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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 5, 1918
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on August 5, 1918 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 5, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 5, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hippo Vaughn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Fred Toney |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 42 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Rigler 1B: Bill Klem 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Flack | Right Fielder |
| Charlie Hollocher | Shortstop |
| Les Mann | Left Fielder |
| Dode Paskert | Center Fielder |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Charlie Pick | Third Baseman |
| Rollie Zeider | Second Baseman |
| Bill Killefer | Catcher |
| Hippo Vaughn | Pitcher |
| Fred Mitchell | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Center Fielder |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Heinie Zimmerman | First Baseman |
| Jim Thorpe | Left Fielder |
| Ed Sicking | Third Baseman |
| Lew McCarty | Catcher |
| Fred Toney | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 5, 1918
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Toney
Flack hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hollocher vs. Toney
Hollocher hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Toney
Mann hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Vaughn
Burns takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Vaughn
Youngs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Vaughn
Fletcher bunts towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to first for the out. Burns moves to third. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Doyle vs. Vaughn
Doyle hits a line drive to left field. Mann throws towards the plate. Killefer fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Killefer. Burns scores. Youngs scores. Doyle moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zimmerman vs. Vaughn
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thorpe vs. Vaughn
Thorpe bunts towards the mound. Vaughn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. There goes Doyle trying to get to home. Merkle throws to Killefer who tags Doyle for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Toney
Paskert hits a fly ball into center field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Toney
Merkle hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pick vs. Toney
Pick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zeider vs. Toney
Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sicking vs. Vaughn
Sicking hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Vaughn
McCarty hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Killefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toney vs. Vaughn
Toney hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killefer vs. Toney
Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Toney
Vaughn hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Toney
Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Vaughn
Burns hits a line drive into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Vaughn
Youngs hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zeider settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Vaughn
Fletcher strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hollocher vs. Toney
Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Toney
Mann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Toney
Paskert is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Vaughn
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Vaughn
Zimmerman hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thorpe vs. Vaughn
Thorpe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Toney
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zimmerman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Merkle for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pick vs. Toney
Pick bunts towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zeider vs. Toney
Zeider hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killefer vs. Toney
There goes Pick. The throw from McCarty and he is out, Doyle applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sicking vs. Vaughn
Sicking hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Mann. Sicking reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarty vs. Vaughn
McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sicking moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Toney vs. Vaughn
Toney hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flack. Toney reaches second base with a double. Sicking scores. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Vaughn
Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Vaughn
Youngs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Vaughn
Fletcher strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killefer vs. Toney
Killefer bunts towards third. Sicking fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barber vs. Toney
Turner Barber pinch hits for Hippo Vaughn.
Barber bunts towards first. Zimmerman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Barber for the out. Killefer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flack vs. Toney
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hollocher vs. Toney
Hollocher hits a popup, foul, towards first. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Carter
Paul Carter now pitching.
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Carter
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pick can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thorpe vs. Carter
Thorpe hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sicking vs. Carter
Sicking hits a line drive into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Toney
Mann hits a line drive into center field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Toney
Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Toney
Merkle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Carter
McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toney vs. Carter
Toney hits a popup, foul, towards third. Pick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Carter
Burns hits a line drive into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pick vs. Toney
Pick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zeider vs. Toney
Zeider hits a fly ball into center field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killefer vs. Toney
Killefer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Farrell vs. Toney
Bob O'Farrell pinch hits for Paul Carter.
O'Farrell takes first base on ball four. Killefer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flack vs. Toney
Chuck Wortman pinch runs for Bob O'Farrell.
Flack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Killefer scores. Wortman moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hollocher vs. Toney
Hollocher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wortman scores. Flack moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mann vs. Toney
Mann hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Flack scores. Hollocher moves to third. Mann moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Paskert vs. Causey
Red Causey now pitching.
Paskert hits a line drive to left field. Thorpe throws towards the plate. McCarty fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on McCarty. Hollocher scores. Mann scores. Paskert moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Merkle vs. Causey
Merkle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pick vs. Causey
Paskert is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Douglas
Phil Douglas now pitching.
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Douglas
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Douglas
Doyle strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmerman vs. Douglas
Zimmerman strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pick vs. Causey
Pick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zeider vs. Causey
Zeider bunts in front of the plate. McCarty fields it and throws to first for the out. Pick moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killefer vs. Causey
Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Douglas vs. Causey
Douglas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilhoit vs. Douglas
Charlie Deal now playing third base. Joe Wilhoit pinch hits for Jim Thorpe.
Wilhoit hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Douglas can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sicking vs. Douglas
Sicking hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarty vs. Douglas
McCarty hits a popup towards short. Hollocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Compton vs. Douglas
Pete Compton pinch hits for Red Causey.
Compton hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/5/1918 -- Chicago at NY1 (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Flack M, rf 4 1 1 1 George Burns, cf 3 1 0 0
Hollocher C, ss 4 1 1 1 Ross Youngs, rf 3 1 1 0
Mann L, lf 4 1 1 1 Art Fletcher, ss 3 0 1 0
Paskert D, cf 4 0 1 2 Larry Doyle, 2b 4 0 1 1
Merkle F, 1b 3 0 0 0 Heinie Zimmerman, 1b 4 0 1 0
Pick C, 3b 4 0 2 0 Jim Thorpe, lf 3 0 1 0
Deal C, 3b 0 0 0 0 Joe Wilhoit, ph 1 0 1 0
Zeider R, 2b 3 0 0 0 Ed Sicking, 3b 4 1 1 0
Killefer B, c 4 1 2 0 Lew McCarty, c 4 0 0 0
Vaughn H, p 1 0 0 0 Fred Toney, p 3 0 1 1
Barber T, ph 0 0 0 0 Red Causey, p 0 0 0 0
Carter P, p 0 0 0 0 Pete Compton, ph 1 0 0 0
O'Farrell B, ph 0 0 0 0
Wortman C, pr 0 1 0 0
Douglas P, p 1 0 0 0
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32 5 8 5 33 3 8 2
Chicago 000 000 050 -- 5
NY1 200 010 000 -- 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Vaughn H 5.0 5 3 2 2 2
Carter P (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Douglas P (S) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Fred Toney (L) 7.2 6 5 5 1 1
Red Causey 1.1 2 0 0 1 0
E -- Killefer B, Heinie Zimmerman, Lew McCarty
LOB -- Chicago 4, NY1 6
2B -- Ed Sicking, Fred Toney
CS -- Pick C, Paskert D
SH -- Art Fletcher, Barber T, Zeider R
T -- 1:42
A -- 0
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