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Phillies
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 7, 1918
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on May 7, 1918 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 7, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 7, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brad Hogg |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jesse Barnes |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 8,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Rigler 1B: Charlie Moran 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dave Bancroft | Shortstop |
| Patsy McGaffigan | Second Baseman |
| Milt Stock | Third Baseman |
| Gavvy Cravath | Right Fielder |
| Possum Whitted | Left Fielder |
| Fred Luderus | First Baseman |
| Irish Meusel | Center Fielder |
| Ed Burns | Catcher |
| Brad Hogg | Pitcher |
| Pat Moran | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Benny Kauff | Center Fielder |
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Heinie Zimmerman | Third Baseman |
| Jose Rodriguez | Second Baseman |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Walter Holke | First Baseman |
| Lew McCarty | Catcher |
| Jesse Barnes | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Phillies
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 7, 1918
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Barnes
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McGaffigan vs. Barnes
McGaffigan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stock vs. Barnes
Stock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cravath vs. Barnes
There goes McGaffigan. The throw from McCarty and he is safe. McGaffigan steals second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cravath vs. Barnes
Cravath hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McGaffigan scores. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Barnes
There goes Cravath. The throw from McCarty and he is out, Fletcher applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Hogg
Youngs hits a line drive towards third. Stock reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Hogg
Kauff takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Hogg
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hogg fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitted vs. Barnes
Whitted strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luderus vs. Barnes
Luderus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke scoops it up and throws to first, with Barnes covering, for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Barnes
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Barnes
There goes Meusel. The throw from McCarty and he is safe. Meusel steals second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Barnes
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Hogg
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Hogg
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McGaffigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Zimmerman moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Hogg
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Cravath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Zimmerman moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Holke vs. Hogg
Holke hits a line drive into left field. Whitted settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hogg vs. Barnes
Hogg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Barnes
Bancroft hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGaffigan vs. Barnes
McGaffigan hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Hogg
McCarty hits a popup, foul, in back of third. Bancroft settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Bancroft. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Hogg
McCarty strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Hogg
Barnes hits a line drive towards short. Bancroft reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Hogg
Youngs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kauff vs. Hogg
Hogg fires to first and picks off Youngs. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stock vs. Barnes
Stock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cravath vs. Barnes
Cravath hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Barnes
Whitted hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stock moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Luderus vs. Barnes
Luderus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stock scores. Whitted moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Meusel vs. Barnes
Meusel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Whitted scores. Luderus moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burns vs. Barnes
Burns hits a popup towards first. Holke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hogg vs. Barnes
Hogg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rodriguez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Hogg
Kauff takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Hogg
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft misplays the ball. That's an error on Bancroft. Kauff moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Zimmerman vs. Hogg
There goes Burns. The throw from Burns and he is safe. Burns steals second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Zimmerman vs. Hogg
Zimmerman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rodriguez vs. Hogg
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kauff scores. Burns moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fletcher vs. Hogg
Fletcher hits a popup towards first. Luderus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Barnes
Joe Wilhoit now playing right field. Jose Rodriguez now playing third base. Ross Youngs now playing second base.
Bancroft strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGaffigan vs. Barnes
McGaffigan bunts towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stock vs. Barnes
Stock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cravath vs. Barnes
There goes Stock. The throw from McCarty and he is out, Fletcher applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holke vs. Hogg
Holke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McGaffigan misplays the ball. That's an error on McGaffigan. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarty vs. Hogg
McCarty is hit by the pitch. Holke moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Barnes vs. Hogg
Barnes bunts towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out. Holke moves to third. McCarty moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Youngs vs. Hogg
Youngs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Holke scores. McCarty scores. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kauff vs. Hogg
Kauff hits a line drive into center field. Meusel picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Meusel. Youngs goes all the way around to score. Kauff moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Burns vs. Hogg
Burns hits a popup, foul, towards first. Luderus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wilhoit vs. Hogg
Wilhoit hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cravath vs. Barnes
Cravath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitted vs. Barnes
Whitted hits a line drive into right field. Wilhoit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luderus vs. Barnes
Luderus hits a line drive into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Hogg
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Hogg
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holke vs. Hogg
Holke takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarty vs. Hogg
McCarty strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Barnes vs. Hogg
Barnes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. Holke moves to third. Barnes moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Youngs vs. Hogg
Youngs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kauff vs. Hogg
Kauff strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Barnes
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Barnes
Burns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fitzgerald vs. Barnes
Mike Fitzgerald pinch hits for Brad Hogg. Harry Pearce pinch runs for Ed Burns.
