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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1917-09-18 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 1500 · 1:46

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 1–0. Art Nehf earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Art Nehf L: Elmer Ponder SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Rehg	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ray Powell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lefty Tyler	4	0	1	0	0	1
Red Smith	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Kelly	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Rawlings	2	1	1	0	1	0
Chief Meyers	1	0	0	0	0	0
Art Nehf	4	0	1	0	0	0
Walt Tragesser	2	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Howdy Caton	4	1	0	1
Fritz Mollwitz	3	0	1	0
Bill Webb	3	0	1	0
Max Carey	4	0	0	1
Tony Boeckel	3	0	0	1
Lee King	2	1	0	0
Don Flinn	3	1	0	1
Walter Schmidt	3	0	0	1
Elmer Ponder	2	0	0	2
Charlie Jackson	0	0	1	0
Red Smith	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Nehf	9.0	3	3	7

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elmer Ponder	8.0	6	3	2
Burleigh Grimes	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wally Rehg: 43
Rabbit Maranville: S4
Ray Powell: 3/G.1-2
Lefty Tyler: 7

Bot 1

Howdy Caton: K
Fritz Mollwitz: W
Bill Webb: 46(1)/FO
Max Carey: BK.1-2
Max Carey: 53

Top 2

Red Smith: W
Joe Kelly: W.1-2
Johnny Rawlings: FC1/SH.2-3;1-2
Chief Meyers: 52(3)23(B)32(2)/TP

Bot 2

Tony Boeckel: K
Lee King: 13
Don Flinn: D8.BX3(865)

Top 3

Art Nehf: 5/P#
Wally Rehg: 53
Rabbit Maranville: 9

Bot 3

Walter Schmidt: 7
Elmer Ponder: K
Howdy Caton: 13

Top 4

Ray Powell: 9
Lefty Tyler: S/BG
Red Smith: 2/FL
Joe Kelly: 6(1)/FO

Bot 4

Fritz Mollwitz: 1/L
Bill Webb: W
Max Carey: 14(1)/FO
Tony Boeckel: 43

Top 5

Johnny Rawlings: W
Chief Meyers: HP.1-2
Art Nehf: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Wally Rehg: 5/FL
Rabbit Maranville: S15.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ray Powell: K/C
Lefty Tyler: 3/G

Bot 5

Lee King: T/78
Don Flinn: K
Walter Schmidt: FC6.3XH(62);B-2
Elmer Ponder: K

Top 6

Red Smith: 53
Joe Kelly: 63
Johnny Rawlings: D7
Walt Tragesser: 6/P

Bot 6

Howdy Caton: 8
Fritz Mollwitz: 63
Bill Webb: 43

Top 7

Art Nehf: 63
Wally Rehg: S7
Rabbit Maranville: 8
Ray Powell: 8

Bot 7

Max Carey: K
Tony Boeckel: 43
Charlie Jackson: W
Don Flinn: 8

Top 8

Lefty Tyler: K
Red Smith: 7/L
Joe Kelly: 63

Bot 8

Walter Schmidt: K
Red Smith: 63
Howdy Caton: S9
Fritz Mollwitz: CS2(24)

Top 9

Johnny Rawlings: 9
Walt Tragesser: 63
Art Nehf: 143

Bot 9

Fritz Mollwitz: 13
Bill Webb: 9
Max Carey: 7

Notes & reviews

catcher Meyers ejected by HP umpire Klem for kicking King after tagging him; brawl followed and fans threw bottles; Pirates King and Elmer Jacobs, not in game, also ejected

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