BOXSCORE: 1908 Washington Nationals At 1908 New York Highlanders 4/21/1908 Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Highlanders AB R H RBI AVG O.Pickering CF 5 0 1 0 .222 H.Niles 2B 3 0 1 0 .182 B.Ganley LF 4 0 0 0 .160 W.Keeler RF 3 1 1 0 .524 J.Delahanty 2B 3 0 0 0 .375 J.Stahl LF 4 0 2 0 .280 O.Clymer RF 4 0 1 0 .292 K.Elberfeld SS 4 0 0 0 .200 J.Freeman 1B 4 0 1 0 .320 H.Chase 1B 4 0 1 0 .227 G.Street C 3 1 1 0 .182 C.Hemphill CF 3 1 1 0 .368 G.McBride SS 2 2 1 0 .100 W.Conroy 3B 4 0 0 0 .273 B.Shipke 3B 3 2 2 2 .421 R.Kleinow C 3 0 1 1 .238 C.Patten P 2 1 1 2 .500 J.Lake P 3 0 0 0 .000 E.Cates P 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 6 8 4 Totals 31 2 7 1 Nationals....... 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 6 8 1 Highlanders..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 7 3 Nationals (3-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET C.Patten WIN(1-0) 7 1/3 7 2 1 2 1 0 1.23 A1 D2 E.Cates SAVE(2nd) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.00 D3 Totals 9 7 2 1 2 3 0 Highlanders (4-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET J.Lake LOSS(0-1) 9 8 6 4 4 1 0 4.00 A1 Totals 9 8 6 4 4 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 4,101 DATE- Tuesday, April 21st 1908 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Tim Hurst, , , Billy Evans T- 1:39 LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 4 Highlanders: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 2 Highlanders: 4 ERRORS- B.Shipke, K.Elberfeld, C.Hemphill, W.Conroy DOUBLES- R.Kleinow(2nd) TRIPLES- B.Shipke(1st) RBIs- B.Shipke-2(7th), C.Patten-2, R.Kleinow(5th) SACRIFICE HITS- G.McBride, W.Keeler SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Patten WALKS- J.Delahanty, G.Street, G.McBride, B.Shipke, H.Niles, C.Hemphill STRIKE OUTS- B.Ganley, J.Stahl, H.Chase-2 GIDP- O.Clymer, G.Street, G.McBride, E.Cates, H.Chase, R.Kleinow WILD PITCHES- E.Cates 2-out RBI- R.Kleinow RLISP 2-out- K.Elberfeld-2, J.Lake TEAM RISP- Nationals: 2 for 5 Highlanders: 1 for 6 Bill Shipke had 2 base hits and 2 RBI at Hilltop Park where the Washington Nationals beat the New York Highlanders by the score of 6 to 2. Casey Patten(1-0) earned his pay with a solid performance for Washington. He was reached for 7 hits and 2 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings. Eli Cates earned the save with a perfect ninth, his 2nd save. The loss was charged to Joe Lake(0-1). He surrendered 6 runs and 8 hits in 9 innings. SCORESHEET: 1908 Washington Nationals at 1908 New York Highlanders O.Picker-A1 A1:G/31 B1:E/6>3# C1:Si D1:F/7 E1:G/63 B.Ganley-A1 A2:F/9 B2:F/8>12 C2:K D2:F/9 J.Delaha-A1 A3:P/5 B3:W>b1 C3:Force/ *8*:P/4 46>1o b1 O.Clymer-A1 *2*:Si B4:G-DP/5 *6*:G/23 D4:G/53 43>1o J.Freema-A1 A5:P/5 *4*:G/43 C5:Si D5:G/63 G.Street-A1 A6:G-DP/5 B6:G/53 C6:W>12 b *9*:Si 43>1o 1 G.McBrid-A1 *3*:Si B7:W>b1 C7:G-DP/6 D7:E/54>1 43>1o 3 b2 B.Shipke-A1 A8:W>12 b B8:FO/3 *7*:Tr D8:Si>3# 1 2# C.Patten-A1 A9:Si+E/8 *5*:G/53 C9:SF/8>3 D9:G-DP/6 E.Cates-D6 >2# 1# # 43>1o H.Niles-A1 A1:Si B1:G/63 C1:W>b1 *8*:G/63 W.Keeler-A1 A2:Sac/54 B2:G/3 C2:G/43>1 D2:Si+E/5 >12 2 J.Stahl-A1 A3:G/43>2 *4*:Si C3:Si>23 D3:K 3 K.Elberf-A1 A4:F/7 B4:F/9 C4:P/5 D4:WP>3# F/8 H.Chase-A1 *2*:Si B5:G-DP/4 *7*:K *9*:K 63>1o C.Hemphi-A1 A6:F/8 *5*:Si C6:W>b1 D6:F/8 W.Conroy-A1 A7:P/2 B7:L/6 C7:F/8 D7:G/63 R.Kleino-A1 A8:F/8 B8:G-DP/4 C8:Do>1# 63>1o J.Lake-A1 *3*:G/63 *6*:L/3 C9:L/5