Boston Red Sox v. Philadelphia Athletics, April 17, 1918

Wednesday, April 17, 1918

Philadelphia Athletics v. Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park

PHILADELPHIA  AB  R  H PO  A  E     BOSTON        AB  R  H PO  A  E
Kopp, lf…….5  1  0  4  0  0     Hooper, rf…..3  1  1  2  0  0
Jamieson, rf…4  1  2  3  1  0     Shean, 2b……3  0  1  3  2  0
Gardner, 3b….4  1  1  2  2  1     Strunk, cf…..4  0  2  2  0  0
Burns, 1b……5  1  2  9  0  1     Hoblitzell,1b..4  0  0  8  0  0
Walker, cf…..4  0  2  2  0  1     McInnis, 3b….4  2  2  1  1  0
Shannon, 2b….2  0  1  2  1  1     Whiteman, lf…3  1  1  2  0  1
Dugan, ss……3  0  0  1  0  0     Scott, ss……3  1  0  0  3  0
McAvoy, c……3  0  1  1  2  0     Agnew, c…….3  0  0  9  2  0
Adams, p…….4  0  0  0  2  0      Ruth, ph……0  0  0  0  0  0
Perry, p……0  0  0  0  0  0     Leonard, p…..3  0  0  0  2  1
Schang, ph….1  0  1  0  0  0
— — — — — —                   — — — — — —
Total………34  4  9 24  8  4     Total………31  5  8 27 10  2

Philadelphia…………….0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 2 — 4  9  4
Boston………………….0 1 0  0 0 0  0 1 3 — 5  8  2
Winning run scored with none out.

Doubles: Jamieson, Burns, Strunk. Triple: Hooper. Stolen base: Whiteman. Sacrifice hits: Gardner, Shannon, Dugan, Shean, Scott. Double play: Jamieson to Dugan. Left on bases: Philadelphia 10, Boston 7.  First base on errors: Philadelphia 2, Boston 3. Boston RBI: Schang 2, Scott, Strunk and Whiteman.

PHILADELPHIA  IP   H  R  ER  BB  K     BOSTON        IP   H  R  ER  BB  K
Adams (L)……8   7  5   ?   3  0     Leonard (W)….9   9  4   ?   4  9
Perry……….0   1  0   0   1  3

Adams pitched to four batters in the 9th inning.
Perry pitched to one batter in the 9th inning.
Wild pitch: Leonard.
Time: 2:13. Attendance: 3,108.
Umpires: Tom Connolly (plate) and Bill Dineen (bases).

First Inning

Athletics — Kopp strikes out. Jamieson walks on four pitches. Gardner strikes out, swinging on a wild pitch, Jamieson to second. Burns strikes out.

Red Sox — Hooper out. Shean out. Strunk singles, but is caught stealing as the A’s pitch out.

Second Inning

Red Sox — Hoblitzell out. McInnis singles to center field. Whiteman singles past shortstop on an 0-2 count, McInnis to third; McInnis scores on Walker’s wild throw from center field to third base, Whiteman to third.

Third Inning

Red Sox — Hooper triples to deep right field; the ball sticks in the wet ground, might have rolled for a home run on drier ground.

Fourth Inning

Athletics —  Kopp flies out to center field. Jamieson singles past shortstop into left field. Gardner singles to right center, Jamieson to third, Gardner to second on throw. Burns strikes out. Walker flies out to right field.

Seventh Inning

Red Sox — Leonard makes third out.

Eighth Inning

Athletics — Jamieson doubles down the right field line. Gardner sacrifices, Jamieson to third. Burns singles, Jamieson scores. Walker singles, Burns to second. Shannon singles past third base, Burns to third, Walker to second. Dugan grounds out shortstop to first, Burns scores, Walker to third, Shannon to second. McAvoy out.

Red Sox — Hooper walks. Shean sacrifices Hooper to second. Strunk doubles off Burns’s mitt at first into right field, Hooper scores. Hoblitzell flies out to right field, Jamieson makes a circus catch; Strunk doubled off second base, right field to shortstop.

Ninth Inning

Athletics — Adams out. Kopp safe at second on Leonard’s two-base throwing error. Jamieson out. Gardner safe at second base as Whiteman drops his fly ball in left field, Kopp scores. Burns singles, Gardner scores. Walker out.

Red Sox — McInnis singles to left center. Whiteman walks. Scott bunts to first base, Burns throws wild to Shannon covering first, ball rolls into right field; McInnis scores, Whiteman to third, Scott to second. Ruth (pinch-hitting for Agnew) is intentionally walked. Adams relieved by Perry. Schang (pinch-hitting for Leonard) singles on a 3-1 pitch into right field, Whiteman scores, Scott scores, sliding in safely under the tag, right field to first base to catcher.

Notes:

Schang’s game-winning pinch-hit was his first at-bat of the season.
Pitcher Joe Bush coached first base for Boston.
Film star Mary Pickford was at the game, along with one hundred women from the Liberty Loan Drive, raising money for the war effort.

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