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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1917-08-29 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 2500 · 1:48

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 7th. Milt Watson earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Milt Watson L: Pete Alexander SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Long	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jack Smith	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dots Miller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	3	0	1	2	0	0
Walton Cruise	2	1	0	0	2	0
Gene Paulette	4	1	1	0	0	0
Doug Baird	2	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Snyder	4	1	1	0	0	0
Lee Meadows	2	0	0	0	0	0
Red Smyth	1	0	1	2	0	0
Milt Watson	2	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Wallace	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lee Meadows	5.2	6	3	5
Milt Watson	3.1	1	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Alexander	9.0	9	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tom Long: 63
Jack Smith: 63
Dots Miller: 9/F#

Bot 1

Frank Schulte: 3/FL
Dave Bancroft: K
Milt Stock: 43

Top 2

Rogers Hornsby: 43
Walton Cruise: 31
Gene Paulette: 13

Bot 2

Gavvy Cravath: K
Fred Luderus: 2/FL
Possum Whitted: K

Top 3

Doug Baird: 63
Frank Snyder: 53
Lee Meadows: 6/P

Bot 3

Bert Niehoff: 63
Bill Killefer: S9
Pete Alexander: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Tom Long: S7
Jack Smith: 13/SH.1-2
Dots Miller: 43.2-3
Rogers Hornsby: S8.3-H
Walton Cruise: SB2
Walton Cruise: 4/P

Bot 4

Frank Schulte: W
Dave Bancroft: 8/F
Milt Stock: W.1-2
Gavvy Cravath: K
Fred Luderus: S/1.2-3;1-2
Possum Whitted: S/6.3-H;2-H;1-2
Bert Niehoff: 63

Top 5

Gene Paulette: 23
Doug Baird: 63
Frank Snyder: 63

Bot 5

Bill Killefer: S8
Pete Alexander: 13/SH.1-2
Frank Schulte: S9.2-H
Dave Bancroft: 64(1)/FO
Milt Stock: S8.1-2
Gavvy Cravath: 3/L

Top 6

Lee Meadows: 7/F
Tom Long: 63
Jack Smith: D7
Dots Miller: 9/L

Bot 6

Fred Luderus: 43
Possum Whitted: K
Bert Niehoff: W
Bill Killefer: CS2(24)#

Top 7

Rogers Hornsby: 63
Walton Cruise: W
Gene Paulette: D8.1-3
Red Smyth: S8.3-H;2-H
Frank Snyder: FC6.1X2(6E4)
Milt Watson: K
Tom Long: 5/FL

Bot 7

Bill Killefer: 7/F
Pete Alexander: D7
Frank Schulte: 43.2-3
Dave Bancroft: K

Top 8

Jack Smith: S/1
Dots Miller: S9.1-3
Rogers Hornsby: 9/SF.3-H
Walton Cruise: W.1-2
Gene Paulette: 4(1)3/GDP#

Bot 8

Milt Stock: 3/FL
Gavvy Cravath: 8/L
Fred Luderus: 5/P

Top 9

Bobby Wallace: 8/F
Frank Snyder: T8.B-H(E6/TH)(NR)
Milt Watson: S9
Tom Long: K
Jack Smith: 4(1)/FO

Bot 9

Possum Whitted: E4/G
Bert Niehoff: 8/F
Bill Killefer: 46(1)/FO
Oscar Dugey: 9/F

Notes & reviews

pitcher Meadows and 3bman Baird ejected by HP umpire O'Day for arguing ball four to Niehoff

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