Boston Braves vs Brooklyn Robins
October 4, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1917 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Robins defeated the Boston Braves 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Braves 1, Brooklyn Robins 5

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Rehg rf 3 1 1 0
Maranville ss 4 0 1 1
Powell cf 4 0 2 0
Covington 1b 4 0 1 0
Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf 4 0 1 0
Fitzpatrick 2b 4 0 0 0
Meyers c 4 0 1 0
Scott p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Brooklyn Robins ab   r   h rbi
Olson ss 3 0 1 0
Myers 1b 4 1 2 2
Stengel rf 4 0 1 1
Wheat Z. lf 4 0 3 0
  Snyder pr 0 1 0 0
  Wheat M. lf 0 0 0 0
Cutshaw 2b 4 0 1 1
Hickman cf 4 1 1 0
O'Rourke 3b 3 0 0 0
Krueger c 2 1 1 0
Smith p 3 1 1 0
Totals 31 5 11 4
Boston 000 000 010171
Brooklyn 000 003 11x5111
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L(1-2) 8.0 11 5 4 0 5
Totals
8.0
11
5
4
0
5
  Brooklyn Robins IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W(12-12) 9.0 7 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
6

  E–Scott (1), Smith (3).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Stengel-Krueger.  2B–Boston Powell (9), Brooklyn Myers (15); Z. Wheat (15).  3B–Boston Maranville (12); Kelly (8), Brooklyn Cutshaw (7).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Olson (15); Krueger (1).  Team–4.  SB–Powell (12); Hickman (14).  U–Lord Byron, Hank O'Day.
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