BOXSCORE: 1914 Philadelphia Athletics At 1914 New York Giants 8/7/1914 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG H.Baker 3B 5 1 2 0 .337 M.Huggins 2B 4 0 1 0 .217 A.Fletcher SS 4 1 3 0 .275 A.Strunk RF 3 1 1 0 .203 T.Speaker CF 5 1 1 0 .340 T.Cobb CF 3 2 2 0 .306 C.Wilson RF 5 1 1 2 .200 H.Wagner 1B 4 1 2 0 .277 Z.Wheat LF 4 2 3 2 .358 B.Bescher LF 4 0 2 4 .262 A-H.Shanks LF 1 0 0 0 .258 S.O'Neill C 4 0 0 0 .182 F.Laporte 2B 4 0 1 1 .275 L.Gardner 3B 4 0 0 0 .199 B-L.Boone 2B 1 0 0 0 .244 R.Peckinpaugh SS 3 0 0 0 .205 C.Gandil 1B 4 1 1 1 .252 C.Falkenberg P 2 0 0 0 .149 F.Snyder C 4 0 0 0 .173 R.Faber P 1 0 0 0 .250 R.Foster P 0 0 0 0 .146 B.Humphries P 3 0 2 1 .214 C-B.Carrigan C 1 0 1 0 .234 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 41 7 15 7 Totals 32 4 8 4 A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Wheat In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Laporte In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Humphries In 8th Inning Athletics....... 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 - 7 15 1 Giants.......... 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 4 Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET B.Humphries WIN(10-6) 7 7 4 4 2 1 0 3.35 A1 C9 R.Foster SAVE(2nd) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.12 D1 Totals 9 8 4 4 2 2 0 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET C.Falkenberg 5 8 4 2 0 3 0 3.40 A1 C5 R.Faber LOSS(4-6) 4 7 3 3 1 1 0 2.14 C6 Totals 9 15 7 5 1 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 8,376 DATE- Saturday, August 7th 1914 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 1:54 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8 Giants: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 3 Giants: 0 ERRORS- C.Gandil, H.Wagner, S.O'Neill, L.Gardner, R.Peckinpaugh DOUBLES- T.Speaker(34th), Z.Wheat(15th), B.Bescher(25th) RBIs- C.Wilson-2(21st), Z.Wheat-2(64th), F.Laporte(52nd), C.Gandil(76th), B.Humphries, B.Bescher-4(47th) STOLEN BASES- Z.Wheat(13th), C.Gandil(8th) CAUGHT STEALING- T.Speaker, Z.Wheat, B.Humphries WALKS- A.Fletcher, A.Strunk, T.Cobb STRIKE OUTS- H.Baker, F.Laporte-2, L.Boone, A.Strunk, L.Gardner GIDP- T.Cobb, H.Wagner, S.O'Neill 2-out RBI- B.Bescher-4, B.Humphries, Z.Wheat RLISP 2-out- C.Wilson-2, S.O'Neill, T.Speaker, L.Boone TEAM RISP- Athletics: 6 for 15 Giants: 3 for 5 The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the ice-cold New York Giants by a score of 7 to 4 at Polo Grounds. Philadelphia won the game with a run in the top of the 8th inning. After an out was recorded, Zack Wheat doubled. Frank Laporte came next and he stroked a single scoring the run. New York was out-hit by Philadelphia, 15 hits to 8. Bert Humphries(10-6) picked up the victory, allowing 4 runs in 7 innings. Humphries got help from Rube Foster who was credited with his 2nd save. Red Faber(4-6) absorbed the loss in relief. SCORESHEET: 1914 Philadelphia Athletics at 1914 New York Giants H.Baker-A1 A1:G/23 B1:Si C1:K D1:F/9 E1:Si>12 A.Fletch-A1 A2:Si B2:Si>13 *5*:G/43 D2:CS/24> E2:W>23 1 1o Si+E/3 2 b1 T.Speake-A1 A3:G/63>1 B3:F/8 C3:Do D3:E/6>23 E3:Force/ 2 CS/26>1o 62>3o 23 12 b1 C.Wilson-A1 A4:F/8 *4*:E/5>b C4:G/43>2 *8*:G/43 E4:Si>3# 2 3 2# 13 Z.Wheat-A1 *2*:L/4 B5:Si>2# C5:Si>3# D5:Do E5:L/6 H.Shanks-D9 CS/24>1o F.Laport-A1 A6:K B6:SB>12 *6*:G/43 D6:Si>2# E6:K L.Boone-D9 K C.Gandil-A1 A7:G/43 B7:Si>2# C7:P/4 D7:E/2 F.Snyder-A1 *3*:F/7 B8:SB>12 C8:P/4 D8:F/9 R.Foster-D9 F/7 B.Humphr-A1 A9:F/8 B9:Si>2# *7*:Si *9*:Si B.Carrig-D9 M.Huggin-A1 A1:P/3 *3*:Si+E/ *5*:G/43 *8*:G/31 3 A.Strunk-A1 A2:G/63 B2:W>b1 C2:Si D2:K T.Cobb-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:Si>23 C3:G-DP/5 D3:Si 12 43>1o H.Wagner-A1 A4:Si>13 B4:G-DP/6 *6*:Si D4:F/7 23>3o 23 12 B.Besche-A1 A5:Do>3# B5:Si>3# C5:F/8 *9*:P/6 1# 2# S.O'Neil-A1 A6:G/23 B6:F/7 C6:G-DP/5 D6:G/53 43>1o L.Gardne-A1 *2*:K *4*:P/6 *7*:L/4 D7:L/4 R.Peckin-A1 A8:P/5 B8:F/9 C8:G/13 C.Falken-A1 A9:G/13 B9:G/31 C9:F/8 R.Faber-C4