Wednesday, May 1, 1918
Boston Red Sox v. Washington Senators
Fenway Park
WASHINGTON AB R H PO A E BOSTON AB R H PO A E
Shotton, rf......3 1 2 1 0 0 Hooper, rf......4 0 3 1 0 0
Lavan, ss........4 0 1 2 2 0 Shean, 2b.......3 0 0 1 3 0
Milan, cf........4 0 0 4 0 0 Strunk, cf......4 0 0 3 1 0
Shanks, rf.......4 0 1 3 0 0 Schang, lf......2 0 0 2 0 0
Judge, 1b........2 1 0 9 0 0 McInnis, 3b.....4 0 1 1 1 0
Morgan, 2b.......3 1 1 1 4 0 Hoblitzell, 1b..3 0 0 13 1 0
Foster, 3b.......4 0 1 3 2 0 Scott, ss.......4 0 0 2 3 0
Ainsmith, c......4 1 1 4 3 0 Agnew, c........3 0 0 3 6 0
Johnson, p.......4 1 1 0 2 0 Mays, p.. ....2 0 0 1 2 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Total...........32 5 8 27 13 0 Total..........29 0 4 27 17 1
Washington................0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -- 5 8 0
Boston....................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0 4 1
Doubles: Shotton, Hooper. Triples: Ainsmith, Johnson. Stolen base: Shotton.
Sacrifice hits: Judge, Shean. Double play: Strunk to Hoblitzell. Left
on bases: Washington 6, Boston 7. Boston RBI: None.
WASHINGTON IP H R ER BB K BOSTON IP H R ER BB K
Johnson (W). ... 9 4 0 0 3 3 Mays (L)..... 9 8 5 4 1
Hit by Pitcher: Mays (by Johnson), Judge (by Mays).
Time: 1:36 (Herald and Journal); 1:41 (Globe).
Attendance: 2,150 (BHJ); 2,159 (BG).
Umpires: Nallin (plate) and Evans (bases).
Play-by-play:
Red Sox 1st – Hooper out on a close play trying to steal third.
Washington 2nd – Shanks was caught in a rundown between second and third and was safe when Mays held the ball too long. Then a fine play by Shean cut Shanks down at the plate.
Washington 4th – Senators bat around against Mays. Shanks grounded out to Shean. Judge hit on the shoulder by a pitch. Washington complained about a possible bean ball. Then the Senators argued Mays balked. Umpire Nallin says no. McBride ejected for arguing the alleged balk. Morgan singled. Hooper made a nice catch on Foster’s short fly to right. With two outs, Ainsmith tripled down the right field line. Hooper slipped and fell and 2 runs scored. Johnson tripled to deep right center on the first pitch, one run scored. Shotton walked and stole second when Mays tossed over to first. Lavan singled up the middle, Johnson and Shotton scored. Milan flied out to Strunk in center.
Washington 8th – 1-2-3.
Washington 9th – A potential rally with a walk, a scratch hit, and another walk. Foster grounded out to shortstop to end the inning.
Red Sox 9th – Scott was up with two outs and the bases loaded. He smoked a liner at Foster who gloved it and touched third for a game-ending force play.
Notes:
64 degrees at game time (3:15 pm). Harry Frazee takes the Boston Globe’s suggestion and moves the service flag from the main entrance to Fenway Park to the centerfield flag pole.
Hooper got three of Boston’s four hits: a single in the first, a double in the fourth and another single in the sixth. The other hit: a scratch single to first base by McInnis in the 9th.
Scott, Hoblitzell and Shean were all robbed of hits by splendid fielding. Morgan robbed Hoblitzell once, Milan in center took two away from Scott and Shanks’s one-handed circus-catch saved a run off the bat of Shean.
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American League Standings
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| W | L | Pct. | GB | |
| Boston | 11 | 3 | .786 | — |
| Cleveland | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2½ |
| Chicago | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3 |
| New York | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4½ |
| Washington | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 |
| St. Louis | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5 |
| Detroit | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5½ |
| Philadelphia | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6½ |
Other Games
Cleveland 6, Chicago 5
St. Louis 3, Detroit 2 (10 innings)
New York-Philadelphia, rained out
White Sox score 3 runs in the top of the 9th at Cleveland, but strand the tying run at second base. Stan Coveleski beats Eddie Cicotte.
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