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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1918-08-08 · Day game · Baker Bowl · 1:42

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 5 in the 7th. Elmer Jacobs earned the win. Irish Meusel went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	8
PHI	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	0		8	11

W: Elmer Jacobs L: Cy Slapnicka 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	3	0	0	0	0	2
Carson Bigbee	5	0	1	0	0	1
Max Carey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Southworth	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Cutshaw	4	1	0	0	0	0
Fritz Mollwitz	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bill McKechnie	4	0	1	0	0	0
Walter Schmidt	3	1	1	0	0	0
Cy Slapnicka	2	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Hinchman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Shaw	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Leach	0	0	0	0	1	0
Luke Boone	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cy Slapnicka	8.0	11	2	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elmer Jacobs	9.0	8	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roy Ellam: K
Carson Bigbee: K
Max Carey: 43

Bot 1

Dave Bancroft: 8
Milt Stock: 63
Cy Williams: HP
Fred Luderus: 43

Top 2

Billy Southworth: 43
George Cutshaw: 63
Fritz Mollwitz: S7
Bill McKechnie: 4/P

Bot 2

Irish Meusel: S7
Gavvy Cravath: HR/7.1-H
Harry Pearce: D7
Bert Adams: E6.2-H(E6/TH)(UR);B-2
Elmer Jacobs: 14/SH.2-3
Dave Bancroft: 43
Milt Stock: 43

Top 3

Walter Schmidt: 4/P
Cy Slapnicka: 53
Roy Ellam: 43

Bot 3

Cy Williams: 3/G
Fred Luderus: 63
Irish Meusel: 7

Top 4

Carson Bigbee: 5/FL
Max Carey: S9
Billy Southworth: 63.1-2
George Cutshaw: 13

Bot 4

Gavvy Cravath: S9.BX2(96)
Harry Pearce: K
Bert Adams: 63

Top 5

Fritz Mollwitz: 63
Bill McKechnie: S4
Walter Schmidt: 64(1)/FO
Cy Slapnicka: W.1-2
Roy Ellam: K

Bot 5

Elmer Jacobs: 53
Dave Bancroft: S7
Milt Stock: S3/BG.1X3(35)
Cy Williams: 2/FL

Top 6

Carson Bigbee: S3.B-2(E3/TH)
Max Carey: 8
Billy Southworth: 43
George Cutshaw: 23

Bot 6

Fred Luderus: S9
Irish Meusel: 14(1)/FO
Gavvy Cravath: 5/P
Harry Pearce: 5/FL

Top 7

Fritz Mollwitz: 53
Bill McKechnie: 4/P
Walter Schmidt: S7
Cy Slapnicka: S8.1-3
Bill Hinchman: E9/F.3-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Carson Bigbee: 5/L

Bot 7

Bert Adams: S7
Elmer Jacobs: 3/SH.1-2
Dave Bancroft: D7.2-H
Milt Stock: W
Cy Williams: CS3(25).1-2
Cy Williams: S9.2-H
Fred Luderus: W.1-2
Irish Meusel: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Gavvy Cravath: 6/P

Top 8

Max Carey: 43
Billy Southworth: S8
George Cutshaw: 96(1)/FO
Fritz Mollwitz: D8.1-H
Bill McKechnie: 31

Bot 8

Harry Pearce: 6/P
Bert Adams: 3/L
Elmer Jacobs: 63

Top 9

Ben Shaw: 2/FL
Tommy Leach: W
Luke Boone: 63.1-2
Carson Bigbee: 43