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Philadelphia Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

1918-06-19 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3070 · 1:53

Philadelphia Athletics defeated Boston Red Sox 5–0. Philadelphia Athletics put up 4 in the 6th. Bob Geary earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	5	10
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7

W: Bob Geary L: Bullet Joe Bush SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Silk O'Loughlin · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Shannon	5	0	1	0	0	1
Rube Oldring	5	0	2	2	0	0
Tillie Walker	5	0	1	0	0	1
George Burns	5	2	3	0	0	0
Larry Gardner	2	1	0	0	1	0
Wickey McAvoy	4	0	2	2	0	0
Claude Davidson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Dugan	3	1	0	0	1	1
Bob Geary	3	1	0	1	1	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Harry Hooper	3	0	1	1
Frank Truesdale	4	1	0	1
Amos Strunk	2	1	2	0
Babe Ruth	3	0	1	1
Stuffy McInnis	4	0	0	0
Fred Thomas	4	2	0	0
Everett Scott	3	1	0	0
Sam Agnew	3	1	0	0
Bullet Joe Bush	3	1	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Geary	9.0	7	4	3

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bullet Joe Bush	9.0	10	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Shannon: K
Rube Oldring: 53
Tillie Walker: S5
George Burns: S6.1-2
Larry Gardner: W.2-3;1-2
Wickey McAvoy: 43

Bot 1

Harry Hooper: K
Frank Truesdale: 4/P
Amos Strunk: S9
Babe Ruth: CS2(24)

Top 2

Claude Davidson: 8/F
Joe Dugan: K
Bob Geary: 63

Bot 2

Babe Ruth: K
Stuffy McInnis: 2/FL
Fred Thomas: 8/L

Top 3

Red Shannon: 8/F
Rube Oldring: 53
Tillie Walker: 5/P

Bot 3

Everett Scott: 4/L
Sam Agnew: S7
Bullet Joe Bush: WP.1-2
Bullet Joe Bush: 2/FL
Harry Hooper: IW
Frank Truesdale: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

George Burns: S9
Larry Gardner: 13/SH.1-2
Wickey McAvoy: S8.2-H
Claude Davidson: 13/SH.1-2
Joe Dugan: 43

Bot 4

Amos Strunk: W
Babe Ruth: 36(1)3/GDP
Stuffy McInnis: 5/L

Top 5

Bob Geary: 7/F
Red Shannon: 63
Rube Oldring: E4
Tillie Walker: 53

Bot 5

Fred Thomas: S7
Everett Scott: 13/SH.1-2
Sam Agnew: 5/P
Bullet Joe Bush: S8.2XH(82)

Top 6

George Burns: S7
Larry Gardner: FC2/SH.1-3(E2/TH);B-2
Wickey McAvoy: S8.3-H;2-3;B-2(E8/TH)
Claude Davidson: 163
Joe Dugan: W
Bob Geary: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Red Shannon: 62(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Rube Oldring: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Tillie Walker: 8/F

Bot 6

Harry Hooper: 5/FL
Frank Truesdale: K
Amos Strunk: W
Babe Ruth: W.1-2
Stuffy McInnis: 8/F

Top 7

George Burns: 63
Larry Gardner: 31
Wickey McAvoy: 8/F

Bot 7

Fred Thomas: 53
Everett Scott: S5
Sam Agnew: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Claude Davidson: S7
Joe Dugan: 3/FL
Bob Geary: 8/F
Red Shannon: S9.1-3;BX2(96)

Bot 8

Bullet Joe Bush: 43
Harry Hooper: 43
Frank Truesdale: S9
Amos Strunk: 8/F

Top 9

Rube Oldring: S7
Tillie Walker: K
George Burns: 53.1-2
Larry Gardner: 3/FL

Bot 9

Babe Ruth: 3/G
Stuffy McInnis: 5/P
Fred Thomas: S6
Everett Scott: DI.1-2
Everett Scott: 3/P