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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1918-08-07 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 1000 · 2:00

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 1st. Erskine Mayer earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Erskine Mayer L: Milt Watson 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
Roy Ellam	4	0	1	1	1	1
Carson Bigbee	5	1	1	0	0	0
Max Carey	3	1	1	0	2	0
Billy Southworth	5	0	1	0	0	0
George Cutshaw	3	1	1	1	1	0
Fritz Mollwitz	4	0	1	2	0	0
Bill McKechnie	4	0	1	0	0	0
Walter Schmidt	2	1	0	0	1	0
Erskine Mayer	1	0	0	0	2	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Bancroft	3	2	0	0	1	0
Cy Williams	3	0	1	0	1	0
Milt Stock	3	0	1	1	1	0
Fred Luderus	4	0	1	1	0	0
Irish Meusel	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	4	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Pearce	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bert Adams	3	0	1	0	0	0
Milt Watson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Justin Fitzgerald	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erskine Mayer	9.0	7	4	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Milt Watson	9.0	7	7	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Ellam: W
Carson Bigbee: 54(1)/FO
Max Carey: S1/BG.1-2
Billy Southworth: 6/P
George Cutshaw: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2
Fritz Mollwitz: S9.3-H;2-H
Bill McKechnie: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Dave Bancroft: E8/F.B-2
Cy Williams: 43
Milt Stock: S7.2-H(UR)
Fred Luderus: 64(1)/FO
Irish Meusel: 2/FL

Top 2

Bill McKechnie: 43
Walter Schmidt: 53
Erskine Mayer: W
Roy Ellam: E9/F.1-2
Carson Bigbee: 54(1)/FO

Bot 2

Gavvy Cravath: 63
Harry Pearce: E6
Bert Adams: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Max Carey: 9
Billy Southworth: 43
George Cutshaw: 7

Bot 3

Milt Watson: 4/P
Dave Bancroft: FLE5
Dave Bancroft: W
Cy Williams: S9.1-2
Milt Stock: W.2-3;1-2
Fred Luderus: 36(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Irish Meusel: CSH(242)

Top 4

Fritz Mollwitz: 53
Bill McKechnie: 13
Walter Schmidt: W
Erskine Mayer: W.1-2
Roy Ellam: 9

Bot 4

Irish Meusel: 7
Gavvy Cravath: K
Harry Pearce: S8
Bert Adams: CS2(26)

Top 5

Carson Bigbee: 53
Max Carey: 6/P
Billy Southworth: D9
George Cutshaw: 6/FL

Bot 5

Bert Adams: 6/P
Milt Watson: S8
Dave Bancroft: 8
Cy Williams: W.1-2
Milt Stock: 43

Top 6

Fritz Mollwitz: 43
Bill McKechnie: S8
Walter Schmidt: 4/P
Erskine Mayer: K/C

Bot 6

Fred Luderus: 3/P
Irish Meusel: 13
Gavvy Cravath: 3/P

Top 7

Roy Ellam: K
Carson Bigbee: 63
Max Carey: W
Billy Southworth: CS2(26)

Bot 7

Harry Pearce: 6/P
Bert Adams: S9
Milt Watson: 16(1)/FO/BG
Dave Bancroft: CS2(26)

Top 8

Billy Southworth: 8
George Cutshaw: W
Fritz Mollwitz: 43.1-2
Bill McKechnie: 43

Bot 8

Dave Bancroft: 9
Cy Williams: 43
Milt Stock: 7

Top 9

Walter Schmidt: HP
Erskine Mayer: 2/SH.1-2
Roy Ellam: S9.2-H
Carson Bigbee: D9.1-3
Max Carey: CSH(12).2-3
Max Carey: W
Billy Southworth: DI.1-2
Billy Southworth: 63

Bot 9

Fred Luderus: S8
Irish Meusel: 7
Gavvy Cravath: 6/P
Harry Pearce: S7.1-2
Justin Fitzgerald: W.2-3;1-2
Milt Watson: PO1(23)

Notes & reviews

Attempted double-steal
Failed squeeze play

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