 6/P
Hal Chase: D9.3-H
Tommy Griffith: W
Greasy Neale: 53

Bot 1

Johnny Evers: 99
Dave Bancroft: K
Possum Whitted: 99

Top 2

Bill McKechnie: S
Tommy Clarke: 46(1)3/GDP
Fred Toney: 99

Bot 2

Gavvy Cravath: W
Fred Luderus: W.1-2
Milt Stock: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Dode Paskert: W
Bill Killefer: S1.3-H;2XH(42);1-2
Erskine Mayer: 13

Top 3

Heinie Groh: 99
Larry Kopf: 99
Edd Roush: 99

Bot 3

Johnny Evers: K
Dave Bancroft: 99
Possum Whitted: E4
Gavvy Cravath: D9.1XH(932)

Top 4

Hal Chase: S
Tommy Griffith: 99
Greasy Neale: K
Bill McKechnie: 99

Bot 4

Fred Luderus: 99
Milt Stock: K
Dode Paskert: 99

Top 5

Tommy Clarke: 99
Fred Toney: E6
Heinie Groh: 99/P
Larry Kopf: S7.1-2
Edd Roush: S8.2XH(862);1-2

Bot 5

Bill Killefer: K
Erskine Mayer: 99
Johnny Evers: 99

Top 6

Hal Chase: K23#
Tommy Griffith: D
Greasy Neale: S8.2-3
Bill McKechnie: FC3.3XH(32);1-2;B-1
Tommy Clarke: 99

Bot 6

Dave Bancroft: 99
Possum Whitted: 99
Gavvy Cravath: 99

Top 7

Fred Toney: 99
Heinie Groh: 99
Larry Kopf: S
Edd Roush: CS2(99)

Bot 7

Fred Luderus: S8.B-2(E8)
Milt Stock: FC1/BG.2X3(15);B-1
Dode Paskert: D9.1-3
Bill Killefer: S8.3-H;2-H
Erskine Mayer: 99
Johnny Evers: 99

Top 8

Edd Roush: 99
Hal Chase: 99
Tommy Griffith: S9
Greasy Neale: S/G.1-2
Bill McKechnie: 7

Bot 8

Dave Bancroft: 99
Possum Whitted: S8.B-2(E8)
Gavvy Cravath: 99
Fred Luderus: 99

Top 9

Tommy Clarke: 99
Clarence Mitchell: W
Heinie Groh: 8/L
Jim Thorpe: K