1918 World Series Game Six — Boston Red Sox 2, Chicago Cubs 1
Wednesday, September 11, 1918
Fenway Park, Boston
World Series Game Six
Boston Red Sox 2, Chicago Cubs 1
CHICAGO AB R H BI PO A E BOSTON AB R H BI PO A E
Max Flack, rf......... 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 Harry Hooper, rf.... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Hollocher, ss. 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 Dave Shean, 2b...... 4 1 0 0 2 4 0
Les Mann, lf.......... 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 Amos Strunk, cf..... 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dode Paskert, cf...... 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 George Whiteman, lf. 4 0 0 0 2 0 0
Fred Merkle, 1b....... 3 0 1 1 8 2 0 Babe Ruth, lf...... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Pick, 2b...... 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 Stuffy McInnis, 1b.. 4 0 1 0 16 1 0
Charlie Deal, 3b...... 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 Everett Scott, ss... 4 0 1 0 3 3 0
Turner Barber, ph.... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Thomas, 3b..... 2 0 0 0 1 2 0
Rollie Zeider, 3b..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wally Schang, c .... 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
Bill Killefer, c...... 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 Carl Mays p......... 2 1 1 0 0 6 0
Bob O'Farrell, c..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lefty Tyler, p........ 2 0 0 0 0 3 1
Bill McCabe, ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Claude Hendrix, p.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total................ 27 1 3 1 24 13 2 Total.............. 27 2 5 0 27 18 0
Chicago...................0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1 3 2
Boston....................0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x -- 2 5 0
Stolen base: Flack. Sacrifice hits: Hooper, Thomas.
Left on base: Chicago 2, Boston 3.
CHICAGO IP H R ER BB K BOSTON IP H R ER BB K
Lefty Tyler (L)..... 7 5 2 0 5 1 Carl Mays (W)...... 9 3 1 1 2 1
Claude Hendrix...... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Walked: Schang 2, Shean, Thomas, Mays (by Tyler); Flack, Paskert (by Mays).
Struck out: Shean (by Tyler); Merkle (by Mays). Hit by pitch: Mann (By Mays).
Attendance: 15,238. Time: 1:46.
Umpires: George Hildebrand (HP), Bill Klem (1B), Brick Owens (2B), Hank O'Day (3B).
Play-by-play
Chicago 1st: Flack grounded out third to first. Hollocher grounded out shortstop to first. Mann grounded out second to first.
Boston 1st: Hooper grounded out shortstop to first. Shean struck out swinging. Strunk singled to center. Whiteman flied out to center.
Chicago 2nd: Paskert grounded out second to first. Merkle struck out swinging. Pick singled to left. With Deal batting, Pick picked off, pitcher to first.
Boston 2nd: McInnis grounded out pitcher to first. Scott grounded out pitcher to first. Thomas walked. Schang grounded into fielder’s choice, Thomas out shortstop to second.
Chicago 3rd: Deal flied out to left. Killefer grounded out shortstop to first. Tyler grounded out shortstop to first.
Boston 3rd: Mays walked. Hooper sacrificed first to pitcher, Mays to second. Shean walked. Strunk grounded out second to first, Mays to third, Hooper to second. Whiteman safe at second on right fielder’s fielding error, Mays and Shean scored. McInnis safe on infield single to shortstop, Whiteman out at third, shortstop to first to third.
Chicago 4th: Flack singled to center. Hollocher grounded out first unassisted, Flack to second. Mann hit by pitch. Mann picked off, catcher to first. Paskert walked. Flack stole third. Merkle singled to left, Flack scored, Paskert to second. Pick lined out to right.
Boston 4th: Scott safe on infield single to third. Thomas sacrificed catcher to second (covering first), Scott to second. Schang walked. Mays safe on infield bunt to third, Scott to third, Schang to second. Hooper grounded into fielder’s choice, Scott out at home, first to catcher, Schang to third, Mays to second. Shean grounded into fielder’s choice, Mays out at third, third unassisted.
Chicago 5th: Deal grounded out pitcher to first. Killefer grounded out pitcher to first. Tyler grounded out Shortstop to first.
Boston 5th: Strunk flied out to left. Whiteman grounded out shortstop to first. McInnis safe on pitcher’s error. Scott flied out to right.
Chicago 6th: Flack walked. Hollocher grounded into fielder’s choice, Flack out at second, first to shortstop. Mann grounded into fielder’s choice, Hollocher out at second, pitcher to second. With Paskert batting, Mann caught stealing, catcher to second.
Boston 6th: Thomas flied out to shallow center. Schang walked. Mays flied out to center. With Hooper batting, Schang caught stealing catcher to second.
Chicago 7th: Paskert grounded out pitcher to first. Merkle grounded out third to first. Pick grounded out pitcher to first.
Boston 7th: Hooper grounded out first unassisted. Shean grounded out third to first. Strunk singled to center. Whiteman flied out to center.
Chicago 8th: Barber pinch-hit for Deal. Barber lined out to shallow left. O’Farrell pinch-hit for Killefer. O’Farrell popped out to shortstop. Ruth replaced Whiteman in LF. McCabe pinch-hit for Tyler. McCabe fouled out to shortstop.
Boston 8th: O’Farrell replaced Killefer at C. Zeider replaced Deal at 3B. Hendrix relieved Tyler. McInnis fouled out to left. Scott flied out to center. Thomas flied out to center.
Chicago 9th: Flack fouled to third. Hollocher flied out to left. Mann grounded out second to first.