Thursday, April 25, 1918
Boston Red Sox v. Philadelphia Athletics
Shibe Park
BOSTON AB R H PO A E PHILADELPHIA AB R H PO A E
Hooper, rf......2 0 0 1 0 0 Jamieson, rf.....4 1 1 0 0 0
Shean, 2b.......3 1 2 0 3 0 Kopp, lf.........5 0 1 4 2 0
Strunk, cf......5 1 4 1 0 0 Gardner, 3b......4 0 2 2 2 0
Schang, lf......3 2 0 2 1 0 Burns, 1b........3 0 2 7 0 1
McInnis, 3b.....4 1 3 2 4 0 Walker, cf.......4 0 0 3 0 0
Hoblitzell, 1b..4 0 1 11 0 0 Shannon, 2b......4 0 2 6 6 0
Scott, ss.......4 0 1 2 0 0 Dugan, ss........4 0 0 1 1 0
Agnew, c........3 1 1 8 1 0 McAvoy, c........4 0 1 4 4 0
Mays, p.........3 0 0 0 1 0 Adams, p.........0 0 0 0 1 0
Fahey, p........1 0 0 0 0 0
Geary, p........2 0 0 0 0 0
Davidson, ph....1 0 0 0 0 0
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Total..........31 6 12 27 8 0 Total...........36 1 9 27 16 1
Boston....................1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 -- 6 12 0
Philadelphia..............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -- 1 9 1
Doubles: McInnis, Shannon. Sacrifice hit: Hoblitzell. Sacrifice fly:
Scott. Double plays: Dugan to Shannon to Burns, Shannon to Burns. Left on
bases: Boston 11, Philadelphia 10. First base on errors: Boston. Boston
RBI: McInnis 2, Scott 2, Agnew and Strunk.
BOSTON IP H R ER BB K PHILADELPHIA IP H R ER BB K
Mays (W)..... 9 9 1 1 1 6 Adams (L)....... 2 4 2 2 3 0
Fahey........... 2 1 3 3 7 0
Geary........... 5 7 1 1 1 2
Hit by Pitcher: By Mays (Burns).
Time: 2:10. Attendance: 2,000
Umpires: Nallin (plate) and Evans (bases).
Play-by-play:
Red Sox 1st — Hooper flies to left. Shean walks. Strunk singles, Shean to second. Schang safe on an infield hit to first base, Shean to third, Strunk to second. McInnis singles to left field, Shean scores, Strunk out at the plate, left field to catcher.
Red Sox 2nd — Two walks and a scratch hit load the bases with two outs. Strunk singles to left, Agnew scores, Hooper out at the plate, left field to catcher.
Red Sox 3rd — Fahey pitching. Schang walks and scores on McInnis’s singles.
Red Sox 4th — Agnew walks. Agnew out at second trying to advance on a passed ball. Mays walks. Hooper walks. Shean walks. Strunk hits into a double play.
Red Sox 5th — Schang walks. Mcinnis walks. Fahey relieved by Geary. Hoblitzell sacrifices, Schang to third, McInnis to second. Scott singles, Schang scores, McInnis to third. Agnew singles, McInnis scores, Scott to second. Mays hits into a double play.
Athletics 6th — Gardner singles. Burns singles. Walker flies out to deep left, as Schang, inserted for Whiteman, races over to the wall and robs Walker of a home run.
Athletics 8th — Jamieson walks. Kopp _____. Gardner singles. Burns singles past McInnis at third, bases loaded. Walker strikes out (2nd time today). Shannon beats out an infield single to shortstop, run scores.
Red Sox 9th — Strunk singles. Schang ______. McInnis singles, Strunk to second. Hoblitzell singles, Strunk to third, McInnis to second. Scott flies out to center, Strunk scores.
Notes:
The game started at 4:00 pm in an attempt to get more fans to attend. It was twilight when Mays got the last out; half of the crowd was gone by the seventh inning.
Mays is now 3-0. McInnis made good catches on foul balls in early innings.
McAvoy threw out four Boston runners at second base.
Red Sox received 11 walks in first 6 innings.
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American League Standings
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| W | L | Pct. | GB | |
| Boston | 8 | 2 | .800 | — |
| Cleveland | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1½ |
| Detroit | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3 |
| New York | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4 |
| Washington | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4 |
| Philadelphia | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4 |
| St. Louis | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4 |
| Chicago | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3½ |
Other Games
Cleveland 8, Detroit 4
Washington 7, New York 5
National League
The New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in 10 innings and are now 8-0.
The Philadelphia Phillies are 6-2.
� 1997-20243 by Allan Wood.