Friday,
April 26, 1918
Shibe Park
Boston Red Sox 2, Philadelphia Athletics 1
BOSTON
AB R H PO A E
PHILADELPHIA AB
R H PO A E
Harry Hooper, rf.....3 0 0 0 1 0
Charlie Jamieson, rf...3 0 2 1 0 0
Dave Shean, 2b.......3 0 1 1 2 0
Merlin Kopp, lf........1 0 1 1 0 1
Amos Strunk, cf......3 1 1 2 0 0 Larry
Gardner, 3b......3 0 0 1 1 0
Wally Schang, lf.....2 0 0 2 0 0
George Burns, 1b.......4 1 1 11 1 0
Stuffy McInnis, 3b...3 0 0 7 2 0 Tilly
Walker, cf.......4 0 2 5 0 0
Dick Hoblitzell, 1b..4 1 1 12 0 0 Red
Shannon, 2b........3 0 0 3 3 0
Everett Scott, ss....3 0 1 1 3 0 Joe
Dugan, ss..........4 0 0 3 2 0
Sam Agnew, c.........3 0 0 2 2 0 Cy
Perkins, c..........3 0 1 2 3 0
Dutch Leonard, p.....3 0 0 0 3 0
Scott Perry, p.........3 0 0 0 3 0
Jim McAvoy, ph........0 0 0 0 0 0
Rube
Oldring, pr......0 0 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- --
--
-- -- -- -- -- --
Total.............. 27 2 4 27 13 0
Total................ 28 1 7 27 13 1
Boston....................0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 --
2 4 0
Philadelphia..............0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -- 1
7 1
Doubles: Hoblitzell, Perkins. Stolen bases:
Strunk 2, Walker 2. Sacrifice
hits: McInnis, Schang, Gardner. Double plays: Leonard to Hoblitzell to
McInnis, McInnis to Hoblitzell. Left on bases: Boston 4, Philadelphia 11.
Boston RBI: Scott and an error.
BOSTON
IP H R
ER BB K PHILADELPHIA
IP H R ER BB K
Leonard (W).. 9 7 1 1 10
1 Perry (L)....... 9 4
2 2 4 0
Wild pitches: Leonard, Perry.
Attendance: 4,000.
Umpires: Evans (plate) and Nallin (bases).
"The Philadelphia 4 o'clocks were spotted 10 bases on balls, seven husky hits and one perfectly good score in the twilight baseball game today, but despite this handicap, easily lost to the Red Sox by the score of 2 to 1. It's pretty hard to go down in defeat with odds like that, but it must be remembered that the Athletics are past masters in the art of losing ball games. They have had wide experience in the last three years and to them finishing second is as difficult as crossing the street.
"Dutch Leonard, who labored for the Barrows, had everything but speed, curves and control. He put on a private parade of his own in the nine innings, 10 men being in the procession. Toward the end of the game the heroic audience believed that someone had mislaid the home plate, for the portsider couldn't find it without a microscope."
[Boston Herald and Journal, April 27]