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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1917-08-30 · Day game · Baker Bowl · rain, wet · 1:35

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Boston Braves 4–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 6th. Chief Bender earned the win. Chief Bender went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Chief Bender L: Pat Ragan SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Kelly	5	0	1	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Powell	3	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Rehg	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ed Konetchy	3	1	1	0	0	1
Red Smith	4	0	2	3	0	1
Johnny Rawlings	3	0	1	0	0	0
Walt Tragesser	3	0	1	0	0	0
Pat Ragan	3	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Bailey	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lefty Tyler	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Frank Schulte	3	0	0	1	1
Dave Bancroft	4	0	1	0	0
Milt Stock	4	0	0	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	4	1	2	1	0
Fred Luderus	4	0	1	0	1
Possum Whitted	4	1	1	0	0
Bert Niehoff	3	0	1	0	0
Bill Killefer	3	1	1	0	0
Chief Bender	3	1	2	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Ragan	8.0	9	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chief Bender	9.0	9	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Kelly: S8
Rabbit Maranville: 16(1)/FO
Ray Powell: 64(1)/FO
Wally Rehg: 63

Bot 1

Frank Schulte: K
Dave Bancroft: 7/F
Milt Stock: 63

Top 2

Ed Konetchy: D8
Red Smith: D9.2-H
Johnny Rawlings: 53/SH.2-3
Walt Tragesser: 6/P
Pat Ragan: 43

Bot 2

Gavvy Cravath: 4/F
Fred Luderus: S7
Possum Whitted: 64(1)/FO
Bert Niehoff: 5E3.1-3
Bill Killefer: 7/F

Top 3

Joe Kelly: 9/F
Rabbit Maranville: 6/F
Ray Powell: 8/L

Bot 3

Chief Bender: HR/89
Frank Schulte: 43
Dave Bancroft: S7
Milt Stock: 7/F
Gavvy Cravath: SB2
Gavvy Cravath: 8/F

Top 4

Wally Rehg: S7
Ed Konetchy: K
Red Smith: K
Johnny Rawlings: 2/FL

Bot 4

Fred Luderus: 9/FL
Possum Whitted: 313
Bert Niehoff: 13

Top 5

Walt Tragesser: 63
Pat Ragan: 4/L
Joe Kelly: 3/L

Bot 5

Bill Killefer: S7/G
Chief Bender: S8/G.1-3
Frank Schulte: 7/SF.3-H;1-2
Dave Bancroft: 7/F
Milt Stock: 3/FL

Top 6

Rabbit Maranville: 9/F
Ray Powell: 63
Wally Rehg: S8.B-2(E6/TH)
Ed Konetchy: 5/FL

Bot 6

Gavvy Cravath: HR/7
Fred Luderus: 2/FL
Possum Whitted: S7
Bert Niehoff: S9.1-3
Bill Killefer: 6/P
Chief Bender: SBH;SB2
Chief Bender: 7/F

Top 7

Red Smith: 63
Johnny Rawlings: 53
Walt Tragesser: S8
Pat Ragan: 6/P

Bot 7

Frank Schulte: 9/F
Dave Bancroft: 13
Milt Stock: 2/FL

Top 8

Joe Kelly: 4/P
Rabbit Maranville: S9
Ray Powell: W.1-2
Wally Rehg: 9/F.2-3
Ed Konetchy: HP.1-2
Red Smith: S7.3-H;2-H;1X3(715)

Bot 8

Gavvy Cravath: S7
Fred Luderus: K
Possum Whitted: CS2(26)
Possum Whitted: 53

Top 9

Johnny Rawlings: S8
Fred Bailey: K
Lefty Tyler: 46(1)/FO
Joe Kelly: 6/P

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