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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1917-08-16 · Day game · Baker Bowl · 1:35

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 3rd. Joe Oeschger earned the win. Dave Bancroft went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Joe Oeschger L: Elmer Jacobs SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carson Bigbee	4	0	3	0	0	0
Max Carey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Boeckel	3	1	2	0	1	1
Ray Miller	4	1	2	0	0	0
Adam DeBus	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jake Pitler	4	1	1	1	0	0
Walter Schmidt	4	0	1	1	0	0
Elmer Jacobs	1	0	1	0	0	0
Lee King	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Steele	1	0	0	0	0	1
William Fischer	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dode Paskert	2	2	0	0	2	0
Dave Bancroft	4	1	1	3	0	0
Milt Stock	4	0	1	1	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	2	0	0	0	2	1
Fred Luderus	3	0	0	0	1	0
Possum Whitted	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Evers	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bert Adams	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Oeschger	3	1	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elmer Jacobs	3.0	3	3	1
Bob Steele	5.0	1	2	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Oeschger	9.0	11	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Jackson: 43
Carson Bigbee: S4
Max Carey: 8(B)83(1)/DP

Bot 1

Dode Paskert: 63
Dave Bancroft: 9/L
Milt Stock: 53

Top 2

Tony Boeckel: D8
Ray Miller: S9.2-3
Adam DeBus: K
Jake Pitler: PB.1-2
Jake Pitler: BK.3-H;2-3
Jake Pitler: D8.3-H
Walter Schmidt: S7.2-H;BX2(74)
Elmer Jacobs: S9
Charlie Jackson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Gavvy Cravath: K
Fred Luderus: W
Possum Whitted: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Carson Bigbee: S8
Max Carey: 43.1-2
Tony Boeckel: W
Ray Miller: 6/P
Adam DeBus: 53

Bot 3

Johnny Evers: D9
Bert Adams: 63
Joe Oeschger: D9.2-H
Dode Paskert: W
Dave Bancroft: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Milt Stock: 13
Gavvy Cravath: W
Fred Luderus: 43

Top 4

Jake Pitler: 43
Walter Schmidt: 43
Lee King: D7
Charlie Jackson: K

Bot 4

Possum Whitted: 2/FL
Johnny Evers: 2/FL
Bert Adams: 63

Top 5

Carson Bigbee: 9/L
Max Carey: K
Tony Boeckel: S1
Ray Miller: 7

Bot 5

Joe Oeschger: 63
Dode Paskert: W
Dave Bancroft: 5/FL
Milt Stock: SB2
Milt Stock: S7.2-H
Gavvy Cravath: 8

Top 6

Adam DeBus: W
Jake Pitler: CS2(26)
Jake Pitler: 6/P
Walter Schmidt: 9

Bot 6

Fred Luderus: 1/G
Possum Whitted: 4/P
Johnny Evers: 9

Top 7

Bob Steele: K
Charlie Jackson: 13
Carson Bigbee: S8
Max Carey: 5/FL

Bot 7

Bert Adams: 8
Joe Oeschger: 23
Dode Paskert: 43

Top 8

Tony Boeckel: K
Ray Miller: S9
Adam DeBus: CS2(24)
Adam DeBus: 63

Bot 8

Dave Bancroft: 2/P
Milt Stock: 8
Gavvy Cravath: W
Fred Luderus: 8

Top 9

Jake Pitler: 7
Walter Schmidt: 43
William Fischer: 7

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