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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 15, 1918
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on April 15, 1918 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 15, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 15, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Elmer Myers |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Babe Ruth |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 7,180 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tommy Connolly 1B: Bill Dinneen 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rube Oldring | Left Fielder |
| Charlie Jamieson | Right Fielder |
| Larry Gardner | Third Baseman |
| George Burns | First Baseman |
| Tillie Walker | Center Fielder |
| Wickey McAvoy | Catcher |
| Red Shannon | Second Baseman |
| Joe Dugan | Shortstop |
| Elmer Myers | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harry Hooper | Right Fielder |
| Dave Shean | Second Baseman |
| Amos Strunk | Center Fielder |
| Dick Hoblitzell | First Baseman |
| Stuffy McInnis | Third Baseman |
| George Whiteman | Left Fielder |
| Everett Scott | Shortstop |
| Sam Agnew | Catcher |
| Babe Ruth | Pitcher |
| Ed Barrow | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 15, 1918
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oldring vs. Ruth
Oldring hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jamieson vs. Ruth
Jamieson hits a popup towards first. Hoblitzell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Ruth
Gardner is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Myers
Hooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shannon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shean vs. Myers
Shean hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strunk vs. Myers
Strunk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Myers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Ruth
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAvoy vs. Ruth
Ruth spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ruth. Burns moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McAvoy vs. Ruth
McAvoy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Shannon vs. Ruth
Shannon takes first base on ball four. McAvoy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dugan vs. Ruth
Dugan hits a fly ball into center field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Burns tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Myers vs. Ruth
Myers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Agnew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoblitzell vs. Myers
Hoblitzell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McInnis vs. Myers
McInnis hits a line drive into right field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whiteman vs. Myers
Whiteman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Myers
Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whiteman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Agnew vs. Myers
Agnew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan misplays the ball. That's an error on Dugan. Whiteman scores. Scott moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ruth vs. Myers
Ruth hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Scott scores. Agnew moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hooper vs. Myers
Hooper hits a fly ball into left field. Oldring settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oldring vs. Ruth
Oldring hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Shean settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jamieson vs. Ruth
Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shean scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Ruth
Gardner strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shean vs. Myers
Shean takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strunk vs. Myers
Strunk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Shean moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoblitzell vs. Myers
Hoblitzell bunts in front of the plate. McAvoy fields it and throws to third for the out. Strunk moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McInnis vs. Myers
There's a wild pitch. Strunk moves to third. Hoblitzell moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McInnis vs. Myers
McInnis hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Strunk tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whiteman vs. Myers
Whiteman hits a line drive into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns hits a popup, foul, towards third. McInnis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Ruth
Walker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAvoy vs. Ruth
Agnew fires to first and picks off Walker. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAvoy vs. Ruth
McAvoy hits a popup towards first. Hoblitzell juggles the ball. That's an error on Hoblitzell. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Ruth
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shean scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Myers
Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Agnew vs. Myers
Agnew hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. McAvoy fields it and throws to first for the out. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ruth vs. Myers
There's a wild pitch. Scott moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ruth vs. Myers
Ruth hits a fly ball into left field. Oldring settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Scott tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Myers
Hooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shean vs. Myers
There goes Hooper. The throw from McAvoy and he is out, Shannon applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dugan vs. Ruth
Dugan hits a popup towards short. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Ruth
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oldring vs. Ruth
Oldring hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shean vs. Myers
Shean hits a popup towards short. Dugan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strunk vs. Myers
Strunk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoblitzell vs. Myers
Hoblitzell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shannon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Strunk moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McInnis vs. Myers
McInnis hits a line drive into right field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jamieson vs. Ruth
Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hoblitzell scoops it up and throws to first, with Ruth covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Ruth
Gardner strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whiteman vs. Myers
Whiteman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Myers
Scott bunts for an out with unknown description. Whiteman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Agnew vs. Myers
Agnew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gardner. Whiteman scores. Agnew moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ruth vs. Myers
Ruth hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hooper vs. Myers
Hooper hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Walker. Hooper reaches second base with a double. Agnew scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shean vs. Myers
Shean hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jamieson throws the ball in to Shannon who tags Shean trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hooper scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Ruth
Walker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAvoy vs. Ruth
McAvoy hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Ruth
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott misplays the ball. That's an error on Scott. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dugan vs. Ruth
That's a pickoff. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strunk vs. Adams
Willie Adams now pitching.
Strunk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoblitzell vs. Adams
Hoblitzell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Strunk moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McInnis vs. Adams
McInnis strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whiteman vs. Adams
Whiteman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Scott vs. Adams
Scott hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dugan vs. Ruth
Dugan hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Ruth
Adams hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oldring vs. Ruth
Oldring hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jamieson vs. Ruth
Jamieson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agnew vs. Adams
Agnew strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Adams
Ruth strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Adams
Hooper hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Hooper reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Shean vs. Adams
Shean hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Ruth
Gardner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Ruth
Burns hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Ruth
Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAvoy vs. Ruth
McAvoy hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 4/15/1918 -- PHA at Boston (D)
PHA AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Rube Oldring, lf 4 0 1 0 Hooper H, rf 4 1 2 1
Charlie Jamieson, rf 4 0 0 0 Shean D, 2b 4 0 1 1
Larry Gardner, 3b 4 0 0 0 Strunk A, cf 3 1 1 0
George Burns, 1b 4 1 1 0 Hoblitzell D, 1b 4 0 1 0
Tilly Walker, cf 4 0 2 0 McInnis S, 3b 3 0 0 1
Wickey McAvoy, c 3 0 0 0 Whiteman G, lf 3 2 1 0
Red Shannon, 2b 2 0 0 0 Scott E, ss 3 2 2 0
Joe Dugan, ss 2 0 0 1 Agnew S, c 4 1 0 0
Elmer Myers, p 2 0 0 0 Ruth B, p 3 0 1 2
Willie Adams, p 1 0 0 0
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30 1 4 1 31 7 9 5
PHA 010 000 000 -- 1
Boston 021 103 00x -- 7
PHA IP H R ER BB SO
Elmer Myers (L) 6.0 7 7 3 3 0
Willie Adams 2.0 2 0 0 1 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Ruth B (W) 9.0 4 1 1 2 3
E -- Ruth B, Joe Dugan, Hoblitzell D, Larry Gardner, Scott E
LOB -- PHA 5, Boston 7
2B -- Hooper H 2
CS -- Hooper H
SH -- Scott E
SF -- Joe Dugan, McInnis S, Ruth B
WP -- Elmer Myers 2
T -- 1:48
A -- 7180
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