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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1918-05-08 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 2500 · 1:55

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–1. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 3rd. Lefty Tyler earned the win. Les Mann went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lefty Tyler L: Wilbur Cooper 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	5	1	1	0	0	0
Max Flack	4	2	1	0	1	0
Les Mann	4	3	3	1	0	0
Dode Paskert	5	1	2	2	0	2
Fred Merkle	3	1	2	2	1	0
Pete Kilduff	3	0	0	2	0	1
Charlie Deal	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Killefer	2	0	1	0	0	1
Lefty Tyler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob O'Farrell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO
Howdy Caton	4	0	0	0	0
Fritz Mollwitz	4	1	0	0	0
Max Carey	4	0	0	0	0
Casey Stengel	4	1	0	0	1
George Cutshaw	3	1	1	0	0
Lee King	3	0	0	1	0
Bill McKechnie	3	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Archer	3	1	0	0	0
Wilbur Cooper	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Steele	2	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Tyler	9.0	5	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilbur Cooper	2.1	6	0	2
Bob Steele	6.2	5	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Charlie Hollocher: 9
Max Flack: 7
Les Mann: S8.B-2(E8/TH)
Dode Paskert: T7.2-H
Fred Merkle: E6.3-H(NR)(UR)
Pete Kilduff: K

Bot 1

Howdy Caton: 3/L
Fritz Mollwitz: S8
Max Carey: 53.1-2
Casey Stengel: 13

Top 2

Charlie Deal: D7/78
Bill Killefer: 23/SH.2-3
Lefty Tyler: 43
Charlie Hollocher: 9/L

Bot 2

George Cutshaw: S6/5
Lee King: W.1-2
Bill McKechnie: S7.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Archer: 52(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Wilbur Cooper: 13

Top 3

Max Flack: D7
Les Mann: S9.2-3
Dode Paskert: K/C
Fred Merkle: T8.3-H;1-H
Pete Kilduff: 3/FL/SF.3-H
Charlie Deal: 53

Bot 3

Howdy Caton: 8
Fritz Mollwitz: 43
Max Carey: 23

Top 4

Bill Killefer: S7
Lefty Tyler: 16(1)3/GDP
Charlie Hollocher: E5/G
Max Flack: CS2(24)

Bot 4

Casey Stengel: K
George Cutshaw: 13
Lee King: 13

Top 5

Max Flack: 5/FL
Les Mann: HR8/IPHR
Dode Paskert: K
Fred Merkle: S8
Pete Kilduff: SB2
Pete Kilduff: 43

Bot 5

Bill McKechnie: E7
Jimmy Archer: S9.1-3
Bob Steele: 3/FL
Howdy Caton: 3/P
Fritz Mollwitz: 63

Top 6

Charlie Deal: 63
Bill Killefer: K
Lefty Tyler: 1/L

Bot 6

Max Carey: 53
Casey Stengel: 13
George Cutshaw: 8

Top 7

Charlie Hollocher: S8
Max Flack: W.1-2
Les Mann: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Dode Paskert: S1/G.3-H;2-3
Fred Merkle: W.1-2
Pete Kilduff: 3/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Charlie Deal: 8

Bot 7

Lee King: 8
Bill McKechnie: 13
Jimmy Archer: 31

Top 8

Bob O'Farrell: 8
Lefty Tyler: 4/P
Charlie Hollocher: 7

Bot 8

Bob Steele: 4/P
Howdy Caton: 7
Fritz Mollwitz: 63

Top 9

Max Flack: 4/L
Les Mann: 2/P
Dode Paskert: 8

Bot 9

Max Carey: 7
Casey Stengel: D8/78/OBS
George Cutshaw: SB3
George Cutshaw: 9/SF.3-H
Lee King: 13

Notes & reviews

Stengel awarded 2nd due to obstruction on 1bman Merkle

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