BOXSCORE: 1911 Philadelphia-AL Athletics At 1911 New York-NL Giants  5/7/1911

  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Speaker CF        5  2  2  0 .336     B.Bescher LF        4  2  3  1 .298  
  D.Murphy RF         4  1  1  0 .321     D.Miller 2B         5  0  1  1 .289  
  M.Donlin LF         4  1  1  0 .338     T.Cobb CF           4  2  2  1 .345  
  H.Baker 3B          5  1  2  5 .370     H.Wagner SS         4  1  2  1 .306  
  F.Merkle 1B         4  0  0  0 .288     H.Lobert 3B         3  0  2  1 .370  
  A.Fletcher 2B       3  0  1  0 .380     C.Engle 1B          5  0  2  2 .351  
  I.Thomas C          3  0  0  0 .269     J.Stephens C        4  0  0  0 .189  
  L.Leifield P        3  0  0  0 .160     N.Callahan RF       4  1  1  0 .235  
  J.Benz P            0  0  0  01.000     P.Alexander P       4  1  2  0 .212  
  A.Bridwell SS       4  0  0  0 .231                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  5  7  5                 Totals      37  7 15  7


Athletics....... 1 0 0  0 2 0  2 0 0  -  5  7  0
Giants.......... 2 0 2  0 0 0  0 3    -  7 15  3

Athletics (20-13)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Leifield LOSS(5-3)      7      13   6   6   3   3   0   4.48  A1 D9
J.Benz BS(1st)            1       2   1   1   1   0   0   2.25  E1
Totals                    8      15   7   7   4   3   0

Giants (18-11)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
P.Alexander WIN(7-1)      9       7   5   5   4   5   1   2.58  A1
Totals                    9       7   5   5   4   5   1

ATTENDANCE- 11,980 DATE- Friday, May 7th 1911 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:11
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 8  Giants:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0  Giants: 1
ERRORS- D.Miller, H.Wagner, C.Engle
DOUBLES- M.Donlin(3rd), C.Engle(1st), P.Alexander
TRIPLES- H.Baker(10th)
HOME RUNS- H.Baker(5th)
RBIs- H.Baker-5(35th), B.Bescher(9th), D.Miller(5th), T.Cobb(17th),
      H.Wagner(23rd), H.Lobert(10th), C.Engle-2(7th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Cobb
WALKS- D.Murphy, M.Donlin, A.Fletcher, I.Thomas, B.Bescher, H.Wagner,
       H.Lobert-2
HIT BY PITCH- L.Leifield
STRIKE OUTS- D.Murphy, M.Donlin, I.Thomas, L.Leifield-2, D.Miller, J.Stephens,
             P.Alexander
GIDP- A.Bridwell
WILD PITCHES- J.Benz
RLISP 2-out- A.Fletcher-2, J.Stephens-3, H.Baker, N.Callahan-2, A.Bridwell,
             T.Cobb, C.Engle
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 1 for 10  Giants: 6 for 14

Pete Alexander completed the game without help from the bullpen as the New
York-NL Giants defeated the Philadelphia-AL Athletics 7 to 5 at Polo
Grounds.

New York-NL had the winning rally in the bottom of the 8th inning plating 3
runs on 4 base hits.  Nixey Callahan kicked off the action when he slapped a
base-hit.  Alexander next to the plate and he doubled.  Bob Bescher then
lashed a single resulting in a run.  Dots Miller was up next and he ripped a
one-base hit plating one more runner.  Ty Cobb stepped into the box and hit a
deep fly scoring the final run of the inning.  New York-NL rapped out 15 hits
for the afternoon.  

The win went to Alexander(7-1) who allowed 5 runs in the game. Lefty
Leifield(5-3) was the losing pitcher.  His ERA increased from 4.12 to 4.48 as
he allowed 6 runs in 7 innings.  


SCORESHEET: 1911 Philadelphia-AL Athletics at 1911 New York-NL Giants
T.Speake-A1  A1:Si+E/4  *3*:FO/3   *5*:Si     D1:F/8     E1:F/9
                                                         
                                                         
D.Murphy-A1  A2:W>b1    B2:G/53    C2:Si>13   *7*:G/63   *9*:K
                                                         
                                                         
M.Donlin-A1  A3:Force/  B3:Do      C3:K       D3:W>b1    E3:F/8
             64>23 1o                                    
             b1                                          
H.Baker-A1   A4:Force/  B4:G/43    C4:Tr>3#   D4:HR>1#   E4:F/7
             64>3# 1o              1#         b#         
             b1                                          
F.Merkle-A1  A5:E/6>12  *4*:F/7    C5:FO/2    D5:G/53
                                              
                                              
A.Fletch-A1  A6:FO/2    B6:Si      C6:G/63    D6:W>b1
                                              
                                              
I.Thomas-A1  *2*:G/13   B7:W>12 b  *6*:K      D7:G/31
                        1                     
                                              
L.Leifie-A1  A8:K       B8:K       C8:G/43    *8*:HBP
J.Benz-E2                                     
                                              
A.Bridwe-A1  A9:F/8     B9:G/43    C9:E/3     D9:G-DP/1
                                              63>1o
                                              

B.Besche-A1  A1:Si      B1:F/9     C1:Si>13   D1:W>b1    E1:Si>3#
                                                         23
                                                         
D.Miller-A1  A2:K       *3*:L/6    C2:G/53    D2:G/63    E2:Si>3#
                                                         13
                                                         
T.Cobb-A1    A3:Si>12   B3:Si      C3:F/8     *7*:FO/2   E3:SF/9>3
                                                         #
                                                         
H.Wagner-A1  A4:Si>2#   B4:Si>12   *5*:W>b1   D4:FO/2    E4:F/7
             13                                          
                                                         
H.Lobert-A1  A5:Si>3#   B5:Si>23   C5:Force/  D5:W>b1    E5:WP>12
             13         12         54>1o b1              W>b1
                                                         
C.Engle-A1   A6:G/53>1  B6:Do>3#   C6:F/7     D6:Si>12   E6:F/7
             2          2# 13                            
                                                         
J.Stephe-A1  A7:G/43    B7:G/53    C7:K       D7:P/6
                                              
                                              
N.Callah-A1  *2*:G/53   B8:G/43    *6*:G/53   *8*:Si
                                              
                                              
P.Alexan-A1  A9:K       *4*:Si     C9:G/53    D9:Do>13