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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1918-06-15 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 7000 · 1:50

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 5th. Joe Oeschger earned the win. Irish Meusel went 4-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
PHI	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0		6	12

W: Joe Oeschger L: Roy Sanders SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Howdy Caton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Max Carey	2	1	0	0	2	0
George Cutshaw	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Hinchman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Fritz Mollwitz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Carson Bigbee	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bill McKechnie	3	0	0	0	0	1
Walter Schmidt	3	0	1	0	0	1
Roy Sanders	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Jacobs	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Getz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Bancroft	2	0	1	0	2	0
Cy Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Milt Stock	3	2	1	1	1	0
Fred Luderus	4	3	2	0	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	3	0	2	2	1	0
Irish Meusel	4	0	4	2	0	0
Patsy McGaffigan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bert Adams	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Oeschger	4	1	1	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Sanders	4.1	9	1	1
Elmer Jacobs	2.2	3	2	0
Bob Steele	1.0	0	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Oeschger	9.0	4	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Howdy Caton: 7
Max Carey: W
George Cutshaw: 8
Bill Hinchman: SB2
Bill Hinchman: 9

Bot 1

Dave Bancroft: W
Cy Williams: 6(B)3(1)/DP/P
Milt Stock: 7

Top 2

Fritz Mollwitz: 2/FL
Carson Bigbee: W
Bill McKechnie: 8
Walter Schmidt: CS2(26)

Bot 2

Fred Luderus: D7
Gavvy Cravath: 43.2-3
Irish Meusel: S8/78.3-H;BX2(86)
Patsy McGaffigan: 6/P

Top 3

Walter Schmidt: S7
Roy Sanders: 54(1)3/GDP
Howdy Caton: 53

Bot 3

Bert Adams: S8
Joe Oeschger: K
Dave Bancroft: S9.1-2
Cy Williams: 9.2-3
Milt Stock: CSH(242)

Top 4

Max Carey: 6/L
George Cutshaw: 2/FL
Bill Hinchman: 63

Bot 4

Milt Stock: 6/P
Fred Luderus: D8
Gavvy Cravath: S8.2-H
Irish Meusel: S7.1-2
Patsy McGaffigan: 8
Bert Adams: WP.2-3;1-2
Bert Adams: 53

Top 5

Fritz Mollwitz: 43
Carson Bigbee: 53
Bill McKechnie: 5/L

Bot 5

Joe Oeschger: S8
Dave Bancroft: 23/SH.1-2
Cy Williams: HP
Milt Stock: S8.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Fred Luderus: FC4.3XH(42);2-H(E2/TH)(NR);B-2
Gavvy Cravath: W
Irish Meusel: S9.2-H;1-3
Patsy McGaffigan: 13.1-2

Top 6

Walter Schmidt: 3/G
Elmer Jacobs: K
Howdy Caton: 43

Bot 6

Bert Adams: 53
Joe Oeschger: 43
Dave Bancroft: 63

Top 7

Max Carey: 5/FL
George Cutshaw: 7/L
Bill Hinchman: S9
Fritz Mollwitz: S5.1-2
Carson Bigbee: 5(2)/FO

Bot 7

Cy Williams: 43
Milt Stock: W
Fred Luderus: 8
Gavvy Cravath: SB2.1-3(E6)
Gavvy Cravath: S7.3-H
Irish Meusel: D9.1-3
Patsy McGaffigan: 43

Top 8

Bill McKechnie: K
Walter Schmidt: K
Gus Getz: 5/P

Bot 8

Bert Adams: 9/FL
Joe Oeschger: K
Dave Bancroft: W
Cy Williams: 2/FL

Top 9

Howdy Caton: 3/L
Max Carey: W
George Cutshaw: SB2
George Cutshaw: S9.2-H
Bill Hinchman: 4/P
Fritz Mollwitz: SB2
Fritz Mollwitz: 7

Notes & reviews

Attempted double-steal

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