Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 12, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1918 at Weeghman Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Chicago Cubs 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Boone ss 4 0 1 2
Bigbee lf 6 0 2 1
Carey cf 5 0 0 0
Southworth rf 6 4 4 0
Cutshaw 2b 4 2 3 2
Mollwitz 1b 3 2 2 2
  Shaw ph,1b 1 0 0 0
McKechnie 3b 4 0 1 1
Schmidt c 4 3 3 1
Hill p 3 1 1 1
Totals 40 12 17 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Flack rf 4 0 1 1
Hollocher ss 4 0 1 0
  Wortman ss 0 0 0 0
Mann lf 4 0 1 0
Paskert cf 1 0 0 0
  Barber cf 1 0 0 0
Merkle 1b 3 0 1 0
Pick 2b 3 1 1 0
Deal 3b 4 0 1 0
Killefer c 1 0 0 0
  O'Farrell c 3 0 0 0
Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Hendrix p 1 0 0 0
  Napier p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Pittsburgh 044 111 001–12170
Chicago 010 000 000–172
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  W(2-0) 9.0 7 1 1 4 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Martin  L(1-1) 1.2 2 4 2 3 0
  Hendrix   0.2 5 4 4 0 0
  Napier   6.2 10 4 4 3 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
1
  E–Pick (4), Martin (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Deal-Merkle.  PB–O'Farrell (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Cutshaw (15); Schmidt 2 (6), Chicago Flack (15).  3B–Pittsburgh Southworth (4); Schmidt (2).  SH–Boone (1); Mollwitz (29); McKechnie (15).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  U–Pete Harrison, Ernie Quigley.
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