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July 4, 1918

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Red Sox 11 12 4
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Merito Acosta Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .250
OBP .750 .308
At Bats 3 24
Hits 2 6
• Singles 2 6
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 2
RBI’s 1 1

Bullet Joe Bush Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 8 1
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Shibe Park - July 4, 1918
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Single
Bullet Joe Bush
Sam Agnew
Stuffy McInnis
Frank Truesdale
Walter Barbare
Everett Scott
George Whiteman
Wally Schang
Harry Hooper
Merito Acosta
 
Merlin Kopp
Charlie Jamieson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Acosta hits a ball on the ground towards third. Barbare fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Kopp hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whiteman. Kopp reaches second base with a double. Jamieson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jamieson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gregg strikes out.
Top 8 Barbare hits a line drive towards short. Dugan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schang hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Truesdale hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kopp. Truesdale reaches second base with a double. Agnew scores. Bush scores.
Top 8 Hooper bunts towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. Agnew moves to third. Bush moves to second.
Top 8 Bush hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whiteman scores. Scott scores. Agnew moves to second.
Top 8 Agnew hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Whiteman moves to third. Scott moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Scott takes first base on ball four. Whiteman moves to second.
Top 8 Vean Gregg now pitching. Whiteman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bullet Joe Bush now pitching. Dugan hits a fly ball into center field. Schang settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dykes takes first base on ball four. Burns moves to second.
Bottom 7 McAvoy hits a fly ball into left field. Whiteman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gardner hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burns takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 McInnis hits a fly ball into left field. Kopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Barbare. The throw from McAvoy and he is safe. Barbare steals second.
Top 7 Barbare hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Schang hits a fly ball into right field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Truesdale hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Acosta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Truesdale scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Vince Molyneaux now pitching. Kopp hits a ball on the ground towards first. McInnis fields it and throws to home to get Dugan. Pierson moves to third. Jamieson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jamieson takes first base on ball four. Dykes scores. Dugan moves to third. Pierson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Pierson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Truesdale fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dykes moves to third. Dugan moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dugan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott misplays the ball. That's an error on Scott. Dykes moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dykes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 McAvoy hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hooper hits a popup towards third. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McAvoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 William Pierson now pitching. Jimmy Dykes now playing second base. Agnew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gardner strikes out.
Bottom 5 Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kopp scores. Acosta moves to third. Burns moves to second.
Bottom 5 Acosta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dugan scores. Kopp moves to third.
Bottom 5 Kopp takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Dugan moves to third.
Bottom 5 Rube Oldring pinch hits for Willie Adams. Oldring hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shannon scores. Dugan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dugan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shannon moves to second.
Bottom 5 Shannon is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Scott hits a line drive towards short. Dugan catches it and throws to first to double up Whiteman.
Top 5 Whiteman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McInnis scores.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. McInnis moves to third.
Top 5 McInnis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Truesdale scores. Schang scores.
Top 5 Barbare bunts in front of the plate. McAvoy fields it and throws to first for the out. Truesdale moves to third. Schang moves to second.
Top 5 Schang hits a ball on the ground towards second. Shannon can't make a play. That's a base hit. Hooper scores. Truesdale moves to second.
Top 5 Truesdale hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hooper moves to second.
Top 5 Hooper takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 McAvoy strikes out.
Bottom 4 Agnew fires to second and picks off Gardner for the out.
Bottom 4 Agnew fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Agnew. Gardner moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Acosta scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 There goes Burns. The throw from Agnew and he is out, Scott applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Jones spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Jones. Acosta moves to third.
Bottom 4 Burns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Acosta moves to second.
Bottom 4 Acosta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Agnew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kopp. Agnew reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Scott hits a fly ball into left field. Kopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Willie Adams now pitching. Whiteman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kopp strikes out.
Bottom 3 Jamieson hits a fly ball into center field. Schang settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jake Munch pinch hits for Mule Watson. Munch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Truesdale scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Watson fires to first and has McInnis trapped. There's the throw to Shannon who tags McInnis for the out.
Top 3 McInnis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hooper scores. Truesdale scores.
Top 3 Barbare hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Watson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Schang hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shannon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jones scores. Hooper moves to third. Truesdale moves to second.
Top 3 Truesdale hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones moves to third. Hooper moves to second.
Top 3 Hooper takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second.
Top 3 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Dugan hits a popup towards third. Barbare catches it and throws to second to double up McAvoy.
Bottom 2 Shannon bunts towards third. Barbare fields it and throws to first for the out. McAvoy moves to second.
Bottom 2 McAvoy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Barbare juggles the ball. That's an error on Barbare.
Top 2 Agnew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Scott bunts towards the mound. Watson fields it and throws to first for the out. Whiteman moves to second.
Top 2 Whiteman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 McInnis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gardner hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burns hits a popup towards short. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Acosta takes first base on ball four. Kopp moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kopp takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Jamieson hits a fly ball into center field. Schang settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Barbare hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Watson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Schang hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Truesdale hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Shannon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shannon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.