Brooklyn Robins vs New York Giants
August 31, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1918 at Polo Grounds V. The Brooklyn Robins defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Brooklyn Robins 2, New York Giants 1
Brooklyn Robins ab   r   h rbi
Johnston rf 4 1 2 0
Olson ss 4 1 1 0
Daubert 1b 4 0 1 1
Wheat lf 4 0 0 0
Myers cf 3 0 1 1
O'Mara 3b 3 0 0 0
Doolin 2b 3 0 0 0
Miller c 3 0 0 0
Smith p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Burns cf 4 1 1 0
Youngs rf 4 0 1 0
Doyle 2b 4 0 0 0
Fletcher ss 3 0 1 0
Zimmerman 3b 3 0 2 0
Compton lf 3 0 0 0
Kirke 1b 3 0 1 0
Rariden c 3 0 0 0
Perritt p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 0
Brooklyn 000 200 000–250
New York 000 100 000–162
  Brooklyn Robins IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W(7-7) 9.0 6 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perritt  L(18-13) 9.0 5 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
0
3
  E–Rariden 2 (5).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Doolan-Olson-Daubert.  Team LOB–2.  Team–2.  U–Lord Byron, Pete Harrison.
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