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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 5, 1918
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on August 5, 1918 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 5, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 5, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Scott Perry |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Benz |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 600 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brick Owens 1B: George Hildebrand 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Merlin Kopp | Left Fielder |
| Merito Acosta | Right Fielder |
| Tillie Walker | Center Fielder |
| George Burns | First Baseman |
| Larry Gardner | Third Baseman |
| Cy Perkins | Catcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Second Baseman |
| Joe Dugan | Shortstop |
| Scott Perry | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wilbur Good | Center Fielder |
| Nemo Leibold | Left Fielder |
| Eddie Collins | Second Baseman |
| Chick Gandil | First Baseman |
| Shano Collins | Right Fielder |
| Swede Risberg | Shortstop |
| Fred McMullin | Third Baseman |
| Ray Schalk | Catcher |
| Joe Benz | Pitcher |
| Pants Rowland | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 5, 1918
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kopp vs. Benz
Kopp hits a line drive towards center. Good chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Good. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Acosta vs. Benz
Acosta bunts towards the mound. Benz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kopp moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Benz
Walker bunts towards the mound. Benz fields it and throws to first for the out. Kopp moves to third. Acosta moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Burns vs. Benz
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Risberg fields it and throws to home to get Kopp. Acosta moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gardner vs. Benz
Gardner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Leibold who is chasing the ball. Gardner reaches third base with a triple. Acosta scores. Burns goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Perkins vs. Benz
Perkins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Risberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Good vs. Perry
Good hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leibold vs. Perry
Leibold bunts towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. Good moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Collins vs. Perry
Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Good moves to third. Collins moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gandil vs. Perry
Gandil hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Good scores. There goes Collins trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Perry
Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gandil moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Risberg vs. Perry
Risberg hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Dugan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dykes vs. Benz
Dykes hits a fly ball into left field. Leibold settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dugan vs. Benz
Dugan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Benz
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMullin vs. Perry
McMullin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kopp. McMullin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schalk vs. Perry
Schalk bunts towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. McMullin moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Benz vs. Perry
Benz strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Good vs. Perry
Good hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McMullin scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leibold vs. Perry
There goes Good. The throw from Perkins and he is out, Dykes applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kopp vs. Benz
Kopp hits a fly ball into center field. Good settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Acosta vs. Benz
Acosta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Benz
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Risberg throws to second for one, and Collins throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Benz
Burns hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leibold vs. Perry
Leibold hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan misplays the ball. That's an error on Dugan. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Perry
Collins bunts towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. Leibold moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gandil vs. Perry
Gandil hits a line drive towards short. Dugan catches it and throws to second to double up Leibold. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Benz
Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Leibold settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perkins vs. Benz
Perkins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dykes vs. Benz
Dykes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Perkins moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dugan vs. Benz
Dugan hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Good is chasing the ball. Dugan rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Benz
Perry strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kopp vs. Benz
Kopp hits a line drive into center field. Good settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Perry
Collins hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dykes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Risberg vs. Perry
Risberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMullin vs. Perry
McMullin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Risberg moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schalk vs. Perry
Schalk hits a line drive towards short. Dugan catches it and throws to second to double up Risberg. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Acosta vs. Benz
Acosta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Benz
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. McMullin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Benz
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benz can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Benz
Gardner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burns moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Perkins vs. Benz
Perkins hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Perry
Eddie Murphy pinch hits for Joe Benz.
Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Good vs. Perry
Good hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leibold vs. Perry
Leibold hits a fly ball into right field. Acosta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Perry
Collins strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dykes vs. Shellenback
Frank Shellenback now pitching.
Dykes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dugan vs. Shellenback
There goes Dykes. The throw from Schalk and he is out, Collins applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dugan vs. Shellenback
Dugan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perry vs. Shellenback
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gandil vs. Perry
Gandil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Perry
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Risberg vs. Perry
Risberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kopp vs. Shellenback
Kopp bunts towards third. McMullin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Acosta vs. Shellenback
Acosta hits a popup towards short. Risberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Shellenback
Walker hits a line drive towards short. Risberg reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMullin vs. Perry
McMullin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Perry
Schalk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shellenback vs. Perry
Shellenback hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Good vs. Perry
Good hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Shellenback
Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Good settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Shellenback
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Risberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perkins vs. Shellenback
Perkins hits a fly ball into center field. Good settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leibold vs. Perry
Leibold hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Perry
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gandil vs. Perry
Gandil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dykes vs. Shellenback
Dykes hits a popup towards short. Risberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dugan vs. Shellenback
Dugan hits a fly ball into center field. Good settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Shellenback
Perry hits a popup towards first. Gandil can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kopp vs. Shellenback
Kopp hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Perry
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Risberg vs. Perry
Risberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMullin vs. Perry
McMullin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weaver vs. Perry
Buck Weaver pinch hits for Ray Schalk.
There goes McMullin. The throw from Perkins and he is safe. McMullin steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weaver vs. Perry
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. McMullin moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Weaver vs. Perry
Weaver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/5/1918 -- PHA at CHA (D)
PHA AB R H RBI CHA AB R H RBI
Merlin Kopp, lf 5 0 0 0 Wilbur Good, cf 4 1 2 1
Merito Acosta, rf 4 1 2 0 Nemo Leibold, lf 3 0 0 0
Tilly Walker, cf 3 0 0 0 Eddie Collins, 2b 3 0 1 0
George Burns, 1b 4 1 1 0 Chick Gandil, 1b 4 0 1 1
Larry Gardner, 3b 4 0 2 2 Shano Collins, rf 4 0 1 0
Cy Perkins, c 4 1 1 0 Swede Risberg, ss 4 0 1 0
Jimmy Dykes, 2b 3 1 1 0 Fred McMullin, 3b 4 1 3 0
Joe Dugan, ss 4 1 2 3 Ray Schalk, c 2 0 0 0
Scott Perry, p 4 0 1 0 Buck Weaver, ph 1 0 0 0
Joe Benz, p 1 0 0 0
Eddie Murphy, ph 1 0 1 0
Frank Shellenback, p 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 10 5 32 2 11 2
PHA 200 300 000 -- 5
CHA 110 000 000 -- 2
PHA IP H R ER BB SO
Scott Perry (W) 9.0 11 2 2 0 2
CHA IP H R ER BB SO
Joe Benz (L) 5.0 8 5 3 0 1
Frank Shellenback 4.0 2 0 0 1 0
E -- Wilbur Good, Eddie Collins, Joe Dugan
DP -- PHA 2, CHA 1
LOB -- PHA 5, CHA 6
2B -- Fred McMullin
3B -- Larry Gardner
HR -- Joe Dugan
SB -- Fred McMullin
CS -- Wilbur Good, Jimmy Dykes
SH -- Tilly Walker, Nemo Leibold, Ray Schalk, Eddie Collins
T -- 1:20
A -- 600
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