BOXSCORE: 1909 Philadelphia Athletics At 1909 New York Highlanders 7/5/1909 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Highlanders AB R H RBI AVG R.Oldring LF 5 0 0 0 .184 B.Cree LF 3 1 1 0 .251 B.Ganley CF 5 0 2 0 .268 K.Elberfeld SS 4 0 2 0 .258 E.Collins 2B 4 2 2 0 .280 H.Chase 1B 5 0 2 1 .314 D.Murphy RF 5 2 2 2 .295 C.Engle CF 4 0 0 0 .332 H.Davis 1B 5 2 3 2 .285 R.Demmitt RF 4 1 1 0 .228 H.Baker 3B 4 1 3 1 .302 J.Knight 2B 2 1 0 0 .206 J.Barry SS 4 0 2 1 .188 J.Austin 3B 3 1 1 2 .238 I.Thomas C 5 0 0 0 .212 E.Sweeney C 3 0 1 1 .313 E.Plank P 3 0 1 0 .245 J.Lake P 3 0 1 0 .231 R.Vickers P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Warhop P 0 0 0 0 .038 A-A.Orth PH 1 0 0 0 .214 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 41 7 15 6 Totals 32 4 9 4 A-Pinch Hit For Warhop In 9th Inning Athletics....... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 15 1 Highlanders..... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 - 4 9 4 Athletics (43-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET E.Plank WIN(8-7) 7 1/3 7 2 2 4 6 0 2.42 A1 D4 R.Vickers SAVE(1st) 1 2/3 2 2 2 2 0 0 2.55 D5 Totals 9 9 4 4 6 6 0 Highlanders (18-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET J.Lake LOSS(4-8) 8 14 7 6 2 7 0 3.00 A1 E5 J.Warhop 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.36 E6 Totals 9 15 7 6 3 8 0 ATTENDANCE- 6,244 DATE- Monday, July 5th 1909 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Jack Sheridan, Fred Perrine, , T- 1:59 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:12 Highlanders: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 4 Highlanders: 0 ERRORS- R.Vickers, K.Elberfeld, R.Demmitt, J.Knight, E.Sweeney DOUBLES- B.Ganley(8th), E.Collins(17th), D.Murphy-2(11th), R.Demmitt(5th) TRIPLES- J.Austin(3rd) RBIs- D.Murphy-2(45th), H.Davis-2(32nd), H.Baker(25th), J.Barry(19th), H.Chase(26th), J.Austin-2(19th), E.Sweeney(3rd) STOLEN BASES- H.Baker(12th) SACRIFICE HITS- E.Plank SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Austin WALKS- R.Oldring, E.Collins, J.Barry, B.Cree-2, K.Elberfeld, J.Knight-2, E.Sweeney HIT BY PITCH- H.Baker STRIKE OUTS- R.Oldring, B.Ganley, D.Murphy-2, H.Davis, H.Baker, I.Thomas-2, K.Elberfeld, R.Demmitt, J.Austin-2, E.Sweeney, J.Lake GIDP- B.Cree, H.Chase, C.Engle, R.Demmitt PASSED BALLS- E.Sweeney 2-out RBI- D.Murphy, H.Davis, J.Barry RLISP 2-out- D.Murphy-2, E.Plank, K.Elberfeld-2, H.Davis, B.Ganley-2, R.Oldring-2, H.Chase TEAM RISP- Athletics: 6 for 18 Highlanders: 2 for 8 WEB GEMS- Bot 9th: Jack Barry robbed Birdie Cree of a base hit. At Hilltop Park the Philadelphia Athletics outscored the New York Highlanders 7 to 4. Philadelphia drew first blood jumping out to an early lead in the first inning scoring 4 runners on 5 hits. Philadelphia had 15 hits for the afternoon while New York had 9. Eddie Plank(8-7) got the win allowing 2 runs in 7 and 1/3 innings. Rube Vickers recorded the save, his 1st. The losing pitcher was Joe Lake(4-8). He was hit hard and gave up 14 hits and 2 walks in 8 innings. Philadelphia continued their winnings ways improving their record to a league leading 43-23. They are 8-2 in their last ten games. With the loss New York now has a record of 18-47, worst in the league. SCORESHEET: 1909 Philadelphia Athletics at 1909 New York Highlanders R.Oldrin-A1 A1:F/8 B1:K *4*:G/63 D1:F/8 E1:IW>b1 F1:F/9 B.Ganley-A1 A2:L/3 B2:Si>12 C2:K *7*:Do E2:L/3 E.Collin-A1 A3:Do B3:G/43>2 C3:Si D3:PB>23 *9*:W>b1 3 12 G/53 D.Murphy-A1 A4:Do>2# B4:K C4:K D4:P/6 E4:Do>1# H.Davis-A1 A5:Si>2# *3*:Si+E/ *5*:G/53 D5:K E5:Si+E/9 4 >2# H.Baker-A1 A6:Si>13 B6:Si>2o C6:K *8*:HBP E6:Si>3# J.Barry-A1 A7:SB+E/2 B7:E/6>12 C7:G/63 D7:Si>12 E7:W>12 b >3# 13 Si 1 >3# I.Thomas-A1 A8:G/43 B8:K *6*:G/53 D8:F/9 E8:K E.Plank-A1 *2*:Si B9:G/43 C9:G/13 D9:Sac/34 E9:G/53>2 R.Vicker-E3 >23 12 3 12 B.Cree-A1 A1:Si B1:G/53 C1:W>23 1 *8*:W>b1 E1:G-DP/6 2 b1 43>23 1o K.Elberf-A1 A2:P/6 *4*:Si C2:K D2:Si>13 E2:W>b1 H.Chase-A1 A3:G-DP/4 B3:Force/ *6*:Si D3:Si>3# E3:G/63 63>1o 54>1o b1 13 C.Engle-A1 *2*:P/5 B4:G-DP/5 C4:Force/ D4:P/5 43>1o 31>1o b1 R.Demmit-A1 A5:K *5*:Do C5:L/3 D5:G-DP/4 63>1o J.Knight-A1 A6:W>b1 B6:G/43>2 C6:F/8 *9*:W>b1 3 J.Austin-A1 A7:K B7:SF/8>3 *7*:K D7:Tr>1# # E.Sweene-A1 *3*:F/8 B8:W>b1 C8:K D8:Si>3# J.Lake-A1 A9:F/9 B9:Si>12 C9:K D9:E/1>12 J.Warhop-D6 A.Orth-D9