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Scores
Standings
CLE
@BOS		8
4
BSN
@CHC		6
7		 
(11)
BRO
@CIN		2
1
NYG
@PIT		2
10
PHI
@STL		3
0
Tuesday, August 20, 1918,
, Forbes Field
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 1:48
Giants
2
64-48
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Pirates
10
60-53
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Erskine Mayer (16-5)
L: Bob Steele (5-6)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Giants          0  0  0   2  0  0   0  0  0    2  9  5
Pirates         0  3  2   0  0  0   4  1  X   10  8  1

New York Giants

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
George Burns LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 .285 .739 2 0
Ross Youngs RF 4 0 1 0 1 0 .301 .737 0 0
Benny Kauff CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .307 .786 3 1
Larry Doyle 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .271 .754 2 5
Art Fletcher SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 .254 .614 4 2
Heinie Zimmerman 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 .634 11 0 3B
Ed Sicking 3B 2 0 0 0 2 1 .242 .547 0 4
Bill Rariden C 2 0 0 1 0 0 .233 .569 2 0 SH
   George Gibson C 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 1.500 0 0 2B
Bob Steele P 3 0 2 1 0 0 .242 .688 0 1
   Jay Kirke PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .161 .349
Team Totals 34 2 9 2 3 1 .265 .677 24 13
2B: G Gibson (1).
3B: H Zimmerman (9).
SH: B Rariden (8).
TB: H Zimmerman 3; G Gibson 2; B Steele 2; L Doyle 2; A Fletcher; R Youngs; G Burns.
RBI: B Steele (3); B Rariden (14).
Team LOB: 9.
Fielding
E: B Steele 2 (2); L Doyle (9); A Fletcher (31); G Burns (10).

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Tommy Leach LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .132 .498 2 0
Luke Boone SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 .679 2 3
Max Carey CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282 .737 6 0
Billy Southworth RF 4 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .822 5 0 SB
George Cutshaw 2B 3 2 1 2 0 0 .285 .716 3 2 HR,SH
Fritz Mollwitz 1B 4 2 2 1 0 0 .266 .633 7 1 SB
Bill McKechnie 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 .255 .647 0 2 SB
Walter Schmidt C 3 1 1 1 0 0 .248 .574 1 1 SH
Erskine Mayer P 4 1 0 0 0 1 .189 .551 1 1
Team Totals 33 10 8 7 1 2 .242 .598 27 10
HR: G Cutshaw (5).
SH: G Cutshaw (27); W Schmidt (12).
TB: G Cutshaw 4; F Mollwitz 2; B McKechnie 2; B Southworth; W Schmidt; T Leach.
RBI: G Cutshaw 2 (65); B McKechnie 2 (42); T Leach (1); W Schmidt (22); F Mollwitz (44).
Team LOB: 2.
Fielding
DP: 1. L Boone-G Cutshaw.
E: G Cutshaw (24).
Baserunning
SB: B Southworth (15, -1st base off  POCS); B McKechnie (11, -1st base off  POCS); F Mollwitz (22, -1st base off  POCS).

New York Giants

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bob Steele, L (5-6) 8 8 10 6 1 2 1 3.03 36 35
Team Totals 8 8 10 6 1 2 1 6.75 36 35

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Erskine Mayer, W (16-5) 9 9 2 2 3 1 0 2.68 38 59
Team Totals 9 9 2 2 3 1 0 2.00 38 59
Balks: None.
WP: B Steele 2 (3).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Lord Byron, 1B - Hank O'Day, 2B - (none), 3B - (none).
Time of Game: 1:48.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Giants         Pittsburgh Pirates
1 George Burns LF 1 Tommy Leach LF
2 Ross Youngs RF 2 Luke Boone SS
3 Benny Kauff CF 3 Max Carey CF
4 Larry Doyle 2B 4 Billy Southworth RF
5 Art Fletcher SS 5 George Cutshaw 2B
6 Heinie Zimmerman 1B 6 Fritz Mollwitz 1B
7 Ed Sicking 3B 7 Bill McKechnie 3B
8 Bill Rariden C 8 Walter Schmidt C
9 Bob Steele P 9 Erskine Mayer P

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