Monday,
April 15, 1918
Opening Day -- Fenway Park
Boston Red Sox 7, Philadelphia Athletics 1
PHILADELPHIA AB R H PO A E BOSTON AB R H PO A E
Rube Oldring, lf......4 0 1 2 0 0 Harry Hooper, rf.....4 1 2 0 0 0
Charlie Jamieson, rf..4 0 0 2 1 0 Dave Shean, 2b.......4 0 1 1 2 0
Larry Gardner, 3b.....4 0 0 2 1 1 Amos Strunk, cf......3 1 1 2 0 0
George Burns, 1b......4 1 1 8 0 0 Dick Hoblitzell,1b...4 0 1 14 2 1
Tilly Walker, cf......4 0 2 3 0 0 Stuffy McInnis, 3b...3 0 0 1 0 0
Wickey McAvoy, c......3 0 0 3 5 0 George Whiteman, lf..3 2 1 1 1 0
Red Shannon, 2b.......2 0 0 3 2 0 Everett Scott, ss....3 2 2 1 4 1
Joe Dugan, ss.........2 0 0 1 2 1 Sam Agnew, c.........4 1 0 5 2 0
Elmer Myers, p........2 0 0 0 2 0 Babe Ruth, p.........3 0 1 2 5 1
Willie Adams, p.......1 0 0 0 0 0
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Total................30 1 4 24 13 2 Total...............31 7 9 27 16 3
Philadelphia................. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1 4 2
Boston....................... 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 x -- 7 9 3
Double: Hooper 2. Sacrifice hit: Scott. Sacrifice flies: Dugan, McInnis, Ruth. Left on bases: Philadelphia 5, Boston 7. First base on errors: Philadelphia 2, Boston 2. Boston RBI: Ruth 2, McInnis, Agnew, Hooper, Shean.
PHILADELPHIA IP H R ER BB K BOSTON IP H R ER BB K Elmer Myers (L).... 6 7 7 3 0 Babe Ruth (W)... 9 4 1 1 2 3 Willie Adams....... 2 2 0 0 1 3
Wild pitches: Myers 2. Time: 1:48. Attendance: 7,180 paid (est. total 10,000). Umpires: Tom Connolly (plate) and Bill Dineen (bases).
American League
W L PCT GB RS RA Boston 1 0 1.000 - 7 1 New York 1 0 1.000 - 6 3 St. Louis 0 0 - 0.5 0 0 Chicago 0 0 - 0.5 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 - 0.5 0 0 Detroit 0 0 - 0.5 0 0 Washington 0 1 .000 1.0 3 6 Philadelphia 0 1 .000 1.0 1 7
Boston 7, Philadelphia 1 New York 6, Washington 3
National League
W L PCT GB RS RA Boston 0 0 - - 0 0 Chicago 0 0 - - 0 0 Cincinnati 0 0 - - 0 0 Brooklyn 0 0 - - 0 0 Philadelphia 0 0 - - 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 - - 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 - - 0 0 New York 0 0 - - 0 0
No games.