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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1917-08-11 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 8000 · 2:01

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. Joe Oeschger earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10

W: Joe Oeschger L: Bill Evans SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dode Paskert	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Bancroft	5	2	1	0	0	0
Milt Stock	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	3	0	1	1	1	0
Fred Luderus	3	0	1	1	1	0
Possum Whitted	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Evers	2	0	1	0	1	0
Bert Adams	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Oeschger	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bert Niehoff	0	0	0	1	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Jackson	4	0	2	0	1	2
Max Carey	3	0	1	0	0	1
Lee King	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Boeckel	3	0	0	0	1	0
Chuck Ward	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jake Pitler	4	0	1	0	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	4	2	2	0	0	2
Walter Schmidt	3	0	2	2	0	0
Bill Evans	3	0	1	0	0	2
Bob Steele	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Oeschger	9.0	10	3	9

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Evans	7.1	5	3	1
Bob Steele	1.2	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dode Paskert: 53
Dave Bancroft: S7
Milt Stock: E4/G.1-2
Gavvy Cravath: 9
Fred Luderus: S9.2-H(UR);1-3;B-2(TH)
Possum Whitted: 8

Bot 1

Charlie Jackson: S8
Max Carey: 53/SH.1-2
Lee King: 7
Tony Boeckel: 9

Top 2

Johnny Evers: S8
Bert Adams: 46(1)3/GDP
Joe Oeschger: S8
Dode Paskert: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Chuck Ward: K
Jake Pitler: 7
High Pockets Kelly: S8
Walter Schmidt: D/78.1-H
Bill Evans: K

Top 3

Dave Bancroft: E3/G
Milt Stock: 13/SH.1-2
Gavvy Cravath: S8.2-H(UR)
Fred Luderus: 46(1)/FO
Possum Whitted: 9

Bot 3

Charlie Jackson: K
Max Carey: S3.B-2(E3/TH)
Lee King: 8.2-3
Tony Boeckel: W
Chuck Ward: CS2(26)

Top 4

Johnny Evers: W
Bert Adams: 13/SH.1-2
Joe Oeschger: 143.2-3
Dode Paskert: 7

Bot 4

Chuck Ward: 43
Jake Pitler: S7
High Pockets Kelly: K
Walter Schmidt: CS2(26)

Top 5

Dave Bancroft: 3/G
Milt Stock: 43
Gavvy Cravath: 2/FL

Bot 5

Walter Schmidt: 7
Bill Evans: K
Charlie Jackson: S8
Max Carey: CS2(26)

Top 6

Fred Luderus: 43
Possum Whitted: 8
Johnny Evers: 53

Bot 6

Max Carey: 43
Lee King: S3
Tony Boeckel: 8
Chuck Ward: 7

Top 7

Bert Adams: 43
Joe Oeschger: K
Dode Paskert: E5/G
Dave Bancroft: 43

Bot 7

Jake Pitler: 8
High Pockets Kelly: T9
Walter Schmidt: 54/SH.3-H
Bill Evans: T9
Charlie Jackson: W
Max Carey: K

Top 8

Milt Stock: 8
Gavvy Cravath: W
Fred Luderus: SB2
Fred Luderus: W
Possum Whitted: E6/G.2-3;1-2
Bert Niehoff: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Bert Adams: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Lee King: K
Tony Boeckel: 9
Chuck Ward: W
Jake Pitler: 63

Top 9

Joe Oeschger: S9
Dode Paskert: 16(1)/FO/BG
Dave Bancroft: 16(1)/FO
Milt Stock: 8

Bot 9

High Pockets Kelly: K
Walter Schmidt: S7
Bob Steele: 64(1)/FO
Charlie Jackson: K/C