BOXSCORE: 1914 Detroit Tigers At 1914 New York Giants 9/8/1914 Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG B.Kauff RF 5 1 3 1 .396 M.Huggins 2B 3 0 0 0 .215 J.Evers 2B 4 1 0 0 .284 J.Bates CF 3 0 0 0 .214 B.Cree LF 4 1 0 0 .319 R.Bresnahan C 3 0 1 1 .276 B-E.Roush CF 0 0 0 0 .359 D.Hoblitzell 1B 4 0 0 0 .193 D.Zwilling CF,LF 4 0 1 1 .321 B.Bescher LF 2 0 0 0 .255 R.Smith 3B 3 1 1 2 .265 L.Gardner 3B 4 0 1 0 .205 W.Schang C 4 0 1 0 .276 R.Peckinpaugh SS 4 0 0 0 .210 F.Merkle 1B 3 1 1 0 .276 C.Dolan RF 4 0 0 0 .195 A-D.Gainer 1B 1 0 0 0 .266 H.Pennock P 3 1 1 0 .226 J.Tinker SS 3 0 1 0 .267 D.Leonard P 3 0 0 0 .066 C-A.Marsans PH 1 0 1 0 .350 W.Cooper P 0 0 0 0 .100 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 5 9 4 Totals 30 1 3 1 A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Merkle In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Cree In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Leonard In 9th Inning INJURY: Fred Merkle INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning Tigers.......... 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 - 5 9 1 Giants.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 3 1 Tigers (115-30) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET D.Leonard WIN(20-3) 8 2 1 1 4 9 0 1.45 A1 D4 W.Cooper 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.30 D5 Totals 9 3 1 1 4 9 0 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET H.Pennock LOSS(3-7) 9 9 5 3 2 5 2 3.34 A1 Totals 9 9 5 3 2 5 2 ATTENDANCE- 1,033 DATE- Wednesday, September 8th 1914 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 1:57 LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6 Giants: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Giants: 0 ERRORS- B.Cree, C.Dolan DOUBLES- J.Tinker(4th) HOME RUNS- B.Kauff(4th), R.Smith(6th) RBIs- B.Kauff(68th), D.Zwilling(97th), R.Smith-2(64th), R.Bresnahan(28th) SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Smith, R.Bresnahan WALKS- J.Evers, J.Tinker, M.Huggins, J.Bates, B.Bescher-2 STRIKE OUTS- B.Kauff, J.Evers-2, D.Leonard-2, M.Huggins-2, D.Hoblitzell-2, C.Dolan-3, H.Pennock-2 WILD PITCHES- H.Pennock-2 2-out RBI- B.Kauff, R.Smith RLISP 2-out- D.Hoblitzell-3, J.Evers-2 TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 8 Giants: 0 for 4 WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Roger Bresnahan blocked the plate, saving a run! Benny Kauff lofted one into the 'cheap seats' at Polo Grounds where the seemingly unstoppable Detroit Tigers beat the New York Giants by the score of 5 to 1. Dutch Leonard(20-3) gave Detroit a solid outing. He allowed just 2 hits and 4 walks in 8 innings. Leonard recorded 9 strikeouts. Detroit finished with 9 hits while New York ended up with 3. Herb Pennock(3-7) was the losing pitcher. He surrendered 9 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings. SCORESHEET: 1914 Detroit Tigers at 1914 New York Giants B.Kauff-A1 A1:L/3 B1:WP>3# C1:HR>b# D1:Si>23 E1:Si>2o K 12 J.Evers-A1 A2:K *4*:W>b1 C2:G/63 D2:K E2:F/9 B.Cree-A1 A3:F/7 B3:E/9>13 *6*:FO/2 *8*:L/4 E.Roush-D7 b2 D.Zwilli-A1 *2*:F/8 B4:G/53>3 C4:F/9 D4:Si # 23 R.Smith-A1 A5:G/43 B5:SF/8>3 C5:HR>b# D5:F/8 # W.Schang-A1 A6:G/43 B6:Si C6:F/7 D6:G/13 F.Merkle-A1 *3*:Si B7:F/8 *7*:F/8 *9*:G/53 D.Gainer-D3 J.Tinker-A1 A8:WP>12 *5*:L/5 C8:Do D8:W>b1 P/6 D.Leonar-A1 A9:G/43>2 B9:K C9:K D9:Si>12 A.Marsan-D9 3 W.Cooper-E3 M.Huggin-A1 A1:E/7>b2 B1:K *6*:K D1:W>12 b 1 J.Bates-A1 A2:F/8 B2:G/43 C2:G/43 D2:W>23 1 2 b1 R.Bresna-A1 A3:F/8 *4*:Si C3:F/8 D3:SF/7>3 # 23 12 D.Hoblit-A1 A4:G/63 B4:K *7*:K D4:L/6 B.Besche-A1 *2*:W>b1 B5:F/9 C5:W>b1 *9*:G/53 L.Gardne-A1 A6:F/8 B6:G/63 C6:Force/ D6:Si 54>1o b1 R.Peckin-A1 A7:Force/ *5*:G/53 C7:F/8 D7:F/7 54>1o b1 C.Dolan-A1 A8:K B8:K *8*:K D8:F/9 H.Pennoc-A1 *3*:K B9:K C9:Si