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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1919-08-15 · Day game · Braves Field · 1:20

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3. Boston Braves put up 5 in the 7th. Red Causey earned the win. Possum Whitted went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Red Causey L: Babe Adams SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Bigbee	4	1	2	0	0	1
Max Carey	4	1	2	0	0	1
Billy Southworth	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Cutshaw	4	0	0	0	0	0
Walter Barbare	3	1	0	0	0	0
Possum Whitted	4	0	3	3	0	0
Zeb Terry	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Blackwell	2	0	0	0	1	0
Babe Adams	2	0	0	0	1	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Tony Boeckel	4	0	0	0	0
Johnny Rawlings	4	1	1	0	0
Ray Powell	4	1	1	0	0
Walton Cruise	4	1	1	2	1
Walter Holke	3	1	1	1	1
Les Mann	3	1	1	0	1
Rabbit Maranville	3	0	1	1	0
Hank Gowdy	3	0	1	0	0
Red Causey	3	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Babe Adams	8.0	7	0	4

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Causey	9.0	7	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carson Bigbee: S8
Max Carey: S8.1-2
Billy Southworth: 53.2-3;1-2
George Cutshaw: 3/FL
Walter Barbare: HP
Possum Whitted: T8/89.3-H;2-H;1-H
Zeb Terry: 7

Bot 1

Tony Boeckel: 6/L
Johnny Rawlings: 5/P
Ray Powell: 13

Top 2

Fred Blackwell: 8/L
Babe Adams: W
Carson Bigbee: K/DP.1X2(123)

Bot 2

Walton Cruise: K
Walter Holke: K
Les Mann: 4/P

Top 3

Max Carey: 13
Billy Southworth: 43
George Cutshaw: E4/G
Walter Barbare: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Rabbit Maranville: 5/P
Hank Gowdy: 9
Red Causey: 3/G

Top 4

Walter Barbare: 43
Possum Whitted: 3/G
Zeb Terry: 9

Bot 4

Tony Boeckel: 23
Johnny Rawlings: 7
Ray Powell: 13

Top 5

Fred Blackwell: W
Babe Adams: 16(1)/FO
Carson Bigbee: S8.1-3
Max Carey: K/DP.3X3(2325)

Bot 5

Walton Cruise: 63
Walter Holke: 4/P
Les Mann: K

Top 6

Billy Southworth: 8
George Cutshaw: 9
Walter Barbare: 4/P

Bot 6

Rabbit Maranville: 8
Hank Gowdy: 13
Red Causey: K

Top 7

Possum Whitted: S7
Zeb Terry: 46(1)3/GDP
Fred Blackwell: 63

Bot 7

Tony Boeckel: 9
Johnny Rawlings: S7
Ray Powell: FC3.1-3(E3/TH2);B-2
Walton Cruise: S8.3-H;2-H;B-2(THH)
Walter Holke: S8.2-H
Les Mann: S2/BG.1-H(E2/TH1)(NR)(UR);B-3
Rabbit Maranville: S7.3-H(UR)
Hank Gowdy: S7.1-3;BX2(76)
Red Causey: 43

Top 8

Babe Adams: 8
Carson Bigbee: 13
Max Carey: S9
Billy Southworth: 8

Bot 8

Tony Boeckel: 5/FL
Johnny Rawlings: 63
Ray Powell: S3/BG
Walton Cruise: 8

Top 9

George Cutshaw: 6/P
Walter Barbare: 8
Possum Whitted: S3/G
Zeb Terry: 63