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April 12, 1916

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Top 9	R	H	E
Athletics	1	4	4
Red Sox	2	5	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Athletics	1	4	4
Red Sox	2	5	1

Whitey Witt Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.000
OBP	.000	.000
At Bats	0	0
Hits	0	0
• Singles	0	0
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	0	0

Rube Foster Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	0	0

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Fenway Park - April 12, 1916

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Out

Rube Foster

Pinch Thomas

Dick Hoblitzell

Jack Barry

Larry Gardner

Everett Scott

Chick Shorten

Tillie Walker

Harry Hooper

Whitey Witt

Stuffy McInnis

Nap Lajoie

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Philadelphia Athletics	1	4	4	5
Boston Red Sox	2	5	1	8
Winning Pitcher	Babe Ruth
Losing Pitcher	Bullet Joe Bush
Save	Rube Foster
Game Winning RBI	Chick Shorten
Attendance	6,000
Time of Game	1 hour 57 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Whitey Witt pinch hits for Billy Meyer. Witt hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Rube Foster now pitching. McInnis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foster has Oldring trapped. There's the throw to Thomas and over to Gardner, who tags Oldring for the out. Lajoie moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 9 Lajoie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walsh scores. Oldring moves to third. Lajoie moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 9 Oldring hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Ruth. Walsh moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 9 Strunk strikes out.

Top 9 Walsh takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Barry hits a popup towards third. Pick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Crane fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Bottom 8 Shorten strikes out.

Bottom 8 Walker hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Bush strikes out.

Top 8 Crane hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Pick strikes out.

Bottom 7 Hoblitzell hits a fly ball into left field. Oldring settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Walsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomas tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 7 Hooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pick fields it and throws to home to get Barry. Thomas moves to third. Ruth moves to second.

Bottom 7 Ruth bunts towards the mound. Bush fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bush. Barry moves to third. Thomas moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 7 Thomas bunts towards the mound. Bush fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bush. Barry moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 7 Barry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crane fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 7 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hoblitzell scoops it up and throws to first, with Ruth covering, for the out.

Top 7 McInnis hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Lajoie hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Billy Meyer now catching. Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards first. McInnis scoops it up and throws to first, with Bush covering, for the out.

Bottom 6 Shorten hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oldring throws the ball in to Lajoie who tags Shorten trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hoblitzell scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 6 Walker strikes out.

Bottom 6 Hoblitzell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pick fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Pick. Hoblitzell moves to second.

Top 6 Oldring hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Strunk hits a line drive towards the mound. Ruth reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Walsh hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Barry reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lajoie scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Hooper strikes out.

Bottom 5 Ruth strikes out.

Bottom 5 There goes Thomas. The throw from Schang and he is safe. Thomas steals second.

Bottom 5 Bullet Joe Bush now pitching. Thomas takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 There goes Pick. The throw from Thomas and he is out, Gardner applying the tag.

Top 5 Bill Stellbauer pinch hits for Jack Nabors. Stellbauer strikes out.

Top 5 Crane bunts towards first. Hoblitzell scoops it up and throws to first, with Barry covering, for the out. Pick moves to second.

Top 5 Pick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 4 Barry hits a fly ball into center field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Shorten hits a fly ball into left field. Oldring settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nabors fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Schang hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 McInnis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Shorten. McInnis reaches second base with a double.

Top 4 Lajoie hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Oldring hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Hoblitzell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lajoie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nabors fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to third. Hooper moves to second.

Bottom 3 Hooper takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.

Bottom 3 Ruth hits a fly ball into right field. Walsh settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Thomas takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Strunk hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Walsh hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Nabors strikes out.

Bottom 2 There goes Gardner. The throw from Schang and he is out, Lajoie applying the tag.

Bottom 2 Barry hits a line drive into left field. Oldring settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Gardner takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Shorten hits a line drive towards third. Pick reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Crane strikes out.

Top 2 There goes Pick. The throw from Thomas and he is safe. Pick steals second.

Top 2 Pick takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Schang hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hoblitzell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schang for the out. McInnis moves to third.

Top 2 McInnis hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Walker. McInnis reaches second base with a double.

Top 2 Lajoie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pick fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.

Bottom 1 Hoblitzell hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Schang fields it and throws to third for the out. Scott moves to second.

Bottom 1 Scott bunts towards first. McInnis fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on McInnis. Hooper moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 1 Hooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Oldring hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Strunk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Walsh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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