Fitzgerald hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pearce moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bancroft vs. Barnes
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngs scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pearce moves to third. Fitzgerald moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McGaffigan vs. Barnes
McGaffigan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stock vs. Barnes
Stock hits a popup, foul, towards first. Holke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Main
Jack Adams now catching. Alex Main now pitching.
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McGaffigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilhoit vs. Main
Wilhoit hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Main
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Luderus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rodriguez for the out. Wilhoit moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Main
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McGaffigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cravath vs. Barnes
Cravath hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Barnes
Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luderus vs. Barnes
Luderus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitted moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meusel vs. Barnes
Ben Tincup pinch runs for Fred Luderus.
Meusel hits a popup, foul, towards first. Holke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adams vs. Barnes
Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holke vs. Main
Possum Whitted now playing first base. Gavvy Cravath now playing left field. Ben Tincup now playing right field.
Holke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cravath. Holke reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarty vs. Main
McCarty bunts towards third. Stock fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stock. Holke moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Barnes vs. Main
Barnes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Holke scores. McCarty moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngs vs. Main
Youngs takes first base on ball four. McCarty moves to third. Barnes moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kauff vs. Main
Kauff hits a fly ball into right field. Tincup settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCarty tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burns vs. Main
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillhoefer vs. Barnes
Pickles Dillhoefer pinch hits for Alex Main.
Dillhoefer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Barnes
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Youngs scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McGaffigan vs. Barnes
McGaffigan hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 5/7/1918 -- PHI at NY1 (D)
PHI AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Dave Bancroft, ss 5 0 1 0 Ross Youngs, rf-2b 3 1 2 2
Patsy McGaffigan, 2b 4 1 1 0 Benny Kauff, cf 2 1 1 1
Milt Stock, 3b 4 1 1 0 George Burns, lf 5 0 0 0
Gavvy Cravath, rf-lf 4 0 2 1 Heinie Zimmerman, 3b 2 0 1 0
Possum Whitte, lf-1b 4 1 1 0 Joe Wilhoit, rf 2 0 1 0
Fred Luderus, 1b 4 0 2 1 Jose Rodrigue, 2b-3b 4 0 0 1
Ben Tincup, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Art Fletcher, ss 4 1 1 0
Irish Meusel, cf 4 0 2 1 Walter Holke, 1b 3 2 1 0
Ed Burns, c 3 0 1 0 Lew McCarty, c 2 2 0 0
Harry Pearce, pr 0 0 0 0 Jess Barnes, p 3 0 2 2
Bert Adams, c 1 0 0 0
Brad Hogg, p 2 0 0 0
Mike Fitzgerald, ph 1 0 1 0
Alex Main, p 0 0 0 0
Pickles Dillhoef, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 3 12 3 30 7 9 6
PHI 100 200 000 -- 3
NY1 000 131 02x -- 7
PHI IP H R ER BB SO
Brad Hogg (L) 6.0 6 5 2 4 4
Alex Main 2.0 3 2 1 1 0
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Jess Barnes (W) 9.0 12 3 3 1 2
E -- Dave Bancroft 3, Patsy McGaffigan, Irish Meusel, Milt Stock
DP -- PHI 2
LOB -- PHI 8, NY1 8
2B -- Walter Holke
SB -- Patsy McGaffigan, Irish Meusel, George Burns
CS -- Gavvy Cravath, Milt Stock
SH -- Jess Barnes, Lew McCarty
SF -- Benny Kauff
HBP -- by Brad Hogg (Lew McCarty)
T -- 2:10
A -- 8000
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