Friday, September 6, 1918
World Series Game Two
Comiskey Park, Chicago
Chicago Cubs 3, Boston Red Sox 1
BOSTON AB R H BI PO A E CHICAGO AB R H BI PO A E Harry Hooper, rf.... 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 Max Flack, rf......... 4 0 2 0 4 1 0 Dave Shean, 2b...... 4 0 1 0 5 2 0 Charlie Hollocher, ss. 4 0 1 0 5 4 0 Amos Strunk, cf..... 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 Les Mann, lf.......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Whiteman, lf. 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 Dode Paskert, cf...... 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 Stuffy McInnis, 1b.. 4 0 1 0 7 0 0 Fred Merkle, 1b....... 2 1 1 0 6 1 0 Everett Scott, ss... 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 Charlie Pick, 2b...... 2 1 1 0 4 4 0 Fred Thomas, 3b..... 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Charlie Deal, 3b...... 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 Jean Dubuc, ph.... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Killefer, c...... 2 1 1 1 4 2 0 Sam Agnew, c........ 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 Lefty Tyler, p........ 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 Wally Schang, c... 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 Joe Bush, p......... 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Total...............30 1 6 1 24 14 1 Total.................27 3 7 3 27 15 1
Boston....................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -- 1 6 1 Chicago...................0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 x -- 3 7 1
Double: Killefer. Triples: Hollocher, Strunk, Whiteman. Sacrifice hits: Scott, Deal. Double plays: Killefer to Hollocher: Hollocher to Pick to Merkle. Left on bases: Boston 7, Chicago 4.
BOSTON IP H R ER BB K CHICAGO IP H R ER BB K Joe Bush (L)......... 8 7 3 3 3 0 Lefty Tyler (W)........ 9 6 1 1 4 2
Walked: Hooper, Whiteman, Scott, Bush (by Tyler); Merkle, Pick, Killefer (by Bush). Struck out: Shean, Dubuc (by Tyler). Attendance: 20,404. Time: 1:58. Umpires: George Hildebrand (HP), Bill Klem (1B), Brick Owens (2B), Hank O'Day (3B).
Play-by-play
Boston 1st: Hooper walked. Shean struck out swinging, Hooper caught stealing, catcher to shortstop. Strunk popped out to third.
Chicago 1st: Flack singled to left. Hollocher grounded into fielder’s choice, Flack out at second, pitcher to shortstop. Mann flew into fielder’s choice, Hollocher out at second, center field to second. Paskert flied out to left.
Boston 2nd: Whiteman walked. McInnis safe on infield single to pitcher, Whiteman to second. Scott sacrificed catcher to second (covering first), Whiteman to third, McInnis to second. Thomas grounded into fielder’s choice, Whiteman out at home, second to catcher, McInnis to third. Agnew fouled out to right.
Chicago 2nd: Merkle walked. Pick safe on infield single to third, Merkle to second. Deal popped out to second. Killefer doubled to right, Merkle and Pick scored. Tyler singled to center, Killefer scored. Flack safe on infield single to first, Vaughn to second, Vaughn out at second, center field to catcher to shortstop. Flack caught stealing, catcher to second.
Boston 3rd: Bush walked. Hooper grounded into fielder’s choice, Bush out at second, pitcher to shortstop. Shean grounded into fielder’s choice, Hooper out at second, shortstop to second. Strunk fouled out to catcher.
Chicago 3rd: Hollocher grounded out second to first. Mann grounded out first unassisted. Paskert popped out to second.
Boston 4th: Whiteman popped out to second. McInnis grounded out shortstop to first. Scott grounded out second to first.
Chicago 4th: Merkle safe at second on left fielder’s fielding error. Pick grounded into fielder’s choice, Merkle out at third, pitcher to third. Deal flied out to right. Pick caught stealing, catcher to shortstop.
Boston 5th: Thomas grounded out third to first. Agnew flied out to right. Bush safe on third baseman’s fielding error. Hooper flied out to right.
Chicago 5th: Killefer grounded out third to first. Tyler fouled out to catcher. Flack grounded out pitcher to first.
Boston 6th: Shean singled to center. Strunk grounded into fielder’s choice, Shean out at second, second to shortstop. Whiteman grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first.
Chicago 6th: Hollocher tripled to right. Mann grounded out shortstop to first. Paskert grounded into fielder’s choice, Hollocher out at home, shortstop to catcher. Merkle singled to center, Paskert to third. On failed hit and run, Merkle out at first, catcher to shortstop to first.
Boston 7th: McInnis grounded out third to first. Scott flied out to center. Thomas flied out to right.
Chicago 7th: Pick walked. Deal sacrificed first unassisted, Pick to second. Killefer walked. Tyler flied out to left. Flack flied out to center.
Boston 8th: Schang pinch-hit for Agnew. Schang singled to center. Bush flied out to center. Hooper singled to right, Schang out at third, right field to third. Shean grounded out first to pitcher.
Chicago 8th: Schang replaced Agnew at C. Hollocher popped out to second. Mann flied out to left. Paskert fouled out to catcher.
Boston 9th: Strunk tripled to right. Whiteman tripled to right, Strunk scored. McInnis grounded out pitcher to first. Scott walked. Dubuc pinch-hit for Thomas. Dubuc struck out swinging. Schang lined out to shortstop.
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