Red Sox @ Athletics
May 30, 1919

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Top 6	R	H	E
Red Sox	4	5	0
Athletics	3	7	1

Top 6	R	H	E
Red Sox	4	6	0
Athletics	3	7	1

Babe Ruth Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.225
OBP	.500	.353
At Bats	2	71
Hits	1	16
• Singles	1	6
• Doubles	0	4
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	0	13
RBI’s	0	16

Bob Geary Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	2	0

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Shibe Park - May 30, 1919

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Single

Bob Geary

Wickey McAvoy

George Burns

Red Shannon

Fred Thomas

Joe Dugan

Whitey Witt

Tillie Walker

Braggo Roth

Babe Ruth

Count: - , 0 Outs

Ruth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 5 Burns hits a popup towards the mound. Ruth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Roth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shean scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Witt scores. Shannon moves to second.

Bottom 5 Shannon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Witt moves to third.

Bottom 5 Witt hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Shean fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Bottom 5 Mike McNally now playing third base. Geary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Strunk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shannon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Geary Gilhooley scores.

Top 5 Shean hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Scott tags and scores. Gilhooley tags and moves to third.

Top 5 Hooper strikes out.

Top 5 Gilhooley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McNally scores. Scott moves to third. Gilhooley moves to second.

Top 5 Mike McNally pinch runs for Ossie Vitt. Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McNally moves to third.

Top 5 Vitt hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Roth. Vitt reaches second base with a double.

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

Bottom 4 There goes Thomas. The throw from Schang and he is safe. Thomas steals second.

Bottom 4 Thomas takes first base on ball four.

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

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

Top 4 Schang hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 4 Ruth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 4 Strunk strikes out.

Bottom 3 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Shean fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Bottom 3 Roth hits a line drive into center field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Shannon takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Witt strikes out.

Top 3 Shean hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Hooper hits a popup towards first. Burns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Gilhooley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Ruth spins and fires to second, with Scott covering, and Geary is picked off.

Bottom 2 Geary hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes McAvoy trying to get to third. Gilhooley throws the ball in to Vitt, who tags McAvoy for the out. Geary moves to second.

Bottom 2 McAvoy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vitt fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 There goes Scott. The throw from McAvoy and he is out, Shannon applying the tag.

Top 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Geary fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 2 Vitt bunts towards the mound. Geary fields it and throws to first for the out. Schang moves to second.

Top 2 Schang takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Dugan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Shean settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Walker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gilhooley. Walker reaches second base with a double. Roth scores.

Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Roth moves to third.

Bottom 1 Burns hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Shean settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Roth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Witt scores.

Bottom 1 Shannon bunts towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out. Witt moves to third.

Bottom 1 Witt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gilhooley. Witt reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 McInnis hits a fly ball into left field. Witt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ruth for the out.

Top 1 Strunk hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Shean hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Thomas. Hooper goes all the way around to score. Shean moves to third. That run is unearned.

Top 1 Hooper takes first base on ball four.

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Red Sox @ Athletics
May 30, 1919