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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1918-06-29 · Day game · Robison Field · 1:39

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 8th. Erskine Mayer earned the win. Bill McKechnie went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Erskine Mayer L: Rankin Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Rigler · 1B: Charlie Moran · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Howdy Caton	4	1	1	0	0	1
Carson Bigbee	2	1	1	0	1	0
Max Carey	3	1	1	1	1	0
George Cutshaw	3	0	0	2	0	0
Fritz Mollwitz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Hinchman	0	0	0	0	2	0
Bill McKechnie	3	2	2	1	0	0
Walter Schmidt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Erskine Mayer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Leach	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cliff Heathcote	4	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Baird	4	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Grimm	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Paulette	4	0	1	0	0	0
Austin McHenry	2	1	2	0	0	0
Bobby Wallace	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gonzalez	2	0	1	1	1	0
Rankin Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Beall	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walton Cruise	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erskine Mayer	9.0	5	1	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rankin Johnson	8.0	5	4	1
Bill Sherdel	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Howdy Caton: 63
Carson Bigbee: S7
Max Carey: SB2
Max Carey: S9.2-H;B-2(THH)
George Cutshaw: SB3
George Cutshaw: 2/FL
Fritz Mollwitz: 53

Bot 1

Cliff Heathcote: 31
Doug Baird: S6
Charlie Grimm: 7
Rogers Hornsby: 43

Top 2

Bill Hinchman: W
Bill McKechnie: S8.1-2
Walter Schmidt: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Erskine Mayer: FC1.3XH(125);B-2;2XH(4E1)(NR)(UR)
Howdy Caton: K/C

Bot 2

Gene Paulette: 53
Austin McHenry: S7
Bobby Wallace: 6(B)/P/DP.1X1(64)

Top 3

Carson Bigbee: 4/L
Max Carey: 7/L
George Cutshaw: 53

Bot 3

Mike Gonzalez: W
Rankin Johnson: 53/SH.1-2
Cliff Heathcote: FC6/TH3.2-3;B-1
Doug Baird: 6(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 4

Fritz Mollwitz: D9
Bill Hinchman: 14/SH.2-3
Bill McKechnie: FC3.3XH(3252);B-3
Walter Schmidt: 7

Bot 4

Charlie Grimm: 5/FL
Rogers Hornsby: 43
Gene Paulette: 13

Top 5

Erskine Mayer: 8/L
Howdy Caton: 63
Carson Bigbee: W
Max Carey: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Austin McHenry: D7
Bobby Wallace: 13/SH.2-3
Mike Gonzalez: S8.3-H
Rankin Johnson: K
Cliff Heathcote: 3/FL

Top 6

Max Carey: 43
George Cutshaw: 53
Fritz Mollwitz: 4/P

Bot 6

Doug Baird: 63
Charlie Grimm: 8
Rogers Hornsby: 53

Top 7

Bill Hinchman: W
Bill McKechnie: 34/SH.1-2
Walter Schmidt: 63.2-3
Erskine Mayer: 13

Bot 7

Gene Paulette: S8
Austin McHenry: 14/SH.1-2
Johnny Beall: 43.2-3
Mike Gonzalez: 13

Top 8

Howdy Caton: S1
Carson Bigbee: 14/SH.1-2
Max Carey: W+SB3
George Cutshaw: SB2
George Cutshaw: 13/SH.3-H;2-H
Fritz Mollwitz: 9

Bot 8

Walton Cruise: 13
Cliff Heathcote: 43
Doug Baird: 43

Top 9

Tommy Leach: 7
Bill McKechnie: HR7/IPHR
Walter Schmidt: 7/L
Erskine Mayer: 63

Bot 9

Charlie Grimm: 8
Rogers Hornsby: 3/P
Gene Paulette: 5/L

Notes & reviews

on tap to pitcher Hinchman stayed in rundown to allow McKechnie to reach 3B and Mayer to reach 2B; when a play was made on Mayer at 2B McKechnie ran for home and was safe when pitcher Johnson dropped throw from 2bman
runners were running on pitch (double suicide squeeze) with both runners scoring as Carey scored from 2B when pitcher threw out batter

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