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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 22, 1921
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 22, 1921 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 22, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 22, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Cooper |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jesse Barnes |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 40,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Hank O'Day 1B: Ernie Quigley 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Left Fielder |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| Rabbit Maranville | Shortstop |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Possum Whitted | Right Fielder |
| Cotton Tierney | Third Baseman |
| Charlie Grimm | First Baseman |
| Bill Skiff | Catcher |
| Wilbur Cooper | Pitcher |
| George Gibson | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Dave Bancroft | Shortstop |
| Frankie Frisch | Second Baseman |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
| Lee King | Center Fielder |
| Goldie Rapp | Third Baseman |
| Frank Snyder | Catcher |
| Jesse Barnes | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 22, 1921
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Barnes
Bigbee hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Barnes
Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Barnes
Maranville hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Frisch reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Carey. Burns reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft bunts towards the mound. Cooper juggles the ball. That's an error on Cooper. Burns moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch hits a fly ball towards center. Carey catches it and throws to Maranville who relays to Cutshaw to double up Bancroft. Burns tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Barnes
Cutshaw hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Barnes
Whitted hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cutshaw moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tierney vs. Barnes
Tierney bunts towards first. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first, with Frisch covering, for the out. Cutshaw moves to third. Whitted moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grimm vs. Barnes
Grimm hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch has Cutshaw trapped. There's the throw to Snyder and over to Rapp, who tags Cutshaw for the out. Whitted moves to third. Grimm moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Skiff vs. Barnes
Skiff hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rapp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Cooper
King hits a fly ball into right field. Whitted settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rapp vs. Cooper
Rapp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Cooper
Snyder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rapp moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Barnes vs. Cooper
Barnes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it, throws to third for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Barnes
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rapp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Barnes
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Barnes
Carey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rapp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Whitted settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grimm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch hits a fly ball into right field. Whitted settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Barnes
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Barnes
Cutshaw hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Cutshaw reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitted vs. Barnes
There's a wild pitch. Cutshaw moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Whitted vs. Barnes
Whitted takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tierney vs. Barnes
Tierney is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grimm vs. Barnes
There goes Whitted. The throw from Snyder and he is out, Bancroft applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a line drive beyond second. Cutshaw can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Youngs trying to get to third. Bigbee throws the ball in to Tierney, who tags Youngs for the out. Kelly moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
King vs. Cooper
King hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Skiff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rapp vs. Cooper
Rapp is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Barnes
Grimm hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skiff vs. Barnes
Skiff strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Barnes
Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bigbee vs. Barnes
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rapp fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carey vs. Barnes
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Cooper
Snyder hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Cooper
Barnes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns strikes out. There goes Barnes. The throw from Skiff to second, and Barnes is out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Barnes
Maranville hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Barnes
Cutshaw hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Frisch reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitted vs. Barnes
Whitted hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tierney vs. Barnes
Tierney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. King throws the ball in to Bancroft who relays the ball to Frisch who tags Tierney trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Whitted moves to third. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Barnes
Grimm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skiff vs. Barnes
Skiff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Frisch. Grimm moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Barnes
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rapp fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Skiff moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bigbee vs. Barnes
Bigbee is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carey vs. Barnes
Carey takes first base on ball four. Skiff moves to third. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Maranville vs. Barnes
Maranville hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
King vs. Cooper
King hits a popup, foul, towards third. Tierney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rapp vs. Cooper
Rapp hits a line drive into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Cooper
Snyder hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Snyder reaches second base with a double. Kelly goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Barnes vs. Cooper
Barnes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Barnes for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Barnes
Cutshaw hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Barnes
Whitted hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tierney vs. Barnes
Tierney hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimm vs. Sallee
Slim Sallee now pitching.
Grimm strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skiff vs. Sallee
Skiff hits a line drive towards right field. Youngs fields the ball and throws to first. Kelly drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Kelly. Tierney moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Sallee
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rapp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a popup towards third. Tierney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a line drive into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Sallee
Bigbee hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Sallee
Carey hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Sallee
Maranville takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Sallee
Cutshaw hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Cutshaw reaches second base with a double. Maranville goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitted vs. Toney
Fred Toney now pitching.
Whitted bunts towards the mound. Toney fields it and throws to first for the out. Cutshaw moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tierney vs. Toney
Tierney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cutshaw scores. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimm vs. Toney
Grimm hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Tierney moves to third. Grimm moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Skiff vs. Toney
Skiff hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tierney tags and scores. Grimm tags and moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Toney
Cooper hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Cooper reaches second base with a double. Grimm scores. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bigbee vs. Toney
Bigbee hits a popup towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 8 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
King vs. Cooper
King hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. King reaches second base with a double. Kelly moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Cooper
Eddie Brown pinch hits for Goldie Rapp.
Brown hits a popup in front of the plate. Skiff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Snyder vs. Cooper
Snyder hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gaston vs. Cooper
Alex Gaston pinch hits for Fred Toney.
Gaston strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grimm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/22/1921 -- PIT at New York (D)
PIT AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Carson Bigbee, lf 6 1 2 0 Burns G, lf 5 2 2 1
Max Carey, cf 4 1 1 2 Bancroft D, ss 3 0 0 0
Rabbit Maranvill, ss 4 1 0 0 Frisch F, 2b 3 0 0 1
George Cutshaw, 2b 5 2 4 1 Youngs R, rf 3 0 1 0
Possum Whitted, rf 3 1 3 2 Kelly H, 1b 4 2 3 0
Cotton Tierney, 3b 4 1 3 1 King L, cf 4 1 1 0
Charlie Grimm, 1b 5 1 2 0 Rapp G, 3b 2 0 0 0
Bill Skiff, c 4 0 0 1 Brown E, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilbur Cooper, p 5 0 2 1 Snyder F, c 4 1 3 4
Barnes J, p 3 0 1 0
Sallee S, p 0 0 0 0
Toney F, p 0 0 0 0
Gaston A, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 8 17 8 33 6 11 6
PIT 000 000 026 -- 8
New York 100 000 113 -- 6
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper (W) 9.0 11 6 6 2 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Barnes J* 7.0 11 2 2 2 3
Sallee S (L)+ 1.0 3 4 4 1 1
Toney F 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
+ Pitched to 4 batters in 9th
E -- Wilbur Cooper, Frisch F, Kelly H
DP -- PIT 3
LOB -- PIT 11, New York 4
2B -- Burns G, George Cutshaw 2, Snyder F, Wilbur Cooper, King L
HR -- Possum Whitted, Burns G, Max Carey, Snyder F
CS -- Possum Whitted, Barnes J
SH -- Bancroft D, Cotton Tierney, Possum Whitted
SF -- Frisch F, Bill Skiff
WP -- Barnes J
T -- 2:30
A -- 40000
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