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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 20, 1918
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants, played on August 20, 1918 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 20, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 20, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Steele |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Erskine Mayer |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lord Byron 1B: Hank O'Day 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Benny Kauff | Center Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Heinie Zimmerman | First Baseman |
| Ed Sicking | Third Baseman |
| Bill Rariden | Catcher |
| Bob Steele | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tommy Leach | Left Fielder |
| Luke Boone | Shortstop |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| Billy Southworth | Right Fielder |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Fritz Mollwitz | First Baseman |
| Bill McKechnie | Third Baseman |
| Walter Schmidt | Catcher |
| Erskine Mayer | Pitcher |
| Hugo Bezdek | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 20, 1918
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Mayer
Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Mayer
Youngs hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Mayer
Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mayer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Steele
Leach strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Steele
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sicking fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Steele
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sicking fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Mayer
Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Mayer
Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Mayer
Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Leach who is chasing the ball. Zimmerman reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sicking vs. Mayer
Sicking hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mollwitz scoops it up and throws to first, with Mayer covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Steele
Southworth hits a line drive into left field. Burns picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Burns. Southworth moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cutshaw vs. Steele
Cutshaw bunts towards the mound. Steele juggles the ball. That's an error on Steele. Southworth moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mollwitz vs. Steele
Mollwitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Southworth scores. Cutshaw moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McKechnie vs. Steele
McKechnie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cutshaw scores. Mollwitz moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Schmidt vs. Steele
Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mollwitz tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayer vs. Steele
There goes McKechnie. The throw from Rariden and he is safe. McKechnie steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayer vs. Steele
Mayer strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leach vs. Steele
Leach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rariden vs. Mayer
Rariden hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steele vs. Mayer
Steele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Mayer
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Mayer
Youngs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kauff vs. Mayer
Kauff hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Steele
Boone hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doyle reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Steele
Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Steele
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle misplays the ball. That's an error on Doyle. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Steele
There goes Southworth. The throw from Rariden and he is safe. Southworth steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cutshaw vs. Steele
Cutshaw hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mollwitz vs. Steele
Mollwitz hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Mayer
Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Mayer
Fletcher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doyle moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zimmerman vs. Mayer
Zimmerman hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sicking vs. Mayer
Sicking takes first base on ball four. Doyle moves to third. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rariden vs. Mayer
Rariden hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Doyle tags and scores. Fletcher tags and moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Steele vs. Mayer
Steele hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. Sicking moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burns vs. Mayer
There goes Steele. The throw from Schmidt and he is out, Cutshaw applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Steele
McKechnie hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Steele
Schmidt 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 -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayer vs. Steele
Mayer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Mayer
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Mayer
Youngs 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 -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Mayer
Kauff 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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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Steele
Leach hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Steele
Boone hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Steele
Carey hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Mayer
Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Mayer
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw misplays the ball. That's an error on Cutshaw. Doyle moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zimmerman vs. Mayer
Zimmerman hits a line drive towards short. Boone catches it and throws to second to double up Doyle. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sicking vs. Mayer
Sicking takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rariden vs. Mayer
Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mollwitz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rariden for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Steele
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Steele fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Steele
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sicking fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mollwitz vs. Steele
Mollwitz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steele vs. Mayer
Steele hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Mayer
Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Mayer
Youngs takes first base on ball four. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kauff vs. Mayer
Kauff hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doyle vs. Mayer
Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Steele
McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Fletcher. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Steele
Schmidt bunts towards the mound. Steele fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McKechnie moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mayer vs. Steele
Mayer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Steele fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Steele. McKechnie scores. Schmidt goes all the way around to score. Mayer moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Leach vs. Steele
Leach hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayer scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Steele
There's a wild pitch. Leach moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boone vs. Steele
Boone 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 -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Carey vs. Steele
There's a wild pitch. Leach scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Steele
Carey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Southworth vs. Steele
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Steele
Cutshaw 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
Top 8
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Mayer
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Mayer
Zimmerman hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sicking vs. Mayer
Sicking strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mollwitz vs. Steele
George Gibson now catching.
Mollwitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKechnie vs. Steele
There goes Mollwitz. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Mollwitz steals second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McKechnie vs. Steele
McKechnie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kauff throws the ball in to Zimmerman who tags McKechnie trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Mollwitz scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Steele
Schmidt hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayer vs. Steele
Mayer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sicking fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Mayer
Gibson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Leach. Gibson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kirke vs. Mayer
Jay Kirke pinch hits for Bob Steele.
Kirke hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Mayer
Burns hits a popup, foul, towards short. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Mayer
Youngs hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/20/1918 -- NY1 at PIT (D)
NY1 AB R H RBI PIT AB R H RBI
George Burns, lf 5 0 1 0 Tommy Leach, lf 4 1 1 1
Ross Youngs, rf 4 0 1 0 Luke Boone, ss 4 0 0 0
Benny Kauff, cf 4 0 0 0 Max Carey, cf 3 0 0 0
Larry Doyle, 2b 4 1 2 0 Billy Southworth, rf 4 2 1 0
Art Fletcher, ss 4 1 1 0 George Cutshaw, 2b 3 2 1 2
Heinie Zimmerman, 1b 4 0 1 0 Fritz Mollwitz, 1b 4 2 2 1
Ed Sicking, 3b 2 0 0 0 Bill McKechnie, 3b 4 1 2 2
Bill Rariden, c 2 0 0 1 Walter Schmidt, c 3 1 1 1
George Gibson, c 1 0 1 0 Erskine Mayer, p 4 1 0 0
Bob Steele, p 3 0 2 1
Jay Kirke, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 2 9 2 33 10 8 7
NY1 000 200 000 -- 2
PIT 032 000 41x -- 10
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Bob Steele (L) 8.0 8 10 3 1 2
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine Mayer (W) 9.0 9 2 2 3 1
E -- George Burns, Bob Steele 2, Larry Doyle, George Cutshaw, Art Fletcher
DP -- PIT 1
LOB -- NY1 9, PIT 2
2B -- George Gibson
3B -- Heinie Zimmerman
HR -- George Cutshaw
SB -- Bill McKechnie, Billy Southworth, Fritz Mollwitz
CS -- Bob Steele
SH -- George Cutshaw
SF -- Walter Schmidt, Bill Rariden
WP -- Bob Steele 2
T -- 1:48
A -- 0
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