1918 World Series Game Five — Chicago Cubs 3, Boston Red Sox 0
Tuesday, September 10, 1918
World Series Game Five
Fenway Park, Boston
Chicago Cubs 3, Boston Red Sox 0
CHICAGO AB R H BI PO A E BOSTON AB R H BI PO A E
Max Flack, rf......... 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Harry Hooper, rf.... 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
Charlie Hollocher, ss. 3 2 3 0 2 5 0 Dave Shean, 2b...... 3 0 1 0 3 2 0
Les Mann, lf.......... 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 Amos Strunk, cf..... 4 0 1 0 4 0 0
Dode Paskert, cf...... 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 George Whiteman, lf. 3 0 1 0 1 2 0
Fred Merkle, 1b....... 3 0 1 0 11 1 0 Stuffy McInnis, 1b.. 3 0 0 0 9 0 0
Charlie Pick, 2b...... 4 0 1 0 4 3 0 Everett Scott, ss... 3 0 0 0 1 4 0
Charlie Deal, 3b...... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Thomas, 3b..... 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
Bill Killefer, c...... 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 Sam Agnew, c........ 2 0 0 0 5 1 0
Jim Vaughn, p......... 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Wally Schang, c .. 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Jones, p........ 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
Hack Miller, ph... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total.................30 3 7 3 27 12 0 Total...............28 0 5 0 27 13 0
Chicago...................0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 -- 3 7 0 Boston....................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 5 0
Doubles: Mann, Paskert, Struck. Stolen base: Hollocher. Sacrifice hits: Mann, Shean. Left on base: Chicago 3, Boston 3. Double plays: Merkle and Hollocher; Hollocher, Pick and Merkle (2); Whiteman and Shean.
CHICAGO IP H R ER BB K BOSTON IP H R ER BB K Jim Vaughn (W)........ 9 5 0 0 1 4 Sam Jones (L).......... 9 7 3 3 5 5
Walked: Jones (by Vaughn); Flack 2, Hollocher, Paskert, Merkle (by Jones). Struck out: Jones (by Vaughn); Vaughn 3, Merkle, Deal (by Jones). Attendance: 24,694. Time: 1:42. Umpires: Hank O'Day (HP), George Hildebrand (1B), Bill Klem (2B), Brick Owens (3B).
Play-by-play
Chicago 1st: Flack walked. Hollocher singled to right-center, Flack to second. Mann sacrificed pitcher to second (covering first), Flack to third, Hollocher to second. Paskert lined into double play, left field to second, Mann out at second.
Boston 1st: Hooper singled to center. Shean sacrificed pitcher to second (covering first), Hooper to second. Strunk struck out swinging. Whiteman flied out to deep right.
Chicago 2nd: Merkle walked. Pick grounded out first unassisted. Deal popped out to shortstop. Killefer grounded out pitcher to first.
Boston 2nd: McInnis popped out to second. Scott grounded out shortstop to first. Thomas grounded out pitcher to first.
Chicago 3rd: Vaughn grounded out shortstop to first. Flack grounded out shortstop to first. Hollocher walked. Hollocher stole second. Mann doubled to left, Hollocher scored. Paskert grounded out shortstop to first.
Boston 3rd: Agnew grounded out shortstop to first. Jones walked. Hooper struck out looking. Shean flied out to center.
Chicago 4th: Merkle lined out to center. Pick popped out to third. Deal flied out to center.
Boston 4th: Strunk doubled to deep right. Whiteman popped out to first. McInnis lined into double play, first unassisted to shortstop.
Chicago 5th: Killefer flied out to right. Vaughn struck out swinging. Flack grounded out second to first.
Boston 5th: Scott flied out to left. Thomas singled to right. Agnew grounded out double play, shortstop to second to first.
Chicago 6th: Hollocher singled to center. Mann flied out to center. Paskert walked, Hollocher to second. Merkle singled to left, Hollocher out at home, left field to catcher, Paskert to third and Merkle to second on throw. Pick flied out to shallow center.
Boston 6th: Jones flied out to center. Hooper flied out to center. Shean grounded out pitcher to first.
Chicago 7th: Deal struck out swinging. Killefer lined out to pitcher. Vaughn struck out swinging.
Boston 7th: Strunk grounded out second to first. Whiteman singled to left. McInnis grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first.
Chicago 8th: Flack walked. Hollocher safe on bunt single to third, Flack to second. Mann popped out to second. Paskert doubled to left-center, Flack and Hollocher scored. Merkle struck out looking. Pick safe on infield single to second, Paskert out at home, second to catcher to third to first.
Boston 8th: Scott grounded out shortstop to first. Thomas fouled out to first. Schang pinch-hit for Agnew. Schang struck out swinging.
Chicago 9th: Schang replaced Agnew at C. Deal grounded out shortstop to first. Killefer grounded out pitcher to first. Vaughn struck out swinging.
Boston 9th: Miller pinch-hit for Jones. Miller lined out to deep left. Hooper popped out to shortstop. Shean safe on infield single to shortstop. Strunk struck out swinging.