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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1918-05-06 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 3000 · 2:10

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 7–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 3rd. Earl Hamilton earned the win. Lee King went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7
PIT	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	0		7	14

W: Earl Hamilton L: Claude Hendrix SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Hollocher	4	1	2	0	0	1
Max Flack	3	0	1	1	1	0
Les Mann	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dode Paskert	3	0	0	0	1	1
Fred Merkle	4	0	2	0	0	0
Pete Kilduff	4	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Deal	4	1	1	0	0	1
Rowdy Elliott	3	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Hendrix	2	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Walker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rollie Zeider	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill McCabe	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Howdy Caton	4	2	3	0	0	0
Fritz Mollwitz	4	3	3	1	0	0
Max Carey	4	0	1	1	0	0
Casey Stengel	3	1	2	2	1	0
George Cutshaw	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lee King	4	1	3	2	0	0
Bill McKechnie	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Archer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Hamilton	4	0	1	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Hendrix	5.1	12	0	1
Roy Walker	2.2	2	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Hamilton	9.0	7	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Hollocher: K
Max Flack: 31
Les Mann: 9

Bot 1

Howdy Caton: S9
Fritz Mollwitz: 7
Max Carey: 7/L
Casey Stengel: CS2(26)

Top 2

Dode Paskert: K
Fred Merkle: S1/4.B-2(E4/TH)
Pete Kilduff: 6/P
Charlie Deal: 53

Bot 2

Casey Stengel: D8
George Cutshaw: 13/SH.2-3
Lee King: FC6/THH.3-H;B-1
Bill McKechnie: PO1(13)
Bill McKechnie: 43

Top 3

Rowdy Elliott: 43
Claude Hendrix: 7
Charlie Hollocher: D9
Max Flack: WP.2-H
Max Flack: W
Les Mann: 8

Bot 3

Jimmy Archer: K
Earl Hamilton: S7
Howdy Caton: S8.1-2
Fritz Mollwitz: S6.2-3;1-2
Max Carey: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Casey Stengel: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
George Cutshaw: CSH(252)

Top 4

Dode Paskert: W
Fred Merkle: 4(1)/FO
Pete Kilduff: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

George Cutshaw: 7
Lee King: S8.BX2(86)
Bill McKechnie: 43

Top 5

Charlie Deal: S8
Rowdy Elliott: 4/P
Claude Hendrix: E6/G.1-2
Charlie Hollocher: 8
Max Flack: PO2(E2).2-3
Max Flack: S8.3-H;1-2
Les Mann: 5(2)/FO

Bot 5

Jimmy Archer: 63
Earl Hamilton: 43
Howdy Caton: S8
Fritz Mollwitz: T7.1-H
Max Carey: S8.3-H
Casey Stengel: SB2
Casey Stengel: 2/FL

Top 6

Dode Paskert: E6/TH
Fred Merkle: 64(1)3/GDP
Pete Kilduff: 8

Bot 6

George Cutshaw: 8
Lee King: HR/9
Bill McKechnie: D9
Jimmy Archer: 63
Earl Hamilton: K

Top 7

Charlie Deal: 8
Rowdy Elliott: 4/P
Roy Walker: K

Bot 7

Howdy Caton: 4/P
Fritz Mollwitz: S9
Max Carey: SB2
Max Carey: 9.2-3
Casey Stengel: W
George Cutshaw: SBH;SB2.1-3(E4/THH)
George Cutshaw: 8

Top 8

Charlie Hollocher: S3
Max Flack: 9
Les Mann: 5/FL
Dode Paskert: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Lee King: S9
Bill McKechnie: 46(1)/FO
Jimmy Archer: 63.1-2
Earl Hamilton: 3/G

Top 9

Fred Merkle: D7
Pete Kilduff: D8/F78.2-3
Charlie Deal: K
Rollie Zeider: 3/P
Bill McCabe: 43

Notes & reviews

Attempted double-steal
Bounce HR
Kilduff threw wildly to home on double-steal

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