Boston Red Sox v. Philadelphia Athletics, April 15, 1918

Monday, April 15, 1918
Opening Day

Philadelphia Athletics v. Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park

PHILADELPHIA  AB  R  H PO  A  E     BOSTON        AB  R  H PO  A  E
Oldring, lf....4  0  1  2  0  0     Hooper, rf.....4  1  2  0  0  0
Jamieson, rf...4  0  0  2  1  0     Shean, 2b......4  0  1  1  2  0
Gardner, 3b....4  0  0  2  1  1     Strunk, cf.....3  1  1  2  0  0
Burns, 1b......4  1  1  8  0  0     Hoblitzell,1b..4  0  1 14  2  1
Walker, cf.....4  0  2  3  0  0     McInnis, 3b....3  0  0  1  0  0
McAvoy, c......3  0  0  3  5  0     Whiteman, lf...3  2  1  1  1  0
Shannon, 2b....2  0  0  3  2  0     Scott, ss......3  2  2  1  4  1
Dugan, ss......2  0  0  1  2  1     Agnew, c.......4  1  0  5  2  0
Myers, p.......2  0  0  0  2  0     Ruth, p........3  0  1  2  5  1
Adams, p.......1  0  0  0  0  0
              -- -- -- -- -- --                  -- -- --  -- -- --
Total.........30  1  4 24 13  2     Total.........31  7  9 27 16  3
 
Philadelphia..................0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0 --  1  4  2
Boston........................0 2 1  1 0 3  0 0 x --  7  9  3

Double: Hooper 2. Sacrifice hit: Scott. Sacrifice flies: Dugan, McInnis, Ruth. Left on bases: Philadelphia 5, Boston 7. First base on errors: Philadelphia 2, Boston 2. Boston RBI: Ruth 2, McInnis, Agnew, Hooper, Shean.

PHILADELPHIA  IP   H  R  ER  BB  K       BOSTON    IP   H  R  ER  BB  K
Myers (L)..... 6   7  7   ?   3  0       Ruth (W)...9   4  1   1   2  3
Adams......... 2   2  0   0   1  3

Wild pitches: Myers 2.
Time: 1:48. Attendance: 7,180 paid (est. total 10,000).
Umpires: Tom Connolly (plate) and Bill Dineen (bases).

First Inning

Athletics — Oldring out. Jamieson out. Gardner called out on strikes.

Red Sox — Hooper grounds out second to first, great one-handed stop by Shannon. Shean out. Strunk out.

Second Inning

Athletics — Burns singles to center. Walker grounds out shortstop to first, Burns to 2nd. Ruth commits an error on a pick-off attempt at 2nd, ball goes into center field, Burns to third. McAvoy walks. Shannon walks, McAvoy to third. Dugan flies out to center, Strunk catching the ball at his shoes and tumbling over, Burns scores. Myers out.

Red Sox — Hoblitzell out. McInnis out. Whiteman walks. Scott singles, Whiteman to second. Agnew singles past Shannon into right field, Whiteman scores. Ruth singles past Burns into right field, Scott scores, Agnew to third. Hooper out.

Third Inning

Athletics — Oldring out. Jamieson out. Gardner out.

Red Sox — Shean walks. Strunk bunts for a single, Shean to second. Hoblitzell bunts, Shean out catcher to third, Strunk to second. Myers wild pitch moves Strunk to third, Hoblitzell to second. McInnis flies to center, sacrifice fly scoring Strunk. Whiteman out.

Fourth Inning

Athletics — Burns fouls out to third. Walker ____. McAvoy ____.

Red Sox — Scott singles. Agnew out in infield, Scott to second (?). Wild pitch by Myers, Scott to third. Ruth flies to deep left, sacrifice fly, Scott scores. Hooper doubles. Shean out.

Fifth Inning

Red Sox — Strunk out. Hoblitzell out. McInnis out.

Sixth Inning

Red Sox — Whiteman singles to center. Scott sacrifices, Whiteman to second. Agnew safe on third base throwing error, Whiteman scores, Agnew to third. Ruth out. Hooper doubles to left center, Agnew scores. Shean singles to right, Hooper scores, Shean out at second, right field to second.

Seventh Inning

Red Sox — Strunk on base. Hoblitzell on base, Strunk to third. Adams relieves Myers. McInnis out. Whiteman out. Scott out.

Eighth Inning

Red Sox — Agnew out. Ruth out. Hooper doubles. Shean out.

Notes:

Ruth wins his third straight Opening Day start.

Boston was 34-10 versus Philadelphia in 1916 and 1917; at home, the Red Sox were 8-3 in 1916 and 11-1 in 1917. 

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