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Cubs
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 8, 1918
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, played on May 8, 1918 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 8, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 8, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lefty Tyler |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Cooper |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 2,500 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lord Byron 1B: Hank O'Day 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Charlie Hollocher | Shortstop |
| Max Flack | Right Fielder |
| Les Mann | Left Fielder |
| Dode Paskert | Center Fielder |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Pete Kilduff | Second Baseman |
| Charlie Deal | Third Baseman |
| Bill Killefer | Catcher |
| Lefty Tyler | Pitcher |
| Fred Mitchell | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Howdy Caton | Shortstop |
| Fritz Mollwitz | First Baseman |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| Casey Stengel | Right Fielder |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Lee King | Left Fielder |
| Bill McKechnie | Third Baseman |
| Jimmy Archer | Catcher |
| Wilbur Cooper | Pitcher |
| Hugo Bezdek | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 8, 1918
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hollocher vs. Cooper
Hollocher hits a fly ball into right field. Stengel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Cooper
Flack hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Cooper
Mann hits a line drive into center field. Carey picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Carey. Mann moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Paskert vs. Cooper
Paskert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of King who is chasing the ball. Paskert reaches third base with a triple. Mann scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Merkle vs. Cooper
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton misplays the ball. That's an error on Caton. Paskert scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kilduff vs. Cooper
Kilduff strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caton vs. Tyler
Caton hits a line drive towards first. Merkle reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mollwitz vs. Tyler
Mollwitz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Tyler
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. Mollwitz moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stengel vs. Tyler
Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Cooper
Deal hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Carey. Deal reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killefer vs. Cooper
Killefer bunts in front of the plate. Archer fields it and throws to first for the out. Deal moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tyler vs. Cooper
Tyler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hollocher vs. Cooper
Hollocher hits a line drive into right field. Stengel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Tyler
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
King vs. Tyler
King takes first base on ball four. Cutshaw moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McKechnie vs. Tyler
McKechnie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cutshaw moves to third. King moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Archer vs. Tyler
Archer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play. King moves to third. McKechnie moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cooper vs. Tyler
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Cooper
Flack hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey. Flack reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mann vs. Cooper
Mann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flack moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Paskert vs. Cooper
Paskert is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Merkle vs. Cooper
Merkle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey who is chasing the ball. Merkle reaches third base with a triple. Flack scores. Mann goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kilduff vs. Steele
Bob Steele now pitching.
Kilduff hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mollwitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Merkle tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Steele
Deal hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caton vs. Tyler
Caton hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mollwitz vs. Tyler
Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Tyler
Carey hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Killefer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killefer vs. Steele
Killefer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tyler vs. Steele
Tyler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Steele fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hollocher vs. Steele
Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie juggles the ball. That's an error on McKechnie. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flack vs. Steele
There goes Hollocher. The throw from Archer and he is out, Cutshaw applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stengel vs. Tyler
Stengel strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Tyler
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Tyler
King hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Steele
Flack hits a popup, foul, towards third. McKechnie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Steele
Mann hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Carey is chasing the ball. Mann rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Steele
Paskert strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Steele
Merkle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kilduff vs. Steele
There goes Merkle. The throw from Archer and he is safe. Merkle steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kilduff vs. Steele
Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Tyler
McKechnie hits a fly ball towards left. Mann settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mann. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Archer vs. Tyler
Archer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McKechnie moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Steele vs. Tyler
Steele hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Caton vs. Tyler
Caton hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mollwitz vs. Tyler
Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Steele
Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killefer vs. Steele
Killefer strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyler vs. Steele
Tyler hits a line drive towards the mound. Steele reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Tyler
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stengel vs. Tyler
Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Tyler
Cutshaw hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hollocher vs. Steele
Hollocher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flack vs. Steele
Flack takes first base on ball four. Hollocher moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mann vs. Steele
Mann bunts towards the mound. Steele fields it and throws to first for the out. Hollocher moves to third. Flack moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Paskert vs. Steele
Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Steele can't make a play. That's a base hit. Hollocher scores. Flack moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Merkle vs. Steele
Merkle takes first base on ball four. Paskert moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kilduff vs. Steele
Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mollwitz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kilduff for the out. Flack scores. Paskert moves to third. Merkle moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Deal vs. Steele
Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Tyler
Bob O'Farrell now catching.
King hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Tyler
McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Archer vs. Tyler
Archer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Tyler covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Farrell vs. Steele
O'Farrell hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyler vs. Steele
Tyler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hollocher vs. Steele
Hollocher hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steele vs. Tyler
Steele hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kilduff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caton vs. Tyler
Caton hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mollwitz vs. Tyler
Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Steele
Flack hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Steele
Mann hits a popup in front of the plate. Archer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Steele
Paskert hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Tyler
Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stengel vs. Tyler
Stengel hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Paskert. Stengel reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cutshaw vs. Tyler
Carson Bigbee pinch runs for Casey Stengel.
There goes Bigbee. The throw from O'Farrell and he is safe. Bigbee steals third. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cutshaw vs. Tyler
Cutshaw hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bigbee tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Tyler
King hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 5/8/1918 -- Chicago at PIT (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI PIT AB R H RBI
Hollocher C, ss 5 1 1 0 Howdy Caton, ss 4 0 0 0
Flack M, rf 4 2 1 0 Fritz Mollwitz, 1b 4 0 1 0
Mann L, lf 4 3 3 1 Max Carey, cf 4 0 0 0
Paskert D, cf 5 1 2 2 Casey Stengel, rf 4 0 1 0
Merkle F, 1b 3 1 2 2 Carson Bigbee, pr 0 1 0 0
Kilduff P, 2b 3 0 0 2 George Cutshaw, 2b 3 0 1 1
Deal C, 3b 4 0 1 0 Lee King, lf 3 0 0 0
Killefer B, c 2 0 1 0 Bill McKechnie, 3b 3 0 1 0
O'Farrell B, c 1 0 0 0 Jimmy Archer, c 3 0 1 0
Tyler L, p 4 0 0 0 Wilbur Cooper, p 1 0 0 0
Bob Steele, p 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 8 11 7 31 1 5 1
Chicago 203 010 200 -- 8
PIT 000 000 001 -- 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Tyler L (W) 9.0 5 1 1 1 1
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper (L) 2.1 6 5 4 0 2
Bob Steele 6.2 5 3 3 2 2
E -- Max Carey, Howdy Caton, Bill McKechnie, Mann L
DP -- Chicago 1, PIT 1
LOB -- Chicago 5, PIT 5
2B -- Deal C, Flack M, Casey Stengel
3B -- Paskert D, Merkle F
HR -- Mann L
SB -- Merkle F, Carson Bigbee
CS -- Hollocher C
SH -- Killefer B, Mann L
SF -- Kilduff P, George Cutshaw
T -- 1:55
A -- 2500
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