BOXSCORE: 1912 New York-NL Giants At 1912 Philadelphia-AL Athletics 5/7/1912 Giants AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG B.Bescher LF 5 1 2 0 .200 M.Rath 2B 5 0 2 0 .266 M.Huggins 2B 2 2 1 1 .316 T.Speaker CF 4 1 1 2 .417 T.Cobb RF 5 0 2 0 .338 F.Merkle 1B 5 0 1 0 .244 H.Wagner SS 5 0 0 0 .305 H.Baker 3B 3 0 1 0 .371 L.Gardner 3B 4 1 2 1 .352 E.Murphy RF 4 0 0 0 .294 A.Strunk CF 5 1 2 1 .322 B.Wallace SS 3 0 0 0 .231 F.Luderus 1B 3 0 0 0 .235 E.Sweeney C 3 0 1 0 .226 B.Rariden C 2 0 0 0 .205 M.O'Toole P 2 0 0 0 .154 A-S.O'Neill C 2 0 1 1 .275 B-C.Gandil PH 1 0 0 0 .260 B.Groom P 4 0 0 0 .190 A.Marsans LF 3 1 1 0 .303 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 5 10 4 Totals 33 2 7 2 A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Rariden In 4th Inning B-Pinch Hit For O'Toole In 9th Inning INJURY: Bill Rariden INJURED (for 0 more games) in 4th inning Giants.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 10 1 Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 3 Giants (12-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET B.Groom WIN(5-1) 9 7 2 2 4 6 1 2.42 A1 Totals 9 7 2 2 4 6 1 Athletics (15-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET M.O'Toole LOSS(1-4) 9 10 5 3 4 2 0 5.17 A1 Totals 9 10 5 3 4 2 0 ATTENDANCE- 4,683 DATE- Friday, May 7th 1912 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 1:37 LEFT ON BASE- Giants:10 Athletics:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 0 Athletics: 1 ERRORS- B.Groom, B.Wallace, E.Sweeney, M.O'Toole DOUBLES- B.Bescher(2nd), F.Merkle(7th) TRIPLES- L.Gardner(3rd), A.Strunk(4th) HOME RUNS- T.Speaker(3rd) RBIs- M.Huggins(4th), L.Gardner(13th), A.Strunk(13th), S.O'Neill(3rd), T.Speaker-2(16th) STOLEN BASES- M.O'Toole, A.Marsans(4th) SACRIFICE HITS- M.O'Toole SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Gardner WALKS- M.Huggins-3, F.Luderus, T.Speaker, H.Baker, B.Wallace, E.Sweeney HIT BY PITCH- A.Marsans STRIKE OUTS- F.Luderus, B.Rariden, M.Rath, T.Speaker, F.Merkle, E.Murphy, B.Wallace, C.Gandil GIDP- H.Wagner 2-out RBI- A.Strunk, S.O'Neill RLISP 2-out- B.Rariden, E.Murphy, A.Marsans-3, H.Baker-2, H.Wagner-2, B.Bescher, F.Merkle TEAM RISP- Giants: 3 for 11 Athletics: 0 for 12 WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Tris Speaker robbed Amos Strunk of a Homerun! Third baseman Larry Gardner had 2 base hits and Bob Groom was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete game as the New York-NL Giants beat the Philadelphia-AL Athletics by a score of 5 to 2. New York-NL jumped out to the early lead in the first inning when they came up with 3 runs on 5 hits. That early scoring was all that Groom(5-1) needed. New York-NL finished with 10 hits in the victory. Marty O'Toole(1-4) was tagged with the loss. He pitched 9 innings allowing 10 hits and 4 walks. SCORESHEET: 1912 New York-NL Giants at 1912 Philadelphia-AL Athletics B.Besche-A1 A1:Do B1:G/53 C1:F/7 D1:Si E1:F/8 M.Huggin-A1 A2:Si>2# B2:G/63 C2:W>b1 D2:W>12 b *9*:W>b1 1 T.Cobb-A1 A3:Si>13 *3*:G/43 C3:Si>12 D3:F/8 E3:E/2>12 H.Wagner-A1 A4:G-DP/5 B4:G/53 C4:F/8 D4:G/13 E4:Force/ 43>3# 1o 64>23 1o b1 L.Gardne-A1 A5:Tr B5:G/13 *6*:Si *8*:F/7 E5:SF/8>3 # A.Strunk-A1 A6:Tr>3# *4*:G/13 C6:F/9 D6:Si+E/1 E6:F/8 F.Luderu-A1 A7:W>b1 B7:G/63 C7:K D7:L/4 B.Raride-A1 A8:F/9 B8:K C8:F/8 D8:Si>2# S.O'Neil-B9 B.Groom-A1 *2*:G/13 *5*:F/8 *7*:L/5 D9:E/6>12 M.Rath-A1 A1:K *3*:Si *5*:L/3 D1:SB>12 E1:Si>13 G/53 T.Speake-A1 A2:K B2:E/13>1 C2:HR>b# D2:W>b1 E2:G/43>3 2 P/3 # 12 F.Merkle-A1 A3:Do B3:K C3:F/7 D3:F/7 E3:F/8 H.Baker-A1 A4:W>b1 B4:G/63 C4:Si D4:G/3 E.Murphy-A1 A5:F/9 *4*:K C5:G/31 *8*:G/13 B.Wallac-A1 *2*:K B6:W>b1 *6*:L/6 D6:G/43 E.Sweene-A1 A7:W>b1 B7:Si>12 C7:G/63 D7:G/53 M.O'Tool-A1 A8:Sac/54 B8:Force/ C8:G/43 *9*:K C.Gandil-D8 >12 54>23 1o b1 A.Marsan-A1 A9:G/43 B9:SB>12 *7*:HBP D9:Si L/3