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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1918-05-28 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 1200 · 1:59

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–2. Boston Braves put up 3 in the 5th. Bunny Hearn earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	6	12
PIT	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	9

W: Bunny Hearn L: Roy Sanders SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rawlings	4	2	2	0	1	0
Buck Herzog	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ray Powell	2	1	1	2	1	0
Al Wickland	4	2	2	1	0	0
Red Smith	5	1	2	2	0	0
Ed Konetchy	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Kelly	4	0	2	1	0	1
Art Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bunny Hearn	4	0	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Bigbee	5	0	2	0	0	0
Fritz Mollwitz	3	0	1	0	1	2
Max Carey	3	0	0	1	1	0
Bill Hinchman	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Cutshaw	4	1	1	0	0	0
Howdy Caton	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bill McKechnie	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walter Schmidt	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Sanders	1	1	1	0	0	0
Gus Getz	3	0	1	0	0	0
Elmer Jacobs	2	0	1	0	0	1
Ben Shaw	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bunny Hearn	9.0	9	2	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Sanders	4.1	7	1	3
Elmer Jacobs	4.2	5	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rawlings: W
Buck Herzog: S8.1-3
Ray Powell: 8/SF.3-H;1-2
Al Wickland: 7
Red Smith: 7

Bot 1

Carson Bigbee: 6/L
Fritz Mollwitz: S8
Max Carey: 6/P
Bill Hinchman: PO1(13636)

Top 2

Ed Konetchy: 6/P
Joe Kelly: K
Art Wilson: 63

Bot 2

Bill Hinchman: 53
George Cutshaw: 8/L
Howdy Caton: 9

Top 3

Bunny Hearn: K
Johnny Rawlings: S9
Buck Herzog: 43.1-2
Ray Powell: 2/FL

Bot 3

Bill McKechnie: 9
Walter Schmidt: 7/L
Roy Sanders: S6
Carson Bigbee: S8.1-2
Fritz Mollwitz: W.2-3;1-2
Max Carey: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bill Hinchman: 8

Top 4

Al Wickland: T9/89
Red Smith: S7.3-H
Ed Konetchy: 23/SH.1-2
Joe Kelly: WP.2-3
Joe Kelly: S7/78.3-H
Art Wilson: K
Bunny Hearn: 43

Bot 4

George Cutshaw: 7
Howdy Caton: T9
Gus Getz: 8
Walter Schmidt: 5/FL

Top 5

Johnny Rawlings: E6/TH
Buck Herzog: 13/SH.1-2
Ray Powell: S9.2-H(UR)
Al Wickland: T9.1-H
Red Smith: S7.3-H
Ed Konetchy: CS2(26)
Ed Konetchy: E5/TH
Joe Kelly: PO1(136)

Bot 5

Elmer Jacobs: K
Carson Bigbee: 43
Fritz Mollwitz: K

Top 6

Joe Kelly: 31
Art Wilson: K
Bunny Hearn: S5
Johnny Rawlings: S9.1-2
Buck Herzog: 63

Bot 6

Max Carey: 3/FL
Bill Hinchman: 53
George Cutshaw: S9
Howdy Caton: T9.1-H
Gus Getz: 7

Top 7

Ray Powell: W
Al Wickland: 53/SH.1-2
Red Smith: 2/FL
Ed Konetchy: 5/FL

Bot 7

Walter Schmidt: 63
Elmer Jacobs: S5
Carson Bigbee: S9.1-2
Fritz Mollwitz: K
Max Carey: 5(2)/FO

Top 8

Joe Kelly: S8
Art Wilson: 13/SH.1-2
Bunny Hearn: 5/P
Johnny Rawlings: 9

Bot 8

Bill Hinchman: 2/FL
George Cutshaw: 53
Howdy Caton: 7

Top 9

Buck Herzog: S8
Ray Powell: 13/SH.1-2
Al Wickland: 31.2-3
Red Smith: 53

Bot 9

Gus Getz: S8
Walter Schmidt: 2/F
Ben Shaw: 8
Carson Bigbee: 4(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

McKechnie and Pirates manager Bezdek ejected by HP umpire O'Day for arguing pitch hit McKechnie (umpire ruled a foul ball). Getz took over at bat with an 0-2 count.

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