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Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies

1918-04-19 · Day game · Baker Bowl · 10 innings · Att: 2000 · 1:57

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Boston Braves 4–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 7th. Mike Prendergast earned the win. Fred Luderus went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mike Prendergast L: Tom Hughes SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Massey	4	1	1	0	1	0
Buck Herzog	5	1	1	0	0	1
Ray Powell	4	0	2	1	1	0
Ed Konetchy	5	0	1	1	0	0
Red Smith	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Wickland	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Rawlings	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Henry	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hughes	4	1	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Bancroft	4	0	1	0	0	0
Patsy McGaffigan	4	1	2	0	0	0
Milt Stock	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gavvy Cravath	4	1	2	0	0	1
Fred Luderus	4	1	1	3	0	0
Possum Whitted	4	1	0	0	0	0
Irish Meusel	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Burns	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Prendergast	3	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Hughes	9.1	7	1	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Prendergast	10.0	7	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Massey: D9
Buck Herzog: S9.2-3
Ray Powell: 3/G.3-H;1-2
Ed Konetchy: PB.2-3
Ed Konetchy: S/5.3-H
Red Smith: 8/F
Al Wickland: SB2
Al Wickland: W
Johnny Rawlings: K

Bot 1

Dave Bancroft: 43
Patsy McGaffigan: S9
Milt Stock: 9/L
Gavvy Cravath: CS2(26)

Top 2

John Henry: 53
Tom Hughes: 13
Red Massey: 31

Bot 2

Gavvy Cravath: D8
Fred Luderus: 8/F/DP.2X3(85)
Possum Whitted: 13

Top 3

Buck Herzog: 5/P
Ray Powell: 43
Ed Konetchy: 63

Bot 3

Irish Meusel: 43
Ed Burns: 8/F
Mike Prendergast: K

Top 4

Red Smith: 53
Al Wickland: 13
Johnny Rawlings: 8/F

Bot 4

Dave Bancroft: 8/F
Patsy McGaffigan: 63
Milt Stock: 2/FL

Top 5

John Henry: 63
Tom Hughes: 13
Red Massey: W
Buck Herzog: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Gavvy Cravath: K
Fred Luderus: 43
Possum Whitted: 8/F

Top 6

Buck Herzog: K
Ray Powell: FLE3
Ray Powell: S8
Ed Konetchy: 8/F
Red Smith: S9.1-3;B-2(TH)
Al Wickland: 43

Bot 6

Irish Meusel: 43
Ed Burns: 5/FL
Mike Prendergast: 13

Top 7

Johnny Rawlings: 8/F
John Henry: 63
Tom Hughes: HR/7
Red Massey: 5/P

Bot 7

Dave Bancroft: 9/F
Patsy McGaffigan: S/1
Milt Stock: 8/F
Gavvy Cravath: S8.1-3
Fred Luderus: HR/9.3-H;1-H
Possum Whitted: 3/FL

Top 8

Buck Herzog: 43
Ray Powell: W
Ed Konetchy: 53.1-2
Red Smith: 7/F

Bot 8

Irish Meusel: 8/F
Ed Burns: 7/F
Mike Prendergast: 7/F

Top 9

Al Wickland: 31
Johnny Rawlings: 23
John Henry: E5/TH
Tom Hughes: WP.1-2
Tom Hughes: E6/G.2-3
Red Massey: PO3(25)

Bot 9

Dave Bancroft: S/4
Patsy McGaffigan: 64(1)/FO
Milt Stock: W.1-2
Gavvy Cravath: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 10

Red Massey: 8/F
Buck Herzog: 9/F
Ray Powell: D7
Ed Konetchy: FC6.2X3(6545)

Bot 10

Fred Luderus: 3/P
Possum Whitted: E4/G
Irish Meusel: T7.1-H

Notes & reviews

Bounce HR
pbp account ends here, rest deduced
Meusel's ball landed well up into the bleachers, but under the rules of the day he was only credited with a triple (but the run was ruled an earned run)

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