1918 World Series Game Four — Boston Red Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 2

Monday, September 9, 1918

World Series Game Four
Fenway Park, Boston

Boston Red Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 2

CHICAGO               AB  R  H BI PO  A  E   BOSTON              AB  R  H BI PO  A  E
Max Flack, rf......... 4  0  1  0  3  0  0   Harry Hooper, rf.... 3  0  0  0  1  0  0
Charlie Hollocher, ss. 4  0  0  1  2  0  0   Dave Shean, 2b...... 3  0  1  0  4  4  0
Les Mann, lf.......... 4  0  1  1  2  0  0   Amos Strunk, cf..... 4  0  0  0  0  0  0
Dode Paskert, cf...... 4  0  0  0  3  0  0   George Whiteman, lf. 3  1  0  0  1  0  0
Fred Merkle, 1b....... 3  0  1  0  9  1  0     Joe Bush, p....... 0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Charlie Pick, 2b...... 2  0  2  0  0  2  0   Stuffy McInnis, 1b.. 3  1  1  0 16  1  0
  Rollie Zeider, 3b... 0  0  0  0  1  2  0   Babe Ruth, p-lf..... 2  0  1  2  0  4  0
Charlie Deal, 3b...... 2  0  1  0  1  3  0   Everett Scott, ss... 3  0  0  0  3  8  0
  Bob O'Farrell, ph... 1  0  0  0  0  0  0   Fred Thomas, 3b..... 3  0  0  0  2  3  0
  Bill Wortman, 2b.... 1  0  0  0  1  0  0   Sam Agnew, c........ 2  0  0  0  0  1  0
Bill Killefer, c...... 2  1  0  0  1  0  0     Wally Schang, c .. 1  1  1  0  0  0  0
  Turner Barber, ph... 1  0  0  0  0  0  0
Lefty Tyler, p........ 0  0  0  0  1  4  0
  Claude Hendrix, ph.. 1  0  1  0  0  0  0
  Dick McCabe, pr..... 0  1  0  0  0  0  0
  Phil Douglas, p..... 0  0  0  0  0  0  1

                      -- -- -- -- -- -- --                       -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total.................29  2  7  2 24 12  1   Total...............27  3  4  2 27 21  0

Chicago...................0 0 0   0 0 0   0 2 0  --  2   7   1
Boston....................0 0 0   2 0 0   0 1 x  --  3   4   0

Double: Shean. triple: Ruth. Stolen base: Shean. Sacrifice hits: Ruth, Hooper.
Left on base: Chicago 6, Boston 4. Double plays: Ruth, Scott and McInnis; Scott, Shean
and McInnis (2).

CHICAGO               IP   H  R  ER  BB  K    BOSTON                 IP  H  R  ER  BB  K
Lefty Tyler .......... 7   3  2   2   2  1    Babe Ruth (W).......... 8  7  2   2   6  0
Phil Douglas (L)...... 1   1  1   0   0  0    Joe Bush (SV).......... 1  0  0   0   0  0

Walked: Shean, Whiteman (by Tyler); Zeider 2, Tyler 2, Merkle, Killefer (by Ruth).
Struck out: Strunk (by Tyler). Wild pitch: Ruth.
Attendance: 22,183. Time: 1:50.
Umpires: Brick Owens (HP), Hank O'Day (1B), George Hildebrand (2B), Bill Klem (3B).

Play-by-play

Chicago 1st: Flack singled to right. Hollocher lined out to shortstop. Flack picked off, catcher to first. Mann fouled out to first.

Boston 1st: Hooper flied out to right. Shean doubled to left. Strunk struck out swinging. Whiteman flied out to right.

Chicago 2nd: Paskert grounded out pitcher to first. Merkle grounded out shortstop to first. Pick safe on infield single to third. Deal singled to left, Pick to second. Killefer grounded into fielder’s choice, Pick out at third, shortstop to third.

Boston 2nd: McInnis popped out to shortstop. Ruth grounded out second to first. Scott grounded out third to first.

Chicago 3rd: Tyler walked. Flack grounded into fielder’s choice, Tyler out at second, shortstop to second. Hollocher grounded out first unassisted. Flack picked off, pitcher to shortstop.

Boston 3rd: Thomas popped out to shortstop. Agnew flied out to left. Hooper grounded out first to pitcher.

Chicago 4th: Mann grounded out third to first. Paskert grounded out shortstop to first. Merkle flied out to left.

Boston 4th: Shean walked. Strunk flied out to center. Shean stole second. Whiteman walked. McInnis grounded into fielder’s choice, Shean out at third, pitcher to third, Whiteman to second. Ruth tripled to deep right, Whiteman and McInnis scored. Scott flied out to center.

Chicago 5th: Pick safe on infield single over pitcher’s head. Deal flied out to right. Killefer grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first.

Boston 5th: Thomas grounded out pitcher to first. Agnew grounded out third to first. Hooper flied out to right.

Chicago 6th: Tyler walked. Flack grounded into fielder’s choice, Tyler out at second, pitcher to second. Hollocher grounded out second to first. Mann grounded out third to first.

Boston 6th: Shean grounded out third to first. Strunk grounded out second to first. Whiteman grounded out pitcher to first.

Chicago 7th: Paskert grounded out shortstop to first. Merkle walked. Zeider pinch-hit for Pick. Zeider walked, Merkle to second. O’Farrell pinch-hit for Deal. O’Farrell grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first.

Boston 7th: Zeider replaced Deal at 3B. Wortman replaced Pick at 2B. McInnis singled to left. Ruth sacrificed third to first, McInnis to second. Scott grounded into fielder’s choice, McInnis out at third, pitcher to third. Thomas popped out to second.

Chicago 8th: Killefer walked. Hendrix pinch-hit for Tyler. Hendrix singled to left, Killefer to second. Killefer to third, Hendrix to second on wild pitch. McCabe pinch-ran for Hendrix. Flack grounded out first unassisted. Hollocher grounded out second to first, Killefer scored, McCabe to third. Mann singled to left, McCabe scored. Paskert grounded out third to first.

Boston 8th: Douglas relieved Tyler. Schang pinch-hit for Agnew. Schang singled to right. Schang to second on passed ball. Hooper safe at first on pitcher’s throwing error, Schang scored. Shean flied out to left. Strunk flied out to center. Whiteman grounded out third to first.

Chicago 9th: Merkle singled to center. Zeider walked, Merkle to second. Bush relieved Ruth. Wortman grounded into fielder’s choice, Merkle out at third, first to third, Zeider to second. Barber pinch-hit for Killefer. Barber grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first.