Boston Red Sox/Doherty Silk Sox, May 5, 1918
Saturday, May 4, 1918
New York Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 4
Polo Grounds
BOSTON AB R H PO A E NEW YORK AB R H PO A E
Hooper, rf......5 1 3 2 0 0 Marsnas, rf......4 2 2 0 0 0
Shean, 2b.......3 0 1 1 2 0 Peckinpaugh, ss..2 1 1 1 4 0
Strunk, cf......4 0 0 0 0 0 Baker, 3b........4 0 2 2 2 0
Schang, lf......2 0 0 1 0 0 Pratt, 2b........3 1 2 2 3 0
McInnis, 3b.....3 0 0 0 4 1 Pipp, 1b.........2 0 0 14 2 0
Hoblitzell, 1b..4 0 0 16 1 0 Bodie, lf........3 1 1 0 0 0
Scott, ss.......4 1 1 0 3 0 Miller, cf.......2 0 0 5 0 0
Agnew, c........4 1 1 2 0 0 Hannah, c........1 0 0 2 1 0
Ruth, p.........4 1 2 2 9 2 Russell, p.......4 0 0 1 3 0
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Total..........33 4 8 24 19 3 Total...........25 5 8 27 15 0
Boston....................0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 -- 4 8 3
New York..................1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 x -- 5 8 0
Doubles: Bodie, Hooper, Agnew, Ruth. Triple: Hooper. Home Run: Ruth.
Stolen bases: Baker, Shean, Hannah. Sacrifice hits: Peckinpaugh 2, Miller,
McInnis, Pipp, Bodie. Sacrifice Flies: Hannah, Miller. Double play:
Hannah to Pipp to Baker. Left on bases: New York 7, Boston 6. First base
on errors: New York 2.
Boston RBI: Ruth 3, Shean.
BOSTON IP H R ER BB K NEW YORK IP H R ER BB K
Ruth (L)..... 8 8 5 3 0 Russell (W)......9 8 4 4 3 3
Wild pitch: Ruth. Attendance: 12,000 (Globe); 15,000 (Herald & Journal).
Umpires: Nallin (plate) and Evans (bases).
Play-by-play:
Red Sox 1st — Hooper safe on infield single (beating 3-1 play). Shean flied out to center. Strunk grounded out catcher to first, Hooper thrown out at third, first to third.
Yankees 1st — Marsans singled to center. Pckinpaugh sacrificed Marsans to second. Baker grounded out first unassisted, Marsans to third. On Ruth’s first pitch, Pratt singled [Herald & Journal: right; Post: left], Marsans scored.
Red Sox 2nd — Schang walked. McInnis sacrificed Schang to second. At end of inning, Schang left on third.
Yankees 2nd — Bodie doubled down the right field line. Miller sacrificed Bodie to third. Hannah hit a sacrifice fly to short right field (Hooper made a barehanded catch while falling). Bodie scored.
Yankees 3rd — Marsans singled to center. Peckinpaugh safe on sacrifice single that went through Ruth’s legs, Marsans to second. Baker safe at first on Ruth’s throwing error on his bunt, Marsans and Peckinpaugh scored.
Yankees 5th — With two outs, Baker singled to right and stole second. Pratt fouled out to catcher.
Red Sox 6th — Ruth popped out to shortstop. Hooper tripled to right center. Shean safe on a hard infield single to shortstop, Hooper scored. Strunk flied out. Shean stole second. Schang walked. McInnis grounded out to the pitcher.
Red Sox 7th — Scott safe on infield single to pitcher. Agnew flied out to center. After crushing a pitch foul into the right field stands, Ruth homered to right, Scott and Ruth scored. It was Ruth’s first home run of the season. Hooper doubled down the right field line. Shean grounded out third to first.
Yankees 8th — Pratt safe on infield single fielded by McInnis at 3B. Pipp safe on McInnis’s throwing error on a bunt attempt, Pratt to second. Bodie sacrificed Pratt to third, Pipp to second. Miller hit sacrifice fly to deep left, Pratt scored, Pipp to third. Hannah walked. Hannah stole second. Russell made the third out.
Red Sox 9th — Trailing 5-3 with 2 outs, Agnew doubled to left. Ruth was next. There was a meeting at the mound. Ruth doubled over the center fielder’s head, Agnew scored. Hooper grounded out in the infield to end the game.
Notes:
Ruth is 4th in the AL in batting average: Chick Gandil, White Sox, .464, Joe Jackson, White Sox, .438; Bill Wambsganss, Cleveland, .423, Ruth, .417.
New York pitcher George Mogridge tells manager Miller Huggins he is quitting baseball and accepting job at a munitions factory in Sparrows Point, Md. Mogridge will return when Huggins offers him a $500 bonus.
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American League Standings
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| W | L | Pct. | GB | |
| Boston | 12 | 5 | .706 | — |
| Cleveland | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1½ |
| Chicago | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3 |
| New York | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3½ |
| Philadelphia | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4½ |
| Detroit | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4½ |
| St. Louis | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5 |
| Washington | 5 | 10 | .333 | 6 |
Other Games
Detroit 2, Chicago 1 (11 innings)
Philadelphia 1, Washington 0 (11 innings)
St. Louis 4, Cleveland 3
National League Leaders
| New York Giants | 14-1 |
| Chicago Cubs | 10-3 |
The Cubs have won 9 games in a row.