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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1917-09-26 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 500 · 1:32

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–0. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 7th. Eppa Rixey earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Eppa Rixey L: Hal Carlson SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dode Paskert	4	2	2	0	1	1
Frank Schulte	3	1	1	0	1	0
Milt Stock	4	0	2	1	0	1
Gavvy Cravath	3	0	1	0	1	0
Possum Whitted	4	1	1	0	0	1
Fred Luderus	4	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Evers	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Killefer	3	0	1	2	0	0
Eppa Rixey	4	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Howdy Caton	4	1	0	1
Fritz Mollwitz	4	1	0	0
Carson Bigbee	3	0	1	0
Max Carey	4	0	0	1
Tony Boeckel	4	0	0	1
Lee King	3	1	0	0
Charlie Jackson	1	0	0	0
Walter Schmidt	1	0	0	0
Hal Carlson	1	0	0	0
Don Flinn	2	1	0	0
Red Smith	2	0	0	2
Bob Steele	1	0	0	1
Bill Evans	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eppa Rixey	9.0	4	1	6

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Carlson	6.0	8	1	2
Bill Evans	3.0	2	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dode Paskert: S8
Frank Schulte: 23/SH.1-2
Milt Stock: S7.2-H
Gavvy Cravath: 63.1-2
Possum Whitted: K

Bot 1

Howdy Caton: K
Fritz Mollwitz: 23
Carson Bigbee: 63

Top 2

Fred Luderus: E7/L.B-2
Johnny Evers: 3/G.2-3
Bill Killefer: 53/SH.3-H(UR)
Eppa Rixey: 63

Bot 2

Max Carey: 63
Tony Boeckel: K
Lee King: 6/P

Top 3

Dode Paskert: K
Frank Schulte: 3/L
Milt Stock: D7
Gavvy Cravath: W
Possum Whitted: 8

Bot 3

Charlie Jackson: 13
Walter Schmidt: 13
Hal Carlson: 53

Top 4

Fred Luderus: 43
Johnny Evers: D7
Bill Killefer: 3/G.2-3
Eppa Rixey: 7

Bot 4

Howdy Caton: 9
Fritz Mollwitz: S8
Carson Bigbee: 3/FL
Max Carey: 7/L

Top 5

Dode Paskert: S9/P.BX2(93)
Frank Schulte: 13
Milt Stock: 5/P

Bot 5

Tony Boeckel: 43
Lee King: T8/89
Don Flinn: 63
Red Smith: K

Top 6

Gavvy Cravath: S7
Possum Whitted: 64(1)/FO
Fred Luderus: S8.1-2
Johnny Evers: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Bill Killefer: S8.3-H;1-3
Eppa Rixey: SB2
Eppa Rixey: 3/FL

Bot 6

Bob Steele: K
Howdy Caton: S9
Fritz Mollwitz: 6(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH)
Carson Bigbee: 43

Top 7

Dode Paskert: W
Frank Schulte: W.1-2
Milt Stock: K
Gavvy Cravath: 9.2-3
Possum Whitted: SBH;SB2.1-H(E4/THH)
Possum Whitted: S8.BX2(86)

Bot 7

Max Carey: K
Tony Boeckel: 4/P
Lee King: 13

Top 8

Fred Luderus: 6/P
Johnny Evers: 5/FL
Bill Killefer: 9

Bot 8

Don Flinn: S8
Red Smith: K
Bill Evans: 4/P
Howdy Caton: 13

Top 9

Eppa Rixey: K
Dode Paskert: 4/P
Frank Schulte: S7/78
Milt Stock: CS2(24)

Bot 9

Fritz Mollwitz: 6/P
Carson Bigbee: W
Max Carey: 8
Tony Boeckel: 9

Notes & reviews

Paskert rounded 1st too far $Schmidt injured by foul tip

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