Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 6, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1918 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hollocher ss 4 1 2 0
Flack rf 3 0 1 1
Mann lf 4 0 0 0
Paskert cf 3 0 0 0
Merkle 1b 4 0 2 0
Kilduff 2b 4 0 1 0
Deal 3b 4 1 1 0
Elliott c 3 0 0 0
  Zeider ph 1 0 0 0
Hendrix p 2 0 0 0
  Walker p 1 0 0 0
  McCabe ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Caton ss 4 2 3 0
Mollwitz 1b 4 3 3 1
Carey cf 4 0 1 1
Stengel rf 3 1 2 2
Cutshaw 2b 3 0 0 0
King lf 4 1 3 2
McKechnie 3b 4 0 1 0
Archer c 4 0 0 0
Hamilton p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 7 14 6
Chicago 001 010 000–271
Pittsburgh 012 021 10x–7144
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hendrix  L(1-1) 5.1 12 6 6 0 1
  Walker   2.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
2
1
1
1
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton  W(5-0) 9.0 7 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
4
  E–Kilduff (7), Caton 2 (8), Cutshaw (5), Archer (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. McKechnie-Cutshaw-Mollwitz, Caton-Cutshaw-Mollwitz.  2B–Chicago Hollocher (3); Merkle (3); Kilduff (1), Pittsburgh Stengel (2); McKechnie (1).  3B–Pittsburgh Mollwitz (2).  HR–Pittsburgh King (1).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Cutshaw (3).  Team–5.  SB–Mollwitz 2 (4); Carey (9); Stengel (5).  U–Lord Byron, Hank O'Day.
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