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Boston Red Sox @ St. Louis Browns

1918-08-01 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 1:22

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 2–1. Babe Ruth earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5

W: Babe Ruth L: Lefty Leifield SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Silk O'Loughlin · 1B: Brick Owens · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Hooper	3	1	0	0	1	1
Dave Shean	4	0	2	0	0	0
Amos Strunk	4	0	1	1	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stuffy McInnis	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Whiteman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Everett Scott	2	0	0	0	0	0
George Cochran	2	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Mayer	3	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Tobin	4	1	3	0	0	0
Fritz Maisel	3	0	1	0	1	0
George Sisler	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Demmitt	4	0	0	1	0	0
Tim Hendryx	4	0	1	0	0	2
Joe Gedeon	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Austin	2	0	0	0	1	0
Hank Severeid	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Leifield	3	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Babe Ruth	9.0	5	2	4

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Leifield	9.0	4	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harry Hooper: W
Dave Shean: S9.1-3
Amos Strunk: 13.3-H;1-2
Babe Ruth: 9/L.2-3
Stuffy McInnis: 63

Bot 1

Jack Tobin: S9
Fritz Maisel: 9/F
George Sisler: 6(1)/FO
Ray Demmitt: 2/P

Top 2

George Whiteman: 53
Everett Scott: E6/G
George Cochran: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Tim Hendryx: K/C
Joe Gedeon: 43
Jimmy Austin: 53

Top 3

Wally Mayer: 143
Harry Hooper: K/C
Dave Shean: 63

Bot 3

Hank Severeid: 9/F
Lefty Leifield: 53
Jack Tobin: 13

Top 4

Amos Strunk: 5/FL
Babe Ruth: 63
Stuffy McInnis: 7/F

Bot 4

Fritz Maisel: W
George Sisler: K
Ray Demmitt: 2/FL
Tim Hendryx: CS2(24)

Top 5

George Whiteman: W
Everett Scott: 24/SH.1-2
George Cochran: 8/F
Wally Mayer: 2/FL

Bot 5

Tim Hendryx: D7
Joe Gedeon: 34/SH.2-3
Jimmy Austin: FC4.3XH(42);B-1
Hank Severeid: CS2(24)

Top 6

Harry Hooper: 3/P
Dave Shean: 8/F
Amos Strunk: S9
Babe Ruth: 3/G

Bot 6

Hank Severeid: 2/FL
Lefty Leifield: K/C
Jack Tobin: S9
Fritz Maisel: E1/G.1-2
George Sisler: 3/G

Top 7

Stuffy McInnis: 6/P
George Whiteman: 43
Everett Scott: 9/F

Bot 7

Ray Demmitt: 9/F
Tim Hendryx: 8/F
Joe Gedeon: 63

Top 8

George Cochran: W
Wally Mayer: S2/G.1-H(E2/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Harry Hooper: 3(B)6(2)/LDP
Dave Shean: S/BG
Amos Strunk: 43

Bot 8

Jimmy Austin: W
Hank Severeid: 64(1)3/GDP
Lefty Leifield: 7/F

Top 9

Babe Ruth: 3/G
Stuffy McInnis: 53
George Whiteman: 2/P

Bot 9

Jack Tobin: S7
Fritz Maisel: S7.1-2
George Sisler: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Ray Demmitt: 43.3-H;2-3
Tim Hendryx: K/C

Notes & reviews

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