Chicago Cubs vs New York Giants
August 2, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1918 at Polo Grounds V. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Giants 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 11, New York Giants 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Flack rf 6 0 2 0
Hollocher ss 5 3 3 0
Mann lf 5 2 3 0
Paskert cf 5 2 2 0
Merkle 1b 4 2 3 1
Deal 3b 4 1 2 0
Zeider 2b 5 1 2 0
Killefer c 5 0 1 0
Tyler p 5 0 1 0
Totals 44 11 19 0
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Burns cf 3 0 0 0
Youngs rf 4 0 1 0
Fletcher ss 4 1 1 0
Doyle 2b 4 0 0 0
Zimmerman 3b 4 0 1 1
Thorpe lf 4 0 0 0
Kirke 1b 2 0 1 0
McCarty c 2 0 0 0
Perritt p 1 0 1 0
  Schupp p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Chicago 201 120 02311190
New York 000 000 001151
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tyler  W(14-7) 9.0 5 1 1 3 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perritt  L(14-8) 3.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Schupp   6.0 14 8 6 1 4
Totals
9.0
14
8
6
1
4

  E–Zimmerman (15).  DP–Chicago 2. Zeider-Hollocher-Merkle, Tyler-Hollocher-Merkle.  2B–Chicago Hollocher (15); Mann (26); Merkle (24); Deal (9).  3B–Chicago Mann (5); Paskert (3).  SH–Deal (19).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  SB–Hollocher (17); Zimmerman (13).  U–Hank O'Day, Cy Rigler.
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