Chicago Cubs vs Boston Braves
August 18, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1917 at Braves Field. The Boston Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 0, Boston Braves 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Flack rf 1 0 0 0
Mann lf 4 0 0 0
Zeider 2b 4 0 2 0
Merkle 1b 3 0 0 0
Williams cf 3 0 0 0
Deal 3b 4 0 0 0
Kilduff ss 3 0 0 0
Wilson c 2 0 0 0
Hendrix p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 2 0
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Maranville ss 3 0 1 0
Powell cf 4 0 1 0
Rehg rf 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf 3 0 1 0
Konetchy 1b 3 0 1 0
Smith 3b 3 0 1 0
  Fitzpatrick pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Rawlings 2b 3 0 0 0
Tragesser c 3 1 1 0
Tyler p 3 0 1 1
Totals 29 2 7 1
Chicago 000 000 000021
Boston 000 000 02x270
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hendrix  L(9-7) 8.0 7 2 1 1 4
Totals
8.0
7
2
1
1
4
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Tyler  W(11-8) 9.0 2 0 0 6 5
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
6
5

  E–Wilson (10).  DP–Chicago 1. Kilduff-Zeider-Merkle.  2B–Boston Kelly (6).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  SB–Flack (12).  U–Hank O'Day, Pete Harrison.
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