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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1918-05-20 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 1500 · 1:43

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 5th. Wilbur Cooper earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Wilbur Cooper L: Mike Prendergast SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Bob Emslie · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Bancroft	3	0	0	0	1	0
Patsy McGaffigan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Milt Stock	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	3	0	1	0	1	0
Fred Luderus	3	0	1	1	0	0
Possum Whitted	4	0	0	0	0	0
Irish Meusel	2	0	1	0	1	1
Ed Burns	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Prendergast	2	0	0	0	0	0
Milt Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pickles Dillhoefer	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Carson Bigbee	3	2	1	0	1
Fritz Mollwitz	4	2	2	1	0
Max Carey	3	0	3	1	0
Bill Hinchman	3	1	2	1	1
George Cutshaw	4	0	1	2	0
Howdy Caton	4	0	1	0	0
Bill McKechnie	3	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Archer	4	0	0	0	0
Wilbur Cooper	3	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Prendergast	4.1	9	1	0
Milt Watson	3.2	2	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilbur Cooper	9.0	5	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dave Bancroft: 4/L
Patsy McGaffigan: 43
Milt Stock: 7

Bot 1

Carson Bigbee: W
Fritz Mollwitz: S8.1-2
Max Carey: S/BG.2-3;1-2
Bill Hinchman: S8.3-H;2-3;1-2
George Cutshaw: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(RBI);2-3
Howdy Caton: 163

Top 2

Gavvy Cravath: W
Fred Luderus: 8/L
Possum Whitted: E4/G.1-2
Irish Meusel: K
Ed Burns: K

Bot 2

Bill McKechnie: S4
Jimmy Archer: CS2(26)
Jimmy Archer: 8
Wilbur Cooper: 43

Top 3

Mike Prendergast: 13
Dave Bancroft: W
Patsy McGaffigan: 8
Milt Stock: 8

Bot 3

Carson Bigbee: 31
Fritz Mollwitz: 9/L
Max Carey: S9
Bill Hinchman: SB2
Bill Hinchman: 8

Top 4

Gavvy Cravath: S8
Fred Luderus: 14(1)/FO
Possum Whitted: 4(B)3(1)/P/DP

Bot 4

George Cutshaw: E6/G
Howdy Caton: S7.1-2
Bill McKechnie: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Archer: FC3.3XH(3252);2-3;B-2
Wilbur Cooper: 43

Top 5

Irish Meusel: W
Ed Burns: 64(1)3/GDP
Mike Prendergast: 53

Bot 5

Carson Bigbee: S4
Fritz Mollwitz: T7.1-H
Max Carey: 7/SF.3-H
Bill Hinchman: T8
George Cutshaw: S7/78.3-H
Howdy Caton: CS2(24)
Howdy Caton: 63

Top 6

Dave Bancroft: 53
Patsy McGaffigan: S9
Milt Stock: S8.1-2
Gavvy Cravath: 9/L
Fred Luderus: S8.2-H;1-3
Possum Whitted: 4/F

Bot 6

Bill McKechnie: 9
Jimmy Archer: 13
Wilbur Cooper: 53

Top 7

Irish Meusel: D9.BX3(945)
Ed Burns: 43
Milt Watson: 63

Bot 7

Carson Bigbee: 7
Fritz Mollwitz: 53
Max Carey: S9
Bill Hinchman: WP.1-3
Bill Hinchman: W
George Cutshaw: 2/FL

Top 8

Dave Bancroft: 8
Patsy McGaffigan: 6/P
Milt Stock: 63

Bot 8

Howdy Caton: 53
Bill McKechnie: 9
Jimmy Archer: 43

Top 9

Gavvy Cravath: 8
Pickles Dillhoefer: 3/G
Possum Whitted: 9